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Pop Culture | Mar 22, 2012

Everything You Need to Know for Season 5 of Mad Men

Get out your cocktail shakers. Mad Men is back. To help bridge the unavoidable memory gap the wait has caused, here's a refresher course on where the show left off with all the major characters. By Amanda Stupi   

Pop Culture | Mar 20, 2012

The Hunger Games: A Guide to Your New Obsession

The Hunger Games phenomenon is upon us and there's nothing you can do about it. Join the fun with this guide to your new obsession. By Emmanuel Hapsis   

Pop Culture | Mar 12, 2012

'The Bachelor' Addiction and Why It Must Stop (After Tonight)

Our resident Bachelor addict finally admits she has a problem. By Lizzy Acker   

Pop Culture | Mar 06, 2012

8: Marriage Equality Goes to Hollywood

With the help of an all star cast (Pitt! Clooney! President Bartlet!), Dustin Lance Black and Rob Reiner present a one-off reading of 8, a play that showcases pivotal moments from the Prop 8 trial. By Emmanuel Hapsis   

Pop Culture | Feb 27, 2012

Watching the Oscars!

From the Surf Motel in San Francisco's Marina District comes a report on the joy and pain that was last night's Academy Awards ceremony. By Lizzy Acker   

Event | Feb 23, 2012

Tulipmania Takes Over Pier 39

Though not the usual destination favored by locals, even the most skeptical will be won over by the earnest exuberance of Tulipmania, especially on one of those clear, sunny, beautiful San Francisco spring days. By Sarah Hotchkiss   

Pop Culture | Feb 04, 2012

Things To Do On Super Bowl Sunday

Some ideas on how to enjoy the day, with or without football. By Marion Anthonisen   

Event | Jan 24, 2012

The Best of British TV Ads at YBCA

It seems odd to willingly subject yourself to 75 minutes of nonstop advertising, but the annual screening of the British Arrows Awards for the best ads on British TV, has become one of YBCA's most popular programs. By Marion Anthonisen   

TV | Jan 07, 2012

Start Polishing the Silver, 'Downton Abbey' is back for Season Two

It's time to get back to Downton Abbey for more action -- much of it in the trenches of World War I -- and even more of it in the hallways, drawing rooms and boudoirs of everyone's favorite fictional British country estate. By Lizzy Acker   

Pop Culture | Dec 14, 2011

The 12 Days of Secular Humanist Christmas

You don't have to give up egg nog, the tree or many of the other rituals related to the Christmas holiday. Work on one a day until December 25 for maximum enjoyment. By Lizzy Acker   

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