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R A I S I N G H E L L S I N C E 1 9 6 6 THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN | SFBG.COM | JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2013 | VOL. 47, NO. 44 | FREE Fresh eats Hot new openings, vegan junk food, Manhattan shakes, cold plum soup, geared-up bike cafes, and more: Bite into our summer dining guide PAGE 14 GUARDIAN PHOTO BY ANDRIA LO OBAMACARE AS EXCUSE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED GO! POP! BANG! Employers attack SF health mandate again P10 Woody Allen's SF-set 'Blue Jasmine' blooms P31 Rye Rye makes it to the "After Party" P20 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN editorials news food + Drink the selector music stage arts + culture film classifieds Fi na l W ee ks &ORVHV2FWREHU Embark on an artistic voyage during San Francisco's hosting of the America's Cup with Impressionists on the Water([SORUHWKHVLJQLĂ€FDQWUROHSOHDVXUH boating and competition played in the art and lives of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, including Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Signac. MEDIA SPONSORS Exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Major Patrons: Mrs. George F. Jewett and San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts Museums. Patron: Mrs. James K. McWilliams. Additional support is provided by the Estate of Donald Casey and the Bequest of Lois E. Kalb. Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Additional media sponsor support: KPIX-TV. Community Partner: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. editorials news food + Drink the selector music /LQFROQ3DUN‡OHJLRQRIKRQRURUJ Image: Claude Monet, Sailboats on the Seine (detail), 1874. Oil on canvas. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, gift of Bruno and Sadie Adriani stage arts + culture film classifieds July 31 - August 6, 2013 / SFBG.com INTELLIGENCE NO COMMENT SHREDDING ON AIR Crack your knuckles, strap on the Spandex, and do your squat thrusts because it's that time of year again: the US Air Guitar Semifinals. Air guitar champs and newbies will square off against one another this weekend (Sat/3, 9pm, $20. Independent, 628 Divisadero, SF. www.theindependentsf.com). Plus, World Air Guitar Champions Nordic Thunder and Hot Lixx Hulahan will perform, and legendary Rolling Stone scribe Ben FongTorres will judge the competition. The winners from SF, Portland, Seattle, Santa Cruz, LA, and San Diego will then go on to compete at the Western Semifinals. www.usairguitar. com. THE SPIRIT OF JERRY Jerry Day returns Sun/4 to McLaren Park, and there are pre- and post-events surrounding the annual tribute to Grateful Dead frontperson and guitarist Jerry Garcia. Such as: a cool-sounding Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes and the San Francisco Symphony performing Garcia's original compositions (Thu/1-Fri/2, $30–$75. Davies Symphony Hall, 401 Van Ness, SF. www.sfsymphony.org). Plus a fundraiser Sat/3 at the Dark Horse Inn, Grateful Dead Night Mon/5 at AT&T Park, and somehow, even more Jerry Garcia-related events for teddy bears to dance at. www. jerryday.org. SUPERVISORS TAKE A BREAK The Board of Supervisors had a full agenda set for July 30, including a ban on pulling advertising behind airplanes, trailing legislation cleaning up recent CEQA reforms, and temporary controls on chain stores going in on Market Street between Van Ness and Sixth. And then, after the gavel fell on that meeting, it was PARTY TIME! That's right, the supervisors are now off on their month-long August recess and not due back under the dome until Sept. 3. You know, maybe we should all take a break from politics for month. See y'all after Burning Man.... 4 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN "MANLY" MEN LIKE MANNING At last week's Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club annual gala, Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, dolled up in a feathered boa, reflected on Pfc. Bradley Manning's "manliness" during his award acceptance speech on the gay whistleblower's behalf. When Manning, alternatively known as Breanna, courageously exposed government secrets, it exemplified what "a real man" would do, Ellsberg said. Apparently, deconstructing what it means to "be a man" is becoming a thing. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, surpassed her $80,000 fundraising target on Kickstarter to make a film delving into the crisis surrounding masculinity. When you visit SFBG.com this week, it may seem strangely silent and bile-free. That's because we've decided to conduct a week-long experiment and turn off the comments for a week as we take in community input on the future of the Guardian, including our troll-ridden comments system, starting with our community forum on July 31 from 6-8pm at the LGBT Center, 1800 Market. If you miss our colorful comments, blame the trolls and suggest some controls. But don't worry, they'll be back next week when we plan to also run an expanded letters to the editor section in the paper, so send your feedback, thoughts, kudos, and criticisms to firstname.lastname@example.com CUPCAKES FOR LIFE "Depressed cupcakes" may sound like a teen emo band name on Portlandia. But at the Depressed Cake Shop pop-up on Sat/3 (1-7pm, Austin Law Group, 799 Castro, SF.), cupcakes, cookies, and other pastries will enlisted in an attempt to build awareness of depression and mental illness. Imported from Britain to the US by cake fans Jane Reyes and Shannan Klein Rapoport, the event — the first of a series — pairs local bakers of note with local mental illness nonprofits. For example, this installment features Debbie Goard of Debbie Does Cakes, among others, who will donate cake proceeds to Queer Life Space. The bakers' challenge is to create something gray on the outside, but bursting with color and flavor within: a delicious metaphor if there ever was one. www.facebook.com/TheDepressedCakeGroupSF FOOD + DRINK WHOSE PAPER? YOUR PAPER! A COMMUNITY FORUM ABOUT THE GUARDIAN LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market, SF. tinyurl.com/lvl9vla. 68pm, free. Join the staff of the SF Bay Guardian for a community forum on the future of San Francisco's oldest alternative newsweekly. Nearly a month after longtime editor-publisher Tim Redmond left the newspaper after 31 years, Guardian staff members have reached an agreement with our parent company ensuring full editorial autonomy and control. This forum will help us determine where to go from here. We will seek community input, engage in dialogue with our readers, and discuss the Guardian's important role in the Bay Area media and political landscape as we work to rejuvenate the newspaper and reach a new generation of readers. HEAR ALICE WALKER'S DELICIOUSLY ENLIGHTENED POETRY AND PROSE First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing, Berk. tinyurl. com/lqcsfph. 7:30pm, $15–$18. Internationally celebrated author, poet and activist Alice Walker will speak at this benefit for KPFA Radio and read from her recent works, The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens (Essays); and The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness Into Flowers (New Poems) Walker has written seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children's books, and many volumes of essays and poetry. She's best known for The Color Purple, the 1983 novel for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. This event will be hosted by Brian Edwards Tiekert. RALLY FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEY STUCK IN PRISON WITH CANCER Federal Building, 90 Seventh St., SF. lynnestewart.org. Noon-2pm, free. Roughly 10 years ago, the Guardian wrote about the case of Lynne Stewart, a National Lawyers Guild member and radical human rights attorney who dedicated her career to representing unpopular clients who faced civil liberties violations. She was convicted of providing material support to terrorists in 2005, an accusation supporters say is false, and was eventually sentenced to federal prison for 10 years. Now age 73, Stewart is battling cancer behind bars and has petitioned the Federal Bureau of Prisons for compassionate release. The request has been denied, and so supporters are rallying to show their support for Stewart. REFINE THIS, CHEVRON NEWS WEDNESDAY 31 THURSDAY 1 FRIDAY 2 Sat/3 marks the one-year anniversary of the Chevron refinery blaze in Richmond, so environmentalists from 350.org and more than 50 organizations will band together for a mass march, rally, and direct action called "Summer Heat" at the refinery, starting at 10am. A dedicated supporter has even arranged for the placement of 20 billboards in BART stations throughout the Bay Area to publicize the event, proclaiming: "We can stop climate chaos." EDITORIALS POLITICAL ALERTS PANEL: HOW TO WIN THE ENVIRONMENT Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes, SF. tinyurl. com/n77mqsv. 7pm, $10. Want to know how the build "a winning movement" on climate change? If so, these folks know what they're talking about. Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, will speak on this panel along with Gopal Dayaneni of the Oakland-based Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project, Rev. Sally Bingham of Interfaith Power & Light, Katy Roemer of the California Nurses Association, and Antonia Juhasz, author of The Tyranny of Oil and Black Tide. 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Plan Bay Area: better, but it still gentrifies By Peter Cohen and Fernando Martí Council of Community Housing Organizations OPINION On July 18, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) adopted the region's first so-called "sustainable communities strategy," as required under new state environmental laws. Plan Bay Area will direct the largest share of the region's growth to the region's urban cores — two-thirds of the region's overall housing production is directed to 15 specific cities. The vision is what environmentalists refer to as "smart growth" — shrinking the footprint of the region's future development as a more environmentally friendly and geographically efficient pattern to absorb ever-increasing population. San Francisco alone has a very tall order: Our city will absorb 25 percent of new urban development, which equates to 92,000 new housing units and a pace of housing construction averaging around 3,100 units annually (a rate that has been reached only twice over the last 50 years since the era of 1960s urban renewal development). The question that framed debates through the three-year process in drafting and finally adopting the plan is how that amount of new growth can be "done right;" that is, without gentrifying working class and poor communities and ensuring that infrastructure, including affordable housing and transit service, will keep up with that pace of growth. Tim Redmond's feature article in the June 4 issue of the Guardian ("Planning for displacement") and a June 12 forum sponsored by the Guardian, CCHO, and UrbanIDEA very thoroughly laid out the issues and critiques of the Plan Bay Area draft that was released by MTC/ABAG earlier this spring. With such fundamental flaws when the draft plan was released in April, how did the July 18 adopted final Plan Bay Area fare? First, there is no question this regional "smart growth" plan will make combating gentrification at SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN ground-level harder. But second, the plan could have been worse if not for a tremendous final pushback by progressive advocates from San Francisco and throughout the region loosely united in a "Six Wins for Social Equity" coalition and the committed leadership of a small core of progressive regional leaders — including two of San Francisco's representatives, David Campos (MTC) and Eric Mar (ABAG) — who championed some final amendments. Those "wins" (in reality, concessions by MTC/ABAG) achieved in this final push include: adding a public process to develop priorities for the Bay Area's $3.1 billion share of state cap and trade funding, such as to affordable housing and local transit operations; strengthening the $14 billion transportation block-grant funds program ("OBAG") to link it directly to local cities' affordable housing production and displacement-prevention policies; and adding a requirement for MTC to develop a comprehensive strategy to prioritize funding of local transit service and transit maintenance. Though the details of those amendments are fairly squishy and do not alter the development trajectory of the plan, they are potentially valuable handholds to work with going forward as Plan Bay Area gets implemented (and updated in four years). That said, San Francisco's front line working class neighborhoods and communities of color still stand to take the brunt of potential negative impacts from this regional "smart growth" plan. Theoretically they could receive the potential benefits of public infrastructure investments and stimulated economic activity. But while the risks are real, the potential benefits are still illusory. We must become more engaged if we are to move Plan Bay Area beyond policy statements and promises of future "best-practices" to make sure vulnerable people are not displaced from their neighborhoods in the tide of infill real estate development and are guaranteed a real share of the fruits from "equitable" smart growth. 