I Was a Teenage Sundancer
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel at the movies, as seen in doc Life Itself.Photo by Kevin HoranI grew up at the Sundance Film Festival — beginning in 1990, when my father took my 14-year-old self to an...
View ArticleWin Tickets! WillCall Presents: Blackbird Blackbird + Teen Daze
Electro-island magic on the dance floor and WillCall's newest feature at the bar: Don't miss this one! Trailing a 2013 tour with STRFKR, and onto a 2014 tour of his own, SF’s Blackbird Blackbird swirls...
View ArticlePromo: Eric Roberson plus Algebra Blessett at Yoshi’s San Francisco
Eric Roberson – Erro, as he is affectionately known by fans and friends alike – has achieved major milestones in his career, from being a successful songwriter and producer for notable artists like...
View ArticleAn ally and a union brother: Pete Seeger's legacy in the labor movement
Pete Seeger performs at the United Federal Labor Canteen in 1944, with Eleanor Roosevelt in attendancePete Seeger's sweet voice was, among other things, a clear, articulate, consistently outspoken one...
View ArticleTee time: a peek inside Urban Putt, the Mission's indoor mini-golf course
On the back wall of the main room of the old Victorian building at 1096 S. Van Ness is a sculpture of two creepy angels. One holds the other in its arms, their wings keeping them up. These angels are...
View ArticleSan Francisco and its cycletracks lead the way toward safer biking statewide
Cycletracks on Market Street have helped more cyclists feel safer.Mike Koozmin/SF Print Media Co.San Francisco has been blazing the trail toward safer cycling with innovative designs such as...
View ArticleThe future of civic engagement is here (so far it's not pretty)
Last week, we wrote about San Francisco City Hall's foray into “civic innovation,” to foster greater governmental openness through web-based technology.We spotlighted the OpenGov Foundation’s...
View ArticleSundance, part one: crowd-pleasers and dino heists
Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler in rom-com spoof They Came Together.Check out Jesse's intro to his Sundance Film Festival series here.This year, there were few films that stood out as across-the-board crowd...
View ArticleRIP Colonel Meow
Alas, minions! Our fearless, fuzzy leader Colonel Meow has passed away. We will always remember him for championing the Cat Pack and sharing his wise words with us. The culling of beloved Internet...
View ArticleLive Shots: Yuck finds its voice at The Independent
“I remember the last time I was here the room was filled with the smell of weed,” said Yuck’s lead vocalist Max Bloom with his charming British accent, facing yet another thick fog looming over the...
View ArticleCCSF students angered by class cancellations
Despite a day of misty downpours and gray skies, students, faculty members and their supporters gathered in the lobby of the City College of San Francisco’s Conlan Hall on Wed/28 in anticipation of a...
View ArticleSundance, part two: Linklater love
My second year of attending the Sundance Film Festival was at the age of 15; it was 1991 and I took a chance on a film called Slacker by Richard Linklater. This is the ticket stub that started my film...
View ArticleMonologos de la Vagina finds new actress to replace controversial conservative
Maria Conchita Alonso and Tim Donnely in his campaign ad. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezFollowing national controversy over the resignation of a politically conservative actress from the local...
View ArticleSex culture, Kinky Salon, and the three Pollys
Polly Whitakker has been one of my favorite superstars of San Francisco sex culture, traveling a path from her native London through the Polly Pandemonium persona she created while getting into BDSM to...
View Article'The Bachelor' (episode 4, what better time to start?) recap: APOLOGY PLZ
Forgive the late (mid-season) arrival, some copy got lost in translation. And if you buy that, Juan Pablo's public image has a shot.So last week, amid all the real news (Chris Christie things, GOP...
View ArticleI Was a Teenage Sundancer
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel at the movies, as seen in doc Life Itself.Photo by Kevin HoranI grew up at the Sundance Film Festival — beginning in 1990, when my father took my 14-year-old self to an...
View ArticleWin Tickets! WillCall Presents: Blackbird Blackbird + Teen Daze
Electro-island magic on the dance floor and WillCall's newest feature at the bar: Don't miss this one! Trailing a 2013 tour with STRFKR, and onto a 2014 tour of his own, SF’s Blackbird Blackbird swirls...
View ArticlePromo: Eric Roberson plus Algebra Blessett at Yoshi’s San Francisco
Eric Roberson – Erro, as he is affectionately known by fans and friends alike – has achieved major milestones in his career, from being a successful songwriter and producer for notable artists like...
View ArticleAn ally and a union brother: Pete Seeger's legacy in the labor movement
Pete Seeger performs at the United Federal Labor Canteen in 1944, with Eleanor Roosevelt in attendancePete Seeger's sweet voice was, among other things, a clear, articulate, consistently outspoken one...
View ArticleTee time: a peek inside Urban Putt, the Mission's indoor mini-golf course
On the back wall of the main room of the old Victorian building at 1096 S. Van Ness is a sculpture of two creepy angels. One holds the other in its arms, their wings keeping them up. These angels are...
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