When the ancient Polynesians invented surfing, they often used a paddle to help them navigate. Fast-forward a few millennia, and Stand-Up Paddleboarding, or SUP, finds itself trendy again. Part of its increasing popularity is that standing upright allows surfers to spot waves more easily and thus catch more of them, multiplying the fun factor. Paddling back to the wave becomes less of a strain as well. The ability to cruise along on flat inland water, surveying the sights, is another advantage. Finally, it’s a good core workout. If you’re sold on the idea, schedule an intro SUP lesson, free with board and paddle rental, and you may find yourself riding the waves like a Polynesian king.More
Many of us remember coming home from our elementary schools with freshly glazed pinchpots, cups, or whatever else our young imaginations could conjure up. Saturday mornings at the Randall Museum can bring that memory back, or create a new one for the youngsters. Ceramics make great gifts — especially on Mothers' and Fathers' Day. Hop on board for the Randall's once-weekly class, and for $6 and two weeks to have your work fired and glazed, you'll have all the materials you need.More
December is almost over - the New Year is coming up and everyone is busy drying off from the rain or holiday shopping. Let's take a look at what's happened this month.
When gold was found and San Francisco was in its infancy, more was needed to occupy the minds of the young city's denizens than whiskey and cutthroat commerce.
Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
While most of us live on the outskirts of the social media landscape, tweeting the occasional brain fart and using facebook to update our relationship status, there are a select few who choose to take their engagement with the networks…
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/arts_culture/Airships_Fly_Again_After_71_Years_Pics'; On a recent sunny afternoon, SF Weekly contributing photographer Tim Wagner headed to Silicon Valley for a tour of Airship Venture's "Eureka," the first lighter-than-air passenger ship to fly in the U.S. after more than 71…
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by Janine Kahn
August 2, 2009 @ 11:40 pmTags: Photos
So we new media dinosaurs at the SFW have finally made the leap into the Flickr-verse with the creation of our very own photo pool! And we hope the many fine Bay Area photographers out there will consider contributing their…
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by Janine Kahn
July 10, 2009 @ 4:10 pmTags: New Media, Photos
We've been live-tweeting the Prop. 8 happenings over at @SF_Weekly for the past few hours but have also been keeping a close eye on the response from our fellow twits. Here's a sampling of the mixed (but predictable) sentiments: @roxaloxa:…
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by Janine Kahn
May 26, 2009 @ 11:12 amTags: Breaking News
Fleetwood MacOracle Arena, OaklandPhotos by Christopher Victorio - Click here for a full slideshowBetter than: Watching American Idol's downright infuriating finale with clenched fists.Delving into the convoluted history of Fleetwood Mac is tantamount to stepping in a cow pile for…
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by Janine Kahn
May 21, 2009 @ 9:09 amTags: Last Night
On Sunday, 10 blocks of Howard Street were blocked off for the 10th Annual How Weird Street Faire - and all the beautiful colorful people came out to play (the more thoughtful ones brought their mothers). See Hanna Quevedo's photo…
After a few weeks of canceled shows due to lead singer Nathan Willett's bout of throat infection the Cold War Kids are back on track. The boys from SoCal made it up to their fans by putting one of their…
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by Janine Kahn
May 8, 2009 @ 5:14 pmTags: Photos
In case you missed the e-mail blast: SF Weekly is giving away four tickets to the Kings of Leon show with The Walkmen at the Bill Graham Civic on May 21. But wait -- there's more. The winner of this…
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by Janine Kahn
April 20, 2009 @ 12:40 pmTags: Free Tickets
On Friday night, our traveling photo booth made an appearance at DNA Lounge, where the Hubba Hubba Revue was staging a sexy coup d'etat during a celebration in honor of vile dictator Presidente Juan Baptista Maximilian "Little Bobo" Kingfish…
Green Day stepped across Telegraph Avenue to Oakland's Uptown Wednesday night for yet another somewhat-secret show -- reeling in what could be the largest audience in the venue's history. Photos by Richard Haick. …
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by Janine Kahn
April 16, 2009 @ 4:52 pmTags: Photos
Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