2 editorials news Supporting unions helps all workers EDITORIAL The San Francisco Bay Area has traditionally been very pro-labor, from the San Francisco General Strike of 1934 to the modern era when labor unions have lent the muscle and money to myriad progressive reforms that San Francisco and California have proudly exported to the rest of the country. But sadly, that sense of solidarity seems to be changing during these times of widespread economic anxiety, declining union membership, increasing urban gentrification, and a divide-and-conquer political climate created by both major parties. Too often, Bay Area residents are indifferent or even hostile to the plight of the working class. We've seen it in the public reactions to the labor contract impasse and strikes at Bay Area Rapid Transit, whose unions staged a fourday strike that ended July 4 and which could resume again after a 30-day contract extension and cooling off period ends on Aug. 4. If the strike resumes — which seems likely at this point, disrupting commutes food + Drink the selector on a non-holiday workweek — the public's anger and finger-pointing could be even worse than last time. We heard similar resentments expressed in reaction to last week's cover story (see "Striking Out," July 24) about the stadium concession workers at San Francisco Giants' games, who have been without a contract since 2010 and are even denied tip jars to supplement pay that is actually less than San Francisco's minimum wage in many cases. The common criticism is that these workers should just be glad to have a job, regardless of pay and benefits. And when it comes to the full-funded pensions of BART workers, critics rightfully point out that few of us enjoy that kind of retirement security. But that criticism turns the real problem on its head. We all need far more retirement security than we have now, a reality that will hit hard in the coming years as the so-called "silver tsunami" breaks, leaving families and society to care for baby boomers who run out of retiremusic stage ment savings (which could happen quickly given that three-quarters of Americans aged 50-64 have less than $30,000 in retirement savings). Bay Area residents should be supporting our brothers and sisters in organized labor, helping them so they can in turn help us, as SEIU Local 1021 and other unions are trying to do on the issue of retirement security for all (last year's approval of SB1234 in California was a good start, but far more is needed). When unions win good contracts, it generally increases wages and benefits in the region, even for non-union jobs (the opposite is also true, that wages stagnate when unions lose these fights), so it should be in our enlightened self-interest to support BART and Giants workers. Particularly during these times of economic uncertainty and woe, it's important to overcome our resentments and stand in solidarity with our fellow workers — for their sake, for our own, and for the long-term best interests of our region and country. 2 arts + culture film classifieds NEWS AT THE START OF THIS YEAR, NEWS MEDIA SOURCES THOUGHT SUP. SCOTT WIENER (LEFT) WOULD BE THE ONE TO WATCH. SUP. DAVID CHIU (RIGHT) HAS PROVEN US ALL WRONG. 3 " * 4 * / ( ) & - 4 * / B AY G U A R D IAN | SFB $ & G.COM | J U LY 2 4 - 3 0 , 2013 | V OL. THE SAN FR ANCISCO EDITORIALS NEWS STRIK E Stadium concession workers — some paid less than minimum wage — aren't sharing in the SF Giants' success PAGE 12 GUARDIAN BOXING, BIGOTS , BEAUT Jewish Film Fest docs hit hard P34 ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN HERSEY Y AFTER OSCAR Activists demand AND TRAYVON racial profiling DAMAGE DONE BASEBALL, KARMA, AND POETRY 7.24-7.30.2013 CHIU: CENTRIST COMPROMISER, EFFECTIVE LEGISLATOR, OR BOTH In San Francisco Sup. John Avalos' District 11, half of all residents were born outside the U.S. In Sup. Jane Kim's District 6, more than a third of residents are foreign-born, and almost half speak a language other than English. Given the sizable immigrant population in San Francisco, it may not come as a surprise that Secure Communities (S-Comm), a federal immigration program administered by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is highly unpopular. What might not be so obvious is how dramatically S-Comm can impact the lives of foreign-born women who are survivors of domestic violence. The reason for this is simple. "If you are a victim or a survivor of domestic violence and you call the police, you do not want to end up deported," Beverly Upton of the San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium explained at a July 23 rally, where advocates from organizations such as Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Causa Justa, the Filipino Community Center, and others stood and held banners demonstrating opposition to SComm. "We want it to be safer to call the police, not less safe." A member of Mujeres Unidas y Activas who introduced herself as Lourdes and spoke through a translator delivered a personal account of feeling fearful of police as well as an abusive partner. "Many times, abusers tell us not to call the police, because the police will not believe us. They say the police will probably deport us." The domestic violence and immigrant community advocates were there to champion Avalos' Due OUT! SH!T H@#PENED IMMIGRANTS VULNERABLE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 47, NO. 43 | FREE At the start of this year, when I wrote a Guardian cover story profile of Sup. Scott Wiener (which SF Weekly and San Francisco Magazine followed shortly thereafter with their own long Wiener profiles), he seemed like the one to watch on the Board of Supervisors, even though I noted at the time that Board President David Chiu was actually the more prolific legislator. Now, it's starting to seem like maybe we all focused on the wrong guy, because it is Chiu and his bustling office of top aides that have done most of the heavy legislative lifting this year, finding compromise solutions to some of the most vexing issues facing the city (ironically, even cleaning up some of Wiener's messes). The latest example is Wiener's CEQA reform legislation, which the board unanimously approved on July 23, a kumbaya moment that belies the opposition and acrimony that accompanied its introduction. That effort comes on the heels of Chiu's office solving another big, ugly, seemingly intractable fight: the condominium lottery bypass legislation sponsored by Wiener and Sup. Mark Farrell. To solve that one in the face of real estate industry intransigence, Chiu showed a willingness to play hardball, winning over swing vote Sup. Norman Yee to get six votes using some hostile amendments. In the end, Chiu won enough support to override a possible veto by the waffling Mayor Ed Lee, who has always echoed Chiu's rhetoric on seeking compromise and consensus and "getting things done," but who lacks the political skills and willingness to really engage with all sides. For example, it was Chiu — along with Sups. Farrell and David Campos — who spent months forging a true compromise on the hospital projects proposed by California Pacific Medical Center, replacing the truly awful CPMC proposal that Lee readily accepted. "It's been a very long year," Chiu told the Guardian. "It's been important for me to not just to seek common ground, but legislative solutions that reflect our shared San Francisco values." Process for All Ordinance, which is being introduced at today's Board meeting and is co-sponsored by seven other supervisors, essentially guaranteeing its passage. Avalos himself didn't speak, and Sups. David Campos and Board President David Chiu, co-sponsors of the legislation, sent female staff members to make statements on their behalf as part of the all-female roster of speakers. The legislation prohibits law enforcement officials from detaining individuals solely in response FOOD + DRINK THE SELECTOR MUSIC Next, Chiu will wade into another thorny legislative thicket by introducing legislation that will regulate the operations of Airbnb, the online housing rental corporation with a problematic business model. After posting the preceding analysis of Chiu on the SFBG. com Politics blog on July 23, we heard lots of back channel complaints and concerns from progressive San Franciscans (and even some from moderates and conservatives who consider Chiu a raving socialist for helping suspend the condo lottery). Nobody really wanted to speak on the record against Chiu, which is understandable given the powerful and pivotal position that he's carved out for himself as a swing vote between the two ideological poles and on the Land Use Committee, whose makeup he personally created to enhance that role. The main issue seems to be that Chiu allows both progressive and anti-progressive legislation to be watered down until it is palatable to both sides, empowering the moderates over the progressives. That's a legitimate point. It's certainly true that Chiu's worldview is generally more centrist than that of the Guardian and its progressive community, and we've leveled that criticism at Chiu many times over the years. The fact that he ends up in a deciding role on controversial legislation is clearly a role that Chiu has carved out from himself, no doubt about it. And that's certainly why he played the pivotal role that he has this year. But when he uses that role to empower and support tenant groups, as he did on the condo lottery bypass measure, I think that's something worth noting and praising. On the CEQA reform legislation, it's also a valid criticism of Chiu to note that Sup. Jane Kim had five votes for her legislation and that it was only Chiu who stood in the way of its passage (whether Mayor Ed Lee would have vetoed it, necessitating the need for two more votes, is another question). In the end, Chiu can be seen as an effective legislator, a centrist compromiser, or both. Perspective is everything in politics. (Steven T. Jones) to immigration detainer requests issued by immigration authorities under S-Comm. As things stand, "the request has been honored in many cases," Avalos explained in comments to the Guardian, even though California Attorney General Kamala Harris has affirmed that local law enforcement agencies are not obligated to comply with ICE detainers because they are mere "requests" and not legally binding. Since 2010, according to data provided be Avalos' office, 784 San Franciscans have been deported STAGE ARTS + CULTURE after being turned over to federal authorities due to ICE detainers. Sup. Jane Kim called S-Comm "a giant step backward when it comes to equality and fairness," and added that S-Comm "makes our neighborhoods less safe." Legal Counsel Freya Horne read a statement on behalf of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, stating that the sheriff has reduced the number of ICE detainers leading to deportations, and was supportive of Avalos' legislation. She added that Mirkarimi had made it a policy to FILM CLASSIFIEDS reforms P16 Jello Biafra still making inflammator y punk P22 A self-identified "anonymous ballpark worker" emailed the Guardian this poem in response to last week's cover story by George McIntire, "Striking Out," about stadium concession workers who have been without a contract since 2010: BAD KARMA GIANTS The Giants are getting blown away. It seems that they have lost their way. What should the Giants do? Sign that contract with Local 2! The bad karma is just too strong. Giant's management must right this wrong. Ballpark workers can't live on garlic fries. Give us our due, that's what is wise. Larry Baer, this is your call. Make it right, or suffer and fall. Do it now, do what's right. And put that pennant back in sight! honor immigration detainer requests only in cases of criminal convictions of serious or violent felonies. Avalos said he was compelled to move the legislation forward because "I've talked to so many people whose families have been separated, and have been devastated," due to deportations under S-Comm. "We