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THE GUEST opens today! Plus more new movies!
FINALLY, clever, retro-styled thriller The Guest is here. Check out our interview with the filmmakers and star here, and then go see The Guest this...
Remembering Gary Webb, the fallen messenger resurrected on film
I always enjoy seeing fellow journalists and their work celebrated in a Hollywood blockbuster such as Kill the Messenger, which opens tomorrow. It’s even...
Imelda May on motherhood, rockabilly influences, and when to say “Screw it”
Taking the sounds of traditional rockabilly, blues, and jazz and giving them an injection of her own infectious energy and style, Irish chanteuse Imelda...
Holy crap is there a lot of good new music coming out of the Bay this week
Looking for something to get you past the hump of Hump Day? Well put down that "which Disney princess is your dog" quiz right...
Events listings: Oct 8-14
WEDNESDAY 8Mylene Fernández-Pintado City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus, SF; www.citylights.com. 7pm, free. The Cuban novelist reads from A Corner of the World."Making History by...
Guardian Intelligence
HOT AND STICKY HARDLY STRICTLYIf you were among the estimated 750,000 people who poured into Golden Gate Park this past weekend for Hardly Strictly...
Endorsements 2014
Vote to give Muni more money, raise the minimum wage, discourage real estate speculation, and send Campos to Sacramento
SF supervisors vote to legalize and regulate Airbnb’s short-term rentals
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today approved controversial legislation to legalize and regulate short-term housing rentals to tourists, voting 7-4 on the package...
Alerts: Oct 8-14, 2014
WEDNESDAY 8
Supervisor/Assembly candidates offer views on city parks
Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, SF. social@sfparkalliance.org. 6-8pm. Join candidates in supervisor Districts 2,4,6,8 and 10,...
Film Listings: Oct 8-14, 2014
Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see...
Stage Listings: Oct 8-14, 2014
Stage listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Rita Felciano, and Nicole Gluckstern....
Rep Clock: Oct 8-14, 2014
Schedules are for Wed/8-Tue/14 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double features marked with a •. All times pm unless...
The Selector: Oct. 8-14, 2014
WEDNESDAY 8 King Khan and BBQ Show King Khan is perhaps best known for his work with his garage-soul-punk outfit The Shrines, a tremendously noisy...
Drifting by
THE WEEKNIGHTER Taking it all in over cocktails at Driftwood
Find your fangs: Total Trashfest is upon us
I can already envision the sound of Shannon Shaw's voice singing Metallica's "Enter Sandman," and it's music to my ears. The James Hetfield-penned classic...
A joyful noise
Christopher Owens embraces his country and gospel roots with sophomore solo work 'A New Testament'
Let’s go eat
TABLEHOPPING This week's openings include Arguello, Marlowe gets a new home, Quince reveals its fresh look, and dinner launches at Wise Sons.
Big soda explodes on SF, gives $7.7 million to fight beverage tax
If the soda tax proponents brought a supersoaker to the November ballot showdown, the soda industry brought a tsunami. New campaign finance reports filed...
Live shots: A hot and sticky Hardly Strictly
In keeping with Hardly Strictly weekend weather of years gone by, this past weekend was the most summerlike the Bay Area's been all year....
Win Tickets to DJ Vadim Live Sound System feat. Katrina Blackstone; plus DJ Sep (Dub Mission) October 19
Dub Mission presents DJ Vadim (U.K) Live Sound System featuring Katrina Blackstone plus DJ Sepat Elbo Room: 647 Valencia, SF - 21+ - 415 552 77889...
Chuck Prophet on glam rock, his new record, and how the Castro is turning into a strip mall
Chuck Prophet's been around the San Francisco music scene long enough to make a name for himself in a few regards: He can be...
Awesome!
SUPER EGO Awesome Tapes From Africa comes to the Bay Area -- with his awesome African cassettes. Plus more global nightlife flavor this week with Kafana Balkan and D'Marc Cantu.
You better recognize
Under-the-radar artists (and a misunderstood legend) get their due in Mill Valley Film Fest doc
Strictly speaking
A chat with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass's booker, as San Francisco's crown jewel of free festivals gears up for its 14th year