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Sundance, part two: Linklater love
My second year of attending the Sundance Film Festival was at the age of 15; it was 1991 and I took a chance on a film called Slacker by Richard Linklater. This is the ticket stub that started my film...
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Monologos de la Vagina finds new actress to replace controversial conservative
Maria Conchita Alonso and Tim Donnely in his campaign ad. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezFollowing national controversy over the resignation of a politically conservative actress from the local...
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Sex culture, Kinky Salon, and the three Pollys
Polly Whitakker has been one of my favorite superstars of San Francisco sex culture, traveling a path from her native London through the Polly Pandemonium persona she created while getting into BDSM to...
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The Flaming Lips save Valentine's Day
Be mine?It doesn't matter if you're single, dating, or attached at the hip to your spouse/live-in partner(s)/[insert questionable pet name here] — Valentine's Day has always presented a veritable...
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Presidio Trust decides on museum proposals
Presidio Trust Chair Nancy Bechtle announces the big decision: who will win the hotly contested mid-crissy field site in the Presidio? Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezThe Presidio museum showdown has...
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Sundance, part three: diamonds in the rough
Imperial DreamsMissed out on last week's Sundance glee? Part one here; part two here. Malik Vittal's Imperial Dreams (US) won the Audience Award in the NEXT category, created for films that stretch...
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Gimme 5: Must-see shows this week
Marcus Shelby and his band of heavy-hitters play a special Black History Month performance at Yoshi's SF on Thursday, Feb. 6.Photo by Peter VarshavskyThe Bay Area music-related Internets was ablaze...
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Marcus Books approaching landmark status as fundraising continues
It may be a long shot, but there is still time.Marcus Books, which faces eviction from its Fillmore Street location, seeks to raise $1 million to remain in Jimbo’s Bop City building, the violet-colored...
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Sundance, part four: indie heroes and genre flicks
Molina and Lithgow in Love Is StrangeMissed yesterday's Sundance installment? Right this way!In Ira Sachs'Love Is Strange (US), Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) — together for 39 years —...
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Richmond’s sugary beverage tax lost big, how's SF different?
A table shows how much sugar is in your soda, laid out at the kickoff campaign party for San Francisco's sugary beverage tax, Saturday. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezWhat’s old is new again, the...
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Sue Hestor's 70th birthday party: "We Shall Overcome."
Everyone is singing "We shall overcome." Sue Hestor and Calvin Welch, two pillars of the development battles, are in center left. The photo was taken by Stewart Bloom, the official photographer of the...
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Sundance, part five: Swanberg + Ross Perry
Lena Dunham, Anna Kendrick, and Jude the Scene-Stealing Baby in Happy Christmas.Missed a previous Sundance post? Check out Pixel Vision for more.Director and sometimes actor Joe Swanberg is a household...
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Live Shots: WATERS is stormier than expected at Brick & Mortar
Live shows are an opportunity for musicians and music lovers to share an experience together. After all, you’re standing in the same room. Brick & Mortar Music Hall is a treasure trove for...
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Board of Education president calls out thousands of “hidden suspensions”
SF Examiner file photoK-12 student advocates have suspensions in their crosshairs.At last night’s (Tue/4) Board of Education meeting, young students rallied against suspensions they see as unfair....
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San Francisco landlords targeted for elder abuse
Activists gathered outside the Hall of Justice.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWELisa Gray-Garcia, aka “Tiny,” led a press conference outside the San Francisco Hall of Justice Feb. 5 to announce that she...
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Locals Only: Steep Ravine
Steep Ravine plays the Starry Plough Friday, Feb. 7.There's something in Steep Ravine's music that sounds older than their (fresh-out-of-college) years: It's a calmness, a soulfulness, a complete lack...
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Uber neighborhood pricing surge charges Marina most
Screen capture of a "surge pricing" announcement from Uber to its drivers.Uber charges the Marina and Pacific Heights districts up to three times as much for a ride as the rest of the city in its new...
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Sundance, part six: superlatives
Subtle: a poster for Lars von Trier's latest.More Sundance right here on Pixel Vision.My biggest excitement of Sundance 2014 was the random email I received asking if I would be able to attend a...
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Happy Friday from Happy Diving
Happy DivingFeeling '90s-tastic this morning? (Okay let's be real, that is my baseline state of being.) SF's grungy power-pop four-piece Happy Diving helped today, though, with this new video for...
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New movies: Clooney, vampires, stellar imports, and more!
Stranger by the LakeCourtesy of Strand ReleasingThis week's big release, George Clooney's The Monuments Men, is a dud. So what else should you see instead? Options include a pair of well-received...
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