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1. Feature

   How renters work the system to live for free in one of America's most expensive cities

   By John Geluardi

   Published: July 30, 2008

   In September, rental agent Lynne Hubbard sat in a cafe across from Dr. John Getzow, whom she was considering as a potential tenant for a room above O'Reilly's Holy Grail...

2. Music

   Dolly Parton, Free Agent

   By Kurt B. Reighley

   Published: July 30, 2008

   There are myriad options today for the mature country star no longer welcomed by the major labels of Music Row. Johnny Cash found new fans by retrofitting Danzig and Depeche...

3. Eat

   High Time in Low Country

   Belgian food and an epic beer list work in tandem.

   By Matthew Stafford

   Published: July 30, 2008

   It's not entirely surprising that in a third-millennium universe of easily derailed attention spans and quickly consumed info-nibbles, the ancient cuisine of Belgium, jewel of...

4. Film

   Young-Adult Fiction

   High-school heroes and zeros roam the halls of Nanette Burstein's "documentary," American Teen.

   By Ella Taylor

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Notwithstanding all the pundit-driven hot air about the horrors of being young in today's America, I'm willing to buy the argument that it's getting harder to survive those...

5. Night&Day

   For the Ladies

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: July 30, 2008

   In the face of Sex and the City, the waxing epidemic, women's magazines, men's magazines, and myriad other assaults on a normal woman's sanity, playwright Milta Ortiz presents...

6. Night&Day

   Like Your Attention Span

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: July 30, 2008

   From boring stuff like relationship troubles and the emotional life of the filmmaker, to interesting stuff like bubble wrap and broken knees, the San Francisco International...

7. Night&Day

   Cannonball Gum

   By Michael Leaverton

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Organizers of the Gumball 3000 are careful to point out that the international event is a rally, not a car race. Drivers will not be timed. They have no reason to get out of...

8. Night&Day

   Look, We Didn't Choose the Title

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: July 30, 2008

   It's going to be tough for us, or for anyone, not to make bad jokes about Big Black Penis: Misadventures in Race and Masculinity. Author Shawn Taylor's main point is that being...

9. Night&Day

   The Gun and Doll Show

   By Michael Leaverton

   Published: July 30, 2008

   As the annual “Altered Barbie Show” hits town, we often find ourselves wondering if any of the work in this rambunctious exhibit will ever capture the nation’s...

10. Night&Day

    Tortured Reasoning

    By Will Harper

    Published: July 30, 2008

    This being San Francisco, it’s not hard to persuade people that George W. Bush acts more like an unaccountable dictator than a democratically elected president. But if...

11. Night&Day

    Altered States

    By Michael Fox

    Published: July 30, 2008

    The groundbreaking painter, writer, and performance artist Brion Gysin was, above all, a seeker. A close friend of William Burroughs, Gysin explored the outer edge of human...

12. Night&Day

    What Would You Use a Tiger For?

    By Andy Wright

    Published: July 30, 2008

    You can see the sum total of Marc Singer’s acting ability march across his face in Beastmaster as he furrows his brow at a pair of ferrets, one clutched in each mitt like...

13. Night&Day

    Someone’s Doing the Robot

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Last June, on one of the Chron’s 73 blogs, a video showed smitten artists Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock in their shared studio, and Plock said, “I fell in love with...

14. Night&Day

    Examine Your ZIFFer

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: July 30, 2008

    The flyer for the Zeitgeist International Film Festival says "Celebrating cool films and warm beer." The truth is, everything at the ZIFF is likely to be cool, from independent...

15. Night&Day

    Daphne, Daphne, Daphne

    By Traci Vogel

    Published: July 30, 2008

    What happens when you find yourself the object of fan fiction? A character in other people's stories? What does privacy really mean when you write confessional poetry and haunt...

16. Night&Day

    He Can Laugh About It

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Anyone who can maintain a sense of humor about the state of Homeland Security deserves praise. But if you're "gay, brown, Hindu, and short," as playwright and actor Snehal...

17. Night&Day

    Fly Girls

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Jo Kreiter's Flyaway Productions dance company is famous for aerial productions in which dancers rappel and climb as often as they twirl. It's tough, frightening work, not for...

18. Night&Day

    Do A Little Dance

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Dennis Banks, Native American superhero, plays the theme song to an upcoming documentary film at "Dance for Mother Earth," a concert and dance performance. Banks, dancer Mary...

19. Books

    A trip down memoir lane with accordionist Linda Robertson

    By Jonathan Kiefer

    Published: July 30, 2008

    On principle, there are several reasons to oppose Linda Robertson's new book. For starters, What Rhymes with Bastard? is yet another young person's memoir: of immigration (from...

20. Matt Smith

    Chron insiders hate Willie Brown's new column

    By Matt Smith

    Published: July 30, 2008

    In 2004, apparently unbeknownst to his employers, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Phil Matier cut a deal with Mayor Willie Brown and KRON-TV for a Sunday show to be named...