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Bouncer Gets a Pre-Flight Glass of Reality at SFO's Vino Volo

Bouncer Gets a Pre-Flight Glass of Reality at Vino Volo in SFO's Terminal 2

From this week's Bouncer column: ​For people-watching, airports are second only to hotel lobbies. In fact, they might even be better, since there is a larger mixture of human oddity at the airport: Businessmen, bratty kids, pasty musicians, and bloodthirsty terrorists all scurry about on thei ... More >>

"Le Havre": Utopian Vision of Refugees in France Is Sadly Illusory

From this week's Bouncer column: ​For people-watching, airports are second only to hotel lobbies. In fact, they might even be better, since there is a larger mixture of human oddity at the airport: Businessmen, bratty kids, pasty musicians, and bloodthirsty terrorists all scurry about on thei ... More >>

"Face of Our Time": Photos of Africa Show Life as It Is, with No Exoticism

From this week's Bouncer column: ​For people-watching, airports are second only to hotel lobbies. In fact, they might even be better, since there is a larger mixture of human oddity at the airport: Businessmen, bratty kids, pasty musicians, and bloodthirsty terrorists all scurry about on thei ... More >>

Cannes 2011: What to See from the Best Festival in Years

From this week's Bouncer column: ​For people-watching, airports are second only to hotel lobbies. In fact, they might even be better, since there is a larger mixture of human oddity at the airport: Businessmen, bratty kids, pasty musicians, and bloodthirsty terrorists all scurry about on thei ... More >>

Globetrotting DJ Maga Bo Recorded Goats in Sudan; Cleared the 'Floor in Zanzibar

Maga Bo​Most of us spend our days planted in a cubicle fantasizing about beaches, historic monuments, and maybe seeing a penguin in its natural habitat. That latest jealousy comes from a conversation with musician, producer, composer, sound engineer -- and non-desk-bound frequent traveler -- DJ Ma ... More >>

"White Material": Isabelle Huppert anchors Claire Denis' colonial Africa movie

Maga Bo​Most of us spend our days planted in a cubicle fantasizing about beaches, historic monuments, and maybe seeing a penguin in its natural habitat. That latest jealousy comes from a conversation with musician, producer, composer, sound engineer -- and non-desk-bound frequent traveler -- DJ Ma ... More >>

Five Bay Area Hip-Hop Stars Who Should Be Really Stinkin' Rich

Is this what it takes?​On Tuesday, Forbes published its list of hip-hop's 20 highest earners: Jay-Z at number one, naturally, with $63 million, and Senegalese crooner Akon edging out Lil Wayne by a milli -- Weezy's cash-accruing steez have been impressively unabated by his recent jail sentenc ... More >>

Casual Fan's World Cup: Les Incompétents

paris-match.comEn le crappeur​Editor's note: From time to time, The Snitch, being at best a casual fan of World Cup soccer, will provide glimpses into the experience of same.  Your good old nameless Americans suffered quite the historic setback on Friday, but at least they're not French: as t ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for April 21-27, 2010

paris-match.comEn le crappeur​Editor's note: From time to time, The Snitch, being at best a casual fan of World Cup soccer, will provide glimpses into the experience of same.  Your good old nameless Americans suffered quite the historic setback on Friday, but at least they're not French: as t ... More >>

Last Night: Nneka at Red Devil Lounge

​Nneka January 27, 2010 Red Devil Lounge Better Than: the State of the Union, or the Nigerian underwear bomber Berlin-based Nigerian Nneka delivered an intimate scolding to the crowd Wednesday, while moving them to jerk knees and hips to her radical Afro-funk ballads and ciphers. The chiseled-fac ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Adina's Indian Chai Latte

Zachary Carson/Flickr​It's been kinda crummy out today, but it is the sort of weather that begs for a zingy beverage. Where similar products aren't well-balanced, Adina's cold Indian Chai Latte nails the ratio of milk, black tea, and sweetener (in this case, evaporated cane juice).This organic and ... More >>

Going Up

Zachary Carson/Flickr​It's been kinda crummy out today, but it is the sort of weather that begs for a zingy beverage. Where similar products aren't well-balanced, Adina's cold Indian Chai Latte nails the ratio of milk, black tea, and sweetener (in this case, evaporated cane juice).This organic and ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Adina's Caramel Kick Coffee Energy Drink

If you foster an addiction to those mass-marketed cold coffee drinks where sugar is the top note, consider supporting a locally-born version of the same thing with Adina's coffee energy drinks. This fair-trade beverage company is a partnership between its San Francisco-based founder Magatte Wade- ... More >>

Goodbye Solo

If you foster an addiction to those mass-marketed cold coffee drinks where sugar is the top note, consider supporting a locally-born version of the same thing with Adina's coffee energy drinks. This fair-trade beverage company is a partnership between its San Francisco-based founder Magatte Wade- ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Adina's Miracle Fruits: Super Acai With Purple Maize

If you foster an addiction to those mass-marketed cold coffee drinks where sugar is the top note, consider supporting a locally-born version of the same thing with Adina's coffee energy drinks. This fair-trade beverage company is a partnership between its San Francisco-based founder Magatte Wade- ... More >>

Two Movies Alternate on SFFS Screen

If you foster an addiction to those mass-marketed cold coffee drinks where sugar is the top note, consider supporting a locally-born version of the same thing with Adina's coffee energy drinks. This fair-trade beverage company is a partnership between its San Francisco-based founder Magatte Wade- ... More >>

Filles d’Afrique

If you foster an addiction to those mass-marketed cold coffee drinks where sugar is the top note, consider supporting a locally-born version of the same thing with Adina's coffee energy drinks. This fair-trade beverage company is a partnership between its San Francisco-based founder Magatte Wade- ... More >>

They Really Are the World

If you foster an addiction to those mass-marketed cold coffee drinks where sugar is the top note, consider supporting a locally-born version of the same thing with Adina's coffee energy drinks. This fair-trade beverage company is a partnership between its San Francisco-based founder Magatte Wade- ... More >>

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Oakland's rap jokesters Kirb & Chris bring ha ha's to Rickshaw

Repertory Film Listings

Love is blind

Repertory Film Listings

Chaat Amongst Yourselves

"Fast, fresh, casual" -- and innovative -- Indian food

School of Life

Daara J takes hip hop back

Connecting With Art

Eclectic is just the beginning

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Eclectic is just the beginning

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Eclectic is just the beginning

Atlas Adventures

You can get food from just about any country in S.F.

Pop-Punk Confessional

We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

Fula Himself

Writer takes a nice long walk

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Writer takes a nice long walk

Best Local Film Programmer

Joel Shepard

You Shall Know Our Velocity

Did Dave Eggers have a novel in him? Perhaps, but he could have used an editor

House of Tudor

Saucy sexagenarians, kooky King Kong, global grooves, and apocryphal atheism

Reps Etc.

Saucy sexagenarians, kooky King Kong, global grooves, and apocryphal atheism

Various Artists

Africa Raps: Senegal, Mali, and the Gambia (Trikont)

Out of West Africa

The legendary Orchestra Baobab has reunited and is bringing its Pan-African sound to San Francisco

Reps List

Film Reps List for 1-30-2002

Out of Africa

Some say Phyllis Kanki saved Senegal from AIDS. But can the controversial triage approach she's developing at Stanford protect the continent's western edge from the devastation suffered in the south?

The Mix

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The Man Who Came to Dinner

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Hot Footin'

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REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

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Reviews

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Senegalese Surprise

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Night+Day

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Reel World

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