AltWeeklies Wire
Clash of the Duck Tours in San Francisconew
The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until another duck tour -- Ride the Ducks -- migrated to the city this summer.
The Rise and Fall of Michael Brandonnew
The gay porn star goes from meth addict to antidrug poster boy and, tragically, back to meth addict.
Digg's Top Users Banned for Ever and Evernew
Since early September, nearly 100 users have been banned from the San Francisco–based news-sharing site Digg.com. Speaking out across the blogosphere, some are confused: Did minor crimes warrant erasing their profiles? Others are expressing melodramatic mourning for their "fallen comrades."
SF's Academy of Art Enters the World of NCAA Athleticsnew
This month, the art school kicks off an intercollegiate sports program, fielding 12 teams in the NCAA Division II Pacific West Conference. And if the notion of an art school recruiting players for NCAA competition and doling out athletic scholarships strikes you as odd -- it is. The Academy of Art is the only one.
Tear Your Knee, Wrench Your Back, Pirouette: Dancing at the San Francisco Balletnew
Pain is not the ballet dancer's friend, but it is his or her constant companion. The majority of a dancer's day is a high-energy quest to twist oneself into a series of poses and steps seemingly designed to belie the mechanics of the human body.
SF Weekly |
Joe Eskenazi |
07-24-2008 |
Performance
San Francisco Street Food Top Tennew
The farmers markets, taco trucks and street carts you shouldn't miss.
SF Weekly |
Meredith Brody |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
State of the Cart in San Francisconew
Join us as we map the street food scene and find out why there aren't more vendors in this most food-involved and temperate of cities.
SF Weekly |
Meredith Brody |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Counting Down the Top Eccentrics of San Francisconew
Even as huge swaths of San Francisco are gentrified in a trend the Chris Daly camp warns will price out the very people who gave the city its flavor, these folks are holding on (one of them BARTs in each day from the East Bay), reminding us that no matter how many high-rise condos go up in the city, we won't turn into Orange County anytime soon.
Sports Blogs Fight for Respect ... and Accessnew
Over the past year, sports bloggers have been prying open the doors to press boxes, particularly within the NFL and the NBA. But amateur sportswriters have had little success winning over the gatekeepers of America's pastime -- at least here in the Bay Area.
Former Pro Soccer Players Help the Farolito Team Dominate an Amateur Leaguenew
On a recent Saturday morning, a crew of aging former professional soccer players from Latin America huddled around Salvador Lopez, who drilled them on the strategy of how their team, El Farolito, would win the 10:40 game in Golden Gate Park.
Meet the Rosenthalsnew
One six-story warehouse in San Francisco is home to two generations of art stars: filmmaker/musician Henry S. Rosenthal, his wife, Carlota Anderson, and their kids George and Lou Lou of the band Lou Lou and the Guitarfish.
We Score an Exclusive Interview with the Olympic Torchnew
While thousands of San Franciscans were disappointed to miss the Olympic torch relay last week, we managed to catch up with the torch -- or Flame, as the aspiring rapper is known to his friends -- at SFO before getting on the plane for Buenos Aires and listening to Jay-Z on his iPod.
Wikipidiotsnew
On Wikipedia, anonymous users fight for control of the information you read on the popular online encyclopedia.
Tags: Wikipedia, computers & technology
Comcast: The Internet Jammernew
The cable giant and BitTorrent are at the forefront of the war over equal access to the internet.
Neglected Treasuresnew
A famed Mexican artist painted six murals for the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco. One famously disappeared. The others have practically been ignored.
Tags: visual arts
