Gimme a kiss
The Tarragon Collins and Mumbai Mule at new Mission bar ABVPHOTO BY TABLEHOPPER.COMculture@sfbg.comTABLEHOPPING From late-night bibimbap to calzones for lunch and affordable thali plate feasting,...
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TABLEHOPPING From late-night bibimbap to calzones for lunch and affordable thali plate feasting, you're covered.The Tarragon Collins and Mumbai Mule at new Mission bar ABV (3174 16th St, SF....
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THE WEEKNIGHTER Contemplating change -- and not-change -- with High Lifes at the Sycamore Straddling worlds at The SycamoreGUARDIAN PHOTO BY JESSICA CHRISTIANculture@sfbg.comRead more »
View ArticleWe're draining the swamp: No more comments at SFBG.com, at least for now
There’s a tipping point between constructive criticism and destructive disparagement, and when the latter category is layered with an onslaught of spam from spellcasters, solicitors, and scammers —...
View ArticlePatsy Cline Tribute with Joni Morris at Vallejo’s Historic Empress Theatre
Joni Morris and her stellar band bring to life the music of Patsy Cline at the beautiful, century-old historic Empress Theatre in Vallejo for a night of legendary music in a majestic setting.Read more »
View ArticleSFPD still searching for man who beat Feather; memorial fund set up
The Noe lemonade stand paid tribute to Feather last week.There have been no new developments in the case of Feather, aka Bryan Higgins, the Radical Faerie who was found beaten near Duboce Park, and who...
View ArticleHump day music news: The Masonic gets a facelift, that dancey new Toro y Moi...
An artist's rendering of you and all your computer-generated friends having fun at the new Masonic.PHOTO/LIVE NATION-- The venue formerly known as the Nob Hill Masonic Center will re-open next month as...
View ArticleAmerican landscapes: a review of SF native Sean Wilsey's essay collection,...
Midway through the introduction to More Curious (McSweeney's Books, 342 pp., $22), his recently-published collection of essays from the last 15 years, Sean Wilsey (who appears at the Booksmith Thu/21)...
View ArticleResearcher explores police and protester violence in the Occupy movement
People are moved by a line of police as authorities disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo. early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an...
View ArticleEyewitness claims victim of officer-involved shooting did not brandish Taser
This illustration of Alejandro ("Alex") Nieto, from justiceforalexnieto.org, appeared on fliers throughout the Mission District.A person claiming to be an eyewitness to the fatal shooting of Alejandro...
View ArticleWho will run Gleneagles Golf Course? If it's not the city, who cares?
Gleneagles Golf CourseAs we watch today’s Recreation and Park Commission meeting on extending political insider Tom Hsieh’s no-bid contract to run the once-public Gleneagles Golf Course — which is...
View ArticleVideo of suspect in Feather beating released
The SFPD has released video footage of a suspect in the violent beating of Feather, aka Bryan Higgins, who died last week at SF General:Read more »
View ArticleDepartment of Homeland Security issues security bulletin over peaceful protest
Apparently someone at DHS is paying close attention to Anonymous videos posted to YouTube.Apparently, the Department of Homeland Security takes the leaderless activist group Anonymous very, very...
View ArticleSacramento Bee wins legal battle, UC Davis pepper spraying cops must be named
Nearly three years after UC Davis campus police pepper sprayed a line of peaceful, seated student protesters from the Occupy movement, The Sacramento Bee has won a legal battle to release the names of...
View ArticleTreasure Island challenge appealed to California Supreme Court
Treasure Island could include up to 8,000 homes and high-rise hotels.Critics of current plans to build 8,000 new homes and acres of commercial and office space on Treasure Island — despite the...
View ArticleLittle Dragon roosts at The Fox
Little Dragon hit the Fox tomorrow, Fri/22.Photo by Marco van RijtBy Rob GoszkowskiJanet Jackson was in heavy rotation when Little Dragon went to work on Nabuma Rubberband, the album they released in...
View ArticleTo boldly go...beyond the grave! This week's new movies
A masked Michael Fassbender stars in offbeat comedy Frank.PHOTO COURTESY OF MAGNOLIA PICTURESA mask-wearing musician, a Star Trek alum, coming-of-age tales, a rom-com with a sci-fi twist, a rom-com...
View ArticleNot just an Animal Collective side project: Entering the Slasher House with...
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks hit the GAMH Sun/24.In spite of music videos that are more than vaguely reminiscent of the horror film genre — not to mention the band's name — the “jazz power trio” of Avey...
View ArticleKoch brothers and other right-wing outsiders challenge Bay Area minimum wage...
David and Charles Koch have used wealth they inherited and made through fossil fuels to push an extreme right-wing agenda.In recent months, San Francisco and Oakland have unveiled ballot measures that...
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