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R.I.P. Robert Zildjian, Founder of Sabian Cymbals

By NATHAN CARSON Cymbal-making was in Bob "RZ" Zildjian's blood. As the first generation of his family to be born on American soil, he helped shepherd in a new era of Western prosperity for the 350-year-old family brand. And when tradition got in the way of his career and aims for Zildjian, he ceme ... More >>

One woman's quest to live without products made in China

Fall Arts: Master painters, iconic photographers, and real geniuses

Honor Thy Father

The story of a young Muslim woman who was "honor-killed" by her father because he believed she'd become too Americanized.

San Franciscans Joyously, Graphically Document Sex on New Web Site

Quick! Run to the computer! ​"Amazinggggg" (yes, that's five G's) is how one man described a recent sexual encounter in San Francisco. "It was freaking great!!!!!!" another man wrote about his Feb. 19 outdoor rendezvous with his male partner. Both used the Web site IJustMadeLove.com to broadcast t ... More >>

Love is a battlefield in the powerful Postman rethink, Jerichow

Firewater chases the perfect album to the end of the world

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

S.F. International Film Fest

The festival offers lots to choose from in its second week. A guide to the good, the bad, and the so-so.

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Too Much Sanity

Musical about one of S.F.'s oddest characters is a curiously staid affair

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Repertory Film Listings

Heavy Weather

Intimate Turkish drama chronicles a rocky relationship

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Turkish Delight

Crossing the Bridge explores music where East meets West

We Are the World

Global fusion takes club music to outernational heights

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Wrong Prescription

The sweet deal a local medical firm got from the Justice Department shows how soft the Bush administration really is on corporate crime

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Lights, Camera, Gospel!

A look inside the grandiose cinematic dreams -- and genuine transcendent joy -- at Voice of Pentecost Church

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Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

What Dreams May Come

Life after Party of Five, training for Latin American military officers, and the "Godfather of Gore"

Journey Into Fear

Like Law & Order, our column is ripped from the headlines

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Reps Etc.

Sorrow's Child

Atom Egoyan gets personal with the Armenian genocide in Ararat

Language of Love

The forgotten sounds of Ladino, a sort of Spanish equivalent of Yiddish, are showcased in a new "dance theater" production

Etiquette for a Small Planet

How to handle someone who's invading your personal space

The Gospel According to Marcus

Zen Guerrilla's Marcus Durant wants to save your soul -- for rock 'n' roll

Letters to the Editor

More About Moors; No Man's Land; Bleak House; Biting Commentary

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Russian Renaissance

Dickens Doubled

From Iran, a heartbreaker about a child and his family

Pirates at the Dock

Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

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Pirates at the Dock

Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

Night Crawler

The House of Tudor

Grace Under Pressure

In Monsters of Grace, Philip Glass and Robert Wilson may have created theater for the next century. Not easily, of course.

The Face of Lying

UCSF's Paul Ekman, a national expert on the science of lying, helps police (and journalists) determine whether perps (or presidents) are practiced prevaricators

Venus Envy

Second Time Around

The Nature of the Beast

Beast on the Moon is a novel struggling to be a play