Long distance relationships are tough. On one hand, it always feels like vacation when you’re together. On the other, you can never be sure what he’s up to when you’re apart.

Creativity Explored, the venerable 24-year-old visual arts center devoted ...

Let’s take this outside.

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SF Jug Band Festival
What: We love us some free, all-day washboard and kazoo.
Why: Nice jugs.
When: Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: Golden Gate Bandshell. View map online at parks.sf.gov.org.

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Twelfth Night

You’ve always approached so-called miracle cures with a healthy dose of skepticism. (Suuuure the Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet works.)

Here’s a product that actually lives up to its hype: RevitaLash eyelash conditioner.

Dr. Michael Brinkenhoff created it for his wife ...

Reach deep within your soul. Saturday is Bad Poetry Day. (Alas.)

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No Prescription Necessary
What: Bucky Sinister, Jon Longhi, and Jeff Palfini talk smack (and booze) at Noise Pop’s latest rebel reading series.
Why: Bad medicine.
When: Thurs., 7-9 ...

Unless you’re Liesl von Trapp, brown paper packages tied up with strings don’t usually rank as your favorite things. (Ditto schnitzel with noodles.)

That’s about to change when art quarterly The Thing debuts this month.

The art subscription project delivers a ...

This one’s a bad mamma jamma.

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Von Iva’s Our Own Island
What: First full-length album by local death disco queens.
Why: The summer soundtrack you’ve been waiting for.
When: You’ve got dance fever.
Where: Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight ...

A-tisket, a-tasket, a crack-head stole your basket.
You wrote a letter to the cops, but they told you just to drop it.

On the brighter side: Now there’s a reason to invest in a pretty new lace one for your ...