In Loving Memory, Alexander García Of Engage Pilates I just learned that Alex and Jennifer—the husband-and-wife owners and instructors of Engage Pilates studio in Nob Hill—were in a motorcycle accident last [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 18, 2009 Blog
Show Up!: Rahim Alhaj And Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Two Musical Masters Serve The Single Purpose Of Peace Though rooted in two different cultures, Iraqi oudist Rahim AlHaj and Indian sarodist Ustad Amjad Ali Khan have each flourished under the same [...] Mel Minter \ Jun 18, 2009 Music AlHaj (left) and Khan unite on Friday, June 19, for a world premiere performance that marries Middle Eastern and Indian music.
Kannaroo 3: Killith Fair Music For Music's Sake Usually, drunken ideas only sound brilliant while you’re sloshed. Max Moulton and three of his friends from Dixon beat the odds and came [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Music A mosh pit erupts during the first Kannaroo music festival two years ago. (Jessie Martin)
Midnight Movie Madness Alibi Midnight Movie Madness invades the Guild Cinema in Nob Hill this Friday and Saturday night (June 12 and 13) with the horror/action [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 18, 2009 Blog
Baby Dove Rescue Project This is a baby mourning dove that we rescued from the driveway. Look how ugly his beak is. You’d think a bird that [...] Nick Brown \ Jun 18, 2009 Blog Mourning doves are one of the few birds that drink by suction, rather than by tilting their heads back.
Public Health Plan Option In Trouble It appears there aren’t enough votes in the Senate to pass a bill that would create a government-funded public health system. A compromise, [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Blog
Sonic Reducer Albuquerque’s Nikki Kelly sounds like she just woke up. Her sleepy, raspy and understated vocals set up the scene for everything she crafts [...] Alibi \ Jun 18, 2009 Music
Fotw: Team America Team America Religious Girls (East Bay, Calif.), Jessie Williams and Colton Saylor (California, California), and Our Brother the Native (Ann Arbor, Mich.) split the cross-country [...] Alibi \ Jun 18, 2009 Music
Restaurant Review: Las Islitas Welcome To Nayarit Mexico is so large and diverse that “Mexican food” doesn’t actually say much. When you see the word “ mariscos ” attached to [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jun 18, 2009 Food A Las Islitas waitress delivers a plate of camarones a la cucaracha as Los Tres de Guanajuato performs for her customers.
Rowdy’s Dream Blog #102 Resin-Mummy Blood Catching Pods Marauding Chinese fall on our sad procession of refugees. A tall expressionless woman systematically slits the throats of selected refugees who are first [...] Brutus De Cervantes \ Jun 18, 2009 Blog