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Torture of a Transsexual

In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

By Joel P. Engardio

Published: July 7, 1999

As the plane gently descends over a shimmering lake surrounded by a lush, grassy landscape, Amanda DuValle stares out the window at a serene but hauntingly familiar view of Nicaragua. It's 1996,...

News

Dog Bites

By Laurel Wellman

Published: July 7, 1999

Smartass Hed Goes Here Healthy competition is -- well, in theory -- what makes capitalism work. So Dog Bites was overjoyed to hear of the Chronicle's plans to launch its own as-yet-to-be-named,...

Letters

Letters

Published: July 7, 1999

Rescue Muni Sold Out George Cothran's article ("Rescue Muni to the Rescue," June 23) enumerates Muni's problems early on, including the fact that "middle management had been decimated" and that...

News

Habitat for Inanity

Charity unwittingly sucked into fight over housing low-income elderly

By Matt Smith

Published: July 7, 1999

When Habitat for Humanity International was founded 23 years ago, it was based on the idea that uniting Christians to build houses for the poor might help erase disagreements between people of...

Music

Sworn to the Drum

Through one San Francisco label, Francisco Aguabella leads the charge of Afro-Cuban percussion

By Ezra Gale

Published: July 7, 1999

Percussionist Francisco Aguabella is emphatic when asked whether anyone else can perform the types of rhythms he has been playing since he came to the United States from Cuba in 1957. "No," he...

Music

Two States

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

By Mark Athitakis

Published: July 7, 1999

Terror Twilight, Pavement's fifth full-length album, is a hard record to get a fix on. Scott Kannberg, Pavement's guitarist, is having problems explaining it himself. Over breakfast in a...

Music

Riff Raff

By Mark Athitakis

Published: July 7, 1999

Re-Grooved In retrospect, it seems like the Flamin' Groovies did just about everything wrong. Formed in San Francisco in 1965, the band -- singer Roy Loney, guitarists Cyril Jordan and Tim Lynch,...

Music

Reviews

By Martin Johnson, Brian Alcorn

Published: July 7, 1999

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Da Real World (EastWest) Most hip-hop recording artists initially struggle to gain listeners' attention, but not Missy Elliott. Both on her debut recording,...

Music

The House of Tudor

By Silke Tudor

Published: July 7, 1999

If the poppy seedpods and turn-of-the-century sedatives don't give away Jill Tracy's predilection, her song titles might. Certainly, "Evil Night Together," "The Fine Art of Poisoning," "Just the...

Music

Hear This

By Sam Prestianni

Published: July 7, 1999

Mr. Bungle If Mr. Bungle's 1991 eponymous debut was the madcap group's over-the-top coming-of-age opus, and 1995's Disco Volante their deep-end dive into more sophisticated experimentation,...

Eat

Escaping Metreon

By Naomi Wise

Published: July 7, 1999

Montage Metreon Center, 101 Fourth St. (at Mission), 369-6111. Lunch served 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., dinner 5 to 11 p.m., bar and terrace menu 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Reservations advised for...

Eat

Reality Dines

By Paul Adams

Published: July 7, 1999

According to Henri Bergson, the philosopher after whose catch phrase the restaurant and wine bar Elan Vital is named, reality cannot be accurately described or symbolized; it must be experienced...

Eat

Side Dish

By Harry Coverte

Published: July 7, 1999

One for the Books Our friends slogging on at the Waterfront Restaurant & Cafe report that a possible Guinness Book record has just been broken -- for largest number of managers over one...

Eat

Fillmore Best

By Matthew Stafford

Published: July 7, 1999

Florio 1915 Fillmore (between Pine and Bush), 775-4300. Open for dinner Sunday through Thursday 5:30 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m. Brunch served Saturday and Sunday 10:30 a.m....

Film

The Enemy Is Us

By Hal Hinson

Published: July 7, 1999

Arlington Road Directed by Mark Pellington. Screenplay by Ehren Kruger. Starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, and Hope Davis. Opens Friday at area theaters. Do you feel snug and...

Film

They Did It for the Nooky, the Nooky

By Glenn Gaslin

Published: July 7, 1999

American Pie Directed by Paul Weitz. Screenplay by Adam Herz. Starring Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein, Eugene Levy, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid,...

Film

Reel World

By Michael Fox

Published: July 7, 1999

Raise the Red Lantern "Quality movies at a reasonable price." That's Kem Kwong's quaint turn-of-the-millennium motto for the World Theater, the venerable Broadway Street cinema that he and his...

Night&Day;

Silence Is Golden

By Gary Morris

Published: July 7, 1999

"Feature bloat" -- the unfortunate addition of space-hogging features to computer programs -- has a counterpart in local film festivals, which generally operate on the principle that more is...

Halloween

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

By Rob Brezsny

Published: July 7, 1999

Aries (March 21-April 19): This week's assignment was inspired by a ritual that devout Muslims perform every year during the first morning of their pilgrimage to Mecca. Once before and once after...

Night&Day;

Night & Day

By Heather Wisner

Published: July 7, 1999

Wednesday July 7 Take Me to the River The warmth generated by Yaelisa & Solera Flamenco Dance and the salsa band Charanson is enough to suggest Spain in summertime, if only fleetingly. Not...