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.
Once famous throughout the league as a haven for misfits and rejects looking to resurrect their careers, the Raiders have for the last decade or more made an art from out of epically wrong personnel decisions.
Colin Tilley's video for Kendrick Lamar's "Alright"
Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, but Colin Tilley, the director of the music video for Lamar's song "Alright" — which was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards and was performed by the artist at the 2016 Grammy Awards — is Berkeley-born and -raised.
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.'"
Do you read comic books? Then you are dumb, and also, you are a "ne'r-do-well." So says crazy Chicago lady Fran Gelb, who this week wrote an angry letter to the Windy City's Trib. "In my early school…
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by Matt Shaer
August 2, 2008 @ 8:05 am
So today the AP is carrying a story about how "presumptive nominees John McCain and Barack Obama will star this fall in their own comic books put out by IDW Publishing, a San Diego-based publisher better known for telling…
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by Matt Shaer
July 30, 2008 @ 10:33 am
Erstwhile Welsh actor Christian Bale has been in the news a lot today, and not because "The Dark Knight" made gazillions of dollars and broke all sorts of box office records. Turns out Bale – who has donned the…
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by Matt Shaer
July 23, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
"Dark Knight" opens this weekend, and a lot of you are probably thinking about donning your own horns and cape and kicking a few local criminals in the balls. But be careful! A life of crime-fighting can only take…
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by Matt Shaer
July 19, 2008 @ 9:20 am
"With his butchered face resembling a wrinkled finger wrapped in a Band-Aid for too long, his love of chaos drives the Joker to take giddy pleasure from dragging everyone down to his murderous level." That's film critic Joe Neumaier,…
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by Matt Shaer
July 16, 2008 @ 2:00 pm
In his review of the Will Smith superhero movie "Hancock," CNN's Tom Charity described a final plot twist coming "so far out of left field you would need a crystal ball to see it coming." Like most critics, he…
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by Matt Shaer
July 12, 2008 @ 8:08 am
Poor Shawnedria McGinty. Last week, the Houston native was walking through the books at her local Wal-Mart, when a brightly-colored comic caught her eye. The star was a mischievous, Spanish-speaking monkey, who usually ended up in one sticky situation…
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by Matt Shaer
July 9, 2008 @ 8:28 am
According to the Los Angeles Times, artist Michael Turner died on June 27 at a Santa Monica hospital, after a long fight with bone cancer. Turner, in recent years, was best known as a cover artist – "The Flash"…
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by Matt Shaer
July 5, 2008 @ 8:53 am
The International Herald Tribune had a pretty good piece this week on the crazy prices original comic book art is now drawing at auction houses. What's most remarkable is the appreciation on some of this shit, which can include…
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by Matt Shaer
July 2, 2008 @ 6:42 am
"Heads up: a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies." So says the perennially overheated – and often bland! – Peter Travers of Rolling Stone. Like a whole host of insidery types,…
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by Matt Shaer
June 28, 2008 @ 7:01 am
By Matthew Shaer So Matt Wagner, a veteran of "Sandman Mystery Theater" and "Grendel," is returning to Vertigo this week with his take on "Lady Xanadu." And the whole thing is actually a bit of a disaster. If one…
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by Matt Shaer
June 25, 2008 @ 10:16 am
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.'"