want to make sure we're maintaining a level of due process," he added, since the detainer requests are routinely issued without warrants or a requirement to show probable cause. (Rebecca Bowe) JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2013 / SFBG.COM 9 news By ReBecca Bowe firstname.lastname@example.com NEWS At a recent hearing on San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance — once-controversial legislation that is now in the business community's crosshairs once again — a nursing student stood at the podium to address members of the Board of Supervisors Neighborhood Services & Safety Committee. She told them about her mother, who battled illness but did not have access to healthcare for 14 years due to her immigration status, recalling a day when her mother explained why she wasn't seeking medical attention: "If I go to the hospital, I'll bury you in debt." For the uninsured and undocumented, going without medical care or going into insurmountable debt could be the only options if it weren't for Healthy San Francisco, a medical services safety net that was created by the HSCO in 2006. The program is expected to continue to provide care for undocumented enrollees who won't be eligible for federal assistance once the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, takes effect early next year. The HCSO's mandate that businesses provide some healthcare coverage for their employees was fiercely opposed by the business community, which challenged it all the way to the US Supreme Court. Now, those same powerful forces are gearing up for a fresh challenge that could jeopardize HCSO's potential to fill coverage gaps that will be created under Obamacare. Under federal health care reform, two-thirds of the enrollees in Healthy San Francisco will become ineligible to continue Under fire again &NQMPZFSTVTF0CBNBDBSFUPMBVODIGSFTIDIBMMFOHFUP4'µTIFBMUIDBSFTBGFUZOFU receiving coverage because they will automatically gain eligibility for some form of federal assistance. Those earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level will be guaranteed coverage under Medi-Cal. But for low-income earners whose wages hover around $14 an hour, things are far less certain because they will be eligible to enroll in the federally created health benefit exchange, Covered California, although they won't necessarily be able to afford it. For someone earning around $30,000 per year before taxes, the estimated monthly cost for a health insurance plan under Covered California hovers at more than $200 per month, in many cases making it too much of a stretch. As things stand, uninsured San Francisco employees who earn too much to qualify for Medi-Cal, but not enough to afford enrollment in Covered California — despite being eligible — can still access funds set aside for them in medical reimbursement accounts under the HCSO. This option may provide enough of a financial boost for low-wage earners to take advantage of federally subsidized health insurance after all. "For working people, the implementation of the Affordable Care Act actually makes the Health Care Security Ordinance more important," explains Ian Lewis, research director at UNITE-HERE Local 2. "There are many consequences of the ACA ... and the Health Care Security Ordinance is a buffer against them." As it stands, the local law "makes Covered California actually work in a high-cost city like ours," Lewis added. "the affoRdaBle caRe act actually makes the health caRe secuRity oRdinance moRe impoRtant." ian lewis, unite-heRe local 2 Under HCSO, San Francisco employers are required to contribute toward employees' health care on a per-hour basis for each employee working more than eight hours per week, regardless of immigration status or city of residence, amounting to an estimated $255 per participant per month. This mandate, known as the Employer Spending Requirement, has been the target of multiple lawsuits brought against the city by the Golden Gate Restaurant Association since the landmark health care ordinance, authored by then-Sup. Tom Ammiano, was first enacted in 2006. That same requirement also makes the local ordinance stronger than the federal law when it comes to worker protections, because the federal mandate only requires employers to offer coverage for workers who put in 30 hours a week or more. That has prompted businesses nationwide to reschedule their workers down to 29 hours per week in a gesture of opposition to health care reform, but no such incentive exists in San Francisco because of the hourly contribution requirement. Now that federal health care reform is poised for implementation, with enrollment set to begin in October and a transition to the new system slated for early next year, GGRA and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce are urging the city to open up a new policy dialogue about employer requirements under the local health care law — and Mayor Ed Lee has been receptive. "We question whether Healthy San Francisco should continue in its current form with the ACA coming in," Small Business California President Scott Hauge told the San Francisco Business Times ("Healthy San Francisco, related program to shrink dramatically, but not price tag," July 16). adidas WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE EVENT for more news content visit sfBg.com/politics Hauge has met with Jim Lazarus, the Chamber's senior vice president for public policy, and GGRA Director Rob Black on the issue, the article noted. Reached by phone, Black emphasized to the Guardian that GGRA employers are merely seeking guidance on how businesses should comply with the local and federal mandates. "It's important that we really focus on getting together, and getting together quickly," Black said, to ensure "San Franciscans have access to the full benefits and subsidies of the Affordable Care Act." Longtime advocates of Healthy San Francisco and progressive policymakers are watching closely. "They've been trying to get out of their responsibility to provide worker's health care since the law was passed," Hillary Ronen, a legislative aide for Sup. David Campos, said of business interests who are airing complaints about employer requirements. Once the federal law takes effect, San Francisco employers will have the option of either providing coverage, or contributing to a city program that establishes medical reimbursement accounts for employees administered by city government, Ronen explained. A third option, "standalone health reimbursement accounts," under which employers manage reimbursement funds for employees, will be rendered illegal under Obamacare. That system generated controversy in recent years because employers were placing undue restrictions on the use of those funds, and in some cases even pocketing the money after neglecting to inform their workers that it was available (see "Check, please," 4/23/13). On July 25, Lee announced Aug 8-11, 2013 Cow Palace 2600 Geneva Avenue Daly City, CA 94014 Thurs-Sat 10a-7p, Sun10a-6p Huge Savings on Footwear, Apparel and Accessories. Best prices of the year! 10 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN editorials news food + Drink the selector music stage arts + culture film classifieds news that the city's Universal Health Care Council, a body previously tasked with guiding local health care policy, would be reconvened to "examine San Francisco's implementation of the Federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) and engage stakeholders in identifying necessary local policies" to support the transition. In response to signals that the business community is gearing up for a fresh challenge to the city's health care law using the ACA as ammunition, Campos convened a hearing July 25 to discuss the importance of the HCSO in relation to the federal law. For several hours, advocates of Healthy San Francisco — many of them members of the immigrant community who would have no other options if it weren't for the program — delivered passionate defenses of the current program. Campos emphasized that federal health care reform stood to be a great success in combination with the local health care ordinance, which would serve to fill in any gaps in coverage. Deputy Director of the Department of Public Health Colleen Chawla explained during the hearing that of the 60,000 San Franciscans currently enrolled either in Healthy San Francisco or SF Path, a second medical assistance program, roughly 40,500 will automatically become eligible to enroll either in Medi-Cal or Covered California under federal health care reform come January. The remaining 19,500 won't be eligible, however, mostly due to immigration status. Healthy San Francisco is expected to continue providing a safety net for those who would otherwise fall through the cracks. But when it comes to the two-thirds who are eligible for federal assistance, but may not be able to actually afford it, things would be thrown into uncertainty if the Employer Spending Requirement were altered or eliminated. "Folks in the business community would be happy to say, the Affordable Care Act is enough, and businesses shouldn't be complicated with an additional burden," notes Le Ly, program director at the Chinese Progressive Association. But the HCSO "is an important pillar of the total continuum of care," he said. "We see it as continuing to complement and strengthen health care coverage." 2 editorials news food + Drink the selector music stage arts + culture film classifieds July 31 - August 6, 2013 / SFBG.com 11 news bay area bike share launches with 35 stations in san francisco. for more news content visit sfbg.com/politics bayareabikeshare.com/stations By Erin Dage firstname.lastname@example.com NEWS With San Francisco bicycle rental companies such as Blazing Saddles and Bay City Bicycle Rentals and Tours having bike fleets numbering in the thousands, why does the new San Francisco bike share program only have 350 bikes? And can that really be effective? In August, San Francisco and a handful of other Bay Area cities will join the ranks of the dozens of cities in the country that have bicycle share programs, although most are more robust than ours. For example, New York City's bike share program offer 6,000 bikes. Sponsored by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and bankrolled by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission with more than $7 million, the program will bring 700 bikes to the region — half of which will make their way to San Francisco. In the following months, San Francisco could be allotted 500 total bikes. For the initial launch, 35 bike share stations will be spread throughout the city, and when the bicycle count rises, the number of stations will jump to 50. MTC spokesperson Sean Co told us that most of the money for the program goes to the cost of the bikes themselves. Each bike costs $5,000, is outfitted with tracking technology, and is expected to last 10 years. In addition to being high-tech, all bike share bikes are unique to Alta Bike Share Systems, and require special tools to be taken apart, another factor in the high price tag. The rest of money goes toward the stations and fees for a consultant that helps run the program. Co believes that the membership fees alone will make up for the over $7 million spent on the program. But that's assuming the program isn't a flop, which some fear it could be given the anemic number of bikes being offered. Why so few? New York City's bike share, Citi Bike — financed completely by Citigroup Inc. with no public funds — launched in May with 6,000 bikes and 300 stations. That program is already approaching a million total rides. Chicago's Divvy bike share system started off with 750 bikes at the beginning of July and will increase to 3,000 at the end of August. Kit Hodge, deputy director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, is one of the people who says that 350 bikes just isn't enough for San Francisco. "The city and SFMTA have estimated that it would take 3,000 12 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN Pedaling slowly Bay Area Bike Share debuts with just 700 bicycles — not enough, say SF officials; too many, say bike rental companies bikes to have an effective bicycle share," Hodge told us. "We definitely are pushing for more bikes." But San Francisco's bicycle share may get the thousands of bikes that some believe it needs. The Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution that calls on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Department of Public Works to have a much larger system by 2014. "Five hundred bikes isn't enough for a citywide bike share," Sup. Scott Wiener, who sponsored the resolution, told us. "If you look at other