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September 14, 2011
SF's Armenian Food Festival Celebrates 54th Year
Hafta get some keufta.St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church's upcoming bazaar may advertise live entertainment and Armenian folk dances. But church staff member Sevag Badoyan knows what the real attraction is: the food. "Baklava, kebabs, all kinds," are among the mouthfuls available at the c ... More >>
Music
September 7, 2011
'Slightly Damaged': A Conversation with Iggy Pop
Hafta get some keufta.St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church's upcoming bazaar may advertise live entertainment and Armenian folk dances. But church staff member Sevag Badoyan knows what the real attraction is: the food. "Baklava, kebabs, all kinds," are among the mouthfuls available at the c ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
Russell Brand and Kristen Wiig Are Sexy, Spam Is Evil, and S.F.'s Best Vegan Junk Food
This news is from last week but I was in Greece and Russia (WHAT'S UP I HAVE A PASSPORT) so I'm gonna talk about it anyway, okay? Okay! Also, I've got mad jet lag, a nasty cold, and a really bad attitude. Things could get extra real today and I apologize in advance/YOU'RE WELCOME. • So! SFood ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2011
S.F. Producers DJG, Dials, and Jus Wan on the Local Bass Music Scene and Their New Compilation
There really is something in the water here. At least that's what it seems like, judging by the number of San Francisco electronic music producers touring across the Atlantic and releasing tracks on U.K. and European labels. Dubstep and bass-driven club music producers have been especially p ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Wall of Sound, Plate of Cakes
There really is something in the water here. At least that's what it seems like, judging by the number of San Francisco electronic music producers touring across the Atlantic and releasing tracks on U.K. and European labels. Dubstep and bass-driven club music producers have been especially p ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Fetzer 2010 California Moscato
Muscat may be the most sensible, down-to-earth grape there is. Unlike so many other varieties, it doesn't play around: Ferment it into wine, age it for a time, and pour it into the glass, and it still smells and tastes like the grapes from which it was made. Muscat, in fact, is said to be the ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
Summer Food Festivals, Product Placement, and the Mysteries of Meal Snap
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Mark your summer calendar. Every year I swear I'm going to make it to events like the Fiesta Filipina and the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral's Taste of Greece but always fo ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
A Field Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Dry Farmed Wines
Whole lotta irrigation goin' on in Napa.Irrigation is plainly a function of the modern world. Though the ancient Romans built spectacular gravity-driven aqueducts, drip irrigation for agriculture was not invented until the late 1960s in Israel, and only in the 1970s did water-bearing pipes a ... More >>
Music
March 2, 2011
Neutral Milk Hotel Members Will Get Wacky for Elephant 6 Show
Whole lotta irrigation goin' on in Napa.Irrigation is plainly a function of the modern world. Though the ancient Romans built spectacular gravity-driven aqueducts, drip irrigation for agriculture was not invented until the late 1960s in Israel, and only in the 1970s did water-bearing pipes a ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
In Print: the Forward Leanings of Baths, Eskmo, and oOoOO, Plus the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise
Baths' Will WiesenfeldFrom SF Weekly's latest print music section:You're Okay, Computer: Consider Baths, the stage name of 21-year-old bedroom producer Will Wiesenfeld, who uses a laptop and various other tools to make beat music, with vocals, that is melancholic and complex and beautiful. A sudd ... More >>
News
December 22, 2010
Film director Sofia Coppola's journey to "Somewhere"
Baths' Will WiesenfeldFrom SF Weekly's latest print music section:You're Okay, Computer: Consider Baths, the stage name of 21-year-old bedroom producer Will Wiesenfeld, who uses a laptop and various other tools to make beat music, with vocals, that is melancholic and complex and beautiful. A sudd ... More >>
Culture
November 24, 2010
Ten holiday shows to suit any mood or creed
Baths' Will WiesenfeldFrom SF Weekly's latest print music section:You're Okay, Computer: Consider Baths, the stage name of 21-year-old bedroom producer Will Wiesenfeld, who uses a laptop and various other tools to make beat music, with vocals, that is melancholic and complex and beautiful. A sudd ... More >>
News
September 22, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Baths' Will WiesenfeldFrom SF Weekly's latest print music section:You're Okay, Computer: Consider Baths, the stage name of 21-year-old bedroom producer Will Wiesenfeld, who uses a laptop and various other tools to make beat music, with vocals, that is melancholic and complex and beautiful. A sudd ... More >>
Film
June 30, 2010
Film is a battlefield
Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."
News
June 9, 2010
Doyle Drive's costly pothole
Governor Schwarzenegger is willing to pour billions of public dollars into a schemeto benefit private investors.
