A show a day: Your fall music calendar

August 27, 2014, 12:06 pm

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FALL ARTS 2014 Like a daily multivitamin, your recommended dose of live shows through November

Whiskerman plays the Mission Creek Oakland Music & Arts Festival. (See Sept. 4-13.)

FALL ARTS What's going on in Bay Area music these next three months? Glad you asked.

Here's your musical agenda from Labor Day through Thanksgiving, with highlights from our favorite fall festivals.

Aug. 27 Terry Malts Brick and Mortar, SF. www.brickand-mortarmusic.com

Aug. 28 Black Cobra Vipers with French Cassettes The Chapel, SF. www.thechapelsf.comRead more »

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SF queer arts community mourns Arturo Galster, "drag queen's drag queen"

August 27, 2014, 12:12 pm

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To call seminal SF perfomer and alpha theater aficionado Arturo Galster merely a "drag queen" is to do his range -- from the legendary Vegas in Space movie and pitch-perfect live-sung Pasty Cline interpretations to his recent technicolor turns with the Thrillpeddlers -- a disservice. But his name will always call to mind that moment in the late '80s and early '90s when SF's drag scene unmoored itself from polite old school diva kabuki into a squall of gloriously punky, ironic camp.

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A master of observation: chatting with author Sean Wilsey

August 27, 2014, 12:45 pm

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Sean Wilsey's 2005 memoir.

“We used to call this Café High,” author Sean Wilsey says of Café International, our meeting spot, before letting out a hearty chortle. By “we” he means his late-80s classmates at the Urban School, the private prep school 10 blocks or so from the Haight and Fillmore coffee shop. By “high” I assume he’s alluding to marijuana in some form or another, but I’m too intrigued by Wilsey’s instant openness and nostalgia to probe. Despite four other high schools (he never graduated), myriad other cities (he doesn’t come back to San Francisco very often anymore), and 25 or so intervening years (he’s pushing 45), Wilsey still grasps the vibe of his native hood with the exactitude of a lifelong resident. 

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Wrestling with survivor's guilt in a crazy world

August 27, 2014, 2:47 pm

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By Jeanene Harlick

OPINION This is one of the ways you become that person who wants to take his or her life.Read more »

BART launches internal affairs investigation into tackling arrest of black man

August 27, 2014, 3:36 pm

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SF Examiner photo by Kate Conger

The Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation after an officer tackled and subsequently arrested a suspect, the Bay Guardian has learned. The nature of the complaint leading into the investigation is not yet known, but statements from the suspect's attorney indicate it may be racially motivated. Read more »

A show a day: Your fall music calendar

August 28, 2014, 12:30 pm

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The sweet sounds of Foxygen will fill the Fillmore Oct. 24.

PHOTO BY CARA ROBBINS

What's going on in Bay Area music these next three months? Glad you asked. 

Like a daily multivitamin wards off the sniffles, getting the SFBG's official recommended dose of live shows is crucial to maintaining optimal mental health, fun levels, and skin tone, especially as the days get shorter and the weather turns ever-so-slightly cooler.Read more »

Predicting earthquakes, from 14-year-old prophets to train-stopping ShakeAlerts to lessons from disaster flicks

August 28, 2014, 1:45 pm

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A youngster rides his scooter over a sidewalk buckled by an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Napa, Calif. A large earthquake caused significant damage and left at least three critically injured in California's northern Bay Area early Sunday.

AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Earlier today, I called my mother, a natural disaster film junkie, and asked her, “Do you know of any movies where someone predicts natural disasters, but no one believes the guy, and so everything goes a little haywire?”

“10.5, Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Volcano, Deep Impact, and Knowing,” she replied without any hesitation. “But in Knowing the protagonist gets help from aliens to predict disasters, so I don't know if that's bordering on fiction.”Read more »

Ranks of opposition to 16th and Mission development grow as Plaza 16 pushes forward

August 29, 2014, 12:44 pm

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Photo courtesy of Plaza 16

In the sea of nonprofit leaders, career organizers, and rabblerousers, one old man put the Mission's struggle into context, last night [Thu/28]. It was a majority Latino district even as recently as the '90s, he told the crowd gathered in St. John's Episcopal Church last night. But now: "Here in the Mission, I can count the Latinos on my hands."Read more »

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Chuck Prophet to Scott Wiener: Shut the fuck up about Duboce Triangle

August 29, 2014, 3:05 pm

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Chuck Prophet: Not that into condos.

Musician and historically outspoken SF resident Chuck Prophet, who'll be gracing us with his brand of ramblin' rock and roll at this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass fest, got a little fired up today after reading this Chron piece from the ever-insightful C.W. Nevius.Read more »

From tanks to scooters: The top five most and least intimidating SFPD vehicles

August 29, 2014, 3:36 pm

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Photo courtesy of SFPD via http://www.policecarwebsite.net/

Our news feature story this week covered the militarization of police departments across the country, including the SFPD, and how the easy accessibility of "cool toys" like grenade launchers and armored vehicles encourages violence.

But one conclusion we were left with as we worked on the story was this: the SFPD ain’t all bad. During the last Police Commission meeting, Chief Greg Suhr mentioned he was almost hesitant to order four forklifts from the Department of Defense due to scrutiny from the news media. Read more »

SF-style cycletracks may spread throughout California under approved legislation

August 29, 2014, 4:30 pm

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Cycletracks, like those on Market Street, could soon start appearing in more California cities.

