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Fresh Cuts: Weird-fi, dual-meaning Deutsch wort, and so much more
Thirst quencher: Reptar. This week in new music sees SF-originated the Brian Jonestown Massacre speaking in tongues (not really) with thirteenth release "Aufheben" and the Mowgli Sound The Drum with...
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IAPA: A message for World Press Freedom Day (May 3)
Editor's note: Remarks by Milton Coleman, president of the Inter American Press Association, in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3 Thursday. Coleman is the senior editor of the...
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City case speculates about Mirkarimi's interference with investigation
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has faced intense media scrutiny, but now the matter moves into the realm of evidence. Luke Thomas/Fog City Journal The City Attorney's Office laid out much of its case against...
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Reflecting on violence at the SF Commune
GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF Occupy San Francisco protesters entered Catholic Church-owned properties at 888 Turk last night. This is the same building that a similar group occupied April 1, in a...
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The Performant: This shit is bananas
Dave Levine in “Brainkill” PHOTO BY CHRIS ALONGI BOA strikes again As the banal, chart-topping strains of Taio Cruz fill the theatre, a whirlwind of pink sportswear and bared teeth commandeers the...
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Appetite: More Upper highs and Valley loves
Magnolia in the Upper Haight rules for brunch and brews In this week's Appetite column in the paper, I ran down my picks for the best spots to eat a quality meal (without the expense of other areas)...
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Only real change can avert more conflict
This week's May Day events brought together immigrant groups, labor unions, and activists with the Occupy movement to confront gross inequities in our economic and political systems. That's a healthy...
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Listen to Meklit Hadero and the sounds of Copperwire
In this week's issue, we talk to Bay favorite musician Meklit Hadero about her latest project, Copperwire -- a hip-hop space opera coming to the Rickshaw Stop on Sat/5. Hadero is joined in the project...
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Little City Gardens in bloom
Photos by Bowerbird Photography “This is a secret magic place in the city,” said Bonnie, a volunteer at Little City Gardens. She crouched over a bed of orange and yellow marigolds, lovingly forming...
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Sunday Streets coming to -- and staying in -- the Mission
Sunday Streets is now a monthly event in the Mission District Steven T. Jones Sunday Streets – the once-controversial closure of streets to automobiles so they can be fully used by pedestrians,...
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Wiener goes after historic preservation
Sup. Scott Wiener is pushing a bill that would make it more difficult to create historic districts in San Francisco, and it’s already cleared the Land Use and Economic Development Committee. The...
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Low taxes are bad for business
The teachers at San Francisco's public schools are talking about going on strike. The contracts talks with the district are at an impasse. Things look bleak. Well, they don't look as bleak as things...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin: Ron Paul, still standing
Ron Paul, Stll Standing Mitt's opposite number is still in the race. Paul has his supporters; he has his own base. He has his own style, which is folksy, not canned. Religion? He's got one. His...
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Street Threads: Sunday Streets Edition
Valencia Street launched its monthly Sunday Streets pilot program this past weekend -- several blocks of the street will be blocked off on the first Sunday of the month for the next four months, in...
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Killers, brothers, and the just plain weird: SFIFF recap!
"Alps" image courtesty SFFS The 2012 San Francisco International Film Festival wrapped up last week, but we're still basking in the glow of cinema overload. Festival correspondent Jesse Hawthorne...
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Bucky lives! More from SFIFF 2012
Buckminster Fuller, subject of Sam Green's "The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller." Photo by John Loengard/Time Life Pictures, courtesy of SFFS Read Sam Stander's earlier San Francisco International...
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GUEST OPINION: The politics of retribution
By Debra Walker and Krissy Keefer We have been shocked and saddened by the perpetual attack on Ross Mikarimi and his family. To Ross’s credit, he took responsibility in the criminal case he faced, and...
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Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
Gauntlet Hair loves fuzzy creatures. This week you can catch piano adventures, spacey freaks, free DJ nights, scratchy 1960s garage veterans, Jem's truly outrageous husband, and more. But before all...
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On the couch with James Darling
Porn performer James Darling is helping to trans-form the industry. He won the Heartthrob of the Year honor at this year's Feminist Porn Awards. He teaches workshops on porn star sex. He has a full...
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We had a big fashion party at the museum, and it rocked
Last month, our "Beautiful Rebels" Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show-party with Peaches Christ at the de Young Museum rivaled the Gaultier opening gala itself. Check out these beautiful rebel shots by...
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