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Street Threads: Look of the Day

03.22.12 - 7:47 am | Ariel Soto-Suver |

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Today's look: Lexi, Dolores Park

Tell us about your look: "Your graffiti is tight as fuck."

If you're planning to hit the Fillmore tonight, I can only guess tickets were carefully debated then purchased mainly in order to see fantastical live sets by the magic indie sprites of Deerhoof and/or headliners of Montreal. But might I suggest getting there early for opener Kishi Bashi?Read more »

Lee's charges against Mirkarimi leave questions unaddressed

03.21.12 - 4:24 pm | Steven T. Jones |

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Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was formally suspended today and served with “Written Charges of Official Misconduct” that for the first time outline why Mayor Ed Lee believes Mirkarimi should be removed from office, although they leave unaddressed many questions that Lee has been so far been avoiding answering.Read more »

SXSW Music Highlights: Photographer Brittany Powell's snaps

03.21.12 - 4:13 pm | Guardian Staff Writers |

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Crowd at Emo's East (photo by Brittany Powell)

Sean Yseult of Star & Dagger (photo by Brittany Powell)

Crystal Antlers (photo by Brittany Powell)

Jesus and Mary Chain (photo by Brittany Powell)

Gary Walker Jr. (photo by Brittany Powell)

Silent Comedy (photo by Brittany Powell)

In addition to Mirissa Neff's coverage of the SXSW music festival, the Guardian also had photographer Brittany Powell pounding Austin's pavement in search of great music. Here are some of her photos and impressions from the week.

Mayor Lee and high ethical standards

03.21.12 - 3:40 pm | Tim Redmond |

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If Mayor Ed Lee thinks that a person who pled guilty to false imprisonment can't do the job of San Francisco sheriff, he's welcome to say that. He would hardly be alone in that position, and it's one that a fair number of progressives support.

But I didn't know whether to laugh or puke when I heard his statement on the suspension:

Sheriff Mirkarimi's actions and confession of guilt clearly fall below these standards of decency and good faith, rightly required of all public officials.Read more »

A new food-truck map

03.21.12 - 3:18 pm | Tim Redmond |

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Sup. Scott Wiener wants to compromise on the food-truck limits, and is working with the folks at SFUSD and the food advocates.

Dana Woldow, who is working with Nancy Waymack, director of policy and planning for SFUSD, Chris Armentrout, the district's director of development and government relations, and School Board member Jill Wynns, told me that the advocates are open to the idea of allowing more trucks in the Mission:Read more »

"Hunger Games" tix sold out? See one of these movies instead!

03.21.12 - 3:03 pm | Guardian Staff Writers |

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All films open Fri/23.

The Kid with a Bike Slippery as an eel, Cyril (Thomas Doret) is the bane of authorities as he tries to run away at any opportunity from school and a youth home — being convinced that the whole adult world is conspiring to keep his father away from him. During one such chase he literally runs into hair-salon proprietor Samantha (Cécile De France), who proves willing to host him on weekends away from his public facility, and is a patient, steadying influence despite his still somewhat exasperating behavior.

Film

Peter Whitehead manipulates strange and beautiful sounds using unlikely materials

03.21.12 - 2:04 pm | Mia Sullivan |

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“When I hear instrumental music, I often see how it’s designed – the movement of the different shapes in space; the changing of colors,” says Peter Whitehead, a San Francisco-based musician-visual artist who makes instruments out of found materials and visual art that represents his world of sound. Read more »

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Hot sexy events: March 22-29

03.21.12 - 12:40 pm | Caitlin Donohue |

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Perhaps you caught Soojin Chang's review of the first month's edition of Cum and Glitter (my god, the trolls from SFGate sure did!), the Mission's new alt-queer live sex show that had Ava Solanos squirting, yes squirting, the to thrums of a cello perched mere feet away from her audience-spritzing climax. Yes! Well even if you didn't, you will note from that description that C&G is the classiest thing that an experienced exhibitionist could be possibly be involved in, in the city these days. And so it is with pleasure that we announce that the show is currently holding auditions. Will you don baby bloomers and molest your babysitter onstage? Sexy ribbon-dance? Those were actually last month's ideas, babe, but we know you can think of something great. Now, the week's sex events from lectures to slutty cigar parties.

Sex Events

Where Jean Paul Gaultier should go out this week

03.21.12 - 10:51 am | Marke B. |

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Revered French bad-boy designer Jean Paul Gaultier is in town for the unveiling of a neat-looking "enfant terrible" retrospective of his work at the de Young. (Will there be anything in it as scandalous as the tribute to Naomi Campbell's famous wipeout in the Vivienne Westwood show five years ago?). He also has a busy schedule: a red-carpet appearance at the new Al Pacino movie launch tonight, a private-ish A-gayish loft party on Thursday whose redeeming feature = drag goddess DJ Juanita More, and of course a lavish opening celebration at the de Young itself on Friday. ($300 per person -- I'll be blogging all the opulence and potential fashion faux paaaaaases.)

But us lowly club kids love you too, JPG.

7 spots for wine and wi-fi

03.21.12 - 8:26 am | Mia Sullivan |

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Are those cubicle walls closing in? For those of us who prefer to pair our work with a side of wine, here are some places to consider retreating to when the office begins to feel stale.

The Grove

Curl up in a comfy chair or communal wooden bench with a glass of red wine at one of this quaint café’s three locations, and you won’t want to leave.

Mon.-Thu. 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 7 a.m.-11:30 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-11:30 p.m.; Sun. 8 a.m.-11 p.m. 2016 Fillmore, SF. (415) 474-1419 Read more »

Street Threads: Look of the Day

03.21.12 - 7:19 am | Ariel Soto-Suver |

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Today's look: Kayla, New Montgomery and Mission

Tell us about your look: "My fashion is inspired by my grandmother because she gives me all her old things."

Supervisors hope to halt foreclosures with new resolution

03.21.12 - 2:40 am | Yael Chanoff |

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John Avalos introduced a resolution today urging support for homeowners facing foreclosure in San Francisco. The resolution calls for several actions, including suspending all foreclosures until state and federal measures to protect homeowners are in place.

Sponsors of the resolution Avalos, David Chiu, Jane Kim, Eric Mar, and Christina Olague joined a coalition of community organizations to explain the resolution at a press conference.Read more »

Texas highlights

Street performers, Jimmy Cliff, and organ-rattling beats at SXSW 2012

03.20.12 - 7:00 pm | Mirissa Neff |

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>>View Mirissa's complete SXSW 2012 diary here.

MUSIC To be at SXSW is to know you're missing out on a lot of good music. Fortunately the music you do see makes up for the difference, and very often it's the unexpected showcases, the things that weren't on your radar until that very moment, that end up being the highlights of your experience. That said, here are some of my impressions from this year's slate: