Browsing Issue: Wednesday, May 11, 2005

News: Feature: The Art of War Grassroot groups gather weapons to fight the right: poetry, paint, punk music — and food. By ANTHONY MARIANI Photography by Vishal Malhotra News: Letters: Fresher Air News: Letters: Save the ’Yards News: Letters: Take Us to Hooters News: Metropolis: A Pass for Wirt? A plea offer to an accused serial child molester has some folks screaming. By DAN MALONE News: Second Thought: Bad Sports Major markets are tough on minor leagues. By DAN MCGRAW News: Static: At Least They Didn’t Get the Check News: Static: Their Way or the Highway Music: Featured Music: A Priori Adventurous alt-rock outfit Coma Rally exists in a musical vacuum — really. By ANTHONY MARIANI Music: Hearsay: Reminiscing With the Local Round-Up Music: Last Call: Poltergeister Music: Listen Up: Slunt Get a Load of This (Repossession Records) By Justin Press Music: Listen Up: Why? Sanddollars (Anticon Records) By Billy Walters Music: The Show: Red Monroe Film: Film Reviews: Birdman Near Alcatraz A man glimpses the changes of life while caring for The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. By KRISTIAN LIN Film: Film Reviews: Mama’s Bad to You Crazy women make Monster-in-Law a mother of a bad movie. By KRISTIAN LIN Eats: Cafe Reviewed: Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk Though it misses some pitches, the silly sandwich shop Sandwackers does deliver some hits. By JIMMY FOWLER Eats: Chow, Baby: Bogey on the Pasta Eats: Chow, Baby: Pizzeria of the Week — No, Month — Possibly Year Calendar: Night and Day: Symphony’s Finale Arts: Stage: Cold War Circle Theatre stages a Southwest premiere that’s quietly — almost silently — unnerving. By JIMMY FOWLER