cities with a large population and a lot of people biking, bicycle share stations have to be heavily concentrated in many different areas. With the 500 bikes, other areas of the city will be excluded." But critics like Wiener and Hodge may not have taken into account that this program is only a trial run, with enough funding to last a year, according to BAAQMD representatives. BAAQMD Director of Strategic Incentives Damian Breen told us the program is just the right size: "We feel the pilot is appropriately sized. I don't think we've limited ourselves at all. This is to test the waters and editorials news see what it can grow into." Breen also thinks that mainly focusing on San Francisco for the Bay Area-wide bicycle sharing program would be unfair to other cities. Unlike other bicycle sharing programs, such as New York City and Chicago, San Francisco's bicycle sharing system is just one part of a regional program that includes Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San Jose. San Francisco if there was additional funding, he said no. "I think obviously all partners would have liked the program to be bigger in certain areas," Breen said. "Whether or not it would have been bigger in places like San Francisco, if there was more funding, I cannot say." Breen says BAAQMD will consider corporate sponsorship for the bike share once the initial money from the pilot runs out. The last mile "This stage of the program is to see what works and what doesn't," Breen said. "Maybe the bicycle share might be used more in the suburbs than in San Francisco. When you do something regionally you have to take all cities and all outcomes into account." When asked if the bicycle sharing program would have increased the number of bikes in food + Drink the selector The possibility of more stations and bike share rides in the city isn't appealing to Blazing Saddles bicycle rental company owner Jeff Sears. "If stations are placed in areas like the Fisherman's Wharf, or North Beach, people may be tempted to use bike share instead," Sears said. "But, we've been assured by the BAAQMD that that's not going to happen." Breen says the service is directed at residents who commute, and may need the bike for that "last mile" of their trek. "This is different than bicycle rentals, which are usually meant for a day of riding," Breen said. "They are designed for 30 minute use — music stage the main audience is folks who are looking for that last mile after they get off of Caltrain or BART." Breen went on to say that areas with bicycle sharing programs also saw bicycle renting programs go up as a whole. But Jeanne Orellana of Bay City Bicycle Rentals and Tours believes otherwise. "We absolutely feel that it would affect business," Orellana said. "We wish that it would coexist with our business, but other cities with bicycle sharing programs have seen bicycle rental shops close down due to the competition." A scenario similar to what Orellana imagined played out in Miami Beach, Fla. Unlike the program in store for the Bay Area, Miami Beach's DecoBike offers pricing plans for residents and tourists, and many of the tourists find themselves choosing the bike share over rental shops in the area, causing business in bicycle rental shops to reportedly drop 40 to 50 percent. Wiener acknowledges the reservations that Orellana and Sears hold about bike share, but he said that both options can coexist in the same city. "They're two completely different markets," Wiener said. "I understand the concerns that they have but comparing bike sharing and bicycle rental is like comparing apples to oranges." And the BAAQMD, SFBC, SFMTA, and Wiener all agree on one thing: Tourists choosing bike share over bicycle rental companies just doesn't make sense economically. Renting a bicycle for a day at Bay City Bicycle Rentals and Tours is $32. Taking a bicycle out for the day at the bike share comes at a heftier price. For $9, customers can get a 24-hour subscription with unlimited 30 minute rides from station to station. But after those 30 minutes are up, fees get added. A 31- to 60-minute ride costs $4, and each 30-minute increment after that costs $7, which can build up to over $150 in a day if the bicycle is not returned to a station. In the meantime, Orellana hopes that consumers will make the right decision for themselves. "I trust and hope that many people will do the math and find that bike share isn't cheaper for exploring the city," Orellana said. Co said that more than 300 people purchased memberships for the Bay Area bicycle share 24 hours after memberships were up for grabs a couple weeks ago. BAAQMD is pleased with the results, and viewed it as a good turnout. The official launch date has not been released, but its infrastructure is now being put into place with its imminent launch. 2 arts + culture film classifieds news for more news content visit sfBg.com/Politics Building on progress "#6FOETQJDLFUPG-FOOBSµT4IJQZBSEQSPKFDU By Parker yesko firstname.lastname@example.com NEWS A month-long labor standoff at the Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment project has been put on hold as the city steps in to provide workforce mediation and oversight. But community-based organizations are left wondering how their workers will actually benefit. Aboriginal Blackman United (ABU), a Bayview organization representing roughly 300 construction workers, announced on July 15 that it was calling off demonstrations at the construction site that had begun just before a June 26 groundbreaking ceremony (see "Lennar finally breaks ground amid controversies," July 10). ABU President James Richards suspended the protests after the Successor Agency to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency informed him that Young Community Developers (YCD), another neighborhood nonprofit, would no longer exclusively manage job placements at Lennar Urban's shipyard project. The Hunters Point construction is expected to create 1,500 jobs annually, over the course of a 15- to 20-year build out. But critics have taken issue with local hiring guidelines hashed out in a 2003 development agreement with Lennar Corp. that are limited to good-faith promises rather than binding quotas. Since then, community-based organizations have urged Lennar and the Building Trades Council to formalize their commitment to hiring from within the BayviewHunters Point community. Building Trades SecretaryTreasurer Michael Theriault has so far been resistant to these efforts. "There is no inherent flaw in good faith," Theriault said of local hire promises by Lennar. "Like any system, you have to enforce it." Until last week, Young Community Developers (YCD) was tasked with meeting local hire goals by recruiting and training tradespeople from the neighborhood and facilitating their placement on the project. But Richards and other community advocates were skeptical of this arrangement because Theriault is vice president of YCD's executive board. "How can [Theriault] be against mandatory hiring and be on YCD's board?" asked Richards, who viewed it as an obvious conflict of interest. ABU's protests finally prompted Lennar and the Building Trades editorials news Council to seek the involvement of CityBuild, a workforce-training program and centralized referral network administered by the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development. YCD Executive Director Shamann Walton said a meeting between the two organizations produced "a gentleman's agreement that there will be an MOU in place between YCD and CityBuild," designating CityBuild, rather than YCD, as the primary recruiting coordinator on the project. YCD will be just one of a handful of community-based organizations that will assist in training and placement — others will include ABU, Anders & Anders, and the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI). APRI San Francisco Executive Director Jacqueline Flin says she supports a switch to CityBuild because it provides "a very good prospect of goal delivery. They have a fair process that's been proven to work and the city's invested in the effort." Flin added, however, that she hadn't yet heard any real details of the new arrangement with CityBuild. SFOEWD did not respond to the Guardian's requests for comment. Terry Anders, director of the Anders & Anders Foundation, expressed disappointment that negotiations were taking place behind closed doors. Anders wants to see all the stakeholders brought to the table. He was quick to point out that, though CityBuild promises to be above board, "it is not a neighborhood organization." "Somebody is making backroom deals," Anders asserted, "and I am not for it. I don't like being left out of the process." He demanded an inclusive and transparent discussion, but a week after bargaining seemingly began and ended, it was unclear whether he would get one. "Lennar's main concern is getting the buildings up, and they don't care who does it," he said. And though Richards is hopeful that CityBuild will be an improvement over YCD, he too was measured in expressing full confidence in the municipal agency just yet. For a lasting solution, CityBuild will need to work very closely with ABU and others. "We stopped all traffic ongoing to the shipyard and coming out for about a month," to get this far, explained Richards, "the only way we guarantee that our people get jobs is that we are involved." 2 food + Drink the selector music stage arts + culture film classifieds July 31 - August 6, 2013 / SFBG.com 13 FOOD + DRINK SUMMER IS A FLEETING THING: THE TEMPORARY WAIHEKE YACHT CLUB OFFERS A HUGE OPEN SEATING AREA AND SUMPTUOUS SALADS. email@example.com TABLEHOPPING Ahhh, the muchmaligned San Francisco "summer," the 62-degree, socked-deeply-in-thefog days we love to hate on — but secretly cherish when the rest of the country is melting in 98-degree temps with sauna-like levels of humidity. But we are a hardy bunch. We proudly don our scarves with a flourish as we sit on patios drinking pitchers of beer, our stripy sweaters like badges of honor as we attend windy picnics in the park, eating corn on the cob (that was grown somewhere warm, definitely not here) while wearing fingerless gloves. Since the calendar says it's summer — even though some days almost require a parka — we have a restaurant summer salute for you: your cheat sheet of new restaurants with patios and sidewalk seating, plus recently opened spots that are just plain hawt, no matter what the temperature is. Oh, and a sneak peek at a couple places opening in time for Indian summer. Sunblock optional. NEW PATIOS Due to reopen this week is a revamped Ziryab (528 Divisadero. SF. www.ziryabgrill.com), with a brand-new look, and there will now be both the popular front terrace, with updated furnishings, and a new back patio with greenery, opening soon. Add in a fresh Mediterranean menu from chef Khalid al Morabet (think vegetable tagine, merguez flatbread), plus a new liquor license with cocktails from Zach Taylor, previously at Hog and Rocks. Dive into drinks like the Ziryab Manhattan, with date-infused Bulleit rye, lapsang souchong tea, and a touch of arak — yeah, it'll keep you warm. In the Castro, the owner of Italian hotspot Poesia recently opened Dante's Table (544 Castro, SF. www. dantestable.com), which has a back patio and garden area fittingly called "Paradiso." You can swing by for a menu of casual Italian dishes (pasta, Neapolitan pizza), plus summery classics like bruschetta with tomato or burrata and tomatoes. Bonus: full liquor! There's a happy hour from 5pm–6:30pm, with $7 cocktails, and $5 bites (suppli al telefono, fried and cheesy risotto balls...) that you can enjoy before the fog rolls in. On the waterfront, Michael Chiarello's Spanish Coqueta (Pier 5, SF. www.coquetasf.com) has a few outdoor tables where you can watch joggers go by as you swill your gin and tonic and eat jamón iberico (we recommend you do this at lunch for maximum sun). If the wind picks up, there is the Bar5 space that flanks the restaurant, with a communal bar table, high leather chairs, and tiled floors. And it's full of windows that open and let in fresh air and light, so it's almost like being outside. We have mentioned these other new patio-bedecked places in our weekly Tablehopping column, but here's your reminder: in North Beach, there's the latest location of Tacolicious (1548 Stockton, SF. www.tacolicious.com), serving tacos and margaritas — available by the pitcher, oh yeah — all day to put you in a Mexico frame of mind as you kick it in your sidewalk seats. Meanwhile, over in the Upper Haight (aka fogbank city), there's Sparrow Bar and Kitchen (1640 Haight, SF. sparrowbarandkitchen.com) with its spacious heated beer garden in the back. Order one of the