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41. Sucka Free City

    San Francisco Patrol Special Police: Rent-a-Cops With Guns

    By Ron Russell

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Back in November, Jonathan Rodgers was fresh off the streets and living in a single-room-occupancy hotel near Civic Center, courtesy of a city-sponsored program for the...

42. Music

    Other Minds music fest pushes aural limits

    By Sam Prestianni

    Published: March 5, 2008

    In its mission statement, the San Francisco–based Other Minds organization proclaims its commitment "to the encouragement and propagation of contemporary music in all its...

43. DVDish

    Oscar-Starved

    By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Into the Wild (Paramount) Sean Penn waited a good decade before adapting Jon Krakauer's book about Chris McCandless, who graduated college in 1990, then disappeared into the...

44. Sucka Free City

    First Offender Prostitution Program Punishes Victimless Crime

    By Benjamin Wachs

    Published: March 5, 2008

    San Francisco's First Offender Prostitution Program (FOPP) has been copied in more than a dozen municipalities nationwide. But Supervisor Jake McGoldrick says we may need to...

45. Let's Get Killed

    Girls Rock! hits nerves of the teen psyche variety

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 5, 2008

    I'd like to think gender dynamics enter my work sphere as rarely as holiday bonuses do. I'm not a "female" music critic, just a music critic. I'm not keeping any quotas on boy...

46. Stagecap

    A Secret for Next Sunday

    Intriguing elements still don't add up to a compelling storyline.

    By Nathaniel Eaton

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Set in Chicago in 1991, with flashbacks to 1950s Alabama, Charles Johnson's play is about two African-American couples who share a dark past that prevents them from returning...

47. Sucka Free City

    New Planning Director's Beau, Lance Farber, Sought by Washington Health Officials

    By Ashley Harrell

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Unless you've been comatose for a week, you've probably heard that Lance Farber, the chiropractor and (ex-?) boyfriend of planning director John Rahaim, has been jailed after...

48. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Archie's Funhouse: The Complete Series (Classic Media) Army of the Dead (Maverick) Arranged (Film Movement) Ben 10: The Complete Season 3 (Turner) Billy Wilder Film...

49. Stagecap

    Wakefield; or Hello, Sophia

    Playwright Brian Thorstenson's script picks up where Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story left off

    By Molly Rhodes

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Central Works Theater Ensemble and playwright Brian Thorstenson bring out the best in each other in this elegant 70-minute production about how to reignite a marriage thought...

50. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Don-ward Spiral USF fouls out: Thank you, thank you, thank you! As a native and lifelong USF fan, and alum ('89), I have been frustrated with this current administration to...

51. Bouncer

    Eavesdropping Once Again: the codependents at Basil

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: March 5, 2008

    If there's gonna be sports on TV in a bar — and let's face it, there always is — then I can hope that it will at least be hockey. It's the only sport that really...

52. Hear This

    Jeremy Jay: spare songs spotlight teen-idol vocals

    By Ernest Barteldes, Doug Wallen and J. Pace

    Published: March 5, 2008

    With his colorful costumes, boogie-piano style, and distinctive growl, Dr. John embodies the spirit of his native New Orleans wherever he goes. The Louisiana Music Hall of...

53. BeatBox

    The truth hurts: Brother Ali should try his hand at failure

    By Tamara Palmer and Peter Madsen

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Reaching the age of 15 is such a mammoth achievement in clubland that local promoters Spundae are planning two nights of festivities to celebrate. Spundae has championed the...

54. Arthouse

    Art House

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: March 5, 2008

    Artists' Television Access. Sabreteeth vs. Turkish Star Wars: live freeform soundtracking of infamous cinematic rip-off. Fri., March 7, 8 p.m. $5. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.),...