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Get out your action figures: 'Robot Chicken' is coming to town!
Courtesy of Stoopid Buddy StoodiosFor those of us who grew up in the 1980s, who doesn’t have fond memories of playing with action figures? Whether you were plotting elaborate battles and all-out dirt...
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Cal president resists pressure to veto West Bank divestment bill
This photo of Landgraf on a free trip to Israel last year may have helped tip his decision against vetoing the bill.Late Tuesday night, UC Berkeley Student President Connor Landgraf decided not to a...
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Party Radar: Prosumer, Kafana Balkan, Adnan Sharif, Shonky, Distrikt, Derrick...
Fierce cute: Prosumer and MuratJajajaja -- this installment of Party Radar is going to be like a last minute dump, since I'm still kind of drunk and the weekend, she is here. Besides, bloggity bloggity...
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The Performant: More than words
Sheetal Gandhi and Ragged Wing Ensemble stretch their formsIf an image is worth a thousand words, how much dialogue does the art of dance encompass, when every flick of the wrist can denote whole...
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Captain Greg Corrales saves the Haight from Demon Weed
Watch out, stoners: He's coming for youI'm glad to see the Ex now has the data to show what we all knew was happening: The old Drug Warrior at Park Precint, Captain Greg Corrales, is trying to save the...
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SFIFF + Hollywood = your weekend movie plans
Gabriela Cowperthwaite's doc 'Blackfish' plays SFIFF.Courtesy of the San Francisco Film SocietyThe San Francisco International Film Festival kicked off its 56th year last night; it continues through...
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Oh look, suddenly Pride is interesting
I just like the name "Manning"So. Pride did a thing. After years of being no more politically risky than an bowl of strawberry Jell-O, the Pride committee -- or some kind of mole within the Pride...
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Live shots: Baby Dee and Little Annie at Amnesia
Baby Dee and Little Annie are a match made in camp heaven. The women, nearing their 60s, may have only been playing for 25 people, but boy did they put on ashow Thu/25 at Amnesia.The two looked like...
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Former Pride grand marshal: Manning is LGBT hero, Board action 'height of...
PHOTO OF BRADLEY MANNING VIA UK GUARDIAN"I was one of the 15 former grand marshals on the electoral commission that voted for Bradley Manning," Barry Saiff, former BiNet executive director, told me...
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Michael Mina reaches settlement after overcharging customers at his SF...
Celebrity Chef Michael Mina is among the SF restaurateurs who charge customers for his employee health care obligations.Celebrity Chef Michael Mina and his four San Francisco restaurants – Michael...
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Behind the Gay Pride "Manning-gate"
Joey CainThe whole Bradley Manning-Pride fiasco was such a clusterfuck that we’re starting to wonder whether the people who run the giant parade and festival can count, much less make a decision.Here,...
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The Google-bus elitism
I've been waiting for the Chron's culture columnist Caille Millner to finally write about something interesting, and I got it April 27 when she stumbled onto the Google Buses. Or rather, the problem...
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Noodles, street dancers, and more from the Tribeca Film Fesival
'The Broken Circle Breakdown'The only-in-Noo Yawk perks of the Tribeca Film Festival? The proximity of theaters like AMC Loews Village 7 to repositories of ramen deliciousity like Momofuku Noodle Bar,...
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Pride faces backlash from defenders of gay whistleblower
Famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg said he plans to march in the SF Pride Parade to honor Bradley Manning.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEIn the wake of the debacle unleashed by San Francisco Pride’s...
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Bay to Breakers: Go naked, everyone!
Can you see any terrorists in this picture?I realize security is a serious issue after Boston. And I'm all for public safety. So if the city is going to ban backpacks at Bay to Breakers, (just for...
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You want scary? We've got an eviction map
You want to see something frightening on a lovely afternoon? Check out this amazing interactive map of Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco put together by Brian Whitty.It's stunning: Between 1997 and...
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Hearing on event security as SFPD pushes police state
If we outlaw backpacks, only criminals will have backpacks.Just a few weeks ago, Sup. Scott Wiener, civil libertarians, and I were raising concerns here about the SFPD unilaterally expanding its video...
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Get ready for May Day ruckus and revelry
May 1 marks International Workers Day, so naturally Bay Area activists are gearing up for a host of marches, rallies, and celebrations. The weather forecast predicts sunny skies with a high of 78...
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Calling all Latino photogs: Accion Latina wants your work on a wall
Somehow in the shiny blitz of new restaurants made out of stainless steel, you may have missed the arrival of the Eric Quezada Center for Politics and Culture right in the thick of the Mission. That'd...
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Facebook's Keystone Pipeline connection
When people who don't have a lot of experience in politics suddenly start throwing money around, dumb stuff happens. That's what's going on with Mark Zuckerberg and the ads he's helping pay for that...
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