<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[craft - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>craft - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:18:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/craft/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight, 3/1: 'Salaam Dunk']]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>FILM:</strong> Director David Fine will be in person at tonight's screening of his documentary, <em><a href="http://ybca.org/2012-human-rights-watch-film-festival">Salaam Dunk</a></em>, which ...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2012/03/01/sfist_tonight_31_salaam_dunk/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2431d044ad066cdcf9bd5f</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[film]]></category><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:15:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2012/03/human-rights-watch-film-festival_4_590-thumb-640xauto-697535.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2012/03/human-rights-watch-film-festival_4_590-thumb-640xauto-697535.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight, 3/1: 'Salaam Dunk'"><p><strong>FILM:</strong> Director David Fine will be in person at tonight's screening of his documentary, <em><a href="http://ybca.org/2012-human-rights-watch-film-festival">Salaam Dunk</a></em>, which kicks off YBCA's Human Rights Watch Film festival. The film follows an Iraqi women’s basketball team, whose players come from all ethnicities and sects—Arab, Kurd, Christian, Sunni, Shiite, providing them with a blissful release from the realities of a war-torn nation and revealing an Iraq not shown in the news. <em>(7:30 p.m., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street)</em></p>

<p><strong>ART:</strong> In <em><a href="http://www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Poor_Nigel/Poor_01.html">Remainders: god, sex and animals</a></em>, artist Nigel Poor examines and deconstructs the notion of censored books through photographic, sculptural and text-based works, largely focusing on books that included women’s names in the titles or overtly referenced women, including <em>Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Girl Interrupted, Julie of the Wolves</em> and <em>The Diary of Anne Frank</em>. <em>(5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Haines Gallery, 49 Geary Street, Suite 540)</em></p>

<p><strong>CRAFT:</strong> Learn how to embroider at this month's <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/exhibitions/index.htm">Craft Bar</a>, featuring artist Diana Rupp, who will be leading an embroidered craft based on her book, <em>Embroider Everything Workshop</em>. MOCFA staff and volunteers will help guide beginners through the basics, "with as little finger-pricking as possible." <em>(6 to 8 p.m., Museum of Craft and Folk Art, 51 Yerba Buena Lane)</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight, 10/6: 'You Look Familiar,' Craft Bar, Alonzo King Talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>ART:</strong> The SFAC Gallery and PhotoAlliance present <em><a href="http://www.sfartscommission.org/gallery/2011/you-look-familiar/">You Look Familiar</a></em>, an exhibition that depicts gr...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2011/10/06/sfist_tonight_106_you_look_familiar/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24314244ad066cdcf974e7</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[dance]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:55:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/10/Nichols_Jackson-thumb-640xauto-664467.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/10/Nichols_Jackson-thumb-640xauto-664467.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight, 10/6: 'You Look Familiar,' Craft Bar, Alonzo King Talk"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span><strong>ART:</strong> The SFAC Gallery and PhotoAlliance present <em><a href="http://www.sfartscommission.org/gallery/2011/you-look-familiar/">You Look Familiar</a></em>, an exhibition that depicts groups of people who share activities, identities, locations or some form of common ground  -- "[f]rom fashionistas to sports fans, and from mountain climbers to rockabilly swing dancers, how do we identify people who look familiar to each other?" <em>(5:30 to 7:30 p.m., San Francisco City Hall, ground floor, San Francisco City Hall, ground floor)</em></p>

<p><strong>CRAFT:</strong> This month's <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/craftbar/index.htm">Etsy Lab Craft Bar</a> features author Leanne Prain leading an exclusive workshop from her new book <em>Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery</em>, along with artist Siobhan Long demonstrating how to add embroidery and tactile elements to your photographs and other paper goods. Bring some photos! <em>(6 to 8 p.m., Museum of Craft and Folk Art, 51 Yerba Buena Lane)</em></p>

