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Melissa Tan

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Melissa Tan is a former runway model, fashion designer, motorcycle enthusiast, and bacon aficionado who has written for The Examiner, The Rumpus, and The Bold Italic. When she’s not sewing or writing, she can be found hunting for new music or the perfect hot dog. Usually at the same time.
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 11/8-11/14

  • Melissa Tan
  • November 8, 2010
This week in San Francisco, The November Monthly Rumpus, art openings at City Hall and White Walls, indie circus goodness and a musical orgy(!) at the Bohemian Carnival, and kinetic…
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Tales of Mere Existence: The Art of Lev Yilmaz

  • Melissa Tan
  • November 3, 2010
Levni Yilmaz is the creator of “Tales of Mere Existence,” a web based series of animated shorts that have evolved into a successful comic.
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 11/1-11/7

  • Melissa Tan
  • November 1, 2010
This week in San Francisco, the Booksmith hosts some radical readings, Last Gasp teams up with 111 Minna for a showing of legendary Japanese erotica, SoEx’s Cinema by The Bay,…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 10/25-10/31

  • Melissa Tan
  • October 25, 2010
This week: How Language Shapes Thought, the final Kaliedoscope Reading Series of the year, Muni Diaries Live! at the Makeout Room, and San Francisco’s favorite holiday (after Folsom Street Fair…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 10/18-10/24

  • Melissa Tan
  • October 18, 2010
This week, the Porchlight Reading Series, Poetry and Jazz at Viracocha, yacht rock + psychedelia at the Blue Macaw, and Uberpup! Monday 10/18: Head over to the Verdi Club for…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 10/11-10/17

  • Melissa Tan
  • October 11, 2010
This week in San Francisco, Twitter IRL, SOMArts asks How Do You Value Art?, more art at Hotel Biron, and even more art (and readings!) at Sub-Mission’s Skate This Art.…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 10/4-10/10

  • Melissa Tan
  • October 4, 2010
This week in San Francisco, get your book on every night of the week with Litquake, Dave Cooper at the Cartoon Art Museum, the centennial episode of Literary Death Match,…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 9/27-10/3

  • Melissa Tan
  • September 27, 2010
This week in San Francisco: The Rumpus Book Club meets IRL, Litquake!, art at Benders, Litquake (Ferlinghetti style), and Barely Published Authors (AKA Litquake!). Monday 9/27: Are you a member…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 9/20-9/26

  • Melissa Tan
  • September 20, 2010
This week, The Porchlight Reading Series, highbrow porn at the Indie Erotic Film Festival, Barbie gets a makeover at the Altered Barbie Poetry Reading, and fetishists celebrate at the 27th…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 9/13-9/19

  • Melissa Tan
  • September 13, 2010
This week, The Monthly Rumpus, The Peanut Butter Plan, Rebecca Solnit at the JCCSF, and Indie Mart at Thee Parkside! Monday 9/13: It’s the second Monday of the month, which…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 9/6-9/12

  • Melissa Tan
  • September 6, 2010
This week, a picnic-y Labor Day edition of Quiet Lightning, The Rumpus Book Club In-Person Discussion, the 33rd episode of Literary Death Match, and the 12th annual Power To The…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 8/30-9/5

  • Melissa Tan
  • August 30, 2010
This week, moving into my new apartment takes much longer than I thought it would, this guy talks about UFOs at Amnesia, The Exploratorium gets spacey new installation art, and…
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