During a necessary walk to cool off our fragile emotional state after our third outage-induced computer shutdown, we were flummoxed -- that's right, flummoxed!! -- to find the windows of Jeremy’s (wonky designer brands for less!) adorned with images of...real, normal, visibly-ethnic people. Not a barely-legal, anorexic model in sight. The nerve! Since August is the month fashion glossies whip out their fabulous-at-any-age bullshit public service issues, we guess that Jeremy's is simply paralleling the......

This week, we're going to change things up a bit and go all History Channel on you as we explore the history of Muni Security. Next week, we'll go back to the usual responses to the various questions....

Since August 2006, artist Nicole Wintermeyer's blog Arthead SF has been providing a forum for artists throughout the Bay Area and beyond to fully describe the meaning behind their work. We think this is a great idea since we often feel more drawn to a piece of artwork when we know the artist's intentions. Tonight, Oakland's Swarm Gallery presents a group exhibition of artists featured in Arthead, and each piece is accompanied by the artist's description. Swarm is also celebrating their one-year anniversary this evening. While you're at Swarm, have a seat in Tao Urban's "Reading Room" installation, and feel free to touch the art! Arthead's show runs through April 27, and Reading Room runs through May 6. Swarm is located at Jack London Square, just a few blocks from the Alameda/Oakland ferry from San Francisco. Swarm Studios + Gallery 560 Second Street Oakland, CA 94607 ...