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The organ, the laptop, and 'Digital Loom'
Mason Bates fuses techno-ambient effects to symphonic elements The SF Symphony's awesome-looking American Mavericks festival -- which will present a "wild side" of contemporary and modernist classical...
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Teachers, students demand funding for education
Activists with the Chinese Progressive Association at the Civic Center rally to defend public education GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF People across the Bay Area joined in the National Day of Action...
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EMA deals with a tough crowd at Rickshaw Stop
EMA, totally not at Rickshaw Stop. No one likes to be shushed. The most intense shushing I ever endured was at the Independent, during an Owen Pallett show. I was talking to a friend as the lights...
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Green Film Fest shorts: You've Been Trumped
PHOTO COURTESY SF GREEN FILM FESTIVAL Activist ire need a jump start? The Green Film Festival takes over Japantown's San Francisco Film Society Cinema now through Wed/7. Go for tidings on the fight...
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Green Film Fest shorts: The Global Catch
Chins up, enviros -- this week there's a slew of movies showing that prove that you're not alone in fighting the good fight. The Green Film Festival takes over Japantown's San Francisco Film Society...
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SF Chamber poll distorts the facts...again
This logo on the Chamber website sends visitors to select results, but not the underlying questions, statements, or data. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce this week released its annual City Beat...
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Green Film Fest shorts: Just Do It
Activist ire need a jump start? The Green Film Festival takes over Japantown's San Francisco Film Society Cinema now through Wed/7. Go for tidings on the fight for our planet around the world --...
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Herbwise: Shambhala Healing Center next on the federal chopping block
Shambhala Healing Center floor manager Lupe Ruiz contemplates the closure of her dispensary. GUARDIAN PHOTO BY CAITLIN DONOHUE When Al Shawa, founder of Shambhala Healing Center, was asked about what...
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Localized Appreesh: Date Palms
Date Palms are cultivated for their sweet, edible fruit. It's hard to imagine a better fit to experimental film than psychedelic drone. The brief images on screen take you away to darkened unknown...
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The failure of Lee's business tax plan
The Mayor’s Office and city finance officials are circulating drafts of a new business tax plan that would largely abolish the payroll tax and replace it with a levy on gross receipts. Ben Rosenfield,...
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Cannabis' unlikely new crusader: Pat Robertson?
Praying for legalization? File this one under #OKsure: Televangelist and all-around dubious individual Pat Robertson has come out in support of the decriminalization of marijuana.<!--break--> Of...
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15 lipsmacking cocktails for $5 and under
These guys know the meaning of the Phonebooth's $4 tequila sunrise. 'THE GUYS IN THE CORNER' DRAWING BY YELP USER CHEAPGIRL DRAWS M. Screw on your drinking hats, cheapos -- we tracked down 15 watering...
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Food-truck battle at the board of supes
No taco trucks here (image: Burritojustice) The supervisors are weighing in on a state bill that would ban food truck from parking within 1500 feet of schools -- and it's really tricky. Let's start...
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C'mon inside "Silent House" with co-director Laura Lau
Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) is having a very, very bad day. Photo Courtesy of Open Road Films Yep, it's another remake of a foreign horror movie — but Uruguay's La casa muda is obscure enough that Silent...
View ArticleEditorial: The case against the 8 Washington tower
Editorial note: In 1971, at the height of the Alvin Duskin anti-highrise battle, the Guardian did a special first ever cost benefit study for high rise office development. We found that highrises cost...
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Mayor Lee makes demands on SFUSD
Tom Ammiano's not happy with the mayor's interpretation of his rainy day fund. "You thought you felt an earthquake Sunday night. Actually, that was me." Assemblymember Tom Ammiano was on the phone,...
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Tumblr king: An interview with the co-author of 'All My Friends Are Dead'
Book of the Dead. Perhaps it's indicative of our societal aversion to life's end that Jory John just finished an email interview with the Guardian. How else would one explain the meteoric success of...
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Gamer: Sony PlayStation Vita top picks (and games to skip)
Read Peter Galvin's review of the Sony PlayStation Vita in this week's Gamer column. Most of the Vita's launch games exist to show off what the system can do. Mini games, short races, puzzlers; a lot...
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Genesis Breyer P-Orridge on "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye"
Read Nicole Gluckstern's interview with documentary filmmaker Marie Losier about her new film, The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, here. Below, extended thoughts from Losier and film subject and...
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From bhangra to Brazilian horns: Celebrate International Women's Day at Yoshi's
International Women’s Day has been around to raise consciousness and support women’s rights since the early 1900s, and this year the party happens Thu/8. Tomorrow morning, people across the Bay Area...
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