This Week's Paper

Cover Story

San Francisco adult stars storm the red carpet at the AVN Awards, a.k.a. the 'Oscars of porn'

Caitlin Donohue
AVN Awards, Courtney Trouble, Cover Story, Porn, Queer, Queerporn.TV, sex, Travel, Arts & Culture

News

When public schools can no longer afford to buy paper, it's time to reconsider the tax system

Tim Redmond
Budget, Education, Tax, Editors Notes

We're not going to lose the America's Cup, but we might lose if we keep it

Guardian Editorial
America's Cup, Development, Editorial

Let's make February count this year

Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia
Opinion

SF's activists fight a complex, uphill battle

Yael Chanoff
Lusty Lady, sex, Sex Workers, News

How will Christina Olague balance loyalty to Mayor Lee with the needs of the city's most progressive district?

Steven T. Jones
Board of Supervisors, Christina Olague, News, News

Legislation seeks to prevent SFPD from working with the FBI to spy on lawful citizens

ACLU, FBI, JTTF, Police, SFPD, spying, News

Arts & Culture

Underwear parties, French pop affairs, mixtape exchanges, animal romance, lube wrestling: Valentine's Week events for starry-eyed lovers (and singles on the make) for less than $20

Marke B., Soojin Chang
Valentine's Day, Arts & Culture

Custom Made Theatre's Little Brother adapts Cory Doctorow's SF-based teen terrorism tale -- and it's probably the most exciting thing on stage right now

Robert Avila
Cory Doctorow, Custom Made Theatre, Stage, Theater

At Sundance, Ice-T discusses his new documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap

Film Features, Hip-hop, Ice-T, Music

HERBWISE: New Age vaporizing with the Magic-Flight Launch Box

Caitlin Donohue
Cannabis, Herbwise, Arts & Culture

Singer-songwriter Ezra Furman of the Harpoons made the leap to San Francisco and didn't look back

Frances Capell
Ezra Furman, Music, Music Features, The Harpoons

Three evenings of Gregory Markopoulos' visionary early films at the Pacific Film Archive

Max Goldberg
Film, Film Features, Gregory Markopoulos, Pacific Film Archive

From Australian serial killers to flighty Spanish ghosts, IndieFest 2012 explores the darker side of life (and the lighter side of the afterlife)

Cheryl Eddy
Film Features, Film. Movies, IndieFest

Forget the corny V-Week candy and flowers: Have a heart for Non Stop Bhangra, Light Asylum, Garth and Jeno, Droog, and Opel parties this week

Marke B.
Nightlife, Party Radar, Super Ego, Super Ego

Food & Drink

Magnolia Brewery's head sudster gives us the lowdown on SF Beer Week 2012

Caitlin Donohue
Beer, Festival, Food and Drink, Food & Drink

A farewell to furry Stoplight -- and wonderful beef pho at Saigon Express

L.E. Leone
Food and Drink, Saigon Express, Cheap Eats

Whiskey punch: Livermore's Concannon toasts its new spirits release with a good scrap and a round of spiked coffee

Virginia Miller
Appetite, Cocktails, Concannon, Food and Drink, Food & Drink