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San Francisco Chronicle
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Grateful Dead's Shakedown Street goes legit for Golden Gate Park shows
As Grateful Dead veterans Bob Weir and Mickey Hart return to their spiritual home for Dead & Company 's celebratory run of shows in Golden Gate Park, the legendary Shakedown Street is once again setting up shop, this time with civic coordination. This year's incarnation of the free-spirited marketplace, which has followed the Dead since the 1980s, is scheduled to run from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 1-3, along a 200-foot stretch of JFK Promenade between Transverse and Blue Heron Lake drives. The location sits about a mile east of the Polo Fields, where Dead & Company is set to perform each day for an expected 60,000 fans, joined by special guests Trey Anastasio, Billy Strings and Sturgill Simpson. Longtime Deadhead and clothing designer Molly Henderson, a San Francisco native who previously organized markets for the band's shows at Oracle Park and the Sphere in Las Vegas, is leading the effort in partnership with Jay and Liora Soladay and Sunshine Powers, owner of Love on Haight. 'Shakedown Street is a part of the culture of the whole Grateful Dead scene. It's an integral part of the Deadhead experience,' Henderson told the Chronicle. 'It began during the counterculture movement. People created a way to barter their wares to make their way to the next city.' Now a sanctioned event, the market will feature nearly 100 vendors selling tie-dye apparel, handmade jewelry, vintage Grateful Dead merchandise, original prints, patches and collectible posters. Organizers collaborated with city officials and concert promoters to secure permits and minimize disruption to nearby neighborhoods. 'There were a lot of logistics involved,' Henderson said. 'The vendors are coming no matter what. Having a sanctioned, safe place for this to happen was a large consideration.' Auxiliary markets and events are expected to pop up across the city to mark the 60th anniversary of the Dead, including the Heart of Town concert series at Pier 48, Jerry Day in McLaren Park, and activations in the Haight and Sunset neighborhoods.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Miles Teller praises wife Keleigh as couple rebuild after losing everything in LA fires
Miles Teller has shown his support for his wife, Keleigh Sperry, as they rebuild their home following the devastating effects of the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year. The Whiplash actor, 38, recently spoke to ET about how he and his wife were handling the loss of their $7.5 million home in the Pacific Palisades. In January, LA declared a state of emergency as the city's suburbs were engulfed in flames, causing many celebrities who lived in the neighborhoods of Altadena and Sylmar, as well as the exclusive Pacific Palisades, to lose their homes. 'Yeah we're figuring it out,' Teller told ET regarding how he is handling the aftermath of the wildfires. 'I imagine with most people that lost their house, we're trying to figure it out with insurance.' 'My wife and I…she's very strong,' Teller added. 'It's brought us closer together.' Teller and Sperry have been married since 2019. The couple first met in 2013 at a Grammys afterparty, where Sperry notably rejected him multiple times while the two were waiting in line for the valet. He proposed in 2017 while they were on an African safari. They then got married in a private ceremony in Maui, Hawaii, on September 1, 2019. This is not the first time the Top Gun: Maverick actor has spoken out about the wildfires. In an interview with E! News back in February, Teller gushed over the support he received from his friends. 'Many people have reached out, just either letting us know that they're there emotionally, or people are offering us their place,' he told the publication at the time. 'I'm a Deadhead, and so I've had a lot of people reach out to Keleigh like, 'I want to send Miles a Grateful Dead shirt.'' 'Little stuff just means a lot, so it's been very heartwarming,' he added. Teller also discussed the grief he and Sperry were experiencing as he said, 'When everything goes and you have each other, it's very emotional. You lose your home, you're part of a club nobody wants to be a part of.' However, his wife revealed shortly after they evacuated their home that she regretted not trying to save her wedding dress. 'I wish I grabbed my wedding dress,' she wrote in an Instagram post from January. 'Wish I did a lot different but it doesn't matter, stay safe, get out.' 'We will come back stronger than ever,' Sperry added. 'There are no words.'
