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FILMAGE: Descendents/All Documentary Set to Make Its SF Premiere 27 Aug 2013 | 11:05 am
DESCENDENTS fans have been awaiting FILMAGE for a few years now--the first documentary to ever look at the seminal pop-punk crew of nerds. Fortunately for us, it's making its San Francisco premiere at...
Amphibious Tour Company Declares SoMa San Francisco's Worst Neighborhood 27 Aug 2013 | 09:51 am
DNA Lounge owner and SoMa resident Jamie Zawinski recently noticed a bold statement quacking from the Ride the Ducks tour busboat: The duck boat tour just rolled under my window, megaphone-shouting t...
Pop-Up Electric Chaircuts: Now a Thing 26 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
In what I can only assume was a ploy to raise money for a Burning Man ticket, Nelson, a barber-cum-noise rocker, plopped down Electric Chaircut haircut station at the corner of 20th and Alabama Saturd...
Missed Connections Comix: Dawn with Muscle 25 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
Categorized: Art - The Canvas Tagged: comics, Craigslist Missed Connections Comix, Gnartoons No Comments Previously on Uptown Almanac Missed Connections Comix: You Work in the Meat Department ...
Frida! 24 Aug 2013 | 12:13 am
Encantada Gallery and their tributes to Frida might have fallen victim to good times, but at least have this stunning Frida piece to (temporarily) take their place. (Pasted on the wall next to Elbo R...
Mission Cheese's Sandwich Board Puns Its Way Into Our Hearts By Combining DMX and Cheese 23 Aug 2013 | 02:06 am
[via Mission Cheese] Categorized: Humor Tagged: /cc Stephan Jenkins, CheeseMX, Mission Cheese 1 Comment Previously on Uptown Almanac Stephan Jenkins Spotted Staring Slack-Jawed at Cheese-Only...
Feast Your Eyes on the Tamale Lady's Mural 23 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
It was just Tuesday when we watched paint dry as Megan Wilson, Jet Martinez, and Roisin Isner started work on their latest Clarion Alley mural, honoring the Tamale Lady. From the looks of it, they've...
Doubled Rents Forces Cafe Que Tal Out of Business 22 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
Eater brings us the sad news of another relaxed neighborhood institution biting the dust: A tipster notes that the cafe's landlord has doubled the rent with only two weeks' notice, forcing Que Tal to...
Jack Spade Allowed to Move Forward With Mission Store 22 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
Wanting to capitalize on the recent influx of immaculate artisans on Valencia, Jack Spade has been pushing hard to move into the neighborhood--from getting a local bookstore kicked out of their 25-yea...
SFPD Finally Busts Up Mission Street Bicycle Chop Shop 22 Aug 2013 | 12:04 am
The stolen bike chop shop under the freeway: we've all seen it, we all hate it--and they've been operating in broad daylight with impunity for years. Fortunately, thanks to Meredith Obendorfer and @S...
