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What to do Nov. 11-17, 2009
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WEDNESDAY 11th

MUSIC

Supersuckers

Ripping up stages on the road for more than 20 years now, the Supersuckers continue to bring their high-octane blend of unadulterated rock 'n' roll to fans around the globe. Starting out in Tucson, Eddie Spaghetti and co. made their way to the Pacific Northwest in 1989, and thrived in the burgeoning Seattle scene, but never quite sounded like their local contemporaries. Read more »

Fall Feast 2009

Our seasonal guide to the Bay's best food and drink
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Man (and woman) cannot live on PBR and pasta alone. I should know. I spent the whole summer trying. But now that my leftover Burning Man groceries are gone and the weather's getting colder, I can't help but crave real food again. And what better time and place is there to be really, really hungry for a substantial meal made with fresh ingredients than right now in San Francisco? Despite the struggling economy, innovative restaurants keep popping up — and the old classics are offering better deals. Read more »

Now read this

Our first Writers Issue speaks volumes
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From Jack London Square to Jack Kerouac Alley, Dashiell Hammett Street to Armistead Maupin backroom, the Bay's geography is dotted with ready reminders of its old-school literary heritage. (Meet us on your hover bike at the intersection of Violet Blue Way and Calle Mission Mission in the bloggable future.) Read more »

The Mix

What we've been up to
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(1) For Alexis (2009), Apichatpong Weerasethakul

(2) Dancin' at Lil' Baobab

(3) Aiyana Udesen's art in "Future Colors of America" at Giant Robot

(4) Steamy disco rarities and hot queers, Le Perle degli Squalor

(5) Dexter season two

Best of the Bay 2009: Local Heroes

Our celebration of Bay Area people and organizations who strive to make a difference
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>>BEST OF THE BAY HOME

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ANGELA CHAN

As staff attorney at the Asian Law Caucus, Angela Chan has been at the forefront of a yearlong effort to ensure that all undocumented juveniles have the right to due process in San Francisco.

That effort began last summer, shortly after Mayor Gavin Newsom, who had just decided to run for governor, announced that undocumented juveniles hencefort Read more »

Best of the Bay 2009

Our 35th annual guide to the people, places, and things that make the Bay great
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Quickies

Frameline 2009: Our short, opinionated takes on several featured Frameline flicks
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FRI/19

The Lollipop Generation (G.B. Jones, Canada, 2008) To truly appreciate G.B. Jones' decades-in-the-making solo follow-up to her 1991 queer punk classic collaboration with Bruce LaBruce No Skin Off My Ass, you probably have to be a fan of Doris Wishman. Jones is on record as a major admirer of the woman behind Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) and the Chesty Morgan vehicle Double Agent 73 (1974), whose singular directorial style had no need for dramatic momentum, synced-up dialogue, or sensible camera angles. Read more »

Staff picks

FEAST: Our office experts describe their favorite places to dine and drink
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L'ARDOISE

“The coq au vin is the best in the city, even though I harbor a sneaking suspicion that the waitstaff enjoys overplaying its French accent.” (Marke B., Senior Editor, Culture and Web)
151 Noe, SF. (415) 437-2600,
www.lardoisesf.com

TOMMY'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT

"So much amazing tequila, my liver hurts just thinking about it." (Ben Hopfer, Associate Art Director)

5929 Geary, SF. Read more »

Mask maker, mask maker

Desiree Holman's playfully weird Obama-era masks hit SFMOMA. Plus: I-spy photography and the death of static
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The 21st installment of the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art's biennial award exhibition is upon us! Read more »

All ears

Noise Pop 09: We chew over a few more tasty Noise Pop niblets
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ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS

Antony Hegarty's got a delicate disposition and a hankering for the embrace of Mother Nature. His latest effort, The Crying Light (Secretly Canadian), extends the band in the direction of strange, rending meditations on life, love, and gender-line transgressions. Hegarty may never be described as a big-throated hollerer, but his are rousing intimations of human fragility that approach a chest-clenching volume of heartbreak, though he never raises his voice above a whisper. Read more »