…That man is Tim League, that street is Mission Street, and that successful business franchise is the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Their mission: to bring creatively curated cinema programming to a theater near you and unite a neighborhood. (Plus beer!) Source: Alamo Drafthouse:
Cybertainment: Yes, “The Blair Witch Project” is somewhat spooky. What’s even spookier is the frenzy that has erupted on the Internet about a shoestring-budgeted mock doc that has become a cult classic faster than you can say “boo.” Witches, pshaw. These kids are possessed!
Last year Jon Stewart suggested that Twitter is too wordy and he prefers the new social media app “Grunter.” Meanwhile, in real life, newspapers have given way to blogs; the long-form has given way to punchy pith. The age of fast-food journalism is upon us.
Everyone is talking about this book that came out. Some parents, you hear, are all upset that their kid was assigned to read this in school. Some teachers have gotten into big trouble for assigning it to their students. Some teachers have gotten fired. Some
The past few weeks have seen a surge in activity within the MS community as bloggers and forum posters call one another to action in response what many think is the breakthrough they’ve been waiting for. Source: Possible MS Breakthrough Neglected By American Media | Erika Milvy
SF Chronicle Datebook Cover Story Rockin’ With Kids By Erika Milvy The value of mixing booze and babies was memorably extolled by San Francisco native Christie Mellor, who coined the term “The Three-Martini Playdate.” Her 2004 book mocks uber-moms and micromanaged childhoods and extols
Miranda July won’t divulge details about live secret show Miranda July is a film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor, performance artist, digital innovator, app inventor and full-time hipster. Her newest project is “secret” interactive audience participation performance art project in which the element of surprise is crucial.
‘ The Office’ Wrong for Each Other, Right for the Show Jan and Michael present a blackly humorous contrast to the show’s central romance between the office mates Jim and Pam, which itself echoes the tantalizing will-they-or-won’t-they zigzag consecrated on “Cheers” and “Friends.” Jim and Pam
….It’s called “free-range parenting” — or, depending on which side of the mommy wars you’re on, it’s called the worst kind of parenting ever. Now that my daughter is in middle school, I can’t actually believe how free-range my own childhood was. It was Manhattan
A One Woman Cast of Thousands A Q&A with Tracy Ullman for More Magazine Ullman talks about her new Showtime show, and divulges that the key to playing a man is