burgers to pair with the 14 beers on tap. Lastly, the very-soonto-open (and heated!) back patio at Rustic (3331 24th St., SF. www.rusticsf.com) in the Mission will help you pretend you're a well-seasoned Italian man, or reaffirm your official status as one, playing on the two bocce ball courts while eating pizza. HOT-HOT OPENINGS With a name like Waiheke Island Yacht Club (Pier 29, SF. www.waihekeislandyachtclub.com), you prac- tically assume your drink is going to be a Cape Cod, served by someone in a navy blazer with gold buttons. Far from it. This higher-end, popup restaurant in a Pier 29 shed is a New Zealand import, open until the end of the year. It sports an airy and spacious look, with low-slung leather chairs and a gleaming open kitchen. It's unlike anything in the city. The modern cuisine features New Zealand ingredients, like lamb (of course) and a smashing venison dish. You'll find inventive cocktails at the bar, such as the Red Snapper, a spin on a Bloody Mary that totally rocks. Or refresh with some beers from Kiwi import MOA. Also on the waterfront, the Boulette's Larder team just opened the minimalist and contemporary Bouli Bar (Ferry Building, SF. www.bouletteslarder.com) in the former Culinaire space, with a woodburning hearth, more than six kinds of pizzas, a variety of meze and salads, and lunch to go. Of course you can expect organic and very carefully sourced ingredients galore, with interesting seasoning and spices. Yup, it's all so bougie. And in case you're wondering, Boulette's is due to reopen in August. Over in Jackson Square, the business crowd has a new spot to power lunch at Roka Akor (801 COMING REAL SOON The Divisadero Corridor, so foodiehot, and with the Aug. 14th opening of La Urbana (661 Divisadero, SF. www.laurbanasf.com), it's going to really be en fuego. This stylish restaurant and bar will be giving us a taste of Mexico City, with an eclectic design highlighting so many custom touches — mucho contemporary cantina. The cutting-edge cuisine from chef Benjamin Klein will offer modern takes on traditional regional Mexican dishes; the bar is going to be all about mezcal, and there will even be a Mezcaleria, with over 30 mezcals for sale (soon). Anyone who is a fan of the elegant Acquerello is getting excited to see what owner Giancarlo Paterlini's son Gianpaolo is putting together for his new 1760 (1760 Polk, SF. www.1760sf.com) project on Polk and Washington. It's going to be a chic yet comfortable 80-seat spot (read: no tablecloths), with a rocking wine program (of course), a full bar, and a modern, ingredient-driven menu by chef Adam Tortosa. Stand by for an opening in late summer. 2 Marcia Gagliardi is the founder of the weekly tablehopper e-column; subscribe for more at www.tablehopper.com. Get her app: Tablehopper's Top Late-Night Eats. On Twitter: @tablehopper. PHOTO: Jeff Shanes BY MARCIA GAGLIARDI PHOTOS BY TABLEHOPPER Get fresh Montgomery, SF. www.rokaakor. com), while the after-work scene can take over the downstairs lounge. The focal point of the dining room is the robata grill encircled by a hypertrendy shou-sugi-ban counter made of charred birch wood finished by hand. The menu, by chef Roman Petry, has a wide range of Japanese-inspired dishes, from lobster and abalone miso soup to Wagyu beef and kimchi dumplings, plus nigiri sushi, steaks, and more. recycle your fashion CURRENT STYLES • WOMEN'S & MEN'S 1901 FILLMORE 415.775.8885 • 1519 HAIGHT 415.355.0555 630 IRVING 415.681.0100 • 2123 MARKET 415.552.8740 ALSO: 2338 SHATTUCK AVE. BERKELEY • 5901 COLLEGE AVE. OAKLAND buy / sell / trade / consign www.crossroadstrading.com 14 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN editorials news food + Drink the selector music stage arts + culture film classifieds food + drink Hella Vegan Eats Doughnut Burger, Source Baked Vegan Spinach Artichoke Fondue, Gracias Madre Gorditas. Hella Vegan Eats photo by Andria Lo; Source and Gracias Madre photos by Alex Leber By Emily Savage vibes, colors, sounds, and a "multidimsensional dining experience." But for me, Source means roasted peppers and spinach in a warm, gooey cashew cream with truffle oil and toasted pita bread to dip ($8.95). The Baked Vegan Spinach Artichoke Fondue is a snacktacular dish that serves as both yummy appetizer and dessert, so much that you'll likely pass on the actual Source dessert options like the vegan chipwich or "Twinkees." firstname.lastname@example.com VEGAN DISH Sure, vegan junk food has been visited in the past, but restaurants and changing menus come and go in this town. New fake meats, cheap sweets, and truffledrenched treats are beefing up our veg options all the time. And remarkably, there are still some casual diners out there unaware of the veg takeover — or at least, uninformed of the fact that you can find great tastes and high junk food art without dairy or meat: 11 Division, SF. (415) 864-9000. www.source-sf.com. St. Francis Fountain: Devil Burger Bender's: Satan's Philly Cheese-Fake with a side of fried pickles This is a decadent dish — shouldn't all Satanic sandwiches be of that flavor? Bender's version ($9) is piled with house-made grilled seitan, onions, and peppers on sliced sourdough. Make sure to order it vegan by doing away with the cheese and adding the creamy "godless" dressing. Then add a side of barfly-favorites like the veganized fried pickles, or you could just lean into the stoney pub food goodness of it all and get the damn fried tots. 806 S. Van Ness, SF. (415) 824-1800. www.bendersbar.com. Gracias Madre: Gorditas with Cashew Cream I'm going to be real honest here and admit that my first tastes of gorditas were modified from the suburban teen angst of a Taco Bell drivethrough. This is not a Taco Bell gordita. The Gracias Madre version ($8) is an elegant, vegan stack of grilled potato-masa cakes topped with salsa verde, avocado, and the sauce de résistance, the delicious cashew cream. It's not even that bad for you — that's how good vegan junk food is. Especially compared to the far greasier alternatives. 2211 Mission, SF. (415) 683-1346. www.gracias-madre.com. Hella Vegan Eats: Doughnut Burger The adorable couple behind Hella Vegan Eats — Tiffany and Sylvee Esquivel — crisscrosses the Bay weekly to offer up inspired vegan takes on classic American and Mexican dishes. But here's the tricky part: They've yet to open a brick and mortar location. So you can find tastebud-seducing treats like the Hella Vegan Doughnut Burger ($10) created out of a succulent beet burger (which is then plopped between two moist and sugary vegan doughnuts) at their many pop-ups. They regularly show up at Dear Mom in the Mission and Timeless Coffee in editorials news Salty & sweet Ten vegan junk food dishes you should be noshing on this summer Oakland, and soon will be in Dolores Park on a more regular schedule of weekday lunches and weekend brunches, Thu.-Sun. The Hella Vegan ladies also whip up ingenious items like the seitan Autobanh Mi and Lusty Lovers Tacos (that would be macn-"cheeze" and barbecue "chicken" tacos), but that beet-doughnut burger — usually topped with a tangy secret sauce, greens, and pickled onions — seems to be the most consistent offering. The Doughnut Burger even looks cute, often topped with one of those colorful cocktail umbrellas. Follow their Facebook page (Facebook: Hella Vegan Eats) and Twitter (@HellaVeganEats) for updates. Various locations, SF and Oakl. www.hellaveganeats.com. Loving Hut: Crispy Tenders and Sweet Potato Fries I've always been jealous of fish and chips offerings at pubs. There's something so self-indulgent, so existential about ordering a meal made up of two equally fried parts. Those who sit idly by while others dig in often feel compelled to silently judge, perhaps out of pure jealousy. And the aroma is usually enough to get me salivating. Loving Hut's Crispy Tenders and Sweet Potato Fries appetizer ($6.45) is likely the least healthy item on the menu there, hence why I love it. The dish, while billed as an app, is absolutely enough to fill you up. It's made up of equal parts salty and sweet (thanks to the switcheroo with sweet potato) and it comes with crunchy- food + Drink the selector music crispy fried soy protein nuggets, fries, and a tart barbecue dipping sauce, as all good meals should. Loving Hut Westfield, 845 Market, SF. www.lovinghut.us. Pepples Donuts: Salted Caramel With flavors like Matcha Green Tea, Philz Coffee, and Chili Mango, along with the standard old fashioned and chocolate sprinkled, it's hard to turn down any donut Pepples has to offer — the likes of which can be found at its Donut Farm storefront in Oakland, a stand in the Ferry Building, and coffee shops and specialty stores throughout the Bay. The vegan, organic donuts are all delicious and moist, almost more cake-like than a traditional donut, and just the right size to avoid overdoing it. Plus, they look really cute, like cartoonish version of the standard, in perfect little round treats with candy-colored coating. The standout among these has to be the salted caramel ($3), so decadent, so sugary and salty. The purplish blueberry option is extra tasty as well, but there's something exceptional about that rarefied salted caramel — it even impressed hardwon non-veg Guardian staffers. Various locations in SF and Oakl.. Pepples Donut Farm, 6037 San Pablo, Oakl. www.pepplesdonuts.com. Saturn Café: Diablo Burger Saturn has long been a staple of latenight college grubbing in Santa Cruz, so when it opened up in Berkeley stage arts + culture a few years back, veggie and vegan stoners came crawling out of the woodwork. The menu offers everything from taquitos to milkshakes (all of which can be made vegan), but your best bet is the Diablo Burger ($10.50). It's the spicy housemade Saturn veggie burger topped with fresh jalapenos, spicy chipotle, grilled onions, and traditional accouterments — remember to ask for it sans cheese. You won't miss it, since the insanely spicy kick from those other ingredients is cooled with fresh lettuce and tomato. Plus, it comes with Saturn's tasty, "award-winning" fries, thin cut or thick steak style. 2175 Allston, Berk. (510) 845-8505. saturncafe.com/berkeley. Souley Vegan: Southern Fried Smothered Tofu Imagine two sizable hunks of crispy Southern-fried tofu nearly engulfing the (indoor) plate or (outdoor) basket they're placed in ($10). Now picture those deep-fried tofu pieces smothered in savory vegan gravy and onions. Visualize yourself sitting outside across the way on the sunny deck at Beer Revolution, pounding local lagers and biting into the succulent crusted tofu coated in sauce. It's a rather pretty picture for a summer afternoon, isn't it? 301 Broadway, Oakl.. (510) 922-1615. www.souleyvegan.com. Source: baked Vegan Spinach Artichoke Fondue Source is all about feelings, and film classifieds The seitan name really does lend itself to devilish dishes, doesn't it? It's a great hook, not that one is necessary for this burger, which was added to the menu along with some other vegan items back in 2010. The St. Francis Devil Burger ($8.25) is a rather sloppy (and delectable) pile of marinated and grilled seitan and melted vegan cheese, doused with veganaise, and teetering on a regular-sized bun. Many napkins will be needed, but you won't regret it for a moment. At the time of its appearance on the St. Francis menu, blogger Vegansaurus noted that the burger was "exactly the kind of greasy vegan diner food San Francisco has been missing." 2801 24th St., SF. (415) 826-4210. www.stfrancisfountainsf.com. Vegan Macaroni and Cheese, made by Savvy Savories This is my version of the "sad desk salad," in that I eat it during work hours while perusing gossip columns. Yet, it's not a bummer at all: it's warm pasta shells coated in delicious vegan cheese and crumbly breading. The dish ($6.99), made by Berkeley natural food company Savvy Savories, is always available in the chilled meals section of Falletti Foods. Warmed up (best in a conventional oven, but microwave works too), this version of the classic staple is creamy and filling, like any good comfortfood should be. It blows the Amy's Kitchen Dairy Free Rice Macaroni and Cheeze option out of the competition — wait, is there a vegan mac and cheese contest? If so, I'm available for judging. 