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21. Night&Day

    Houlding Steady

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Jesse Houlding creates fluid light installations that look a little like the aurora borealis, a little like deep ocean mating rituals, and a little like the night sky in 2107,...

22. Night&Day

    King Taps Zakir

    By Nirmala Nataraj

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Alonzo King's LINES Ballet has taken a circuitous, strange, yet ultimately inevitable road toward greatness. King, an innovator of modern dance, whose pet projects include...

23. Night&Day

    Cautiously Extreme

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Remember when ICER Air first came to town on Fillmore Street and all those monks blew a gasket? No? Then you should consider attending this year's event at AT&T Park. Although...

24. Stage

    The Color Purple Musical Colors Chloe Veltman Confused

    By Chloe Veltman

    Published: October 31, 2007

    One of the things I like most about writing about theater for a weekly publication is that I have the luxury of avoiding press nights. Unlike my hardworking colleagues on the...

25. Reviewed

    Clipd Beaks, Hoarse Lords

    By Toph One

    Published: October 31, 2007

    The members of Clipd Beaks grew up playing in prog-rock, art-core, and jam-type bands in their native Minneapolis. Bassist Scott Ecklein and drummer Ray Benjamin have known...

26. Music

    Ex-Tussle head Alexis Georgopoulos Goes for Brian Eno-esque Ambience with Arp

    By Michael D. Ayers

    Published: October 31, 2007

    An excuse of "creative differences" is often given as the reason for a band split, or for the departure of a specific member. In Alexis Georgopoulos' case, his decision to...

27. Fresh Eats

    New Restaurants

    Published: October 31, 2007

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats. Avedano's Holly Park Market: 235 Cortland (at Bonview), 285-MEAT, www.avedanos.com....

28. Film

    Wristcutters: A Love Story Follows Zombie Hipsters to the Afterlife

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Wristcutters: A Love Story, a well-wrought indie written and directed by Goran Dukic, has to be the kewpie doll of current zombie flicks. Its walking dead are a bunch of...

29. Game On

    Mercury Meltdown Revolution Gets Wii Users all Wet

    By Chris Ward

    Published: October 31, 2007

    It must’ve been a scorching summer day when the game developer stared at his thermometer and realized, “Sweet sassy molassey, this would make a helluva game!” How else to...

30. Sucka Free City

    San Francisco Mayoral Candidates Get Arrested

    By Benjamin Wachs

    Published: October 31, 2007

    "Thank you for not arresting me ... yet," mayoral candidate Grasshopper Alec Kaplan told the S.F. Board of Supervisors. He spoke from experience: The homeless cab driver had...

31. Reviewed

    Ike & Tina Turner, The Ike & Tina Story 1960-1975

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: October 31, 2007

    History has branded Ike and Tina Turner's story as a violent one for good reason, but musically there were many joyful moments in their rock and soul catalog. This three-disc...

32. Music

    Silent Cult Flicks Gain Volume with Live Orchestras: the Valerie Project and the Willem Breuker Kollektief

    Vintage flicks Faust and Valerie a týden divu play to live musical accompaniment

    By Andy Beta

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Even before the 1927 premiere of the first "talkie," The Jazz Singer, sound was integral to the flicker of celluloid. Pianists would accompany serials at matinees, and pit...

33. Film

    Jimmy Carter Man from Plains Just Plain Boring

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Jonathan Demme, who directed Tom Hanks to an Oscar as the AIDS-afflicted lawyer in Philadelphia, may be the most well-meaning filmmaker in Hollywood; Jimmy Carter, winner of...

34. Encore

    Also Playing

    Theater & Opera

    Published: October 31, 2007

    The Bluest Eye. Published in 1970, Toni Morrison's debut novel tells the story of an impoverished 11-year-old black girl's journey from self-loathing to madness via rape,...

35. Sucka Free City

    Chicken John Campaign Funds Denied ... Again

    By John Geluardi

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Now, there may be lots of people who think Chicken John Rinaldi shouldn't be given public matching funds for his mayoral campaign because his showman's antics are making a...

36. Music

    The Man in Black on the Boob Tube: The Johnny Cash TV Show by Mark Keresman

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Country singer Johnny Cash was a performer whose appeal transcended social barriers. His history of defying categorization is apparent in the newly released The Best of the...

37. Film

    John Cusack's Martian Child Phoney, Predictable, Pedestrian

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: October 31, 2007

    John Cusack, who more or less began his career sneaking a peek at Molly Ringwald's panties in Sixteen Candles, has finally become an onscreen daddy — which only took,...

38. Sucka Free City

    Voter Turnout Predicted at 25 Percent This (Non)Election

    By Will Harper

    Published: October 31, 2007

    There's an election in San Francisco next week. If you're like most San Franciscans, you probably haven't heard. Or you have heard, but don't really care. Or maybe you have...

39. Let's Get Killed

    Struck by Lightning, Man Becomes Obsessed with Song

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Oliver Sacks has some pretty incredible stories regarding music. And by incredible, I don't mean he hung out with the Rolling Stones or played tuba with Arcade Fire. The...

40. Film

    'Bee' Embarasses Jerry Seinfeld

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: October 31, 2007

    After making a mint off a series about nothing, Jerry Seinfeld apparently decided his first feature film ought to be about something — in the case of Bee Movie, the...