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SF IndieFest: Twitch

is a vignette about an unnamed teenaged girl (none of the characters has a name) whose mother has multiple sclerosis. The daughter (Emma Galvin in the film's strongest performance) pities her

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Big Win for Emeryville Progressives

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SFJFF: On the Objection Front

The "refuseniks" (a term originally used to describe Jews who were barred from leaving the Soviet Union) had pledged to remain in the IDF and continue to serve "in any

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SFJFF: Campfire

What we got instead was the story of an Israeli woman, Rachel (Michaela Eshet), who is somewhat in mourning a year after her husband's death from cancer. Rachel tries to uproot

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Stage Fog the Musical

at the Orpheum Theatre Based on the best-selling book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, Wicked makes its triumphant return to San Francisco,

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Stage Fog: The Show Goes On

It's either true commitment or sheer lunacy that Stage Fog comes to you this week, because we (that's we the contributor, not we SFist) are the sad victims of

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Farewell, Mr. Tharp

Arts & Entertainment

Stage Fog 'Round the World

From Milwaukee to Israel to Australia, you can visit them all from the comfort of your theater seat right here in SF. We've got three shows and one festival for you

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Stage Fog: Theater for People Who Hate Theater

We met a guy at Thee Parkside after the ill-fated SFist/Wired softball game who asked us, "What's playing now that I should go see?" Now, when we

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SFist Reviews: SF Mime Troupe

Right before the first scene of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's which opened on the Fourth of July weekend in Dolores Park, a trouper walks onstage holding a sign up for

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Ride Tiger to BART

Another plus of the BART Widget is that it's open source; Victor invites anyone making their own trip-planning widget to use his code to jump-start theirs. And finally, it&

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Stage Fog: A Little Something for Everyone

For the last couple of weeks, Stage Fog has been rather thematic, which makes for a nice, tight column. But sometimes we just want variety. Mix those peas and carrots! Besides, the Shakespeare

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Stage Fog: The Bring-a-Blanket Edition

San Francisco Mime Troupe's at Dolores Park What better way to show your patriotism than with an afternoon with the SF Mime Troupe, which has been skewering the US government for

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Stage Fog: Ashland's Not the Only Theater Destination, You Know

You've heard of tornado chasers, but how about tsunami chasers? Despite numerous aftershocks, this week we're actually heading north to the towns of Arcata and Blue Lake to catch

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Stage Fog: It's a Gay Play Buffet

[After a too-long hiatus, Stage Fog returns with this entry, the debut of SFist Karen, whose blog is about the only one around that's devoted solely to Bay Area theater.

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Calling All Font Film Auteurs

The Typophile Film Festival is now accepting entries for its 2005 edition, to be shown at TypeCon 2005 in NYC this July. Last year's festival featured two of the shorts we

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Araujo Retrial Under Way

As we predicted in our earlier post, the defense is indeed switching strategies in the retrial. When we spoke with Bill DuBois, defendant Jose Merel's new attorney, back in January, he

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Intel: Not Just for Crappy Windows Machines Anymore

Of course it's all over Technorati. Trying to dispel the kind of hand-wringing usually reserved for anytime George Lucas futzes with the original trilogy, Jobs let us in on another

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SFist Rants: Stupid-Ass Bicyclists

We just recently got a new job in Berkeley that's too far from the house to walk. Plus, since we took a substantial pay cut to work at the new place,

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SFist Rants: Unresponsive Representatives

Honestly, we didn't really expect to hear back from her. But we felt more confident we'd hear something from Senator Barbara Boxer, who has apparently been more interested recently

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The Schiavo Bill: How'd Our Senators Vote? And Why Didn't Any Bay Area Congressmembers Vote?

It occurred to us that we don't pay that much attention to the individual voting records of our representatives. When elections come around, we pay some lip service to candidates'

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Stage Fog: Flutastic

We're not being dramatic or anything, but we've had the flu for a week now, with massive pain behind our eyeballs and pretty much zero appetite. But you can&

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It's the Ides of March. Whatcha Gonna Eat?

But it doesn't have to be this way. Michael Chiarello, whom we sort of adore, gets it right with this recipe from NapaStyle: the hearts of romaine are left as whole

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Les Claypool Presents Gabby La La: Hello Kitty Meets Yoko Ono (and it’s Good)

Eric McFaden and Wally Ingram/Gabby La La March 12, 2005 12 Galaxies San Francisco They came to see Les Claypool, many oblivious to who the main act was. But what they got

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Bright, Indeed

Unless you're hitting A.C.T. or Berkeley Rep, it's a bit tough to find good theater to go to on a Wednesday night. Right now (and at least

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SF IndieFest: <i>Twitch</i>

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SFJFF: <i>On the Objection Front</i>

SFJFF: <i>Campfire</i>

Stage Fog the Musical

Stage Fog: The Show Goes On

Farewell, Mr. Tharp

Stage Fog 'Round the World

Stage Fog: Theater for People Who Hate Theater

SFist Reviews: SF Mime Troupe

Ride Tiger to BART

Stage Fog: A Little Something for Everyone

Stage Fog: The Bring-a-Blanket Edition

Stage Fog: Ashland's Not the Only Theater Destination, You Know

Stage Fog: It's a Gay Play Buffet

Calling All Font Film Auteurs

Araujo Retrial Under Way

Intel: Not Just for Crappy Windows Machines Anymore

SFist Rants: Stupid-Ass Bicyclists

SFist Rants: Unresponsive Representatives

The Schiavo Bill: How'd Our Senators Vote? And Why Didn't Any Bay Area Congressmembers Vote?

Stage Fog: Flutastic

It's the Ides of March. Whatcha Gonna Eat?

Les Claypool Presents Gabby La La: Hello Kitty Meets Yoko Ono (and it’s Good)

Bright, Indeed