Chan shocks male colleagues by standing up to them
Plus: DJ Fred Again brought down Cow Palace (no phones!) and Keith Hennessy's 'weird inkling' crawled through our wild moment
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Today's headlines:
Chan stands up to her male colleagues—and suddenly they’re acting all offended
By Tim Redmond
Plus: An attack on formula retail bans, and a way to save Muni—with fair and progressive taxes. That's The Agenda for Dec. 7-14
Fred Again surprised SF with ecstatic ‘USB002’ set—yes, in this economy
By Andrew Brobst
NIGHTLIFE REVIEW: Cameras down, hands up, bangers on deck at the UK DJs's Cow Palace reveal. It may have been worth selling that kidney
Drama Masks: A visceral crawl through our wild moment in ‘weird inkling’
By Charles Lewis III
DANCE REVIEW: With poignant hullaballoo, Keith Hennessy and Circo Zero literally tore it up at the figure it out festival.
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