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Hot off the Printing Press
The guys behind Town Hall and Postrio have done it again. Located in a 1930s printing house, the 75-seat Salt House is a tall, warm space with a lived-in feel, despite its recent opening in October 2006. Notorious for excellent service and haute foodie cuisine respectively, GM Doug Washington and chefs Steven and Mitchell Rosenthal have given the historic building at Mission and 2nd a facelift, providing San Francisco with another solid option for high-end casual dining.
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Hip-Hop Vets Get Back to Business With Fillmore Show
Business has been a bit slow for EPMD since the duo's last album in 1999, but Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith decided to open up shop once again in 2006 and a new album could be in stores as early as this year. The group is performing in San Francisco for the first time since 1999 on March 10th at The Fillmore. Parrish Smith spoke with SF Station during a phone interview from New York.
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SF Station Blows It Up
Todd and the boys hit the stage for their second show at The Fillmore and the crowd went nuts as soon their feet hit the stage. With their own brand of surf rock mixed with country they moved the crowd.
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Blaxploitation amd Sexploitation meet in the New Millennia
If you go by the provocative posters and "Everything is Hotter Down South" tagline for Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer's (Hustle and Flow) latest film, you'd probably expect a cheaply made exploitation flick straight out of an earlier, less enlightened era (i.e., the 70s). You'd be both right and wrong -- right because Brewer isn't above indulging in a voyeuristic fetishism of the (white) female form and wrong because the movie is, or tries to be, more than cheap sensationalism or prurient exploitation.
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There's More Than One Way To Lose Your Life To A Killer
In the summer of 1969, San Francisco was gripped by fear and panic with the emergence of the serial killer known only as "The Zodiac Killer". The Zodiac Killer deftly manipulated the media and law enforcement officials with letters to the San Francisco Chronicle and cryptic ciphers. While the Zodiac claimed more than his fair share of lives through his grisly murders, there were a few lives that while not ended at his hands, were certainly consumed by him.
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Opera lite
Maria Maggenti's romantic comedy, Puccini for Beginners, upends conventions about gender roles while relying on tried-and-true notions of fidelity and commitment to fuel its screwball storytelling. Struggling novelist Allegra (Elizabeth Reaser) finds herself in some classic Woody Allen moments -- psychoanalytical interior monologues included -- when a long-term relationship unexpectedly ends.
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A Sports Boutique For People Who Don't Necessarily Like Sports
The Lower Haight is a hip shopping destination in the making -- in the last year, new stores have popped up on Haight Street turning this cheap eats and cheap drinks neighborhood into a serious retail area. The newest kid on the block is D-Structure, a clothing, ski/skate gear and accessories store that opened its doors in late 2006, taking over the space used by a futon furniture store.
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Every Bloom Has Its Own Story
In the fifteenth century during the War of the Roses, the houses of York and Lancaster were symbolized by white and red blooms. In our time, roses and other flowers appear in local flower marts, supermarkets, drugstores, and Costco but we don't have an inkling of from whence or how they came.
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