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May 19 - May 25, 2004• Vol 38, No. 34

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The naked city
Nude ghettos, Boy Scouts, and the ins and outs of taking your clothes off in public.
By Heather Smith

Nude Beaches 2004
Our annual guide celebrates 30 years without tan lines.
By Gary Hanauer

Get dirty while cleaning up
The GGNRA's Volunteer Program is summer vacation for nature lovers.
By Liam O'Donoghue

Escape route
Swords, Spidey, dodgeball, and some really heinous weather patterns — summertime swallows Hollywood.
By Cheryl Eddy

One more bike
What to do with your wheels when the weather heats up.
By Paul VanDeCarr

The baseball appetites
Take me out to the ballpark — for jerk chicken, Sheboygan brats, fry bread, and more.
By Kevin Hunsanger

The festivities begin
Our guide to summer fairs and festivals.
By Sean McCourt and Cheryl Eddy

• news & culture

 

In this issue

Editorial: Pelosi's ugly legacy

Editorial: Up against ICE

Opinion: Hooked on pot lies
by bruce mirken

Cutting to the bone
Proposed Health Department cuts, potentially devastating for some of the city's most needy, hint at what's to come for other departments
By Tali Woodward

ICE raids Mission hotel
Unusual attack on immigrant rights
By Camille T. Taiara

Element of controversy
Housing blueprint approved after being gutted of its most environment-friendly provisions
By Rachel Brahinsky

Buildings grow, trees die
Presidio Trust pushes development at expense of natural resources
By Liam O'Donoghue

Neighborhood Business:

Bike motel
Embarcadero BART's bicycle center provides the best bike service no one knows about — as long as its operational budget still rides.
By Liam O'Donoghue

Bike to Work Day
Thurs/20, features "energizer stations" around town with free coffee, treats, and encouragement. For a list of energizer station locations, times, and other information, go to www.sfbike.org. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition sponsors the Bike to Work Night Party with live music, 8 p.m., DNA, 375 Eleventh St., S.F. $10 for members, free with a membership.
(415) 431-BIKE.

Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.

Being There
Dachshund revolution
by karen solomon

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

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Dine
Patriot games

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Can do

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Potboiling

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Brainiac
By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Core values

Matt Markovich

Meatless
I am happy
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
By Giorgio

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
'M' is for M.F.K.

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
...

The Blender

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Music: Permanent record
The 331/3 series serves up books of vinyl love.
By Jimmy Draper

Music: Crazy from the heat
There was something for everyone at Coachella, if you were willing to die for it.
By Gabriel Roth

Music: Dead Prez or alive
By Oliver Wang and Juan Pablo

Film: Jailbreak
Carandiru's return to prison brings a return to form for Hector Babenco.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: Critic's Choice - ‘The Trilogy’
David Fear

Film: Critic's Choice - ‘Shrek 2’
Enchantment strikes back
Cheryl Eddy

Stage: Shake a tail feather
John Waters's Hairspray teases the hell out of Middle America, leaving it a pretty pleasant place.
By Robert Avila

Stage: Critic's Choice - ‘Dance/Screen: Innovative International Dance Films’
Rita Felciano

Art: Critic's Choice - ‘The Tokyo Monster Show’
Clark Buckner

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

Wandering eye By Glen Helfand

Full Circle: Post-deadline
By Kimberly Chun

Full Circle: Know-it-all
By Derk Richardson

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

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2nd time around

The Void

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Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

Media Beat
Don't look away: The gruesome pictures from Iraq need to be published. 05.19.04
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
HUD — and beyond: The United States needs a comprehensive new urban agenda. 04.28.04
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

Corporations and their proxies defeated in Miami -- but they refuse to give up
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

First amendment alerts

The shame of Hearst
By Bruce B. Brugmann, 11.14.01

Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.

It's funny in Kansas
Joke of the day

Superlist
Handel's 'Messiah': Bay Area performances and sing-alongs.