Scoop
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Andy Shauf's Foxwarren New Album, 2, Out Now Via ANTI-
Canadian quintet Foxwarren – Andy Shauf, Avery and Darryl Kissick, Dallas Bryson, and Colin Nealis their new album, 2, out now via ANTI-. Alongside the album they release the new single/video 'Deadhead'. Following 'Yvonne,' praised by AV Club as 'an understated kind of gorgeous,' 'Deadhead' sees Foxwarren on a quest for levity. The song seamlessly moves from an MF Doom -like pitch-shifted sample to a line-dance guitar lick to honeyed country-rock harmonies of the titular band all in three minutes. There are darting flutes, mangled electronics, and meticulous snippets of rhythm, all expertly placed to illustrate the song's emotional tumult. 'I won't stop dancing,' as Shauf sings, is exactly the feeling the song evokes. 'Deadhead' exemplifies the unique approach Foxwarren took in creating 2. After touring their lauded 2018 self-titled debut, the band dropped the familiar band-in-a-room routine. Instead, in their own home studios across four provinces, all five members would upload song ideas, melodic phrases, or rhythmic bits to a shared folder. In Toronto, Shauf would then plug these into a sampler and construct songs from the fragments supplied by his bandmates, leaning into classic hip-hop techniques and musique concrète alike as unlikely lodestars. Foxwarren would convene at weekly online meetings, offering long-distance suggestions about which way a song might shift. The result is mesmerizing and uncanny, an album that traces two sides of a relationship through 37 minutes of collage art that aspires to 'sound best blasting out your car window,' as put by Shauf. By himself, Shauf has already had a stellar career, his reputation built by the sweet melodies and uniquely imaginative and precise storytelling found on 2016's The Party through to 2023's Norm. Foxwarren, especially here, is a crucial part of that ongoing process, but 2 represents something even more significant—five friends now nearing the end of their second decade making music together, pushing against what they've learned how to do in order to venture somewhere new. It is the sound of friends who trust each other, cutting themselves loose from their past and their preconceptions to have some fun with a sampler and the very idea of songs.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Afternoon Briefing: Chicago's new US attorney balances tradition with new directives
Good afternoon, Chicago. Chicago's newly appointed U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said today that he's committed to balancing the storied office's traditional areas of focus with new policy directives coming from the Trump administration, from immigration to narcotics and human trafficking by international cartels. In his first interview since assuming the powerful law enforcement post three weeks ago, however, Boutros said he'll be doing it with less manpower than in recent years, as there are now fewer than 100 federal criminal prosecutors and a hiring freeze mandated by the president that has no end in sight. Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History The city of Chicago is joining other cities in suing President Donald Trump and his administration in a bid to halt the firing of federal employees. Read more here. More top news stories: After years of negotiations, state lawmakers consider measures to phase out plastic bags, foam food containers 1 dead, 1 injured after crash shuts down Edens Expressway Four people killed when vehicle smashes through downstate Illinois after-school building, police say Consumers across the U.S. still will be able to buy higher-ethanol blend E15 gasoline this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday, saving them a little money at the pump but frustrating environmentalists who believe the move potentially harms the air and water. Read more here. More top business stories: Amazon denies tariff display move after White House slams reported plan President Donald Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories Oswego trustees discuss options for possible grocery tax If you blinked, you might have missed the review of the Chicago Bears' addition to their backfield in last weekend's NFL draft. Read more here. More top sports stories: How NFC North fared in NFL draft: Chicago Bears and all 3 of their rivals add projected starters on O-line Bulls and Sky Q&A: Should the Bulls trade for Zion Williamson? Will Ajša Sivka play for the Sky this season? A Charli XCX concert, to give it a little context, if that's possible — because there's really nothing like a Charli XCX concert as far as traditional concerts go — is your niece's Margaritaville. But also, your nephew's nihilistic post-apocalyptic vampire rave. And maybe your mom's Deadhead utopia. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: Fred Anzevino, founder of Theo Ubiqu Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens showcases 50 interior and exterior spaces A judge ordered a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in an inmate's death to pay a $500 fine to resolve the case after concluding he has no criminal record and didn't realize his guards weren't following policy. Read more here. More top stories from around the world: Spain and Portugal focus on cause of huge blackout with power almost fully restored Layoffs, closures and gaps in oversight expected after hundreds of DOJ grants are canceled
Chicago Tribune
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Afternoon Briefing: Chicago's new US attorney balances tradition with new directives
Good afternoon, Chicago. Chicago's newly appointed U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said today that he's committed to balancing the storied office's traditional areas of focus with new policy directives coming from the Trump administration, from immigration to narcotics and human trafficking by international cartels. In his first interview since assuming the powerful law enforcement post three weeks ago, however, Boutros said he'll be doing it with less manpower than in recent years, as there are now fewer than 100 federal criminal prosecutors and a hiring freeze mandated by the president that has no end in sight. Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration joins lawsuit against Trump to block federal worker firings The city of Chicago is joining other cities in suing President Donald Trump and his administration in a bid to halt the firing of federal employees. Read more here. After years of negotiations, state lawmakers consider measures to phase out plastic bags, foam food containers 1 dead, 1 injured after crash shuts down Edens Expressway Four people killed when vehicle smashes through downstate Illinois after-school building, police say The EPA is allowing the sale of cheaper, higher-ethanol E15 gasoline across the US this summer Consumers across the U.S. still will be able to buy higher-ethanol blend E15 gasoline this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday, saving them a little money at the pump but frustrating environmentalists who believe the move potentially harms the air and water. Read more here. How the NFL draft's deep class of running backs seemed to dance away from the Chicago Bears If you blinked, you might have missed the review of the Chicago Bears' addition to their backfield in last weekend's NFL draft. Read more here. More top sports stories: Review: Charli XCX redefines in her Rosemont show what it means to play live today A Charli XCX concert, to give it a little context, if that's possible — because there's really nothing like a Charli XCX concert as far as traditional concerts go — is your niece's Margaritaville. But also, your nephew's nihilistic post-apocalyptic vampire rave. And maybe your mom's Deadhead utopia. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: Judge orders former Wisconsin warden to pay $500 fine in inmate's death A judge ordered a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in an inmate's death to pay a $500 fine to resolve the case after concluding he has no criminal record and didn't realize his guards weren't following policy. Read more here.
