On the Cheap
On the Cheap listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Submit items for the listings at listings@sfbg.com.WEDNESDAY 3"Fuck the Fourth Sale"AK Press Warehouse, 674-A 23rd St, Oakl; www.akpress.org....
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The Lone Ranger: WTF happened to Johnny Depp's careerPut a bird on it: Tonto (Johnny Depp) confers with the Lone Ranger's horse, Silver.cheryl@sfbg.comFILM Pop-culture historians who study 2005's top...
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A new doc unearths long-lost Detroit band DeathBand of brothers: Death's sole single is now highly-prized by record collectors.arts@sfbg.comFILM The most popular feel-good documentary last year was...
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SF Ethnic Dance Festival triumphs, despite budget cuts and the loss of its main venueAntoine Hunter of Urban Jazz Dance Companyarts@sfbg.comDANCE Last weekend, World Arts West's San Francisco Ethnic...
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California prisoners prepare for another hunger strike to protest persistently deplorable conditionsSitawa Jamaa is a prisoner at Pelican Bay who helped organize the hunger strikes.news@sfbg.comSitawa...
View ArticleWedding bells and Pride protests
A whirlwind week of LGBTQ action in San Franciscorebecca@sfbg.com ; steve@sfbg.comThe city of San Francisco was a complete whirlwind from June 26 to June 30. First came the historic Supreme Court...
View ArticleParents, behind bars
New programs acknowledge that strengthening the parent-child bond reduces recidivismBy Ross MirkarimiOPINION Nearly 50 percent of the 2.7 million people incarcerated in US prisons and jails are mothers...
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The city celebrates equality, but still leaves many behindEDITORIAL The scene at City Hall on Friday, June 28 could have been a video rewind of 2004's Winter of Love: a surprise announcement granting...
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Thursday 4San Francisco Mime Troupe: Oil and Water Dolores Park, 18thand Dolores, SF. www.sfmt.org. 2pm, free. This free performance by San Francisco's beloved Mime Troupe actually incorporates two...
View Article"Eviction Free Summer" activists show up outside a landlord's office to...
On July 2, activists from "Eviction Free Summer," formed to defend tenants facing eviction, gathered outside landlord Rick Holman's South Park office building in San Francisco to protest an eviction...
View ArticleCity College loses accreditation, throwing its future into doubt
A student registers for classes at City College shortly before the announcement was made about revoking its accreditation.Joe FitzgeraldCity College of San Francisco will lose its accreditation, it was...
View ArticleThe Fourth of July: Remembering the good old days in Rock Rapids, Iowa, circa...
By Bruce B. Brugmann(Note: In July of 1972, when the Bay Guardian was short a Fourth of July story, I sat down and cranked out this one for the front page on my trusty Royal Typewriter. I now reprint...
View Article8 Washington opponents try to torpedo counter-initiative
You sir are hereby accused of circulating a petition with fatal legal flaws!ED SCHIPUL VIA FLICKROpponents of 8 Washington, a hotly contested development project that would erect 134 new condos priced...
View ArticleCelebrating independence, embracing wage slavery
America, fuck yeah!On the eve of Independence Day, too many San Franciscans seem eager to give up on the very idea of independence, instead willingly buying into the divide and conquer strategies of...
View ArticleDick Meister: Celebrating July Fourth with the enemy
By Dick MeisterDick Meister is a veteran Guardian columnist and freelance writer.The Fourth of July, as we all know, is Independence Day. Hurray for GeorgeWashington and the revolutionaries, down with...
View ArticleOn the Cheap
On the Cheap listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Submit items for the listings at listings@sfbg.com.WEDNESDAY 3"Fuck the Fourth Sale"AK Press Warehouse, 674-A 23rd St, Oakl; www.akpress.org....
View ArticleHi-yo, stinker
The Lone Ranger: WTF happened to Johnny Depp's careerPut a bird on it: Tonto (Johnny Depp) confers with the Lone Ranger's horse, Silver.cheryl@sfbg.comFILM Pop-culture historians who study 2005's top...
View ArticleLive to tell
A new doc unearths long-lost Detroit band DeathBand of brothers: Death's sole single is now highly-prized by record collectors.arts@sfbg.comFILM The most popular feel-good documentary last year was...
View ArticleDiversity in motion
SF Ethnic Dance Festival triumphs, despite budget cuts and the loss of its main venueAntoine Hunter of Urban Jazz Dance Companyarts@sfbg.comDANCE Last weekend, World Arts West's San Francisco Ethnic...
View ArticleHungry for reform
California prisoners prepare for another hunger strike to protest persistently deplorable conditionsSitawa Jamaa is a prisoner at Pelican Bay who helped organize the hunger strikes.news@sfbg.comSitawa...
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