United Methodist Church

Letters

The Last Seduction

Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

Blowing Smoke, Breathing Fire (Part II)

The Fang family rides tabloid journalism and hardball politics to the winner's circle

Methodist Acting

The Fang family rides tabloid journalism and hardball politics to the winner's circle

Best Gospel

The Fang family rides tabloid journalism and hardball politics to the winner's circle

Lucifer, Arisen

A quintessential San Francisco story, starring charismatic musician/murderer Bobby BeauSoleil*

*with underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, cult leader Charles Manson, Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, and the Straight Satans motorcycle gang in suppo

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Institute of Hate

Right-wingers are targeting liberal pastors -- including at least one in S.F. -- who favor gay marriage

Light It Up

Bill Graham's "Mama"

Holiday Listings 2002

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

Holiday Listings 2002

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

Night&Day

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

Holiday Listings 2002

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

EVENTS

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

Dog Bites

Finally Returning to Normal? Not So Fast; Democracy in Action; In This Time of Terrible Tragedy, a Nation Mourns for Your Paint Job

Dawn of a New Day

People say the events of the past two weeks will change us. Here are a couple of places to start.

Ordinary People

Blessed comfort marks historic lesbian union

In Glide's Path

A Bayview neighborhood squares off against Cecil Williams

Letters

A Bayview neighborhood squares off against Cecil Williams

The Holy War Over Gay Marriage

Eighty Methodist pastors from Northern California plan to challenge church law by co-officiating at a lesbian wedding. It's an act of conscience that could sunder America's second-largest denomination -- and bring gay marriage to the center of national co

All Booked Up

Itzhak Volansky insists he isn't much interested in books, or the bookstore he owns. That disinterest is one reason McDonald's Books has become an enormous, wonderful, disordered phantasmagoria that attracts a wonderfully eccentric clientele. And who real

The Grid

Itzhak Volansky insists he isn't much interested in books, or the bookstore he owns. That disinterest is one reason McDonald's Books has become an enormous, wonderful, disordered phantasmagoria that attracts a wonderfully eccentric clientele. And who real

Unhealthy Debate

There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

Japantown Asks "Y"

The YWCA's financial straits reveal layers of a neighborhood's history

Dharma Bummed

As it approaches its centennial, the San Francisco-based Buddhist Churches of America finds itself weakened by Japanese-American assimilation, spiritual decline, and a nasty sexual harassment suit

Glide volunteer opportunities

As it approaches its centennial, the San Francisco-based Buddhist Churches of America finds itself weakened by Japanese-American assimilation, spiritual decline, and a nasty sexual harassment suit

Charitable Front

Mysterious organizations in the Bay Area profess to be advocating for liberal causes. In truth, they appear to be part of a secretive group with a bizarre radical past.