<p><strong>TALK:</strong> <a href="http://www.thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_ccevents&amp;scope=prgm&amp;task=detail&amp;fid=8&amp;oid=642">Alonzo King</a>, artistic director of Lines Ballet, kicks off the company’s fall season with a discussion about the world premiere of his new ballet set to the music of the Sephardic tradition, which spans continents, centuries, languages, and faiths. Video excerpts of the full piece will be shown. <em>(7 to 8 p.m., Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street)</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist This Weekend: BlacKMahal at Yerba Buena Gardens, Bluegrass Pickin' Party,  Maker Faire, Circus Center's Spring Carnival, and SF Underground Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[<em>SFist already let you know about the big <a href="http://sfist.com/2011/05/20/oakland_atheists_anti-rapture_billb.php">Rapture Party</a>, <a href="http://artpadsf.com/events/">ArtPadSF</a>, and <a...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2011/05/20/sfist_this_weekend_38/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24234d44ad066cdcf24484</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[circus]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[festivals]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Restaurants, Food & Drink]]></category><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><category><![CDATA[weekend]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 16:30:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/05/BlacKMajal-thumb-640xauto-626536.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/05/BlacKMajal-thumb-640xauto-626536.jpg" alt="SFist This Weekend: BlacKMahal at Yerba Buena Gardens, Bluegrass Pickin' Party,  Maker Faire, Circus Center's Spring Carnival, and SF Underground Market"><p><em>SFist already let you know about the big <a href="http://sfist.com/2011/05/20/oakland_atheists_anti-rapture_billb.php">Rapture Party</a>, <a href="http://artpadsf.com/events/">ArtPadSF</a>, and <a href="http://www.sexworkerfest.com/">Sex Worker Fest</a> going on this weekend. Here's even more stuff that's happening.</em></p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ybgf.org/cgi-local/Calendar/calendar.pl?selected_datestring=20110517&amp;datestring=20110517&amp;template=event_detail.html&amp;event_id=700">BlacKMahal + Guests:</a></strong> Bring a picnic to the lovely Yerba Buena Gardens on Saturday for <a href="http://blackmahal.com/">BlacKMahal</a>, a San Francisco-based live music experience that's "part P-funk, part Punjabi-roots," complete with drums, DJs, horns, hip-hop MCs, and the godfather of Punjabi-American music - Ustad Lal Singh Bhatti, representing "the new California feel: hippy hybrid hip-hop and hysterical hi-jinks."</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://countryroundupsf.com/images/pickinparty11.htm">Pickin' Party 2011:</a></strong> Or, if rootsy Americana is more your thing, head to Golden Gate Park on Saturday for the California Bluegrass Association's annual pickin' party. Bring your own instruments, friends, family, and some food to put on the grill, and get ready to jam.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://makerfaire.com/">Maker Faire 2011:</a></strong> Check out the <a href="http://www.lifesizemousetrap.org/">Life-Size Mousetrap</a> and many other fun and surprising curiosities, and attend various art, crafts, engineering, food/sustainability, green, music, and science workshops at Maker Faire 2011 at the San Mateo Event Center all weekend. </p>

<p><strong><a href="http://circuscenter.org/events.html#carnival">Circus Carnival's Spring Carnival:</a></strong> If you don't feel like leaving the city for your circus/steam punk vibe on Saturday, you can always head to the Circus Center for their annual Spring Carnival instead. Carnival-goers are invited to try the flying trapeze, learn to walk the tightrope or on stilts, or juggle. There will also be face-painting, concessions, and all kinds of circus activities throughout the day.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://foragesf.com/market/">SF Underground Market:</a></strong> It's another Underground Market extravaganza on Saturday at Public Works put on by ForageSF. Taste and purchase take-homables, hot food, and gifts during the day, and come back for hot food and music later that evening.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>CLUB:</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2011/03.html#13">Death Guild</a></strong> celebrates its 18th Anniversary with the first of three events this week. Tonight's ...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2011/03/13/sfist_tonight_1142/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242b9244ad066cdcf688c3</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Club]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[film]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:00:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/03/deathguild312-thumb-640xauto-605976.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/03/deathguild312-thumb-640xauto-605976.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><strong>CLUB:</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2011/03.html#13">Death Guild</a></strong> celebrates its 18th Anniversary with the first of three events this week. Tonight's show features live performances by <a href="http://www.assemblage23.com/">Assemblage 23</a>, <a href="http://www.systemsyn.com/">System Syn</a>, and <a href="http://www.fgfc820.com/">FGFC820</a>, along with DJs <a href="http://www.deathguild.com/djs/decay/">Decay</a> and <a href="http://www.deathguild.com/djs/lexor/">Lexor</a>.</p>

