One from the harp Joanna Newsom takes on the world with womanly pluck and charm. By Kimberly Chun
Our picks for Noise Pop 2005
Music: I'm Okay Housebound in Fremont and suffering from Crohn's disease, Marty Anderson opens a window into his world. By Jimmy Draper
Music: Go heavy An indie rocker's guide to festival metal By Deborah Giattina
Music: Mission accomplished The eternal return of the band that could change your life. By Kimberly Chun
Music: Wake and bake Sample the smokin' barbarism of Sleep, Om, and High on Fire. By Mike McGuirk
Music: The No Doctors are in They will see you now. By Deborah Giattina
In This Issue
Fifteen minutes How I became the sudden darling of right-wing media By Tim Redmond
Lunchroom blues UC workers are paid so little that they depend on welfare to get by By Rachel Brahinsky
Hidden bids De Young museum won't release details of catering contract By Matthew Hirsch
Promoting ethics Hansen appointment could be a turning point for campaign finance reform By Steven T. Jones
Waking to reality S.F.'s Dream Schools are touted as Bayview students' best hope, but can they live up to their hype? By Tali Woodward
Neighborhood Business: Working out the kinks A recent ordinance is giving San Francisco's massage industry a rubdown. By Lori Musicer
Neighborhood Business: Biztips Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.
Editorial: Cutting sunshine
Editorial: The ‘issue’ loophole
Editorial: No bike toll
Opinion: Privatization doesn't work By Robert Haaland
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.
Journalists under fire Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe
Film: The horror at home Nobody Knows uncovers the secret lives of abandoned kids. By Kimberly Chun
Film: Satanic panic Keanu Reeves makes hella good in Constantine. By Cheryl Eddy
Film: Critic's Choice -'The Take' Power to the people By Max Goldberg
Dance: Race and relations Robert Moses' Kin premieres The President's Daughter. By Rita Felciano
Theater: All's fair in love and class war Fassbinder's women bring the pain in Last Planet Theatre's latest production. By Robert Avila
Stage: Critic's Choice - Royal Thai Ballet By Rita Felciano
See Hear - music DVD reviews
Script Doctor - film news
Local Live - show reviews
Grooves - record reviews
Local Grooves - record reviews
2nd Time Around - record reviews
The Mix
Dine review Ace of vase By Paul Reidinger Cheap eats My mug runneth over By Dan Leone
The Food Snoop, By Masha Gutkin
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