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1. Feature

   To Serve & Collect

   Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

   By Ron Russell

   Published: June 4, 2008

   The question from TV's Judge Judy to San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer Hanley Chan was straightforward enough. "You are a San Francisco police officer — is...

2. Music

   The Roots’ state of the union address

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: June 4, 2008

   Legendary hip-hop drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson could easily win an award for multitasking. The man with the biggest Afro in hip-hop has an excess of talent, working as an...

3. Eat

   Mack the Kunafa

   New tastes from the Middle East.

   By Robert Lauriston

   Published: June 4, 2008

   Most ethnic restaurants in San Francisco serve the food of a particular country, such as Thailand, or that of a smaller region with a distinct culture, such as Sardinia....

4. Film

   Hairpiece in the Middle East

   Adam Sandler returns as a Mossad baddie turned stylist. The bubbies will love him.

   By Ella Taylor

   Published: June 4, 2008

   Behold Adam Sandler, in a passable Israeli accent and outsize codpiece, as Zohan the Mossad superheavy: catching barbecued fish in his butt crack on a Tel Aviv beach, repelling...

5. Night&Day

   Spread the Word

   By Michael Leaverton

   Published: June 4, 2008

   Except in the case of Shepard Fairey, who does indeed own his Obey image, street art rarely comes with a © attached. In the book Reproduce & Revolt, artists Favianna...

6. Night&Day

   Can You Read?

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: June 4, 2008

   Kirk Read has listened to your crap; he hosts not one but two monthly open mikes. So you should listen to his crap, in fairness, but be forewarned: He's better than you. At...

7. Night&Day

   You'll Die Laughing

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: June 4, 2008

   Love it. Fear it. Scream in ecstasy. Scream in terror. At Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, science fiction, fantasy, and — mostly — horror flicks tap into the...

8. Night&Day

   Might As Well Be Locked Up

   By Michael Leaverton

   Published: June 4, 2008

   San Francisco is known for its fun races, but nobody gets naked or sneaks a beer during the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon. It’s one of those bragging-rights courses that...

9. Night&Day

   Calling Out Around the World

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: June 4, 2008

   We love Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, the local hula supergroup. We love Ensambles Ballet Folklórico de San Francisco, a group that goes deep into the Yucatecan history of...

10. Night&Day

    I Don't Think They Play at All Fairly

    By Silke Tudor

    Published: June 4, 2008

    It is said that nothing except tobacco smoke spread through the British Empire as rapidly as croquet. But since its formal introduction in 1851, the rules have changed as...

11. Night&Day

    Storytime, Yay!

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: June 4, 2008

    At the otherwise clearly labeled Small Desk Press Third Annual Art Auction Fund-Raiser, the organizers left something out. For our money, the important element of this evening...

12. Night&Day

    He Did the Mash

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: June 4, 2008

    Just when you think Matt Furie can’t come up with another way to draw a furry animal, there he goes with another way to draw a furry animal. This has been going on for...

13. Night&Day

    Bright Colors and Lifesavers

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: June 4, 2008

    "Parental discretion advised": That's a warning we like to see on art exhibit announcements. At a new group show, "Maria: Politics. Sex. Death. Men." the theme is survival, and...

14. Night&Day

    My Winnipeg

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: June 4, 2008

    Guy Maddin’s frozen reverie on Canada’s “Gateway to the West” is barely defrosted by the warmth of the projector bulb. My Winnipeg opens with a bit of...

15. Night&Day

    Wonder Full

    By Bonner Odell

    Published: June 4, 2008

    The protagonist of the Joe Goode Performance Group’s latest piece is a puppet. Our first reaction was … yikes. How does a dance/theater troupe get at the heart of...

16. Night&Day

    Minority Report

    By Michael Fox

    Published: June 4, 2008

    It’s not easy being a minority group and launching a film festival in a town as packed as this one is with high-profile, well-funded, identity-oriented movie showcases....

17. Night&Day

    MUFF Films

    By Nirmala Nataraj

    Published: June 4, 2008

    If you can beat the static and cut your loyalty to the Clear Channel hegemony, Pirate Cat Radio 87.9 FM is the only station to tune into for commuter diversion … or if you...

18. Night&Day

    Be Like Mike

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: June 4, 2008

    Apparently, he doesn't want to be called "B.J.," and who would? Mike Farrell, played Dr. B.J. Hunicutt, the sweet calm to Alan Alda's storm in the world's favorite TV show of...

19. Stage

    Rock Legend

    A classic tale is wrested from the ravenous jaws of dull academics.

    By Chloe Veltman

    Published: June 4, 2008

    The trouble with being a legend is that sooner or later academics will take it upon themselves to publish scholarly tomes and deliver lectures about you. This isn't so...

20. Sucka Free City

    The Gay Divorcees

    Gay marriage is new. Gay divorce isn't.

    By Joe Eskenazi

    Published: June 4, 2008

    Barring a last-minute stay of the California Supreme Court's May decision, the state will begin allowing same-sex couples to wed on June 17. More marriages, logically, mean...