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Darkness from the East

Meet Heather Meader-McCausland, Whose Alaskan Photos Make SFO Less Depressing

Heather Meader-McCausland grew up in rural Alaska, 100 miles above the Arctic Circle, and in Sonoma County, Calif. She was born to Elaine and Fred Meader, the filmmakers who produced the Alaskan documentary "Year of the Caribou," so nobody was surprised when she picked up a camera. Her photo exhibit ... More >>

Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

Mutiny Ahoy!

Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

Anti-North Korea Rally, Inspired by 'Homefront' Video Game, Planned for SF

Coming Wednesday to Yerba Buena Gardens​This really is a case of life imitating art -- so long as you're willing to permit the "art" classification to be applied to video games. It seems that a rally against North Korea has been orchestrated to take place in San Francisco Wednesday by video-game c ... More >>

"And This Is Our Minder"

Coming Wednesday to Yerba Buena Gardens​This really is a case of life imitating art -- so long as you're willing to permit the "art" classification to be applied to video games. It seems that a rally against North Korea has been orchestrated to take place in San Francisco Wednesday by video-game c ... More >>

Who Can Help Us Read Our Picturesque Russian Spam?

​If the detritus littering your e-mail account's Spam filter at all resembles SF Weekly's you're seeing a curious uptick of Spam hailing from the Former Soviet Union. What does that make it -- "borscht"? Yet while it's apparent these unwanted Cyrillic entreaties are ostensibly meant as a proposal ... More >>

Shoot Him

​If the detritus littering your e-mail account's Spam filter at all resembles SF Weekly's you're seeing a curious uptick of Spam hailing from the Former Soviet Union. What does that make it -- "borscht"? Yet while it's apparent these unwanted Cyrillic entreaties are ostensibly meant as a proposal ... More >>

Gone to Shit

​If the detritus littering your e-mail account's Spam filter at all resembles SF Weekly's you're seeing a curious uptick of Spam hailing from the Former Soviet Union. What does that make it -- "borscht"? Yet while it's apparent these unwanted Cyrillic entreaties are ostensibly meant as a proposal ... More >>

Survival of the Tastiest

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

Space Oddity

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

Repertory Film Listings

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

Loyd Family Players, Langhorne Slim, Karpov -- ASD's Live Music Picks for July 13

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

The King of Pop vs. The Price of Baby Mustaches

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

Repertory Theaters

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

Repertory Theaters

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

Repertory Theaters

Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

Raising the Barista

The Mission's Ritual Coffee Roasters takes its java very seriously

Red Square Meals

Urges awakened by a trip to Russia are satisfied locally at the Cinderella Bakery and Café

Hello From Kazakhstan

Schizo paints a harrowing portrait of the former Soviet state

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Schizo paints a harrowing portrait of the former Soviet state

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Schizo paints a harrowing portrait of the former Soviet state

Hear This

Russia's DJ Vadim promotes international openness and spartan beats

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Russia's DJ Vadim promotes international openness and spartan beats

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Russia's DJ Vadim promotes international openness and spartan beats

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Russia's DJ Vadim promotes international openness and spartan beats

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Russia's DJ Vadim promotes international openness and spartan beats

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Russia's DJ Vadim promotes international openness and spartan beats

House of Tudor

Soviet film satire, organ plaster-casting, and animal 'toon carnage

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Soviet film satire, organ plaster-casting, and animal 'toon carnage

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Soviet film satire, organ plaster-casting, and animal 'toon carnage

Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che

A subjective history of American communism in the Cold War era

Karnak Sees a Black Turban ...

That'll be $20 million, please

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That'll be $20 million, please

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That'll be $20 million, please

Misha and Company

Mikhail Baryshnikov comes to Berkeley with his adventurous White Oak Dance Project

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Mikhail Baryshnikov comes to Berkeley with his adventurous White Oak Dance Project

House Of Tudor

Roxie benefit documentaries, electro-punk Bitches, and a Tribute to tribute bands

Housing Now, Utopia Later

Practical dreaming in CCAC's new show

Survival

When the captain brought the journalist along on the whale hunt, the elders predicted trouble. The elders were right. The whale tried to kill them all.

Dog Bites

Don't Take This With You to Your Polling Place Nov. 6; War Is Bad. Or Good, Depending.

Devil Fish

Fierce prey. Spiritual brother. Ecological bellwether. The majestic gray whale inspires awe, conflict, and troubling environmental questions from the icy seas of Russia to the warm lagoons of Baja.

Most Geriatric Radical Group

Revolutionary Communist Party

Dog Bites

Revolutionary Communist Party

Building a Better Bomb

While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

The House of Tudor

While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

Lighten Up

While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

The Other Side's Other Side

A surprising look at gay and lesbian life in Russia

Ethnic Boundaries

Kavkaz's Armenian menu could use some cross-cultural pollination

One World, Under Gorby

Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?