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Literary Arts
An Empirical Look at the Spirit World
Less than two years after releasing bestseller Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach presents readers with a thorough investigation of a more eerie topic surrounding death: the afterlife. In Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Roach chronicles her search for a definitive description -- supported with empirical data, no less -- of the soul's journey after death. More
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Literary Arts
A Historical Account of the One That Got Away
Steady interest in the life of historical heartthrob Giacomo Casanova has sparked a series of films as well as a collection of novels based on the life presented in his famous memoirs. Common to all of these accounts is an attempt to delve into the icon's psyche in order to reveal the motivation for his distinct amorous ways. As told through the eyes of Lucy Jamieson, In Lucia's Eyes is a historical novel about Cassanova's first love, the one believed to have set his heart ablaze. More
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A few good reasons to get out of bed on Sunday
When I first moved to the Inner Richmond, I was dismayed. I'd relocated to the Bay Area to steep myself in city culture, and here I was, out in the Avenues, far away from anything even remotely resembling city life. Now, seven years later, I am quite delighted with my cozy rent-controlled one-bedroom apartment in the boondocks. It's quiet, it's relatively civilized, and-best of all-you don't have to wait an hour to get a scrumptious brunch on the weekend... More
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Restaurants
Café Riggio keeping it real
North Beach is inarguably the best place in the city for traditional family Italian, but sometimes we just don't feel like dealing with the parking, the crowds or the prices. On those nights, we walk over to Café Riggio, a moderately priced neighborhood Italian nestled between 5th and 6th Avenues on Geary's burgeoning "restaurant row." More
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Literary Arts
Books to Change Your Life
It's January 1st ... the beginning of a whole new year, filled with hope, promise and the opportunity to bash yourself in the head for once again breaking every resolution you set for yourself the night before. This year, instead of making resolutions, make changes. More
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Literary Arts
Local Chefs & Pretty Cookbooks
As any true-at-heart San Franciscan will tell you, we live in the best food city in the world (Paris and New York be damned). This year, local chefs and restaurateurs prove this claim with their holiday offerings, a collection of gorgeous cookbooks perfect for gift-giving, all aimed at San Francisco's culinary elite. More
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Literary Arts
A Celebration of the Possibilities of Language
Now in its second year, The Living Word Festival is an annual community gathering of artists, educators, presenters and performers who take three days each Fall to focus on literacy education and literary performance. More
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Literary Arts
San Francisco Reader Kicks Ass
The best thing about the San Francisco Reader is not that it's free, but that's it's excellent. In a town where art has been pushed aside for commerce and where free things have become unknown, the San Francisco Reader is anomalous. A mere 30 pages, one would expect to find it filled with fluff penned by unknowns. Not so. More
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Literary Arts
The Reader's Resource
Kevin Smokler is reading like crazy, and he hopes you will, too. Founder and publisher of the ultimate reader's resource, Central Booking, Smokler operates under the premise that his site's visitors share a "nagging deference to the idea that reading, the world's most private act, matters so much more when celebrated in public." To that end, he has created a community not for literary hermits, but for readers who want to share the ideas books have fostered within them. More
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Literary Arts
WritersCorp & Tillie Olsen at Intersection Benefit
In a special benefit for Intersection for the Arts, legendary fiction writer Tillie Olsen will, for the first time, read work she wrote as a teenager, joined onstage by WritersCorps youth and teachers. More
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