news&comment


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by Nina Shapiro | How charter schools are faring two years after an initiative legalized them. Also: bike-share FAQ, and

a response to Satya Nadella from a fellow Indian American.

9 Election 2014

by SW STAFF | All you need to know for November 4: the rise of Jess Spear, the rent-control controversy, the Dems’ strategy to get the state Senate back, 
and clashing gun initiatives.

food&drink

19 requiem for a pig

by Patrick Hutchison | The pain and poetry of killing your own food.

19 | Food News/The Weekly Dish

20 | The Bar Code

21 | Citizen Food

arts&culture

23 All ABout Lena

by SW Friends and Contributors | Is the

Girls

girl overrated or what?

23 | The Pick list

25 | Opening Nights | Two shows about showbiz.

26 | Performance/Ear supply

28 | Books

29 | Visual Arts/The FUssy eye

30 FILM

opening This Week

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Brad Pitt goes to war, Adam Sandler discovers online porn, and Bill Murray is Bill Murray.

34 | Film Calendar

36 MUSIC

by Dave Lake | Why Dylan matters; rap in three flavors.

38 | The Week Ahead

40 | CD REVIEWS

odds&ends

43 | classifieds