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Poi Oh Poi
Karen Macklin takes the temperature of a growing, meditative, and fiery dance form known as poi.
November 03, 2004
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Special Feature: Resolution Guide
Urban environments are great places for bars, nightlife, arts, food, and culture. They are also great places for neurosis, stress, and isolation. Why? Because people in cities keep fit-to-bursting work and social calendars that often ignore the daily and seasonal…
by Karen Macklin
January 19, 2011
Tags: Special Feature: Resolution Guide, Resolution Guide, San Francisco, Hayes Valley, Megan Rohrer, Arleta
Culture,
Summer Guide
Are things looking bad inside the deep, empty recesses of your wallet? Well, lucky you: The IRS has your back. Under the federal stimulus plan, we'll all be getting a little extra cash — up to a whopping $400 each…
by Karen Macklin
June 24, 2009
Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, San Francisco, YMCA, Internal Revenue Service, Golden Gate Park
Culture,
Summer Guide
It's 2008, and it's summer. That means one thing: Olympics in Beijing! Yes, despite some setbacks for host country China, such as multiple protests against human-rights violations and the catastrophic earthquake, the Summer Olympic Games are slated to begin on…
by Karen Macklin
June 25, 2008
Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, China, Beijing, Major League Baseball, National League (Baseball)
Summer Guide,
Summer
Politics in the '60s had poise as well as noise. When people protested, they protested in style; when they preached peace and love, they did it in their flowing peasant blouses, oversized shades, and Birkenstocks. While it probably wasn't bell-bottoms…
by Karen Macklin
June 27, 2007
Tags: Summer, Summer Guide, Positively Haight, San Francisco, Marie McCarthy, James Preston
Calendar,
Resolution Guide
If I had a dollar for each time in the past year I heard the words "I need a vacation" from a co-worker or friend, I'd have enough buckaroos to take that cruise, camping trip, or sojourn to South America…
by Karen Macklin
January 18, 2006
Tags: Resolution Guide, Resolution Guide, Expedia Inc., Abby Snay, Kari Swartz, Wells Fargo & Company
Calendar,
Performance
ONGOING 12/2-18 I get tired of the arts scene in our hard-to-categorize city always being divvied up into neat slots. If you feel the same, prepare your ears and eyes for something a little different, as the innovative theater company…
by Karen Macklin and Hiya Swanhuyser
November 30, 2005
Tags: Performance, Columns, Karen Macklin, Spencer Day, Steve Martin, Tennessee Williams
Calendar,
Performance
FRI-SUN 11/25-27 The Bay Area is full of gypsies. Many of us have spent decades wandering between the East Coast and the West, traveling from India to Africa, or simply moving from the Mission to the Sunset to the Haight…
by Claudia Buchsbaum, Karen Macklin, and Hiya Swanhuyser
November 23, 2005
Tags: Performance, Columns, Jose Cortes, Miguel Santos, Karen Macklin, Denise Perrier