Mike Koozmin/SF Print Media Co.

San Francisco-style cycletracks — bike lanes physically separated from automobile traffic — could proliferate in cities throughout California under a bill approved today [Fri/29] by the Legislature, provided Gov. Jerry Brown decides to sign it.Read more »

Visual reaction

August 26, 2014, 4:16 pm

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FALL ARTS 2014 Upcoming exhibitions explore politics through art

Ofrenda Para Antonio Lomas

by Carmen Lomas Garza

arts@sfbg.comRead more »

Wizard of brews

August 26, 2014, 4:17 pm

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THE WEEKNIGHTER Finding magical fulfillment at Magnolia Dogpatch and Smokestack

Hidden pleasures: Magnolia Dogpatch

GUARDIAN PHOTO BY JESSICA CHRISTIAN

culture@sfbg.com

THE WEEKNIGHTER I was hanging out with Steve Jones. I'm pretty sure it was the first time just the two of us were kicking it, even though I'd known him for years and he'd been my editor at SFBG for at least six months. There was supposed to be some kind of Mixmaster Mike event at a loft in the Dogpatch, and when we arrived, there was nothing. So we did the next best thing. We got some drinks.Read more »

Fall fairs and festivals

August 26, 2014, 5:16 pm

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FALL ARTS 2014 A cornucopia of outdoor and indoor fun, family-friendly events, and adult playgrounds

Autumn Moon Fest, Sept. 6-7

Aug. 30

Pilgrim Soul Forge Harvest Fair Pilgrim Soul Forge, 101 West Tower, Alameda; www.grantsforge.com. Noon-6pm, free. Possibly the only fall fair in the Bay Area to offer blacksmithing demonstrations alongside the usual suspects: food trucks, craft vendors, and live music.Read more »

Catching up with The Presidents of the United States of America

August 26, 2014, 5:57 pm

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POTUSA hit Slim's tomorrow, Wed/27.

Though they hit the peak of their fame in the mid-'90s post-grunge era with hits like "Peaches" and "Kitty," the Presidents of the United States of America have enjoyed a more fruitful and fascinating career than many of their ilk.

From collaborating with Shonen Knife and Sir Mix-A-Lot to starting an indie label to performing a Pokemon tribute song at the Pokemon Black/White American launch party, their career is shaping up to be as long, delightful, and brilliant as their name. Read more »

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A show a day: Your fall music calendar

August 27, 2014, 12:06 pm

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FALL ARTS 2014 Like a daily multivitamin, your recommended dose of live shows through November

Whiskerman plays the Mission Creek Oakland Music & Arts Festival. (See Sept. 4-13.)

FALL ARTS What's going on in Bay Area music these next three months? Glad you asked.

Here's your musical agenda from Labor Day through Thanksgiving, with highlights from our favorite fall festivals.

Aug. 27 Terry Malts Brick and Mortar, SF. www.brickand-mortarmusic.com

Aug. 28 Black Cobra Vipers with French Cassettes The Chapel, SF. www.thechapelsf.comRead more »

SF queer arts community mourns Arturo Galster, "drag queen's drag queen"

August 27, 2014, 12:12 pm

≫ Next: A master of observation: chatting with author Sean Wilsey

≪ Previous: A show a day: Your fall music calendar

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To call seminal SF perfomer and alpha theater aficionado Arturo Galster merely a "drag queen" is to do his range -- from the legendary Vegas in Space movie and pitch-perfect live-sung Pasty Cline interpretations to his recent technicolor turns with the Thrillpeddlers -- a disservice. But his name will always call to mind that moment in the late '80s and early '90s when SF's drag scene unmoored itself from polite old school diva kabuki into a squall of gloriously punky, ironic camp.

Read more »

A master of observation: chatting with author Sean Wilsey

August 27, 2014, 12:45 pm

≫ Next: Wrestling with survivor's guilt in a crazy world

≪ Previous: SF queer arts community mourns Arturo Galster, "drag queen's drag queen"

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Sean Wilsey's 2005 memoir.

“We used to call this Café High,” author Sean Wilsey says of Café International, our meeting spot, before letting out a hearty chortle. By “we” he means his late-80s classmates at the Urban School, the private prep school 10 blocks or so from the Haight and Fillmore coffee shop. By “high” I assume he’s alluding to marijuana in some form or another, but I’m too intrigued by Wilsey’s instant openness and nostalgia to probe. Despite four other high schools (he never graduated), myriad other cities (he doesn’t come back to San Francisco very often anymore), and 25 or so intervening years (he’s pushing 45), Wilsey still grasps the vibe of his native hood with the exactitude of a lifelong resident. 

Read more »

Wrestling with survivor's guilt in a crazy world

August 27, 2014, 2:47 pm

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≪ Previous: A master of observation: chatting with author Sean Wilsey

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By Jeanene Harlick

OPINION This is one of the ways you become that person who wants to take his or her life.Read more »

BART launches internal affairs investigation into tackling arrest of black man

August 27, 2014, 3:36 pm

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SF Examiner photo by Kate Conger

The Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation after an officer tackled and subsequently arrested a suspect, the Bay Guardian has learned. The nature of the complaint leading into the investigation is not yet known, but statements from the suspect's attorney indicate it may be racially motivated. Read more »