<p><em>7 p.m. // <a href="http://www.dnalounge.com/">DNA Lounge</a> (375 Eleventh Street) // $18-22</em></p>

<p><strong>CRAFT:</strong>  Bring a project to work on, and a bottle of wine or a 6 pack "if that’s your thing" to <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107664375980675">BYOB Craft Night</a></strong>, an after-hours crafting sessions at Urban Bazaar in which you can get crafty while meeting new friends and neighbors.</p>

<p><em>5 p.m. // <a href="http://www.urbanbazaarsf.com/">Urban Bazaar</a> (1371 9th Avenue) // free</em></p>

<p><strong>FILM:</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.thefightermovie.com/"><em>The Fighter</em></a></strong> is a true story featuring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg as half brothers and professional boxers whose careers take very different courses.</p>

<p><em>7:15 and 9:40 p.m. // <a href="http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com/">Red Vic Movie House</a> (1727 Haight Street) // $6-9</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>FOOD:</strong> Celebrate Tet Holiday with <strong><a href="http://ricepaperscissors.tumblr.com/">Rice Paper Scissors</a></strong>, a pop-up Vietnamese cafe, featuring "small tables, even small...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2011/02/03/sfist_tonight_1105/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2427ba44ad066cdcf4915c</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Restaurants, Food & Drink]]></category><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:12:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/02/mienxaocua-thumb-640xauto-595417.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/02/mienxaocua-thumb-640xauto-595417.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><strong>FOOD:</strong> Celebrate Tet Holiday with <strong><a href="http://ricepaperscissors.tumblr.com/">Rice Paper Scissors</a></strong>, a pop-up Vietnamese cafe, featuring "small tables, even smaller stools, fresh Vietnamese condiments, Cambodian pop music, and delicious food." The menu includes Dungeness Crab Glass Noodles, Imperial Rolls, which can be made vegan, pho, and much more. Yum!</p>

<p><em>5 to 10 p.m. // 955 Valencia (look for the little lights and red envelopes) </em></p>

<p><strong>MUSIC:</strong> Mighty <a href="http://jfkatmighty.eventbrite.com/">presents</a> <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/jfkmstrkrft">JFK</a></strong> of MSTRKRFT and formerly of Death From Above, who'll do whatever it takes to get you on the dancefloor. Supporting JFK are local heavyweights, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/djnisus"><strong>Nisus</strong></a>, whose beats flow "seamlessly through electro bangers to womping dubstep explosions and tech-funk tweaks," and <strong>Shane King</strong> of <a href="http://www.hacksawent.com/">Hacksaw Entertainment</a> spinning everything from grimy hip hop to 80s electro.</p>

<p><em>9 p.m. to 2 a.m. // <a href="http://www.mighty119.com/">Mighty</a> (119 Utah Street) // $20</em></p>

<p><strong>CRAFT:</strong> This month's Craft Bar is themed <strong><a href="http://www.mocfa.org/craftbar/index.htm">Craft Bar: Love Corina</a></strong>, which coincides with the opening of MOCFA's <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/exhibitions/index.htm"><em>E is for Everyone: Celebrating Sister Corita</em></a> exhibit honoring the legendary radical 60s nun, teacher, activist, and pop-artist, with a Corita-themed Valentine project and opening party.</p>

<p><em>6 to 9 p.m. // <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/">Museum of Craft and Folk Art</a> (51 Yerba Buena Lane) // $5</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>EROTICA:</strong> Get to <strong><a href="http://www.booksmith.com/event/rachel-kramer-bussell-gotta-have-it">Orgasmic!</a></strong> early for some tasty free vegan cupcakes (while supplies la...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2011/01/28/sfist_tonight_1099/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24294544ad066cdcf55945</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[erotic]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Restaurants, Food & Drink]]></category><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:10:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/01/orgasmic-thumb-640xauto-593455.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/01/orgasmic-thumb-640xauto-593455.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><strong>EROTICA:</strong> Get to <strong><a href="http://www.booksmith.com/event/rachel-kramer-bussell-gotta-have-it">Orgasmic!</a></strong> early for some tasty free vegan cupcakes (while supplies last), and stay for the tasty erotica by local sexpert, author and editor <a href="http://www.tinynibbles.com/">Violet Blue</a> and New York author, editor and cupcake blogger <a href="http://www.rachelkramerbussel.com/index.php">Rachel Kramer Bussel</a>, along with local contributors to Orgasmic Susie Hara, Dusty Horn, and Donna George Storey.</p>

