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Flamenco goosebumps: Buika at Herbst Theater
Large portions of my life have been chronicled by music. Chopin waltzes from when I was starting to learn piano, Iron and Wine from my college Seattle days, and this summer, Spanish flamenco singer...
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Appetite: Learning from the best, eating like royalty at Flavor! Napa
All photos by Virginia MillerFlavor! Napa is a five-day food and wine festival that took place last weekend in its second annual incarnation, potentially the definitive event representing the wines of...
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The Performant: Game theory
Play is a powerful tool in almost every human society. The dynamics of play are found in most forms of human interaction as well as in the foundations of problem-solving and analysis. Play provides a...
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Localized Appreesh: Golden Void
The psych rock band in the city.Localized Appreesh is our thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com.Another blog this week declared Golden Void...
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Nite Trax: Honey Soundsystem feels love anew
Honey Soundsystem, that handsome group of techno and disco rarety-loving DJs and purveyors of one of the best weekly parties in SF (Sundays at Holy Cow), has gone through a few changes this year,...
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Baby steps: Pregnant Ana Tijoux headlines at an evolving La Peña Cultural Center
Unlike the last time I saw her perform in California, there was no reason for Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux to apologize to her audience for her English in the La Peña Cultural Center at her...
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Live Shots: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at Davies Symphony Hall
Sharon Jones took to the stage at Davies Symphony Hall on Saturday night with all the energy of fourth-grade recess on a sunny afternoon. Not that she seems to ever take the stage in any other way, but...
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UC Berkeley has a new chancellor, but his raise is blasted by Gov. Brown
Nicholas Dirks is the new chancellor of UC BerkeleyThe University of California Board of Regents today approved the hiring of Columbia University Faculty Dean Nicholas Dirks as the new chancellor of UC...
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Looking up: Apex One's Mid-Market rooftop street art gallery
I was a little devastated when I found that the owner of Ricardo "Apex" Richey's Market and Sixth Street studio -- where he painted his canvases of street art abstractions -- had sold the building to a...
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On the Om Front: Is Facebook good for your practice?
If you are part of the yoga community, here’s what you probably see when you log on to Facebook: invitations to expensive yoga retreats in exotic locations, photos of friends or teachers modeling...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin: Republican soul searching
We're searching our souls and wondering whyWe got beat so badly our rivals are gloating.It's obvious now where our campaign went wrong:We should have prevented more people from voting.Calvin Trillin:...
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Localized Appreesh: Coo Coo Birds
The blinding lights of Coo Coo Birds.PHOTO BY JOELLE WAGNERLocalized Appreesh is our thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com.Music should be...
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2012: Beginning of the End or a New Beginning
In recent months, I've been exploring the rabbit hole of 2012 prophecy and possibility, a beguiling mixture of myth, spirituality, and hope that humans will finally awaken to the global ecological and...
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HoleHead, Brad Pitt, and more: new films!
Franco Nero (in 1973's 'High Crime,' as seen in HoleHead doc 'Eurocrime!') puts your wispy Movember efforts to shame.This week: Brad Pitt earns forgiveness for that cringe-inducing Chanel commercial...
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Funding SFUSD's graduation rescue
Sup. Jane Kim wants money to help kids graduateThe San Francisco school district’s achievement gap exploded into the news when district officials learned that as many as 1,900 High School juniors --...
View ArticleDick Meister: A free choice for U.S. workers
By Dick MeisterDick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his website,...
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HANC evicted, but the poor recyclers could remain in the Haight
State law requires stores to buy back empty cans and bottles unless there is a recycling center, like HANC, nearby.In a win for the gentrifiers of the Haight Ashbury, the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood...
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Wiener charges blogger with taking potty photo
I don’t even know what to do with this except report it and tell you some background. Because it’s just strange, all around.Short story: Sup. Scott Wiener’s pressing criminal charges against a blogger...
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W. Kamau Bell returns triumphant to the Bay, needs burrito
W. Kamau Bell: "I’ll have a chance to visit my old spots and look at the “did that really happen?!” look on people’s faces."PHOTO BY MATTHIAS CLAMERAttention burrito vendors of the Mission, there is a...
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Snap Sounds: Brian Eno
BRIAN ENO LUX(WARP)The liner notes to Brian Eno’s Music for Airports (1978) act as a veritable Ambient Manifesto, outlining the philosophy of a genre he developed as an alternative to Muzak, and other...
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