Murder by Death to Headline at Slim’s
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Heather Spellacy | Staff Writer
I have always found that the months before summer begins coincides with a serious lull in good concerts. Thus, I feel the need to share with you, my fellow music aficionados, some exciting news. Murder by Death, a rock band out of Indiana, will soon be making their way through San [...]
Tags: concert, live music, Murder by Death, Music
Treasure Island Music Festival an Enormous Success
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Chris Crowley | Staff Writer
The third installment of the annual Treasure Island Music Festival just across the Bay bridge continued its’ tradition this weekend of being a landmark festival destination for concertgoers, who were graced by big name indie, hip-hop and electronic acts including The Flaming Lips, MGMT, and MSTRKRFT.
Treasure Island, a smaller scaled down [...]
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The Frosted Tips May Be Gone, but Sugar Ray Makes a Comeback with “Music for Cougars”
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Heather Spellacy | Staff Writer
If you were a teenager in the nineties you probably had a crush on hottie-extraordinaire and Sugar Ray front man, Mark McGrath. His Rolling Stone cover was most definitely looming somewhere on your poster-covered walls, and your Sugar Ray CD was undoubtedly scratched due to how often “Every Morning” was played [...]
Tags: album, concert, Music, Sugar Ray
Erykah Badu, Mos Def & Jay Electronica Perform Live in Concert Sept. 3rd
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Miles Nishioka | Staff Writer
The Ecstatic Tour flows through San Francisco on the night of Thursday, Sept. 3 at Davies Symphony Hall. The show includes highly regarded New York MC Mos Def, R&B superstar Erykah Badu, and the up-and-coming MC Jay Electronica.
Mos Def is a Grammy winning artist and activist from Brooklyn. He is known [...]
Tags: concert, Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica, Most Def
DUST…a play about the Eve in all of us
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Thursday March 12 - Monday March 16
Studio Theater, 8 PM
DUST…a play about the Eve in all of us
Created and performed by the PASJ ensemble and directed by faculty
member Christine Young, this play explores the impact of the figure of
Eve and her legendary apple-biting moment on our attitudes about
learning, knowledge and creative thinking. Tickets are $5 [...]
Tags: dust, Event, performing arts, play, university of san francisco
Something’s Transpiring with the Women of the Tenderloin
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Heather Spellacy | Staff Writer
Last week I, Heather Spellacy, ventured into the depths of a tiny apartment somewhere on Fulton for a local house party. Big announcement, huh? I’m a college student, that should be my weekend ritual. Well, house parties aren’t my thing. No, in no way… especially in San Francisco. Houses, or more [...]
Tags: band, Chris Moore, Fulton, house party, live, Music, sky madden, Women of the Tenderloin
The Future Comes to Slim’s
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Heather Spellacy | Staff Writer
Transmission:
Looking for good music and a $13 trip to the future? Well you can stop searching. Slim’s, a local venue found at 333 11th street, is embracing our favorite space-trekking posse. The Phenomenauts, a pyschobilly band out of Oakland, will be gearing up in their futuristic duds this coming Saturday (1/24/09) [...]
Tags: concert, Preview, Slim's, The Phenomenauts
With AXIS Dance, seeing is believing
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By Mimi Honeycutt
Dance, like song and drama, is an intimate expression of the feelings that seethe or flutter just below the surface. When performers find new ways of expressing themselves, the audience too experiences a new, exciting connection to emotion and life.
AXIS, a contemporary dance company, has taken dance to new heights for the past twenty [...]
Tags: AXIS, dance, drama, Scene, show
There’s Something Cold About the Way You Play
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Sky Madden | Staff Writer
The first time I ever heard Coldplay was a couple weeks before high school started. I had snuck in through the basement of the house where my then-girlfriend was babysitting. We were watching MTV2 in the master bedroom. Awkwardly snuggled up on a mountain of duvet covers we [...]
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Dia de Los Muertos: Dancing with the Dead
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Anne Sivley | Foghorn Staff
A dreary Halloween weekend came to a vibrant ending in the Mission district October 24th. Thousands of people congregated at 24th and Bryant to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos (or Day of the Dead for us gringos). The crowd was incredibly eclectic, as people of all cultures and races have embraced [...]
Tags: day of the dead, Dia de los muertos, Event, Mission District, San Francisco, Scene
