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Pop-up Mattarello rolls out authentic, handmade pastasString theory: Mattarello's fresh, tasty waresPHOTOS BY KAYLEN BAKERarts@sfbg.comFOOD On a bright November afternoon, I ducked into Biondivino, a...
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Top indies of 2013 make fun without firearmsjoe@sfbg.comYEAR IN GAMER This list is for all the gamers sick of blasting your last alien, zombie, or oppositional soldier of the moment (Nazis, Soviets,...
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Mainstream hits of 2013 — and a few smaller picks, tooarts@sfbg.comYEAR IN GAMER The year 2013 has been a triumphant, confident peak in a particularly long generation of gaming, and as we gather around...
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Preservation Hall Jazz Bandarts@sfbg.comTOFU AND WHISKEY The tuba comes quickly, bubbling over excitedly at the start of the wildly entertaining "That's It!"— the title track off the Preservation Hall...
View ArticleFilm Listings: December 11 - 17, 2013
Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, Sam Stander, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock.OPENINGThe Hobbit:...
View ArticleTheater Listings: December 11 - 17, 2013
Stage listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Rita Felciano, and Nicole Gluckstern. Submit items for the listings at...
View ArticleRep Clock: December 11 - 17, 2013
Schedules are for Wed/11-Tue/17 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified."ANOTHER HOLE IN THE...
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Make the yuletide gay!WEDNESDAY 12/11 Jagwar MaDiscussing the lead track off Howlin', Jagwar Ma's Jono Ma has described time spent in two Berlin clubs: Club Bassy, which "only played vinyl from the...
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TABLEHOPPING: Alta CA takes us higher, Comstock Saloon rocks some changes, and two new brunches light up those late, late mornings. New-style chilaquiles (with steak, mmm) at La UrbanaPHOTO BY...
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Reading by moonlight with Nicole Kidman Is Fucking Gorgeous"We are students of creativity and magic."arts@sfbg.comTHEATER We meet above the waterfall in Yerba Buena Gardens. It's cold, getting dark....
View ArticleMusic Listings: December 11-16, 2013
WEDNESDAY 11ROCKBottom of the Hill: 1233 17th St., San Francisco. The Bruises, Lovers, Upstairs Downstairs, 9 p.m., $10.Cafe Du Nord: 2170 Market, San Francisco. Tommy & The High Pilots, The Lower...
View ArticlePsychic Dream Astrology: December 11-17, 2013
ARIESMarch 21-April 19This is not the time to sit idly by as the world changes around you, be a part of things, Aries! Take it a step further and don’t just make a lateral moves, but strive to make...
View ArticleReal tech worker says SF homeless "grotesque,""degenerates,""trash"
Image via Gopman's Facebook page.Just a day after a fake tech worker blew up the Internet with class hatred, an actual tech worker spewed hatred for real -- and it’s worse than anything that our...
View ArticleSFUSD gifts city 115 affordable housing units for the holidays
Advocate asks board to approve the land swap project.Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezThe San Francisco Board of Education last night (Tue/10) approved a land swap with city government, gifting San...
View ArticleTheater Listings: December 11 - 17, 2013
Stage listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Rita Felciano, and Nicole Gluckstern. Submit items for the listings at...
View ArticleRep Clock: December 11 - 17, 2013
Schedules are for Wed/11-Tue/17 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified."ANOTHER HOLE IN THE...
View ArticleThis Week's Picks: December 11 - 17, 2013
Make the yuletide gay!WEDNESDAY 12/11 Jagwar MaDiscussing the lead track off Howlin', Jagwar Ma's Jono Ma has described time spent in two Berlin clubs: Club Bassy, which "only played vinyl from the...
View ArticleMexican dude
TABLEHOPPING: Alta CA takes us higher, Comstock Saloon rocks some changes, and two new brunches light up those late, late mornings. New-style chilaquiles (with steak, mmm) at La UrbanaPHOTO BY...
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Reading by moonlight with Nicole Kidman Is Fucking Gorgeous"We are students of creativity and magic."arts@sfbg.comTHEATER We meet above the waterfall in Yerba Buena Gardens. It's cold, getting dark....
View ArticleMusic Listings: December 11-16, 2013
WEDNESDAY 11ROCKBottom of the Hill: 1233 17th St., San Francisco. The Bruises, Lovers, Upstairs Downstairs, 9 p.m., $10.Cafe Du Nord: 2170 Market, San Francisco. Tommy & The High Pilots, The Lower...
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