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March 10 - March 16, 2004 Vol 38, No. 24
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Secrecy
busters
Voters
this fall could put sunshine in the California Constitution, giving
journalists and the public a new way to hold government accountable.
By Steven T. Jones
The
Brown paper mystery
Riffling
through the records of our last mayor reveals more questions than
answers.
By Matthew Hirsch
FOI
winners
Presenting
the winners of the 19th annual James Madison Freedom of Information
Awards
FOI
resources
A citizens guide to fighting secret government
New
rays of sunshine?
Task force considering makeover for S.F.'s landmark open-government
law
In
this issue
Editorial:
California sunshine
Opinion:
Make the library listen
by
sue cauthen
SLUGs
and suckers
The
city is dumping millions of dollars into a troubled nonprofit.
What are taxpayers getting in return?
By
A.C. Thompson
Welfare
wedlock
Bush says marriage is no good for gays and lesbians, but encourages
it for the poor
By
Rachel Brahinsky
Kicking
Khanna
Last-minute SF Weekly hit piece raises ethical questions
By
Camille T. Taiara
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Neighborhood
Business:
Post-boom
start-up
Mosuki proves software can be a small business.
By
Annalee Newitz
Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business
scene.
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Being
There
Viewing Münster
by diane goldberg
alt.sex.column
By Andrea Nemerson
Double
Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo
Flat
Earth By Lynn Rapoport
Techsploitation
By Annalee Newitz
Hall
monitor
Alerts
Dine
Last exit to Naples
By
Paul Reidinger
Without
Reservations
Queer oyster cult
By
Paul Reidinger
Cheap
Eats
Americastan
By
Dan Leone
Table
Ready
Black cherry
By
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Bottle
Rockets
Why rye?
Matt
Markovich
Meatless
Mad about you
By
Miriam Wolf
Take
That
By Giorgio
By
Gabriel Roth
The
Food Snoop
The tongue, by a nose
By
Masha Gutkin
Well
Done
By
Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe
DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more...
The
Blender
Art:
Kiss and tell
Pipilotti Rist's vivid imagination turns SFMOMA inside out.
By Glen Helfand
Art:
Critic's Choice - 'Killer Shots: A Photographic Response to War'
and 'Moving Targets: The Art of Resistance'
By Glen Helfand
Film:
Commie chameleon
Good Bye, Lenin! builds dramedy from the fall of the Berlin
Wall.
By Dennis Harvey
Film:
Recovered memories
History gets a revisit at South Asian documentary festival.
By Camille T. Taiara
Film:
Critic's Choice - Greendale
Our town
By Dennis Harvey
Stage:
Sacred and profane
A pair of plays examine going home, racism, and the ties that
bind.
By Robert Avila
Stage:
Critic's Choice -Retrospective Performance Festival Extravaganza
By Rita Felciano
Dance:
Pieces of peace
Ohad Naharin and Batsheva Dance Company blur borders.
By Rita Felciano
Sonic
Reducer By Kimberly Chun
Tiger
on beat By
Patrick Macias
Plus
One By
Vivian Host
Wandering
eye By
Glen Helfand
Press
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Script
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