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Buy me a mocha and I'll draw you a detailed map. email@example.com FreSH eaTS When our amiga Marcia of the Guardian's Tablehopping column hipped us that the Public Bikes store in South Park (123 South Park, SF. www.publicbikes.com) had installed a Saint Frank's coffee stand on its front porch, I hopped on Tim, my trusty steed, in search of other bespoked, freewheelin' coffee options. The first thing I should mention here is that SF is so fixiejava friendly that we have such a thing as Bicycle Coffee (www. bicyclecoffeeco.com), a roastery whose bikepulled cart can be spotted around town (and whose coffee can be purchased at spots like Cykel bike shop (548 Union, SF. www.cykelsf.com) and Another Cafe (1191 Pine, SF. www.anothercafesf.com). Here's more speed-freak symbiosis. arOUND THe CITy IN FIVe CUPS If you're willing to get creative with your trails — and break out the chamois butter — you can ride around the edge of the city, catching some beautiful views and thick brews. Start at Red's Java House on Pier 30 (www.redsjavahouse.com), and, if it's a weekday, wend your way along the Embarcadero to Euro-stylish Cafe de Stijl (www.destijl.com) at Levis' Plaza. If it's a weekend, de Stijl is closed — hang on til you reach the legendary Warming Hut (Presidio Building 983, SF.) in the Presidio for a breathtaking vista and some warming joe. Then it's on to the cafe at the gorgeous new Land's End Lookout at Point Lobos on the way to Ocean Beach. From there you'll head south past Lake Merced to take Alemany to Geneva along the south side of the city. Pop into Claddagh Coffee (951 Geneva, SF.) for a pick-me-up, before completing music stage TWITCH WHILe yOU WIGGLe I live practically right atop the Wiggle, SF's sneaky uphill bypass, and if you hit it from downtown I feel your pain — that's like 15 minutes of riding without coffee! Please stop into the fabulously multicultural Cafe International (508 Haight, SF. www. facebook. com/cafeinternational) or the quieter yet nicely cute Bean There (201 Steiner), with great outdoor seating, if you need a sip to get you through the evening. Oh, and shouts out to the new Wiggle Bicycles repair spot and gear shop, and its adorable manager Garret. kICk UP WITH GIaNTS Any piece on the bike-bean connection would be remiss not to mention the fab grandaddy of them all, Mojo (639 Divisadero, SF. www. mojobicylecafe.com), which really brightened up the Divis scene when it arrived several years ago. With its evening beer, wine, and popup programs, it's bike-date central. Velo Rouge (798 Arguello, SF. www.velorougecafe.com) is another biggie, with rad sandwiches and an attractive clientele. In the East Bay things are always cooler, so you get indoor bicycle parking at Actual Cafe (6334 San Pablo Ave., Oakl. www.actualcafe.com) — and also an eight-ounce latte for $2.75, miraculous to citizens of SF. More indoor bike parking at roomy Temescal favorite Arbor Cafe (4210 Telegraph, Oakl.) which is also excellent for people-watching. Or, you know, just ditch all the lattes and go straight for the lagers at the raucous Gestalt Haus (3159 16th St., SF.) bike-centric bar in the Mission. Beer's probably better for you, right? 2 arts + culture film classifieds food + driNk No-Bummer summer: maNhattaN shake aNd WhatameloN Dine In Our Restaurant ................. Stay For A Show guardian photos by crystal sykes Located in the Fillmore District World-Class Live Music + Michelin-Rated Japanese Cuisine THE BLOB: SUMMER YUM Warm-ups email@example.com CHAMOMILE TODDY AT BRASSERIE S&P COCKTAIL HOUR Yes, the rest of the country is sipping piña coladas and pink lemonade margaritas, while we shiver and pour whiskey into our hot tea. No problem: this is a primo time to ditch the sickly sweet and explore some solid bellywarmers in the cocktail category. The easy-to-make hot toddy cocktail is a staple during cold weather. But the lovely Brasserie S&P in the Mandarin Oriental kicks it up a notch on the serenity scale by replacing the traditional bourbon with gin — and adding a pour of chamomile tea ($12). All that's missing is the purr of a cat and a good hardcover book. By Crystal sykes 222 Sansome, SF. www.mandarinoriental. com IRISH COFFEE AT BUENA VISTA CAFE Let's start with this classic — Buena Vista claims that it was invented here, why not, and the Fisherman's Wharf-adjacent cafe's gotten a rep for being a tourist magnet. Don't let that detour you, it's all super-charming. Served piping hot with coffee, whiskey and topped with whipped cream, the Buena's Irish Coffee ($8) is pretty perfect for sipping as you imagine knitting little sweaters for the seagulls darting over the frigid bay. 2765 Hyde, SF. www.thebuenavista.com MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE AT TRADITION MANHATTAN SHAKE AT THE CORNER STORE There's nothing like a milkshake on a warm day, but yeah, about that.... This thick, rich Manhattan Shake ($10) is a nice compromise with SF weather. A cold concoction with the kick of a well-made Manhattan, the Corner Store's treat will booze you up to the point that you'll forget you're drinking it in the fog. 5 masonic, SF. www.thecornerstoresf.com WHATAMELON AT ELIXIR Coffee not your thing? Pop over to Tradition in the Tenderloin and see if you can handle its version of Mexican Hot Chocolate ($10). Rich in vitamin agave (this drink contains both mezcal and tequila), a few sips of this will thaw you out in no time. It's usually on Tradition's winter menu, but asking for it at the bar is well worth a try: Even if they can't whip one up, the bartenders will steer you in a warm direction. When the clouds part and we are blessed with hot day, Elixir has the perfect summer, fruit-filled cocktail menu. I originally visited in search of another warm drink for this list, but was instantly swayed by the bartender's suggestion: a Whatamelon ($11). A tequila drink with watermelon juice, elderflower liqueur, agave nectar, and mint, it was light, tasty, and refreshing. Perfect for summer, even if just the summer in your mind. 441 Jones, SF. www.tradbar.com 3200 16th St., SF. www.elixirsf.com editorials news food + Drink the selector 2 music 1 3 3 0 f i l l m o r e s t. 4 1 5 - 6 5 5 - 5 6 0 0 loBster roll On weekends, pair a giant, perfectly buttery lobster roll "shortie," $10.62, from Sam's Chowdermobile, the mobile version of the famous chowder joint, with a breezy afternoon of art, science, and general Golden Gate Park ambience on the Music Concourse. The food truck is usually tucked behind the bandshell. Check Sam's Twitter for info: www.twitter.com/chowdermobile PiNeaPPle shake The pineapple shake, $2.30 at Beep's Burgers (1051 Ocean Ave., SF.) is the stuff of legend, its secret knowledge passed down from generation to generation with a burp and a giggle. Fresh pineapple mixed into a vanilla shake: It's that simple, but somehow so magical — especially with a basket of fries in Beep's throwback drive-in burger joint setting. O t h e r Av e n u e s A worker-owned grocery cooperative Plum souP Who knew the Danes were so good at summer treats? Maybe because the sun sets so late in the region, the Scandinavian-influenced weekend brunch menu at Bar Tartine (561 Valencia, SF. www.bartartine.com) brings a bit of sunshine to our summer. The seasonal chilled stonefruit soup, just out of apricot now into plum, is both gorgeous and delicious, a perfect complement to Tartine's hearty smørrebrøds (Danish openfaced sandwiches). 3930 Judah 415.661.7475 www.otheravenues.coop uif!pof!boe!pomz euro tart froyo We're big fans of frozen yogurt — and you know the diet-conscious Marina has to be poppin' with fly froyo options. Sure enough, local chain Cultivé just opened a self-serve Marina outpost (1998 Union, SF. www.cultiveyogurt.com), with dozens of flavor options, many of them seasonal. One flavor always on the menu: Euro Tart. A thick, icy blast of tongue-tickling, it'll make you pucker right up for summer. SPVHF CFTU!UBDPT!3123 kalBi Burrito CPPL!ZPVS!OFYU!! QBSUZ!!XJUI!VT" Stuck in the FiDi at lunchtime after an appointment — or, worse, for work? If it's sunny, hit up tiny John's Snack and Deli (40 Battery, SF. www.snackanddeli.com) for an awesome kalbi burrito to go (and find a spot along the wall on nearby Sansome between Market and Bush to enjoy it, and some great people-watching). The meltin-your-mouth kalbi, aka Korean braised shortribs, wrapped like a burrito, wins our vote in the $8 lunch category, just beating out the bulgogi and kimchi burrito. 2 stage arts + culture XF!DBUFS!526/51:/9337 2611!!CSPBEXBZ!BU!QPML gpmmpx!vt!po! GPS!EBJMZ!TQFDJBMT! '!HJWFBXBZT"! film classifieds July 31 - August 6, 2013 / SFBG.com 17 THE SELECTOR SOAPY EXTRAVAGANZA. WEDNESDAY 7/31 SEBADOH Attention fuzz pedal enthusiasts and indie rock fans alike: Lo-fi godfathers Sebadoh are coming to town! Formed as an offshoot of vocalist and guitarist Lou Barlow's band, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh takes influences from proto punk and noise bands and presents it in a tight, dissonant package. The band has two sides: Barlow's folk-infused songs and vocalist and bass player Jason Loewenstein's more aggressive punk tunes. Both combine for an energetic, albeit schizophrenic ODC PRESENTS SUMMER SAMPLER SEE FRIDAY/2 theater. Triangulating will be joined by the world premiere of Kimi Okada's duet Two if By Sea, which among other skills asks Vanessa Thiessen — who will retire after this performance — and Jeremy Smith to dig out their tap dancing shoes. Then a trio of ODC men will take on Weare's 2006 The Light Has Not the Arms to Carry Us, which recently was performed by Weare's own dancers during the Walking Distance Festival in June. (Rita Felciano) Through Sat/3, 2013, 8pm, $30–$45 ODC Theater, SF (415) 863-9834 www.odcdance.org LADY BUNNY "I'm just a tomboy in cheap makeup with poor taste in clothes." Says who? Says hysterical drag goddess Lady Bunny — legendary clubkid, reality TV favorite, MAC makeup model, comedienne, set. Sebadoh will be hitting the Bay Area, promoting its newest EP, Secret EP and building up hype for its first full length album in 14 years, Defend Yourself, expected to drop in September. (Erin Dage) With Octa#grape 9pm, $15 Cafe Du Nord 2170 Market, SF (415) 861-5016 www.cafedunord.com GUARDIAN COMMUNITY FORUM Hey, this is something put on by the paper you're currently reading. No nepotism though, this should be an interesting panel on one very specific publication and the media as a whole. At the forum, the future of the Bay Guardian. This comes at a crucial time for the paper, which saw the loss of longtime editor-publisher Tim Redmond last month. Following a brief interim period, Guardian staff members reached an agreement with the parent company "ensuring full editorial autonomy and control," meaning, there's a reinvigorated desire to rejuvenate the paper and connect closer with the community — a community Bieschke and Jones know well, having both been with the paper for a decade. (Emily Savage) 6-8pm, free Bookswap party. For $25, you get dinner, drinks, special swag, and a new book, discovered in a white elephant swap at the end of the evening. August's installment has a "Summer Blockbuster" theme — bring a book you think deserves to get the Hollywood treatment and become a movie. Bonus host: Heather Donahue, the captivating Blair Witch Project star and writer whose recent memoir Growgirl: The Blossoming of an Unlikely Outlaw shed new light on the treatment of women in the underground marijuana farming scene. It should be a movie! (Marke B.) San Francisco LGBT Community Center 6:30pm, $25 Booksmith 1800 Market, SF Facebook: Guardian Community Forum THURSDAY 8/1 18 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN Become the wine connoisseur of your circle by attending a night of unlimited wine tasting (from over 75 wineries) and some interesting presentations of its history in SF. Enjoy live music, chocolate, and even olive oil tasting at this uniquely informative event. FlipSide — part of the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society — has put together this event, among others like Historic Bar Crawls and EDITORIALS amounts of wine for around 20 bucks — sounds like the right way to attract the younger generation to me. (Hillary Smith) 5:30 p.m., $21 SF WINE HISTORY EVENT staffers — including publisher Marke Bieschke and editor Steven T. Jones — will seek community input on the state of the paper and media in the Bay Area, engage in a dialogue with readers, and discuss lectures, to draw a younger generation of support for the city's history. The Old Mint project, a big part of FlipSide's mission, aims to create a new center with historical exhibits inside SF's Old Mint at Fifth and Mission Streets. Listen to live music and taste unlimited NEWS (415) 863-8688 www.booksmith.com ODC PRESENTS SUMMER SAMPLER Old Mint 88 Fifth St., SF www.sfhistory.org FRIDAY 8/2 BOOKSWAP: SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER What recession? Oh, that one. You can find some wee relief from economic woes, at least literary-wise, and a good night out with smart sexy peeps at Booksmith's popular FOOD + DRINK 1644 Haight, SF THE SELECTOR 10pm, $8 If Brenda