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The Milk Issue: Guardian memories of the long-haired young hopeful

The Milk Issue: Would Harvey Milk be happy with San Francisco today?

The Milk Issue: St. Harvey inflames, but does he inspire?

The Milk Issue: Harvey Milk's political torchbearer gets written out of Milk

The reporter who coined the infamous phrase in the Guardian looks back at the White trial

With big changes in store for taxicab regulation, drivers fear ulterior motives by city officials and industry executives

news & culture
I'm sorry: the children of the president should go to public schools

Now that Obama's been elected, what will you change so that real change comes to this country?

The mayor shouldn't be driving the fiscal agenda alone

Stay informed, get involved

Saving the economy one gift at a time

10 looks to shred 'em

11 ideas for those who love the BRC

13 fresh finds for your homies

15 great gifts for the fixie fiend

Sifting through the year's albums and shows for melodic gifting

Epic comics to warm the cockles of your loved ones' twisted hearts

Modern desserts and delights for the hungry and historically minded

A guide to supporting nonprofits, local businesses, and good causes

Fantastic new releases for computers and consoles

Cheap and DIY ideas for giving on a shoestring

Green City: "America has grown old, we've grown wealthy, but we have yet to grow up"

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FOOD & DRINK
Long Bar on Fillmore Street impresses with good (but not too fancy) food at reasonable prices

Lee Hou

What we've been eatin'

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Hotlist
Dirt Nasty - Simon Rex, known as a TV star, record company owner, film actor, rapper, model, and more, comes home to rock crowds with his wordplay. More...
8:30pm, $20. Slim's, 333 11th St., SF. (415) 255-0333, www.slims-sf.com

Paving the way - TransForm hosts "Level of Service Analysis," an examination of how traffic analysis hurts environmentally-friendly projects. Includes dinner. More...
5:30-7:30pm, free with RSVP. Sierra Club, 85 Second St., SF. www.transformca.org
Matthew Sweet - The king of raggedly jangled, sugar-harmonied '90s songsters sighs and snarls at GAMH. More...
8pm, $22. Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, SF. (415) 885-0750, www.gamh.com

"Bill Jenkins" - The artist's meditative approach to objects will pull the floor out from under you. More...
12-6pm, free. Jancar Jones Gallery, 965 Mission, SF. (415) 281-3770, www.jancarjones.com
"Heart of the City" - Patricia Araujo and Mark Ellinger explore SoMa, Sixth Street, mid-Market, and the Tenderloin through visual art. More...
6pm, free. 134 Golden Gate, SF.(415) 440-7750, www.nom-tlcbd.org

Lookout Weekend - Finish your work week with drink specials and dope beats at this weekly happy hour.
4-5:30pm, free. 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna, SF. www.111minna.com
Icy Demons - The Chicago-area septet accompany their weirdness with pop smarts and skewed tunefulness. More...
9pm, $15. Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus, SF. (415) 474-0365, www.bimbos365club.com

The Execution of Precious Memories - One of the season's more unusual theatrical experiments, this dance/music/theater piece uses strangers' memories as muses. More...
8pm, $20. Project Artaud Theater, 450 Florida, SF. (415) 863-9834, www.brownpapertickets.com
Cheech and Chong - The comedy duo return to the Bay with "Back from the Joint." More...
8pm, $39.50-$59.50. Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, 1111 California, SF. www.livenation.com

Bizarre Bazaar - This burner-centric booty-shaker raises money for the Hookahdome, with Cheb i Sabbah and others.
2pm, $20. Kelly's Mission Rock, 817 China Basin, SF. www.kellysmissionrock.com
Voices of Dissent - Noted filmmaker Karil Daniels screens her documentary about how democracy suffered uner the Bush administration. More...
7:30pm, donations accepted. Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalist Hall, 1924 Cedar, Berk. (510) 528-5403, www.bfuu.org

Earl Greyhound - NYC hard rocker alert! Check 'em out at Slim's.
8pm, $13-$15. Slim's, 333 11th St., SF. www.slims-sf.com
Hellogoodybe - The geek-chic Huntington Beach crew manage to outlive their Real World: Austin cameo with atomic hooks and crooning. More...
7:30pm, $16. Slim's, 333 11th St., SF. (415) 255-0333, www.slims-sf.com

"Curries of the World" - Chef Ranjan Dey of New Delhi Restaurant speaks about spices, with tasting to follow. More...
8pm, $10-$15. World Affairs Council Auditorium, 312 Sutter, SF. www.itsyourworld.org
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SFBG Video pick


It's only natural: SFBG TV hits up the new California Academy of Sciences. Video slideshow by Ariel Soto.
Film
Lola Montès remains an exquisite treatise on visual pleasure

The Milk Issue: Gus Van Sant gives Harvey Milk his close-up

"Holiday Heat" celebrates pre-Turkey Day with porn

The Milk Issue: The time is now for The Times of Harvey Milk

Nick Broomfield's Ghosts is a powerful and realistic look at illegal Chinese immigrants

arts & entertainment
Traversing Joe Turner's Come and Gone and The Last Yiddish Poet

New Delhi Restaurant's chef speaks about spice

What we've been into

Fallout 3 post-apocalyptic retro-futurism is a masterwork of world creation (and destruction)

What to do Nov. 19-25, 2008

The Execution of Precious Memories is dance/music/theater about you

The Milk Issue: Now and then in the photography of Daniel Nicoletta

The artist's first solo show will pull the floor out from under you

Music
The Decemberists find their own "Chinese Democracy" -- kinda. Plus: Cheech and Chong puff back, Youtube Live, and more

Deerhunter sorches, Of Montreal seduces, and Bohren and Der Club of Gore penetrates

Paris' Acid Reflex

Hauschka toys with our emotions

Scoping out the wild world of blogger darlings Vivian Girls

Sixto Rodriquez, sumptuously rediscovered

Denver's rapping Flobots go with the moment, democratically speaking

Where weirdness meets pop smarts and accessibility

The Peruvian-born, Harlem-raised rapper looks to the roots of hip-hop

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