*CRAFT: Knitters and crocheters come together in harmony tonight over at the (newly remodeled!) Three Dollar Bill Cafe. Don't know how? No worries. Someone will be there to teach you. Happens every Monday. Q&A: Ask Dr. Hal is back. One time fixture over Chicken John's the Odeon (RIP), you can now find Hal over at 12 Galaxies. So head on down to Mission Street to ask him whatever pressing questions are on you mind......

Prints + good tunes = the Pipettes -- The Pipettes: This all-female, British, Phil-Spector-sounding band gains more and more popularity by the day. See them tonight so that by next year when they're too big for SF venues, you can say you saw them when. They perform with Social Studies and Monster Bobby (read our interview with him here!) -- the Ladybug Transistor, who were scheduled to go on, will not be appearing -- tonight......

Okay, okay, okay, okay -- we hear you about Laughing Squid's scoop that Chicken John running for mayor, folks! We were totally slammed at work today, that's why we're getting this up late. Who's Chicken John? He's a local countercultural legend! He's a Burning Man guy, the former owner of the Odeon Bar, and he hosts Ask Dr. Hal on Pirate Cat Radio. We had absolutely no idea! (Steve Jones at the Guardian knew,......

As we mentioned yesterday, tonight is the MUNI confab with MUNI Director Mr. Ford live in person hosted by District 5 Supervisor Mirkarimi. Take the N-Judah to the County Fair Building (9th and Irving) for this scintillating discussion of service, security and the future of MUNI. (7-9pm) Perhaps after listening to bureaucrats thank everyone for their input, you need a stiff drink and valuable information about giant spiders and obscure factoids about dinosaurs. The......

Stuff to do because you're taping Lost to watch later Friend of SFist Ginevra invites us to a SF bloggerati Meetup for 6:30 tonight at Hotel Utah. We'll be heading over there in about half an hour, come and say hi! Y'all know that the , so tonight will be the second-to-last Ask Dr. Hal Show. Lots of cool acts starting at 9 tonight, go tonight so you can say you were there. And......

On a hot tip we just received, we have been informed that raconteur Chicken John has sold the Odeon Bar, an outer-Mission mainstay for freaks, geeks and the people who love them. Our source said that the new owners would probably not be keeping the original vibe, and that your last chance to Ask Dr. Hal will be on our around May 18th. SFist had just recently been introduced to the venue, but had......