Way, KT Nelson, and Kate Weare's Triangulating Euclid sounds like something off-putting out of high school geometry, it isn't. The piece, which premiered last March, is a gorgeous, lush, totally involving piece of choreography, the result of three smart, independent women choreographers putting their heads together. Programming it into ODC annual Summer Sampler affords it — and the dancers — an opportunity in a different, non-proscenium MUSIC STAGE chanteuse, outspoken activist, and sporter of the largest wigs in existence. (The higher the hair the higher the drag queen, even if, as she recently told me on the phone, "it's like I travel with my own motel mattress on my head. Great, except for the scabies.") When Her Royal Bunion moved to New York in the 1980s with fellow Atlantians RuPaul and DJ Larry Tee, she helped start a gay-friendlier pop culture revolution. Friday at the fantastic weekly Some Thing drag show party she'll bring the Dynel hair overload, the dirty jokes, and her cute new single "Take Me Up." (Marke B.) Stud 399 Ninth St. , SF. www.studsf.com "R. KELLY TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET: THE INTERACTIVE SING-ALONG" What's the only thing better than watching R. Kelly's ARTS + CULTURE FILM CLASSIFIEDS THE SELECTOR SEBADOH PHOTO BY BRYAN ZIMMERMAN; SUMMER SAMPLE, ANNE ZIVOLICH AND DENNIS ADAMS, PHOTO BY RJ MUNA; GUY FOX PHOTO BY ANNA LARINA OF SKELETON KEY PHOTOGRAPHY. GUY FOX "Trapped in the Closet"? Packing in the Castro with hundreds of like-minded hip-hopera fans and singing along to that shizz. That's right: "R. Kelly Trapped in the Closet: The Interactive Sing-Along" brings the controversial, inimitable R&B star's soapy extravaganza (well, the first 22 chapters of it, anyway) Guy Fox is a new band, only active for about a year or so. But the soulful Afro-indie group has already created a stir in the Bay Area. This year alone the band played Brick and Mortar Music Hall, the Boom Boom Room, Bottom of the Hill, Shattuck Down-Low, Rasputin, El Rio, and Café Du Nord. It also went on a month-long tour across the States this May. So it's been busy. Frontperson Noodle Witherbee's vocals range from the weathered scratchy sound of Cage the Elephant, to the smooth soul of the Black Keys, and everything in between. Guy Fox is easy listening, to the big screen for all to croon along, complete with "custom subtitles." Prepare your pipes for "Bump 'N Grind," "Ignition (Remix)," and other hits — plus cliffhangers galore ("Oh my god, a rubber!"), careless gunplay, a little-person stripper named "Big Man," a Will Oldham cameo, and further lurid, hilarious, and — at last! — participatory insanity. (Cheryl Eddy) ART + SOUL OAKLAND SEE SATURDAY/3 Through Sun/4, $12 Castro Theatre www.ticketweb.com SATURDAY 8/3 FRUIT PIE CONTEST Get your sweet-tooth and literature fix all in one at this foodie favorite Fruit Pie Contest. Stop by and support local food-specializing bookshop, Omnivore Books, by sampling pies or even entering your own in the contest. Drop off your pie by 3pm to be included. The $5 door charge for non-bakers, who will be voting on the pies, will be split between the winner and Omnivore Books. Events are held at the shop on everything from growing an apartment garden, to the future of chocolate. Stop by the store for dessert, but stay for the inventive food lessons, the chance to meet new people, and to poke through vintage cookbooks. Here's your chance to show off your award-worthy recipe to a knowledgeable food crowd. (Smith) 3pm, free As the name implies, this 12-yearold fest features a smorgasbord of live soul (and soul-ish) music, along with colorful artwork. The two-day music lineup includes Lisa Loeb (yes that Lisa Loeb, of "Stay" fame), Los Rakas, Leela James, Vintage Trouble, buzzing local songstress Mara Hruby, Bang Data, recently Guardian profiled singer-songwriter Lia Rose, and more. There's also a more straight-forward blues stage, and a Sunday afternoon gospel hour. One of the key elements of the art side is the Community Mural Project — a decade-plus tradition in which budding artists can participate in a group mural. And then, of course, there will be hundreds of vendors selling their wares throughout the fest. Lastly, local food trucks will be whipping up jambalaya, hush puppies, lumpias, and smoked turkey legs — all those favorable festy eats. (Savage) 3885a Cesar Chavez, SF www.omnivorebooks.com EDITORIALS NEWS from Rob Reiner's 1987 fantasycomedy The Princess Bride, but here's a go: Inigo Montoya vs. the Man in Black sword battle www.artandsouloakland.com 8pm, free (donations appreciated) THE PRINCESS BRIDE It's hard to pick a favorite moment, character, and line THE SELECTOR 1901 Ashby, Berk. www.shotgunplayers.org TUESDAY 8/6 MC CHRIS MC Chris marches to the beat of his own drum machine. The pint-sized Chicago-area rapper is technically a hip-hop artist, but this is likely not the kind of hiphop you've heard before. In his characteristic chipmunk chirp, MC Chris raps about Star Wars, DQ Blizzards, and lots of computer geek nerdiness. In addition to being the world's unlikeliest rapper, he has also worked as an animator, voice actor, and songwriter for a handful of Cartoon Network Adult Swim shows, including Aqua Teen Hunger Force. In his free time (ha) MC Chris is Dolores Park 19th St at Dolores, SF www.filmnight.org MUSIC 1233 17 St., SF (415) 626-4455 www.bottomofthehill.com LOVE IN THE DARK 10 blocks between Frank Ogawa Plaza and City Center, Oakl. Through Sun/4, noon-8pm (noon-6pm, Sun.),. $8–$15 FOOD + DRINK Ashby Stage MONDAY 8/5 (moment); Fezzik (character); "Inconceivable!" (line). Or: Miracle Max crafting the miracle pill; Grandpa; "Mawwage!" Seriously, I could do this all day. Bundle up, pack a picnic ("Anybody want a peanut?"), and gather your posse for a screening of this timeless classic in Dolores Park. Future SF events in the Film Night in the Park series include 1952's Singin' in the Rain (Aug 17, Union Square); 2012's Moonrise Kingdom (Sept. 7, Washington Square Park); and 2012's Skyfall (Sept 21, back at Dolores). (Eddy) Omnivore Books on Food With Ghost and the City, Fortress Social Club 9:30 p.m., $12 8pm, $15 Bottom of the Hill ART + SOUL OAKLAND 429 Castro, SF and at the rate it's picking up gigs, it should be just as easy to catch live. (Smith) of Shotgun Cabaret's First Person Singular series, Mary Baird's solo show Love in the Dark: Pauline Kael and the Movies draws on Kael's own writings to bring the feisty legend, who died in 2001, back to life. (Eddy) STAGE ARTS + CULTURE Apologies to the late, great Roger Ebert, but if she'd been born a few decades later, Pauline Kael's Twitter account would've been the greatest movie-critic tweet stream of all time. The Petaluma native and UC Berkeley grad was known for her wonderfully biting, intelligent wit; she paved the way for modern film criticism (the good working on a recently Kickstarted comic and acts as an advocate for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He and his hyper-dedicated fans have raised over $100,000 for the cause. (Haley Zaremba) With Dr. Awkward, Jesse Dangerously, Tribe One 8pm, $15 Slim's 333 11th St., SF (415) -255-0333 www.slimspresents.com kind, not the poorly-punctuated, "I only know movies from the last five years" Internet-spawned kind) with her books (1965's I Lost It At the Movies) and printjournalism gigs, most notably at the New Yorker. Presented as part FILM CLASSIFIEDS 2 The Guardian listings deadline is two weeks prior to our Wednesday publication date. To submit an item for consideration, please include the title of the event, a brief description of the event, date and time, venue name, street address (listing cross streets only isn't sufficient), city, telephone number readers can call for more information, telephone number for media, and admission costs. Send information to Listings, the Guardian, 225 Bush, 17th Flr., SF, CA 94105; or e-mail (paste press release into e-mail body — no attachments, please) to email@example.com. Digital photos may be submitted in jpeg format; the image must be at least 240 dpi and four inches by six inches in size. We regret we cannot accept listings over the phone. JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2013 / SFBG.COM 19 MUSIC BY EMILY SAVAGE email@example.com TOFU AND WHISKEY Rye Rye went underground for a blip there. Discovered at 15 in a Baltimore club by Blaqstarr, then later introduced and signed to MIA's Interscope imprint, N.E.E.T. Recordings, the burgeoning dancer, colorful fashion icon, and hip-hop artist seemed destined for immediate stardom. Then she got pregnant, and her debut album, originally slated for release in 2009, was delayed. After a great many guest spots and collaborations, she came roaring back solo in 2012 with the release of that debut, Go! Pop! Bang!, and an acting gig in the film remake of 21 Jump Street. She popped up again in 2013 with her spring-released track "After Party" off casually impending mixtape RYEde or Die, and this June as a guest star on Asher Roth's "Actin Up" (which later ended up also including Justin Bieber and Chris Brown). She'll be back in the Bay Area this week, after swinging through Oakland as the opener for Scissor Sisters last year at the Fox. This Hard French after party with Micahtron, however, should be a much more intimate, Rye Rye-centric event (Sat/3, 9pm, $20. Public Works, 161 Erie, SF. www.publicsf.com) The 22-year-old's style is bold and her voice positively bursts with energy and sonic Funfetti on tracks like the aforementioned frenzied dance single "After Party," which includes call-backs to both MIA and Missy Elliott (whom she calls her main inspirations, in addition to Kanye West). She's equally tough and confident on aggressively fun songs like Go! Pop! Bang!'s "Dance." And in the video for tender club hit "Boom Boom," also off Go! Pop! Bang! — which samples the '90s Vengaboys' pop hit "Boom Boom Boom" — Rye Rye stars in a live action video game, showcasing both her dance skills and multihued lavender, sky blue, and pink bangs. Plus, she's been known to tear up the dancefloor in person, at her own shows. Yet on the phone, she's quiet, coy, and talks in a girlish tone. Though she does mention several times that she's a generally shy person, so this likely accounts for the tiny voice I hear whispering through the phone line from a hot day in Baltimore. She talks to me while watching cartoons with her young daughter, who she says likes her mom's songs and already dances to them. "She knows 20 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN FROM LEFT: RYE RYE, AL LOVER, LIGHTNING DUST. AL LOVER PHOTO BY NICK KLEIN; LIGHTNING DUST PHOTO BY ILA MEENS Boom boom it all," Rye Rye says. In talking about her own early days, as a teen going out with her older sister, Rye Rye says hip-hop was king, but there was some club music and R&B at the spots they'd hit up. At the time, she was in a group that used to dance all over Baltimore, which is what led to her making her own music. Fortuitously, her sister was friends with Blaqstarr, and she met him in a club then later rapped on his answering machine. "I saw him in the club that night, and he asked me to spit it for him and I was like, being shy so I told him no. But we started working in the studio together then eventually met MIA and Diplo.