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SFMade Gets A Week

Christopher Appelgren
 
Apr 18, 2011, 2011, 12:58pm

Next month, SFMade, the great non-profit dedicated to promoting local manufacturing, will host a week-long series of events under the banner, San Francisco Made Week: Discover Locally Made. 

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Recent SFMade tour of Panorama Baking Co. Factory

I've written before about SFMade — their mission is close to my heart. A big part of my role here is talking to local business folks, so I hear plenty of stories about the challenges of making things work in such an expensive city. As someone who also operated a small business, I know how important an ally can be. I think SFMade is an excellent resource for the inspired individuals who endeavor to actually manufacture their products here. The organization helps merchants by creating a community, providing resources for and promoting its members. 

San Francisco Made Week is happening May 21 through May 27, and will include retail shopping events, a walking tour (co-hosted by SPUR), and their annual Ramp It Up! party celebrating and showcasing local manufacturing. 

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Hyper-local Fashion: Kreeya

Indhira Rojas
 
Apr 15, 2011, 2011, 2:17pm
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I'm excited to share the launch of the new fashion website, Kreeya , for two reasons. First, two of the three ladies behind it are my super cool friends from design school – women designers, who are willing to take a risk in the start-up world. Second, Kreeya supports a community that keeps flourishing: socially-responsible and sustainable local fashion.

Kreeya, conceived by Caroline Wiryadinata, Rachel Silverberg, and Saroj Yadav, is a curated shopping destination with a focus on the collections of local independent fashion designers in San Francisco. They carry unique products such as the Peacock Feather Swing Top by Culture Consumer and the Hand Printed Black Heart Top by FluffyCo. 

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When you shop on Kreeya, you get to have your cake and eat it too. Not only will you feel great knowing that you are supporting independent designers around you, but you'll look awesome while you are at it.

The word Kreeya is Sanskrit for "positive action" and its intended to use the medium of fashion to do so.

If you are into the project, check them out at  Kreeya.com , or follow them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mykreeya and Twitter at www.twitter.com/mykreeya

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Goodbye Shuhei and Tove!

Sarah Han
 
Apr 15, 2011, 2011, 12:02pm

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Last week, our interactive design intern, Shuhei Kagawa, went back home to Japan. And yesterday was our last day with Swedish artist-in-residence, Tove Edlund-Dreiman. Luckily, we had a chance to formally celebrate their work with, what else, a delicious meal together. Here we all are at Barbacco toasting to these wonderful people and talented designers. I meant to put up this iPhone video tribute on Shuhei's last day, but I'm glad that I waited, so that I could also include Tove in this post. 

Thank you Shuhei and Tove! You guys are great!

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Saying Hello to Nojo

Nicole Grant Kriege
 
Apr 14, 2011, 2011, 2:58pm
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If you haven't checked out Nojo in Hayes Valley yet, it's time you hightailed it over there! The space is refreshingly modern (for when the nostalgia trend gets tired), and the chef and owner, Greg Dunmore, doesn't disappoint with his farm fresh and undeniably Japanese dishes. I love Ame (in the St. Regis), but I'm glad Greg has started out on his own to pursue a casual, playful take on yakitori and izakaya. And of course, the Humphry Slocombe Japanese-inspired ice creams aren't half bad either. Look out for my story and photos in the next few weeks.

Categories: Hayes Valley, Food & Drink

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Free Screening of "New Garage" Rock Doc

Jennifer Maerz
 
Apr 13, 2011, 2011, Midnight
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Photo of Ty Segall from Panache Booking

Has there been a bad year for garage rock in SF in the past, say, decade? I'd be hard pressed to remember one. The Bay Area has been fostering fast, weird, and outta control acts since punk first broke here. But it definitely helps when local favorites get a media boost that spreads word beyond the inner circles.

If you missed the great Pitchfork piece earlier this week on how sweet our scene is these days, Aaron Leitko penned an impressively extensive article on bands to keep an ear on. (A couple months ago, I wrote a more compact bit about the psych/garage icons gaining national traction for the NY Times/via the Bay Citizen). And now we have a feature length documentary, commissioned by Scion and Vice, about the New Garage Explosion featuring plenty of camera time for San Francisco stalwarts.

New Garage Explosion takes a wide look at the national scene, getting the big ones in there (The Gories, Dirtbombs, Black Lips, Jay Reatard) and making sure our guys get lots of lip service. John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees has a number of great quotes, Ty Segall is interviewed leafing through KUSF's extensive record collection, and members of Girls (who I'd argue don't have much to do with garage rock aesthetically, although I like their songwriting) chat about what makes this kind of music so rich. In a nod to our local past, a whole section about a favorite Detroit act of mine, Clone Defects, shows the band members in practice spaces lined with posters of OG San Francisco punks, Crime. 

You can watch New Garage Explosion online whenever you like, but if you'd prefer not to lamely hold your laptop on your crotch as King Khan blows out your tinny computer speakers, there's a free screening of the film at Embarcadero Center Cinema on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. (RSVPs going on here). Let's hope there's a live music afterparty somewhere nearby, eh?

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