<p>7:30 p.m. // <a href="http://booksmith.com/">The Booksmith</a> (1644 Haight St) // free</p>

<p><strong>MUSIC/CRAFT:</strong> Listen to a performance by the Berkeley Jazzschool's Advanced High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Erik Jekabson, while perusing <strong><em><a href="http://www.moadsf.org/visit/calendar.html?month=1&amp;year=2011&amp;id=444">Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition, Contemporary African American Quilts</a></em></strong>, featuring quilts that range stylistically from "sophisticated to delightfully folksy", which all have "a vibrant, improvisational, jazzy air conjured by the juxtaposition of irregularly shaped pieces, bold patterns, multidirectional motifs, and, often, lavish surface decoration."</p>

<p><em>6:30 to 9 p.m. // <a href="http://www.moadsf.org/">Museum of the African Diaspora</a> (685 Mission St) // free</em></p>

<p><strong>ART:</strong> Tonight's <strong><a href="http://thebolditalic.com/events/2278-pop-up-empire">Pop Up Empire</a></strong> event by The Bold Italic, will provide participants with an intimate and extravagant art experience within <a href="http://jainabee.com/">Granny’s Empire of Art</a> featuring works by Alex Luke, Chris Ritson, Cyrus Tabar, Erik Wilson, Shalo P, and Shemoel Recalde, and musical performances by Yoshi Omori, First Family, and Tears Club.</p>

<p>7 to 10 p.m. // <a href="http://jainabee.com/">Granny's Empire of Art</a> (702 Vermont St) // free, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133641456700043">RSVP</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>PHOTOGRAPHY:</strong> SF Camerawork presents <strong><em><a href="http://www.sfcamerawork.org/exhibitions/exhibitions_AsYetUntitled.php">As Yet Untitled: Artists and Writers in Collaboration</...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2011/01/06/sfist_tonight_1078/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2433ec44ad066cdcfacf94</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[film]]></category><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:16:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/01/Dodie_Colter_xl-thumb-640xauto-587313.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/01/Dodie_Colter_xl-thumb-640xauto-587313.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span></p>

<p><strong>PHOTOGRAPHY:</strong> SF Camerawork presents <strong><em><a href="http://www.sfcamerawork.org/exhibitions/exhibitions_AsYetUntitled.php">As Yet Untitled: Artists and Writers in Collaboration</a></em></strong>, which blurs the boundaries between photography and writing and suggests possibilities for what exists beyond the confines of each, featuring works dealing with poetry, short stories, performance notes and storyboards, the visual tropes of cinema, and new media strategies. Runs through April 23.</p>

<p><em>5 to 8 p.m. // <a href="http://www.sfcamerawork.org/">SF Camerawork</a> (657 Mission St) // free</em></p>

<p><strong>FILM:</strong> The documentary <strong><em><a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/events/1801">Cinemania</a></em></strong> (2002) examines the lives of five extreme movie fans in New York who cast aside work and social interaction and believe a day not spent in a theater is a day wasted. "Populated by opinionated neurotics and compulsives, this candid foray into obsession is a cinephile's ode to joy."</p>

<p><em>7 p.m. // <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/">SFMOMA</a> (151 Third St) // $5</em></p>

<p><strong>CRAFT:</strong> This month's installment of <strong><a href="http://www.mocfa.org/craftbar/index.htm">Craft Bar with Etsy Labs</a></strong> is jewelry-themed. Make a gorgeous felt bib necklace with local jewelry artist Katherine Coleman from KJC Designs or create your own coil wrapped wire ring with Kelly Ball from Realia. Also, local artist Nicole Royer will be teaching a workshop on how to upcycle old jeans into beautiful necklaces.</p>