��� EDITORIALS NEWS Those sessions led to her first mixtape, and eventually, Go! Pop! Bang! For RYEde or Die, she's still in the midst of working on new tracks, but says she's taking her time on this one because she's not quite sure the direction she wants to go in just yet. "I'm deciding if I want to base it on things I deal with, you know? So I'm just still writing on it, trying to plan it out." In between writing new tracks and taking her daughter to the pool (her favorite spot this summer), Rye Rye says she'd also be open to more acting gigs, after enjoying her brief stint on the 21 Jump Street set. She got hooked up with the part when MIA told her the directors of the film were fans of her music and wanted her number, then pulled her in for an audition in LA with Jonah Hill, without a script. She and Jonah just riffed in front of casting directors, and she was picked for the role. The casual sentence that eventually ended up being her most memorable moment in the film? "Meanwhile you two were standing around, finger-popping each other's assholes." She says it dressed as a cheerleader with bleached bangs, putting emphasis on the word "popping," and somehow manages to make the line sound cute. Similar to how MIA's "Paper Planes" later became synonymous with Pineapple Express — a track on which Rye Rye also contributed — the 21 Jump Street film theme was a bouncy electropop club banger by Rye Rye and Esthero. Now, the rapper is courting meetings and looking ahead to some sporadic gigs until a proper tour at the end of the year, but says she isn't too concerned about the future. "Everything for me is always just kind out of the blue," she says. "You know I just go with the flow." FOOD + DRINK THE SELECTOR WOOF As first reported by the Bay Bridged, Different Fur Studio owner and engineer Patrick Brown and Robert Pera have come together to release a beat-heavy electro hip-hop album under the name WOOF. The record, Thrill of it All, is the debut LP from the duo, and was released a couple of weeks back on Bandcamp. It began as an instrumental record, then grew to include guest vocals handpicked by the duo from a broad reach of zeitgeist-y rappers and emcees including locals like Nanosaur, A-1, and Richie Cunning, along with Mykki Blanco, Mistah F.A.B., and Chicago MC Show You Suck. There's also a Matrixxman remix of the song "Pretend," which features Bird Call. woofbeats.bandcamp.com. AL LOVER Experimental electronic producer Al Lover has been quoted as saying "the psych music of today is what the producers of tomorrow will sample." So the local music-maker recently cut out the middle man, and went straight to the source, creating his own tripped out electropsych tracks. That meant collaborating with Tim Presley aka White Fence on this month's seven-inch "Snake Hands," released through the UK's PNKSLM Records, which is Lover's first ever solo vinyl release. (Note that White Fence also has a show coming up Aug. 7 at the Rickshaw Stop.) "Snake Hands" is a single from his forthcoming LP Space Magick. Consummate beatfiend that he is, Lover also flipped the switch back the other way this summer and put up a collection of remixes, recorded over a one-year period. That includes trance-ready instrumental mixes of tracks by fellow (or former) locals like Nick MUSIC STAGE Waterhouse, Fuzz, and Burnt Ones, along with a standout take on Grinderman's "Bellringer Blues." He'll be showcasing a live beat set at Bottom of the Hill tonight. With Coo Coo Birds, Face Tat, Bubblegum Crises. Wed/31, 9pm, $8. Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., SF. www.bottomofthehill. com. SPACE VACATION You guys, Space Vacation is like SF's own Spinal Tap, distilling the many aspects of theatrical heavy metal into an entertaining metal act you must see live. The group plays actual sing-along heavy metal (in the vein of Iron Maiden and Def Leppard) but also brings along show-enhancing efforts like smoke and lasers. The quartet plays the all-day, allages Summer Throwdown event at DNA Lounge this weekend with Son of a SuperCar, Systemic Decay, Look a Flying Pig, Dammit, Serville, and a handful more. Lean in and throw the devil horns during the daylight. Sun/4, 4:30pm, $15. DNA, 375 11th St, SF. www.dnalounge.com. LIGHTNING DUST, LOUISE BURNS, SPELLS There seems to be an uptick in occult fascination lately, or am I just now really paying attention? This whole lineup — a free show through Wood Shoppe — has the witchy vibe, with Vancouver's Lightning Dust and Louise Burns, and SF's own Spells. Lightning Dust's Amber Webber (of Black Mountain) and Josh Wells began as a whispery folk duo in 2007. However, their spooky third LP, June's Fantasy (Jagjaguwar), is said to be inspired more by "skeletal synth pop, modern R&B beats, the films of John Carpenter and...absolute minimalism." Louise Burns has that chilled '80s darkwave thing down. And Spells, the newest project from songwriter Jennifer Marie, incorporates synth and vintage organs into eerie, lovely nightmarescapes (check locally appropriate "Fog"). Tue/6, 8pm, free. Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission, SF. www.brickandmortarmusic.com. 2 ARTS + CULTURE FILM CLASSIFIEDS editorials news food + Drink the selector music stage arts + culture film classifieds July 31 - August 6, 2013 / SFBG.com 21 MUSIC THE DESCENDENTS STICK AROUND. PHOTO BY KATIE HOVLAND Milo grows up 5IF%FTDFOEFOUTÂľ.JMP"VLFSNBOPOEFBESPDLTUBST DBGGFJOFBEEJDUJPO CJPDIFNJTUSZ BY ILAN MOSKOWITZ firstname.lastname@example.com $ + ) ) + $ $ $ $ %"# ," %%"%%# - % ! "" # $$ ! !"#$ % & #& # %% " "# %% ' " %% " (& # & ! % ) # * ! " #$! " %&! ' $ ' () !! "! *+ ## , ) % -,% . & / 0( %, % !"#$""%&&& ' # !"#(("%)"% *+,- . / ((($&&%!!0 1 2 + 3 #2 1%$ # $ 2 $ 22 SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN editorials news MUSIC The Descendents have been around since the early 1980s, writing fast, coffee-driven punk music with lyrics about trashy, tongue-incheek rebellion in songs like "My Dad Sucksâ€? and "I'm Not a Loser.â€? The group has undergone various lineup changes, losing drummer Bill Stevenson to Black Flag for a while, and periodically losing lead singer Milo Aukerman to his pursuit of higher education and biochemistry (which the band named its most popular record after). Brad Nowell of Sublime and Jason Thirsk of Pennywise died within months of each other in the summer of 1996, right around the time when the Descendents regrouped to record the landmark album Everything Sucks. How is this all connected? These three groups (well, Sublime with Rome now) will play the America's Cup Pavillion together on Sun/4. The Descendents onagain/off-again frontperson, Dr. Aukerman, spoke with me recently about the upcoming show, his duallife as a biochemist and band leader, and his influence on rockers who didn't make it out of the '90s. SFBG First of all, happy 50th birthday! Do you think that your famous massive coffee intake has helped your longevity in any way? Milo Aukerman Probably not. I think coffee can be good for you in moderation; it has antioxidant properties, for example. But like anything else you put into your body, it's not good to overdo it. I am a caffeine abuser, for sure. But I like it, and it helps me rock out. At least I'm not strung out on something harder. food + Drink the selector SFBG So when Milo [went] to College after releasing the record of the same name, you split briefly from the band and got a Ph.D. in biochemistry. Why the decision? MA Actually, first I left to get my undergraduate degree (1982-1986), played again with the band (19851987), and then left for my Ph.D. (1987-1992). I've always said I would be a scientist, and that music was just a hobby for me. It's a very intense hobby, and one that makes me some extra cash, but I never considered music as a career, and I still don't. My career is in science, as I always wanted. SFBG How do you decide to divide up your time? MA In 1996 I was really burned out on science; I didn't have a permanent position, so it was pretty easy to walk away from for a while. Once I got a permanent position, I couldn't realistically take a break from science. Now, my decision to stay connected with music has been primarily based on wanting to have that creative outlet. While science is creative in its own way, I find that music keeps me feeling alive and young in ways that science cannot. So now, although I cannot really "walk awayâ€? from science, I take little vacations from it whenever the band gets together to play or record. SFBG Do you have a quiet, "cloneâ€? of a "Suburban Homeâ€? in Delaware when you're back to being Dr. Aukerman? MA I do have a suburban home! The irony is that Tony Lombardo wrote "Suburban Homeâ€? as a way to poke fun at himself, because when he wrote it, he already owned a house. Let's face it, we all grew up and took on more adult responsibilities and possessions, but we still have to look in the mirror and laugh at ourselves. Many of our music stage songs are self-critical, some in a more humorous way than others. SFBG You're opening for Sublime with Rome at the America's Cup Pavillion. They covered your song "Hopeâ€? on 40oz. to Freedom, did you ever meet or play with Brad Nowell while he was alive? MA They also covered "Myage,â€? "Sour Grapes,â€? and "I'm Not a Loserâ€? — I only learned after Nowell's death how much they liked the Descendents. We never played with Sublime, nor did I ever meet Brad. I looked at their Wiki page, which lists their "Years Activeâ€? as 1988 to 1996... that's the exact same time frame as our hiatus before Everything Sucks, so, there you go. But I'm really looking forward to seeing [Sublime with Rome] play; there will always be the naysayers saying "you can't fill Brad's shoes,â€? but if a band's good, I don't care about that shit. Eric shreds on bass, Rome has a good voice and I like their new stuff, so it's all good. SFBG Do you write songs like "I Like Foodâ€? as fast you play them? MA Those type of songs usually start out in your head as a jumble of lines, and usually induced by too much caffeine. You may repeat them over and over, and say them to your friends for a laugh. So by the time you actually write them on paper, it's pretty quick to finish them. Bill's the master at these; he wrote "Weinerschnitzel,â€? then realizing it wasn't short enough, wrote "ALL.â€? 2 THE DESCENDENTS With Pennywise, Sublime with Rome Sun/4, 5:30pm, $39.50 America's Cup Pavilion 27-29 San Francisco Pier 33 (415) 371-5500 americascup.com/concert-series arts + culture film classifieds MUSIC LISTINGS WEDNESDAY 31 Rickshaw Stop:²1PQTDFOF ÂłQN Vessel:²#BTF ÂłQN ROCK HIP-HOP Cat Club:²#POEBHF"(P(P ÂłQN Club X:²&MFDUSP1PQ3PDLT ÂłQN F8:²)PVTFQJUBMJUZ ÂłQN Knockout:²%PJOH*UGPS,JET"5SJCVUFUP$SFBUJPO 3FDPSET ÂłQN Lab:²3FQMJDBOU1BSU** ÂłQN Monarch:²2VFFO#JUDI ÂłQN Q Bar:²#PPUZ$BMM ÂłQN Rickshaw Stop:"TUSP .JMFT%+ QN ACOUSTIC INTERNATIONAL Amnesia:.JTJTJQJ.JLF.JEOJHIU(BNCMFST QN Atlas Cafe:$PVOUSZ$BTBOPWBT QN GSFF Bottom of Hill:0XFO -BVSB4UFWFOTPO 4IBXO "MQBZ QN Hemlock Tavern:+PTFQIJOF'PTUFS 7JDUPS)FSSFSP .BSL#PSUIXJDL QN Musicians Union Local 6:4BO'SBODJTDP4JOHFS 4POHXSJUFSTÂľ8PSLTIPQ QN Plough & Stars:4IBOOPO$nJMr#BOE QN GSFF Bissap Baobab:²1BÂľ-BOUF ÂłQN SFJAZZ Center:8PSME%SVN&YUSBWBHBO[B#PEZ .VTJD QN Yerba Buena Gardens:8JMM.BHJE5SJP QN GSFF REGGAE Independent:3PPU[6OEFSHSPVOE #MVF,JOH#SPXO QN ACOUSTIC Â' Â' Â' Â' Â' Â' Â' Â' g e t t i c k e t s at Wed, Jul 31 - African music pioneer touring latest album Sarawoga OLIvER MTukuDzI JAZZ & the Black Spirits Thu, Aug 1- Smooth Jazz Series kicks off with: STEvE COLE Fri, Aug 2 Afropean, urban, R&B GRAMMYÂŽ-nominated duo LES NuBIANS INTERNATIONAL Sat, Aug 3 Pre-concert dance party with DJ Miguel "Hightopâ€? Fonseca Rare club appearance! Bissap Baobab:5JNCB%BODF1BSUZ QN Cafe Cocomo:²#BDIBUBMJDJPVT ÂłQN Yoshi's San Francisco:0MJWFS.UVLVE[J#MBDL 4QJSJUT QN CAMEO REGGAE Elbo Room:'PH%VC 3VEJDBMT $BSOF$SVEB QN BARBARY COAST BuRLESQuE ................................................. SOUL THE TOMMY IGOE BIG BAND Boom Boom Room:8FTU(SBOE#PVMFWBSE QN GSFF Tue, Aug 6 Featuring 15 of the Bay Area's finest musicians! with Special Guest Colin Hogan Wed, Aug 7 Acoustic guitar virtuoso Guitar Player Presents: THURSDAY 1 DON ROSS (solo) ROCK Cafe Du Nord:%BOHFSPVT4VNNFS 5PNNZ)JHI 1JMPUT 3BSF.POL #SFBLJOH-BDFT QN Knockout:3FNPOFT "TUSP;PNCJFT +BQBOFTF#BCZ QN Make-Out Room:$PMPTTBM:FT ;BDIBSZ$BMF QN Monarch:)FBSUPG8IBMF 1POZ'JHIU -F'PNP QN Slim's:1SPUPNFO %FBEMJFT QN DANCE Aunt Charlie's Lounge:²5VCFTUFBL$POOFDUJPO ÂłX %+#VT4UBUJPO+PIO QN Boom Boom Room:+#PPHJFÂľT%VCUSPOJD4DJFODF QN DNA Lounge:$ZOJDBM.BTT 7JMF"VHVSZ 'MFTI *OEVTUSZ #MBDL(SBEJFOU %+.FQIPCJD QN S.F. 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Sat, Aug 10, Open Dance Floor! 12-piece Cuban Son orchestra PlazaCUBA Presents: WIL CAMPA Y Su GRAN uNION 1 3 3 0 f i l l m o r e s t. 4 1 5 - 6 5 5 - 5 6 0 0 WILD CHILD: The Music of The Doors RENĂŠ ESCOvEDO & THE FuSE ................................................. Wed, Aug 7 GAIL JHONSON WITH PAT CASION music A New Orleans institution Sat-Sun, Aug 10-11 - GrammyŠ-winning duo & former vocalists for the 5th Dimension THE MEN, TWIN PEAKS ANOTHER PLANET PRESENTS: OUTSIDE LANDS KING TUFF PARISH GROUP PRESENTS: BEST OF NEW ORLEANS FUNKY METERS DJ PLATUM, JORDAN AND THE RITUAL WED 7/31 TUE 8/06 CIVIL WAR RUST, THE SWILLERZ BLACK NATURE BAND SIERRA LEONE'S REGUGEE ALL STARS WED 8/14 FROM THE ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT LADY DERRICK HODGE FRI 8/02 THU 8/15 FUNKTERNAL! NAIMA SHALHOUB KEV CHOICE ENSEMBLE DJ NINA SOL SAMBAFUNK PRESENTS MARILYN MCCOO & BILLY DAvIS JR. ZAP MAMA PLACE PIGALLE 510 embarcadero west 510-238-9200 arts + culture LOUISE BURNS, SPELLS WAMPIRE, SOCIAL STUDIES ANTIQUE NAKED SOUL REBIRTH BRASS BAND stage SAT 8/10 SMITH WESTERNS THU 8/01 The Hayes Valley gathering spot for libations and more with over 15 beers and wines on tap. 530 Hayes Street | San Francisco, CA 94102-1214 | 415-552-2671 | placepigallesf.com Sponsored by All-ages venue. Dinner reservations highly recommended. the selector TUE 8/06 ANOTHER PLANET PRESENTS: OUTSIDE LANDS GUTTERMOUTH AGENT ORANGE 6)0 -EMBERSHIP #LUB FOR 9OSHIS 3&