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Live Shots: ABADA-Capoeira's "The Spirit of Brazil"
Sparking machetes. Lots of them, clanking against each other, as the dancers holding them ran in circles. I'll be honest, sitting in the front row was slightly intimidating, and also rather...
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The Performant: Boxed in at Boxwars
Putting the glad into Gladiator You are a warrior. Sheathed in armor of the finest corrugated paper pulp and armed with the righteousness of a hundred possible causes (pick one, any one), you grab...
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Live Shots: David Byrne and St. Vincent at the Orpheum
David Byrne opened his show with St. Vincent on Monday night by thanking the Orpheum for breaking its run of The Lion King for their performance. The David Byrne-St. Vincent show wasn't too far off...
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Appetite: Tasting spirits
Whiskey-a-go-go-gone PHOTO BY THE RENAISSANCE MAN An array of new liquor tastes, and a Whiskyfest recap NAVY STRENGTH GIN REACHES US SHORES Unforgettable: my journey to the south of England town of...
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On the Om Front: Oh my goddess
If you’re a goddess or know one, this is your week. Not because the presidential debate on Tuesday night revolved around (devolved into?) a two-ring circus of male presidential candidates each trying...
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Nudity and tourism
Photo by Mike Koozmin/SF Newspaper Co. LLC KQED's Forum weighed in on Sup. Scott Wiener's anti-nudity law Oct. 18, and I particularly enjoyed the attempts by all to avoid the use of the word...
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Party Radar: Rrose, Osunlade, Daniel Wang, Odyssey, more
Two cute: Daniel Wang and Panda Paw First of all, what the heck are you gonna be for Halloweeeeen? I'm vacillating between being these amazing but creepy speakers made of artificial muscles -- so many...
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Drunks, drugs, kung fu, and rock 'n' roll: just another week at the movies
"Darker Than Amber" (1970) screens at Not Necessarily Noir III. This week, get thee to the Roxie for "Not Necessarily Noir III" (Dennis Harvey's preview here), or the wind-whipped moors for Andrea...
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D5 shakeups flip the dynamics of that wild race
There's a resurgence of progressive support for Christina Olague after the Mirkarimi vote and Davis meltdown. Wild and unsettling political dynamics have rocked the District 5 supervisorial race, with...
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UP Festival will locate urban engineering ideas within the best of the SF...
Can jointed parasols made from inexpensive material improve our city? The UP Festival gives you a chance to look at some options Technology-driven “tactical urbanism” will be on display Sat/20 at the...
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Daly's Buck Tavern, a progressive hangout, is closing
Chris Daly's new political job took him away from the bar, where he held court his first year out of office. Steven T. Jones When leftist firebrand Chris Daly left the Board of Supervisors two years...
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Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
Get creepy with Crypts. The beauty of Halloween occurring on a Wednesday (next week, of course) is that you basically get a full week of fiendish, costumed, creepy-crawly shows, many of which take...
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Agnos and other progressives rally for Olague
A string of prominent local progressive leaders today offered their support to Sup. Christina Olague – including former Mayor Art Agnos, who announced his endorsement of her in the District 5...
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Giants sweep the World Series, city goes buck
Praise Scutaro, the Giants swept the World Series last night. And San Franciscans, loose after a brilliant sunny day in the city, with ample practice from the Giants' victory two years ago, and half...
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Paul Addis, playwright and Burning Man arsonist, dies
Paul Addis, shown here during a 2010 interview with the Guardian, died on Saturday night. Steven T. Jones Paul Addis – the San Francisco playwright and performer best known for igniting Burning Man's...
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Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
Who needs Dark Dark Dark? We do. PHOTO BY TOD SEELIE The Giants World Series sweep, Halloween endless, worrying about our East Coast brethren. It feels like everyone has ADD right about now, our...
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SFBG TV: Arse Elektronika brings new meaning to "grab my joystick"
STILL FROM VIDEO BY ERIC CUADRA It was Saturday before Folsom Street Fair 2012, and I found myself standing in Kink.com's recently-opened Armory Club, sipping on a well-crafted cocktail and waiting...
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The sleazy money typhoon
CORRECTION: This article has been updated to correct inaccurate information. The flood of money into the San Francisco elections over the past month is mind-boggling. We've never seen this level of...
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Good Vibes Sex Summit takes the Marriott, and not without controversy
Faces of sex education: presenters at the Good Vibrations Sex Summit this weekend To be completly morbid about a really positive event: had Hurricane Sandy catacylsmically materialized in the Marriot...
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Can tech be funny? Baratunde Thurston thinks so
Baratunde Thurston spikes the tech world with politics -- but not without a fair amount of levity. Baratunde Thurston has probably racked up more frequent flyer miles in the past year than you or me...
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