San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Pop-up is live”

04.21.10 - 11:03 am | Paula Connelly |

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Pop- Up Magazine issue #3 came out on Friday, and so did the lucky 900+ people who managed to get tickets before the box office server crashed in five minutes and the show sold out in 30. Pop-Up Magazine is a live magazine, where live-ness becomes it’s own medium and journalists, artists and innovators present short, informative, non-fiction projects from a broad range of subjects to an enthralled audience.

Street Threads: Look of the Day

04.21.10 - 9:52 am | Ariel Soto |

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Today's Look: Amber and Tony Bear, Dolores Park

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alt.sex.column: No sex, please -- we're 40

04.20.10 - 4:29 pm | Andrea Nemerson |

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Dear Andrea:

I'm 46 and seeking a hetro/bi woman my age who is authentically interested in a sexual relationship. I've heard many middle-aged women openly proclaim that they "don't care about sex." Since then, I've heard similar from many sources, including several female friends and countless craigslist meet-ups where it was volunteered without any prompting. I find this terribly depressing.

Benefits: April 21-April 27

04.20.10 - 2:57 pm | Paula Connelly |

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Ways to have fun while giving back this week - shop, get your hair done, collect art, and be entertained...for a cause.

Wednesday, April 21Read more »

The Daily Blurgh: Gaga pops, unsavory whiskers

04.20.10 - 2:51 pm | Matt Sussman |

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Curiosities, quirks, oddites, and items from around the Bay and beyond

Oaktown Art (via Eye on Blogs) takes us on a tour of "one of the largest rooftop gardens in the world" paid for with insurance premiums (we're only kidding with that last bit). Read more »

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The crime-lab mess: Who knew?

04.20.10 - 2:48 pm | Tim Redmond |

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It's no secret that the San Francisco crime lab is a godawful mess; in fact, we first pointed out problems in the lab back in 2001. Nobody took it seriously, and things continued to deteriorate.Read more »

Appetite: 3 food memoirs with heart

04.20.10 - 2:32 pm | Virginia Miller |

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While reading Kim Severson's new gem of a food memoir that came out last week, I started reminiscing about other food memoirs in recent years that travel well beyond food... the kind of books that leave one simultaneously comforted, satiated and challenged to live a more authentic life.

Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life by Kim Severson Read more »

Quick Lit: April 21-April 27

04.20.10 - 2:21 pm | Paula Connelly |

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Literary readings, book tours, and talks this week - including NYT Dot Earth blogger Andrew Revkin, local activist Peter Berg, McSweeny’s Issue 34, poetry readings in honor of National Poetry month, and more.

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The danger of Props. 16 and 17

04.20.10 - 1:28 pm | Guardian Staff Writers |

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The problem here is not just two awful laws - it's the idea that a single company, with loads of cash, can utterly subvert the basic premise of Democracy

EDITORIAL The California Democratic Party voted at its statewide convention April 17 to oppose Propositions 16 and 17. The San Francisco Chronicle — no friend of public power and consumer rights — endorsed strongly against both measures April 18. In fact, most major newspapers and civic groups have come out against what amounts to the most blatant attempt in California history by a pair of big corporations to buy favorable legislation at the ballot box.

Nevius’ argument doesn’t fly

04.20.10 - 12:05 pm | Rebecca Bowe |

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Here’s a line from the San Francisco Chronicle’s latest “hard-hitting” science news, penned by columnist C.W. Nevius:

“Birds have been flying around similar buildings for years, but apparently would suddenly lose their bearings and crash into this one.”

The building Nevius refers to, of course, is the proposed 555 Washington tower, the subject of mighty controversy which will go before the Board of Supervisors today, April 20. Read more »

Chiu talks MTA reform as agency fails to support Muni

04.20.10 - 11:35 am | Steven T. Jones |

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With the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors poised to approve a truly terrible two-year budget today (4/20) – one that locks in Muni service cuts, subsidizes the police and other city departments, and fails to seek new revenue sources – there is talk about reforming an agency run exclusively by appointees of Mayor Gavin Newsom. Read more »

Street Threads: Look of the Day

04.20.10 - 10:55 am | Ariel Soto |

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Today's Look: Sarah, 18th Street and Dolores

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Leno & TURN team up for a “ratepayers' right to vote act”

04.20.10 - 10:05 am | Rebecca Bowe |

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California Sen. Mark Leno has introduced legislation that would give utility customers the right to have a say over how investor-owned utilities, like Pacific Gas & Electric Co., distribute their profits. Under the proposal, which is being heard today, April 20, by the California Senate Energy Committee, ratepayers would have an opportunity to vote before PG&E transferred millions in profits to its shareholder entity, parent company Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. Read more »

Sabar dances for Bay Area art form

04.20.10 - 9:41 am | Caitlin Donohue |

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When Delina Patrice Brooks got the call to audition for the new movie about the Bay area African dance community, she didn’t have to think twice. “Anything that helps to promote, preserve and expose the beauty of African dance gets an easy "yes" from me,” says the local dancer and artist. She wound up in a supporting role in Sabar, a film which screens at the Museum of the African Diaspora Fri/23, and which highlights an important cultural movement in the Bay. “The film was very reflective of our community,” says Brooks, whose been an advocate of, and participant in, the traditional artistic form for over a decade. Read more »