<p><em>6 to 9 p.m. // <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/">Museum of Craft and Folk Art</a> (51 Yerba Buena Lane) // $5</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>ART:</strong> A group of diverse artists from California, Seattle, Toronto, Nevada, and New York will show their latest work at <em><strong><a href="http://www.111minnagallery.com/2010/07/hot-...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2010/08/05/sfist_tonight_939/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24285244ad066cdcf4e155</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[theater]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:00:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2010/08/HF-front-thumb-640xauto-535458.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2010/08/HF-front-thumb-640xauto-535458.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><strong>ART:</strong> A group of diverse artists from California, Seattle, Toronto, Nevada, and New York will show their latest work at <em><strong><a href="http://www.111minnagallery.com/2010/07/hot-freaks-august-exhibit/">Hot Freaks</a></strong></em>. Live music by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gracenate">Pure Ecstasy</a>, Sleep Over, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/youngprisms">Young Prisms</a>, and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk">oOoOO</a> starts at 9 p.m.</p>

<p><em>5 p.m. until late // <a href="http://www.111minnagallery.com/">111 Minna</a> (111 Minna St) // free</em></p>

<p><strong>THEATER:</strong> Check out the preview of the bawdy, world-premier musical, <strong><em><a href="http://www.stfsproductions.com/">Sex Tapes for Seniors</a></em></strong>, featuring "residents of the new age retirement village, Shambhala Springs, who seek to find excitement, meaning and passion in their twilight years AND produce educational sex videos for seniors." The musical opens tomorrow night and runs through August 22. </p>

<p><em>8 p.m. // <a href="http://www.victoriatheatre.org/">Victoria Theater</a> (2961 16th St) // $20</em></p>

<p><strong>CRAFT:</strong> At this month's <strong><a href="http://www.mocfa.org/craftbar/index.htm">Craft Bar and Etsy Labs @ MOCFA</a></strong>, learn how to make a book from found and recycled materials, create an embroidered greeting card, and silk-screen an image onto your favorite paper-based item. Or knit/crochet in the Stitch 'n' Bitch area, and peruse the gallery.</p>

<p><em>6 to 9 p.m. // <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/">Museum of Craft and Folk Art</a> (51 Yerba Buena Ln) // $5</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>CRAFT:</strong> Scissors for Lefty will perform at the opening night party for <strong><em><a href="http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=11212">TechnoCRAFT: Hackers, Modders, Fa...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2010/07/09/sfist_tonight_914/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24342544ad066cdcfaeca8</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[dance]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:30:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2010/07/rocketbike-thumb-640xauto-526933.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2010/07/rocketbike-thumb-640xauto-526933.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span><strong>CRAFT:</strong> Scissors for Lefty will perform at the opening night party for <strong><em><a href="http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=11212">TechnoCRAFT: Hackers, Modders, Fabbers, Tweakers and Design in the Age of Individuality</a></em></strong>, which focuses on the intersection of technology and craft and traces the current trend of open design platforms, which invite the end-user to participate in the creative process.</p>

<p><em>8 to 11 p.m. // <a href="http://www.ybca.org/">Yerba Buena Center for the Arts</a> (701 Mission St) // $5-7</em></p>

<p><strong>DANCE:</strong> Dance Mission's Down and Dirty Series presents <strong><a href="http://www.gojogo.com/symbiosis/">Symbiosis: A Celebration of Dance and Music</a></strong>, honoring five years of collaboration and creative dialogue between project agora's co-director Kara Davis and composer Sarah Jo Zaharako, featuring new and retrospective work by the pair.</p>

<p><em>8 p.m. // <a href="http://www.dancemission.com/">Dance Mission Theater</a> (3316 24th St) // $18-20</em></p>

<p><strong>ART:</strong> Artist <strong><a href="http://shopbelljarsf.com/gallery/">Kevin Scott Hailey</a></strong> will exhibit his esoteric mixed media pieces, featuring colorful yet dark layered imagery and geometric shapes at Gallery BellJar through August 11.</p>