Culture
June 2, 2010
More Theater Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Blogs
June 2, 2010
Schwarzenegger Fires State Official Protesting $1.4 Billion Presidio Spending Scheme
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has dealt harshly with those opposing his cockamamie fiscal schemes...For those wondering whether California is on its way to becoming Greece, witness an alarming pattern in which the governor comes up with ways to plunge the state even further into debt, then fires pub ... More >>
Culture
May 26, 2010
More Theater Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Culture
May 12, 2010
Theater Review: "Hot Greeks" at the Hypnodrome
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Blogs
May 5, 2010
Local Band Q&A with Local Noiseniks CCR Headcleaner
Alan MiknusIt took some time to track down CCR Headcleaner. Messages were left, mailboxes were full, emails went unread. Finally, on a crisp San Francisco afternoon I got a hold of drummer Nick Givens, who blurted out "Every member of CCR Headcleaner is officially homeless! Can we meet at nine ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Salacious Drag from Ancient Greece
Alan MiknusIt took some time to track down CCR Headcleaner. Messages were left, mailboxes were full, emails went unread. Finally, on a crisp San Francisco afternoon I got a hold of drummer Nick Givens, who blurted out "Every member of CCR Headcleaner is officially homeless! Can we meet at nine ... More >>
Calendar
June 10, 2009
A Shot of Bregovic
Alan MiknusIt took some time to track down CCR Headcleaner. Messages were left, mailboxes were full, emails went unread. Finally, on a crisp San Francisco afternoon I got a hold of drummer Nick Givens, who blurted out "Every member of CCR Headcleaner is officially homeless! Can we meet at nine ... More >>
Calendar
May 13, 2009
The Baker's Wife Will See You Now
Alan MiknusIt took some time to track down CCR Headcleaner. Messages were left, mailboxes were full, emails went unread. Finally, on a crisp San Francisco afternoon I got a hold of drummer Nick Givens, who blurted out "Every member of CCR Headcleaner is officially homeless! Can we meet at nine ... More >>
Calendar
April 29, 2009
French Girl
Alan MiknusIt took some time to track down CCR Headcleaner. Messages were left, mailboxes were full, emails went unread. Finally, on a crisp San Francisco afternoon I got a hold of drummer Nick Givens, who blurted out "Every member of CCR Headcleaner is officially homeless! Can we meet at nine ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2009
Track of the Day: Filastine
"Singularities" by Barcelona-based globetripper Filastine is an evocative track, stirring up cinematic images of emotional worlds crashing to a disastrous, beautiful collapse. There's an evil edge to the stuttered string samples and scattering beats in the song, similar to the soundtrack Kronos Quar ... More >>
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October 22, 2008
The Shadow Knows
"Singularities" by Barcelona-based globetripper Filastine is an evocative track, stirring up cinematic images of emotional worlds crashing to a disastrous, beautiful collapse. There's an evil edge to the stuttered string samples and scattering beats in the song, similar to the soundtrack Kronos Quar ... More >>
Calendar
September 24, 2008
Sports Buffs
"Singularities" by Barcelona-based globetripper Filastine is an evocative track, stirring up cinematic images of emotional worlds crashing to a disastrous, beautiful collapse. There's an evil edge to the stuttered string samples and scattering beats in the song, similar to the soundtrack Kronos Quar ... More >>
Dining
June 4, 2008
Mack the Kunafa
New tastes from the Middle East.
Calendar
April 30, 2008
Roman Holiday
New tastes from the Middle East.
Calendar
April 9, 2008
Loving Leibovitz
New tastes from the Middle East.
Blogs
March 5, 2008
SF Weekly's Seven Day Dish
New tastes from the Middle East.
Dining
February 13, 2008
Inner Richmond's Troya Takes Turkish Up a Notch
New tastes from the Middle East.
Calendar
November 7, 2007
Hopa!
New tastes from the Middle East.
Culture
October 31, 2007
The Color Purple Musical Colors Chloe Veltman Confused
New tastes from the Middle East.
Calendar
October 17, 2007
Battlefield Poet
New tastes from the Middle East.
Calendar
October 10, 2007
TV On the Video
New tastes from the Middle East.
Calendar
July 18, 2007
Feed Your Hed
New tastes from the Middle East.
Dining
January 3, 2007
Presents and Future
The food is as important as the wine list at the excellent Cav Wine Bar & Kitchen
Dining
May 5, 2004
Hits and Myths
A fancy Greek restaurant explodes our expectations of cheap, unmemorable fare
Dining
January 7, 2004
Feta (Not Quite) Accompli
Our second meal isn't as dazzling as our first at a new Greek eatery
News
January 23, 2002
Letters to the Editor
Week of January 23, 2002
Dining
January 2, 2002
Passing Through
Sampling the cozy bars along Divisadero
Dining
June 20, 2001
Global Village
Making the rounds of Fisherman's Wharf bars, you'll meet people from the Philippines, Bulgaria, or even Alameda
Dining
June 6, 2001
Dinner at the Oasis
Fattoush
Dining
October 27, 1999
Livin' La Dolce Vita
Fattoush
News
August 11, 1999
Letters
Fattoush
Music
October 29, 1997
Hear This
Fattoush
Film
March 8, 1995
Time to kill
"Before the Rain" bears witness to the cost of civil war; "Federal Hill" stumbles on the wrong side of the tracks
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