April Siese

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• Posted Appealing Events: The Joy Formidable Hit The Fillmore This Friday to Culture/Entertainment
  What do you get when you mix epic soundscapes, distorted guitar, and themes of nature and spirituality? Amazingly, something far better than a hippie...
• Posted Appealing Events: Growing Pains: The Business of Cannabis in San Francisco to Culture/Entertainment
  As part of their Arts and Dialogue series, the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District brings you "Growing Pains: The Business of Cannabis in San...
• Posted Appealing Events: Get Weird Once a Month at Broke-Ass Stuart's Freaky Deaky Friday to Culture/Entertainment
  Broke-Ass Stuart wants you to think inside the (costume) box. The SFian icon is turning his life mantra into a monthly event at The...
• Posted Philosophically Speaking: Darwin Deez Plays Bottom of the Hill to Culture/Entertainment
  There's a philosophical debate brewing in the naming of Darwin Deez. Are they a band or a singular person? Darwin Deez, the frontman of...
• Posted Full Circle: Radiation City Plays the Independent to Culture/Entertainment
  Portland's best new band of 2012 is heading back to where it all began. The musical juggernaut that is Radiation City has been lauded...
• Posted The Pace: Biv and the Mnemonics at Milk Bar to Culture/Entertainment
  Biv and the Mnemonics are eager to show you what they've been working on. The quintet is so eager that they're releasing their sophomore...
• Posted Notes from the Front Lines: Sunday Night in New Orleans, Super Bowl XLVII to News
  1. No matter the outcome of the game, we can all agree on hating Roger Goodell. 2. Saints fans were out in droves. Even...
• Posted Notes from the Front Lines: Saturday Night in New Orleans, Super Bowl XLVII to News
  Follow April on Twitter for more updates from New Orleans. 1. Mass street closures are in effect and they are questionable at best. 2....
• Posted Notes from the Front Lines: Friday Night in New Orleans, Super Bowl XLVII to News
  Follow April on Twitter for more updates from New Orleans. 1. According to the Real Chris Trew Show at The New Movement Theater, the...
• Posted A Decade of BAGeL Radio: Celebrate Ten Years of Music Tonight at Bottom of the Hill to Culture/Entertainment
  Today marks an official decade to the day since behind-the-scenes music icon Ted Leibowitz launched the mother of all ultra-hip internet radio stations, BAGeL...
• Posted Live From The Front Lines: Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans to News
  The Super Bowl is fast approaching and as 49ers fans across the Bay Area get ready for the start of another dynasty, I've been...
• Posted Embracing The Nomadic: ON AN ON to Culture/Entertainment
  Hometown heroes Geographer are set to hit the Fillmore this Thursday, January 31 and they're bringing with them a thoroughly nomadic opener in the...
• Posted Appealing Events: The Castro Street Design Plan Needs Your Input to News
  Attention all armchair urban planners: now is the time to live your dream and actively be a part of the beautification of part of...
• Posted Looking Towards the Future: Jennifer O'Connor Plays Hotel Utah Tonight to Culture/Entertainment
  It may only be January, but 2013 is poised to be the year of Jennifer O'Connor. The singer-songwriter is set to release two new...
• Posted Farewell, Tallulah: The Matriarch Of SF Zoo's Chimp Troop Has Died to News
  After over five decades of calling the San Francisco Zoo her home, Tallulah, the matriarch of a the chimpanzee troop, died this past Sunday,...
• Posted An Artful Existence: Marissa Nadler, Interviewed to Culture/Entertainment
  To many, the DIY movement and its aesthetic are simply a trend to follow until something new comes along. For musician, writer, and painter...
• Posted The Purple Onion: Immigrant Parents, Hapless Comedians, And Crowdfunding to Culture/Entertainment
  . Say what you want about the power of suffering for your art or enduring a hardship for the sake of creativity -- when...
• Posted Be A Detective From The Comfort Of Your Laptop: SFPD Launches Crowdsourced Crime Fighting Initiative to News
  Attention, wannabe detectives: It's time to put down that Dashiell Hammett novel and join the SFPD in their new weekly segment they're calling "The...
• Posted Happy Ending: Stolen Service Dog Returned Safely to Owner to News
  After almost a month of fruitless investigation the 4-year-old Yorkshire Terrier taken from a Potrero Hill man's vehicle has returned home. As previously reported,...
• Posted Appealing Events: SF Mixtape Society's "Snow Daze" Party to Culture/Entertainment
  It's been a slow news week when the main thing sustaining most Bay Area media outlets is the fact that it rained a bit....
• Posted So You Want To Be A Cop? SFPD Is Hiring, Now Taking Entry Level Police Officer Applications to News
  Have you always wanted to participate in such fun activities as detecting crime, enforcing traffic and parking codes, and writing reports and keeping records?...
• Posted Bridging The Electronic-Acoustic Gap: Delicate Steve to Culture/Entertainment
  Contemporary instrumental bands have pigeonholed themselves into one of two categories: either as unabashedly electronic or shamelessly acoustic. Blending the two can be a...
• Posted Appealing Events: Learn To Pick A Lock to Culture/Entertainment
  As if you weren't already excited enough about the new James Bond movie, TechShop SF's got the key to further your spy training. Security...
• Posted Weekend Morning BART Delays Expected Until 2013 to News
  Because BART would hate to leave you in the dark on these matters, they'd like you to know that you can expect some delays...
• Posted $100 Parking, Extra BART, Muni's Baseball Shuttle: How To Get To Tonight's SF Giants Game to News
  Our Giants defied staggering odds and made it to the World Series after an exciting run of three straights win against the St. Louis...
• Posted $500 Reward Offered For Puppy Abducted From SF SPCA to News
  In what appears to be an annual event, yet another puppy has been abducted from the SF SPCA. According to an email sent to...
• Posted Appealing Events: Broke-Ass Stuart's Rock-n-Roll Carnival to Culture/Entertainment
  As we've seen from Outside Lands' forest stage running through Hellman Hollow, rock and carnivals go hand-in-hand, which is why this Thursday's Rock-n-Roll Carnival...
• Posted Early Bird Special: Voting In The November Election Begins to News
  Today's the day, eager voters: head to the Department of Elections on the ground floor of City Hall and you can cast your vote...
• Posted Obama's In Town Monday: Protests, A Fundraiser, And A Very Expensive Dinner to News
  Now that you've survived the weekend and are easing back into horrendously expensive gas prices, why not prepare yourself for another clusterfuck as President...
• Posted SF Jury Deadlocks In 1983 Sex Homicide Case to News
  A San Francisco jury deliberated for nearly three days before declaring itself unable to reach a verdict in a case dating back to 1983....