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The Performant: Brave Old World
"Thingamajigs: Locating" at the Berkeley Art MuseumPeter CavagnaroTweaking tradition with Minor Empire and ThingamajigsThere are as many roads down the path of “world music” as there are countries...
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Yahoo and other tech companies are squeezing the Chronicle's newsroom
The Chronicle Building at 5th and Mission streets is being slowly taken over by tech companies.Judith Calson/SF ChronicleWith high demand for office space in San Francisco these days — thanks largely...
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Mayor on local health care policy: “Everything is on the table”
PHOTO BY SFDPHA recent controversy has been brewing around San Francisco’s Health Care Security Ordinance, the 2006 legislation authored by then-Sup. Tom Ammiano that created Healthy San Francisco, the...
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Local activists respond to Bradley Manning verdict
Activists with the Bradley Manning support network gathered at Market and Powell Streets on July 30.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEJeff Paterson, an organizer with the Bradley Manning Support Network...
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A troll-free zone? Well, almost
As promised, we’ve disabled reader comments this week, at least on all the stories in this week’s paper, fresh blog posts, and those stories and posts that were still actively being commented on. It’s...
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Solomon: The moral verdict on Bradley Manning
Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His books include “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.”The...
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Fluffy Bunners: Filthy, funny Lady Bunny comes to SF
Hop to it, Lady!"Oh it's hot and it's sticky and it's naaaaasty," said drag goddess Lady Bunnyof the current New York City summer weather. "And that's just how I like it. The kind of men I like can't...
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Before Outside Lands: Midi Matilda on its favorite live shows and OSL fantasies
Midi Matilda is not quite a DJ duo, not entirely a live band.DOVE SHORE.San Francisco based duo Midi Matilda has managed to worm its way into a corner of electro-pop music that is highly accessible. As...
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Guardian forum sparks lively discussion
Guardian staffers spoke a little and listened a lot at last night's forum.Luke ThomasWe had a packed house last night for our community forum on the future of the Bay Guardian and the progressive...
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Surrounded by kids, David Campos files to run for State Assembly
Sup. David Campos met with parents and youth at the 24th Street BART station before filing papers to run for Assembly.PHOTOS BY REBECCA BOWEOn the morning of Aug. 1, San Francisco District 9 Sup. David...
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Baring all: Red Hots Burlesque presents “Burlesque and WHY”
Red Hots Burlesque— the longest running queer burlesque show in the country, according to founder and producer Dottie Lux — moves out of the bars and into the theater with Burlesque and WHY(The Naked...
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Woody does SF in "Blue Jasmine" ... plus more new movies!
Big trouble in little China: Cate Blanchett (far left) in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine"Photo by Merrick MortonRemember that brief, exciting period last year when Woody Allen sightings were being...
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Chevron hit by lawsuit and mass march on anniversary of refinery blaze
This image of Chevron's deteriorated refinery pipe is from a Chemical Safety Board report; text added by the Guardian.Almost exactly a year ago, an explosion and chemical fire at Chevron’s Richmond...
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Can't-miss treats at the upcoming SF Street Food Fest
The smells of deliciousness were overwhelming. Where do we start?!As Sam Love and I wandered around the La Cocina media preview for August 17's San Francisco Street Food Festival, everywhere we looked...
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Buuuurrrrp! Comedy Central's "Drunk History" stumbles through San Francisco
Calling all boozehounds! Tomorrow night, Comedy Central's popular Drunk History series takes on the great, liquid courage-infused city of San Francisco. Host Derek Waters — a veteran guest of the San...
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A giddy celebration of El-P and Killer Mike at the Independent
El-P and Killer Mike ruled the Independent solo before a joint set.It's been a big couple of years for El-P, Killer Mike, and the twosome’s recent musical courtship. In 2012, nothing but praise seemed...
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From the mouths of BART workers; cleaning the dreaded escalators, skirting death
Robert Earl BrightPhoto courtesy of Mark Mosher SEIU 1021Robert Earl Bright, a transit vehicle mechanic for BART, works at the Hayward modification shop.A reprieve in BART negotiations has given the...
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With a rising profile, King Tuff still prefers music that sounds like it came...
King Tuff holds it down.PHOTO BY ABBY BANKS.Garage rock troubadour King Tuff is no stranger to playing outdoor venues like Golden Gate Park for Outside Lands.“One time I played in my parents backyard...
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The Performant: The Stiltwalkers Union
In an iconic sequence from Winsor McCay’s eccentrically beautiful Little Nemo in Slumberland, Nemo’s bed sprouts elongated legs and strolls through the city as Nemo and his cantankerous friend Flip...
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Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
Glass Candy returns.Yes, Outside Lands is back this weekend in Golden Gate Park. So that’s a given, especially if you’ve already got tickets to the sold-out festival. But there’s also night shows plus...
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