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Family’s past leads sultry songstress into some dark places
Singer-songwriter Rykarda Parasol has a habit of writing songs that channel her family’s macabre history [...]

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Mothers, daughters put special spin on Passover
Every woman at the Mother-Daughter Seder at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco last week brought along a memento, a keepsake.

Some brought weathered black-and-white photos of their ancestors, others shared beloved Shabbat candle holders or their grandmother’s hand-scrawled recipe for the perfect matzah ball [...]

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10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10
While most of the music world is far away drinking excessively and waiting in line for sweaty, packed shows at SXSW, we San Franciscans still have plenty of homegrown activities to keep our culture palette satisfied [...]

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Former S.F. man spans the globe for rhythmic adventures
During a journey to India last year, Jacob Edgar ate goat brain, learned how to play cricket and listened to a lot of local music [...]

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Yoko Ono Plastic Band at The Fox Theater
When I told friends and Facebook contacts that I'd be seeing Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band during Noise Pop, the reactions were split down the middle. Half the responses were incredulous. You'd pay money to see her? The other half was excited, and dare I say it - a little jealous? But this is to be expected with Ono, whose artistic efforts have always had a galvanizing affect [...]

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Ten Bands That Have Rocked 90210 - Then and Now
With the return of The CW's humdrum spin-off soap 90210 this week (March 9), we guilty-pleasure seekers are likely to be treated to a season of catfights, trysts, and--most importantly--new music cameos [...]

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It Should Have Been Grandma's First Bat Mitzvah
Every time my endlessly sharp 90-something, Polish-Catholic Grandma Florence walks by one specific framed series of three photographs on her wall, she curses the memory. She grumbles and shakes her head at the disappointment--she should have been in this particular set of pictures [...]

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Wounded Lion
Led by fine-art painter Brad Eberhard, Wounded Lion titters and shakes at live performances, throwing appendages in the air at will [...]

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Noise Pop matches orchestras with pop acts and art with sound
Sitting shoulder to shoulder with her 28-piece Magik*Magik Orchestra last month, composer, vocalist, and musician Minna Choi performed a set of 10 grandiose songs with indie-rock darlings the Dodos inside the expansive SFMOMA [...]

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Rage on the page: ‘Mein Kampf’ deconstructed in ambitious project
When her daughter brought home a copy of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto “Mein Kampf,” Jewish artist Linda Ellia was shaken to the core [...]

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Reconstructionist Jews set for historic gathering in S.F.
Founded more than 80 years ago, Reconstructionist Judaism has slowly but surely gained a toehold in the Bay Area, and now it’s taking a big step forward: its first ever gathering in Northern California.

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Café du Nord going to the tots with Macaroons show
The upcoming Macaroons concert at Café du Nord may appear to be just another show at the hip San Francisco music venue — except that half the audience will most likely be under the age of 4, and they’ll receive complimentary juice boxes upon entry.

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Nine Under the Radar Music Venues: Buses, Caves, Book Stores
San Francisco is bursting at the seams with live music nearly every night of the week. There are shows at slimy bars and at major music venues across town, concerts with fees through Ticketmaster and ones with wristbands presented at the door. And while that is all fine and good, the city also boasts a plethora of unique under the radar venues, places where one might never think to seek out live music. More adventurous types can catch bands in a beach cave, a bookshop, a community art gallery, or a functional bus that crisscrosses through town.

10 things to do this weekend for sf weekly

10 things to do this weekend for under $10
Finally! The decade from hell is officially over and now, with the world out of its childish '00s on to its '10-plus tweens, we have so many growing pains to look forward to. So what's your New Year's resolution? If it's to party like a charmed indie pop star on a meager roadie budget, why not start this weekend? Here are some easy ways to fulfill that 2010 goal[...]

10 things to do this weekend for sf weekly

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

By this point you're probably exhausted from all those hours of ripping shiny wrapping paper off lackluster presents and regaling relatives with stories of your wacky life in the big city. And like us, you're probably hurting for cash a bit in this last week of the month after spending all your hard earned dough on gifts for said relatives.

Do not fret; San Francisco has plenty of sparkly and non-denominational holiday events this weekend to fit your tightened budget [...]