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Behind the Scenes: Shooting our 2010 Local Heroes

07.29.10 - 10:59 am | Mirissa Neff |

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Take a peek at the robo-amazing Blue Sky Studios, as photographers Keeney + Law shoot three of this year's Best of the Bay Local Heroes. Video by Michael Keeney.

"You've come from so much diversity -- and you've overcome it"

07.01.10 - 12:04 pm | Marke B. |

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Liza: is there nothing she can't do? The ever-amazing Rich at FourFour watched all two hours of Liza Minelli's Home Shopping Network extravaganza. And of course he made a highlight reel. Give that man a Z!

Shopping

All hail the big red noses, honk honk

06.30.10 - 8:14 am | Ariel Soto |

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Just in time for summer, it's circus week on SFBG. Caitlin Donohue visited Circus Bella in this week's issue, and now we take an indepth and colorful look inside the San Francisco Clown School and Circus Finelli. Allez-oop!

Stage

Mundo Via Afrika: Roll up your shorts and kick it

06.21.10 - 1:56 pm | Marke B. |

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World Cup fever has produced its share of pop tributes and hot girls visuals. You get both combined in the vibrant video for local boy Gavin Hardkiss' "Mundo Via Afrika!"

Sports

World's best (sharp-dressed) drummer?

06.07.10 - 12:56 pm | Johnny Ray Huston |

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You decide. (h/t Nick Larimer and Richard Bott)

"Leather Gimp" wins it!

06.01.10 - 4:41 pm | Marke B. |

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Just in time for Pride Month, the winner of this year's International Mr. Leather competition (held this past weekend in Chicago) is New Mexican transman wheelchair-user -- and self-described "Leather Gimp" -- Tyler McCormick. We teared up at his speech. Diversity x 1 million = work the runway. In a leather jockstrap, even.

I am going to this thing

05.25.10 - 1:56 pm | Marke B. |

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I don't know what you're planning for your long weekend ahead -- Carnaval? Himalayan Fair? DEMF? Rehab? -- but I'm heading back up to Arcata and Eureka to peep the Kinetic Sculpture Race, the "triathlon of the art world." It is truly one of the wonders of California -- and yes, those things have to go into the water.

Sit/Lie: The Movie

05.24.10 - 6:30 pm | Marke B. |

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Directors Ricky Angel and Samuel Hernandez sent over this energetic and colorful short documentary about the screwy rationale -- and possibly devastating impact -- of the proposed sit/lie law that Mayor Newsom now intends to put before voters, bypassing the Board of Supervisors. Local activists and San Francisco citizens express dismay and hope.

SF bears gone viral!

05.11.10 - 12:10 pm | Marke B. |

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Caught by the hairily wonderful DJ Rotten Robbie (and via The Awl), a "brief" look at designer Walter Van Beirendonck's furry fashion extravaganza that had all the cubs panting in Berkeley this past Sunday. Let the fur fly free! (Can you name all the bears?) Maybe NSFW?

Butch Beat us, Kool-Aid child

05.07.10 - 1:52 pm | Marke B. |

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Some fab new queer hip-hop styley from Hollywood's Ab Soto. who lifts street-mumu to the cute max. He'll be giving it up at the wild-wild Big Top party at Club 8 during Memorial Day Weekend, Sat/29.