October 30th, 2009 01:12pm

In SF, They Might Be Giants

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Now here’s a band that appeals to trivia buffs on several levels. The name alone is enough. When John Flansburgh and John Linnell started their alternative rock duo in 1982, they took on an ambitious name — They Might Be Giants. Indeed the band has grown, and currently includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller and Danny Weinkauf. But the group got big in other ways, winning two Grammy Awards and scoring a long string … Read More »

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September 8th, 2009 08:30am

SF Mime Troupe speaks out

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The San Francisco Mime Troupe actually talks — a lot. The radical theater company has been speaking out since 1959, after performing only very briefly in silence at first. The troupe is on its 50th anniversary tour, and the current show is “Too Big to Fail,” a contemporary satire framed as an African fable, to Sebastopol’s Analy High School on Sept. 18, Petaluma’s Walnut Park on Sept. 20 and the Sebastiani Theatre … Read More »

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