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21. Night&Day

    Swing Out, Sister

    By Nirmala Nataraj

    Published: March 19, 2008

    For the gay community in San Francisco, a lot has happened since 1978. That was the year a rainbow flag was hoisted high and proud at the Gay Pride Parade for the very first...

22. Night&Day

    Mother Polka

    By Alejandro Perez

    Published: March 19, 2008

    With a wink and a nod, the members of Mexico City's Polka Madre declare on their webpage that they sound like nothing you've ever heard before -- but whether this is a dare or...

23. Night&Day

    Justin Time

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: March 19, 2008

    One of the most poignant scenes in The Godfather Part II is brothers Michael and Fredo Corleone drinking at an outdoor Cuban cafe. Fredo wistfully confides to Michael that he...

24. Night&Day

    Magic Man

    By Nirmala Nataraj

    Published: March 19, 2008

    In thinking of modern-day magic, it's hard not to consider masters of spectacle like David Copperfield, who, with their glittery pyrotechnics and intense grimaces, have made...

25. Night&Day

    You Can Always Go

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: March 19, 2008

    ODC Dance company presents its annual field trip to Mission and Third, "ODC/Dance Downtown." With a whopping five world premieres by choreographers Brenda Way and K.T. Nelson...

26. Art

    Frankenart Mart Offers Hot-Dog-Based Economy

    By Traci Vogel

    Published: March 19, 2008

    For the past two years, an experiment of sorts has been going on in the Inner Richmond. Above a storefront between Sixth and Seventh avenues on Balboa Street, a mostly...

27. Art

    2008 Masterminds Finalists

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Selecting finalists for this year's Masterminds was no easy task. We received around 70 submissions, almost all from local artists with great talent or promise. But members of...

28. Sucka Free City

    Bay Area News Group asks staff to devise a 'NewPaper'

    By John Geluardi

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Leave it to the cost-cutters at MediaNews to try to sell their East Bay readerships a newspaper makeover that will improve the quality of journalism with fewer...

29. Sucka Free City

    Mission Residents Mad About Artist Covering Up Community Wall

    By Andy Wright

    Published: March 19, 2008

    The wall of the old Mission police station at 1240 Valencia has served as a community art space since 1996, when architect Bruce Tomb bought the building to use as his office....

30. Reviewed

    Triclops!

    Out of Africa (Alternative Tentacles)

    By Dave Pehling

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Triclops! followers expecting the local prog-punk behemoth to match the brutality quotient of its live assault won't be disappointed by the quartet's debut full-length. What...

31. Music

    Saul Williams Teams with Trent Reznor, Bucks Industry

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Ater the November digital release of Saul Williams' latest album, The Rise and Inevitable Liberation of NiggyTardust!, producer Trent Reznor was disheartened. Reznor had...

32. Fresh Eats

    New Restaurants

    Published: March 19, 2008

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats. Bar888: 888 Howard (at Fifth St., in the Intercontinental Hotel), 616-6566. SOMA....

33. Film

    Not Taylor-Made

    Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

    By Luke Y. Thompson

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Rare is the star vehicle that is as poorly matched to its star as Drillbit Taylor, which casts Owen Wilson as a homeless army deserter and con man, able to fool people into...

34. Stagecap

    Mimetic

    By Nathaniel Eaton

    Published: March 19, 2008

    According to the dictionary, "mimetic" means "imitative." Given that this original play is set primarily at the San Francisco Zoo, the title could be referring to the actors...

35. Stage

    Based on True Events

    Using a sensational kidnapping case as its source material, June in a Box recalls events we'd just as soon forget.

    By Chloe Veltman

    Published: March 19, 2008

    The famous philosophical question, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?," is at the heart of June in a Box, Octavio Solis' new...

36. Sucka Free City

    SF Democratic Party Condemns Lennar Critic's Alleged Hate Speech

    By Will Harper

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Over the past eight months or so, Bayview-Hunters Point activist Francisco Da Costa has posted pretty outrageous screeds on Indybay that have ridiculed Florida-based developer...

37. Reviewed

    Gary Louris

    Vagabonds (Rykodisc)

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Jayhawks and Golden Smog alum Gary Louris has a knack for crafting heartbreaking yet inspiring pop songs. At his best — in Jayhawks tunes like "Save It for a Rainy Day,"...

38. Music

    Bob Mould: No love lost for Husker Du days

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: March 19, 2008

    "It's pretty easy, actually; it just took a while to figure out," Bob Mould says, explaining how, after years of personal discontent, he finally grew comfortable with himself....

39. FilmCap

    Snow Angels

    By Nathan Lee

    Published: March 19, 2008

    An unusually blunt melodrama by David Gordon Green, melodious poet of such sentimental delicacies as George Washington and All the Real Girls, Snow Angels introduces a pair of...

40. Artcap

    Your Carbon Footprint at Southern Exposure

    By Traci Vogel

    Published: March 19, 2008

    Every year, cars and trucks in the city of San Francisco spew out more than 2.5 million tons of greenhouse gases. Fortunately, the wind that tears across Twin Peaks tends to...