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Riding the 'Dark Wave': Jay Howell comes home for a zine release
Git it Howell: Art from 'The Dark Wave' Jay Howell may have left us for the palm trees in Silverlake, but that doesn’t mean that he’s gone forever. You may know Howell for his zine Punks Git Cut, his...
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Liberation, sexy sartorial style: My night at the underwear party
ALL PHOTOS BY ALI LANE When we got there at 10:40 p.m., the underwear party was just getting started. The Knockout isn’t a big place, and it wouldn’t take long before it filled up with barely-dressed...
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Gooooooold! Are you ready for the Oscars?
Dark horse nominee Gary Oldman gave the year's best performance in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." Photo by Jack English It's Academy Awards season, and whether you're planning to hit a viewing party at...
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GOP race is all about poo-poo
And you thought it was all about birth control. Can anybody seriously say that all the reporters and editors who write these stories and headlines about Santorum surging from the bottom and Santorum...
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Conversation on Golden Gate Park concerts continues
Hellman Hollow in Golden Gate Park (formerly Speedway Meadow) PHOTO VIA SUSAN SAPERSTEIN, SF CITY GUIDES “I call for this hearing each year,” said District 1 Supervisor Eric Mar. The focus of the...
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Burning rubber: How do adult film actors feel about LA's condom regulations?
Porn directors Princess Donna and Bobbi Starr mull over condom regulations on the AVN Awards red carpet. GUARDIAN PHOTO BY NED HALABY All video by Ned Halaby By now, the 2012 AVN Awards are but a...
View ArticleGuardian editorial: Saving money on sunshine
We hate to pick on Scott Wiener, who is a polite guy who always takes our calls and takes public policy seriously. He's got an extensive legislative agenda — good for him — and he's effective at...
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What to Read: ‘SoMa’ by Kemble Scott
“Everyone you meet here in San Francisco has some anecdote about 'the wild night I ended up in SoMa,’” author Kemble Scott said back in 2007. Sure, the neighborhood has experienced a gentrified taming...
View ArticleValentine's Day dump the banks rally: If only all break-ups involved this...
Protesters across the country participated in "break up with your bank" day on Feb. 14. Several protesters happened throughout the Bay Area, including a demonstration organized by Causa Justa :: Just...
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Live Shots: Surreal Valentine's re-wedding at Eternity Ball
Photos by Bowerbird Photography For Valentine's Day, Sam Love and I celebrated by going to one gigantic wedding reception. Oh wait, there was a wedding ceremony too. Actually a re-commitment ceremony,...
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Lackluster finish to case that made serious political charges
Cobra Solutions founder James Brady was disappointed by the jury verdict Luke Thomas/Fog City Journal A jury awarded the City and County of San Francisco $24,498 yesterday following its deliberations...
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Quilt odyssey: Eliza Fernand travels the country collecting stories and...
The quilter's journey. PHOTO BY MICHELLE MURPHY Perhaps this particular project can be traced back to a brightly colored, patchwork tent. Eliza Fernand already had a history of creating otherworldly...
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Burning Man winners: theme camps, and maybe ticket scalpers
ChiaLynn/Creative Commons Burning Man organizers faced at least two serious problems created by its flawed new ticketing system, and they chose to deal with just one of them yesterday in announcing...
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Bubbles, rising rents, and the politicians who fuel them
After neither Mayor Ed Lee nor Sup. Jane Kim were willing to return my calls to discuss the implications of their economic development policies that favor big commercial landlords and tech companies –...
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Blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. solos as long as he damn well pleases
Gary Clark Jr., totally not at Great American Music Hall. PHOTO BY MYRIAM SANTOS “Well you gonna know my name, by the end of the night,” Gary Clark Jr. sings during his take off Jimmy Reed’s blues...
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San Francisco honors the memory of Warren Hellman with a free daytime concert
Where he belonged, on stage at HSB. San Francisco will honor the memory of philanthropist Warren Hellman this weekend with a fittingly free, live bluegrass showcase. The event includes performances...
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6 places to take a nude figure drawing class
DRAWING BY DOUG FRANCO Clothes are nothing but hindrances when it comes to drawing the human body. Strip down to the barest essentials in these nude figure drawing classes offered around the Bay Area....
View ArticleDick Meister: Celebrating the Farmworkers' Filipino American Champion
By Dick Meister Dick Meister, former Labor Editor of SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. He's co-author of "A Long Time Coming: The Struggle...
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The Performant: Rep flow
Nick A. Olivero and Brian Trybom are alternating roles nightly in Sam Shepard's "True West." PHOTO BY PETER LIU Boxcar Theatre gets hardcore with Sam Shepard Every year it feels like it’ll be...
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Localized Appreesh: Churches
Don't cross out Churches. Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. There's a whole lot of religious...
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