<p><em>6 to 9 p.m. // <a href="http://shopbelljarsf.com/gallery/">Gallery BellJar</a> (3187 16th St) // free</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>FILM:</strong> French filmmaker Chris Marker's lesser-known essay film from 1963, <strong><em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057202/">Le joli mai</a></em></strong>, features spontaneous...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2010/04/01/sfist_tonight_816/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24255244ad066cdcf353cb</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[film]]></category><category><![CDATA[Happy Hour]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:45:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2010/03/sjff_01_img0251-thumb-640xauto-493649.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2010/03/sjff_01_img0251-thumb-640xauto-493649.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><strong>FILM:</strong> French filmmaker Chris Marker's lesser-known essay film from 1963, <strong><em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057202/">Le joli mai</a></em></strong>, features spontaneous, on-the-street interviews with Parisians from all walks of life, thanks to the brand-new development of lightweight, synch-sound film equipment. The film is part of SFMOMA's <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/events/series/1319">75 Years in the Dark: A Partial History of Film</a>.</p>

<p><em>7 p.m. // <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/">SFMOMA</a>, Phyllis Wattis Theater (151 Third St) // $5</em></p>

<p><strong>CRAFT:</strong> This month's installment of <strong><a href="http://mocfa.org/">Craft Bar With Etsy Lab</a></strong>, crafter extraordinaire <a href="http://www.katykristin.com/index.html">Katy Kristin</a> will show how to take old sweaters and turn them into "cute and cuddly" plushies or "upcycled" cup cozies. Local musician Allie Simpson will be performing live, and the gallery will be available for viewing. A free beer is included in admission.</p>

<p><em>6 to 8 p.m. // <a href="http://mocfa.org/">Museum of Craft and Folk Art</a> (51 Yerba Buena Ln) // $5 (free for students)</em></p>

<p><strong>HAPPY HOUR:</strong> The folks at the <a href="http://sfist.com/2010/03/04/garage_coffee_vega_and_special_xtra.php">new</a> Blue Bottle kiosk <a href="http://www.vegaatlangton.com/Vega/Home.html">Special Xtra</a> are launching a monthly first Thursday <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105290826170958&amp;ref=mf">Special Xtra Happy Hour</a>. Get special extra happy to the tunes of DJs Auto, Mamabear &amp; The Selecter, DJ Kirk of Sweaterfunk, plus Special Xtra's very own Raul (DJ Roll of Lifestyle). Enjoy some streetcard food and drink specials.</p>

<p><em>5 to 8 p.m. // <a href="http://www.harlotsf.com/">Harlot</a> (46 Minna St) // free, 21+</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>ART:</strong> It's the opening night of the <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/exhibitions/index.htm"><strong><em>Open Source Embroidery</em></strong></a> exhibit at the Museum of Craft and Folk Ar...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/10/01/sfist_tonight_664/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2429e644ad066cdcf5af56</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><category><![CDATA[tonight]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/10/art_motherboard-thumb-640xauto-444871.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/10/art_motherboard-thumb-640xauto-444871.jpg" alt="SFist Tonight"><p><strong>ART:</strong> It's the opening night of the <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/exhibitions/index.htm"><strong><em>Open Source Embroidery</em></strong></a> exhibit at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. The show brings together individual and collectively made artworks by artists, makers, computer programmers and html users that explore the relationship between craft and code through social and digital networks. The exhibit will coincide with the launch of the museum's Etsy Labs, in which local artists will teach visitors how to embroider or brush up on their knitting skills with a quick and easy scarf, free of charge.</p>

<p><em>6 to 8 p.m. // <a href="http://www.mocfa.org/">Museum of Craft and Folk Art</a> (51 Yerba Buena Lane) // $4-5</em></p>

<p><strong>SCIENCE:</strong> The Exploratorium has brought back its monthly adults-only series, <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/afterdark/"><em><strong>After Dark</strong></em></a>, which mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events, combining aspects of theater, cabaret, and art gallery. Tonight's theme is "Hardly Strictly Science: Listening, Music, and the Science of Sound" in celebration of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival this weekend.</p>

<p><em>6 to 10 p.m. // <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/">Exploratorium</a> (3601 Lyon St) // $14 (free for members)</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFist This Weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[<em>Wow, there's a lot of day-time events happening this weekend. We are fried from putting this all together. Time to get outside!</em>]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/08/14/sfist_this_weekend_4/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2424be44ad066cdcf30537</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Community]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[dance]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[film]]></category><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><category><![CDATA[weekend]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Maxwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:35:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/08/homoagogo-thumb-640xauto-431712.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/08/homoagogo-thumb-640xauto-431712.jpg" alt="SFist This Weekend"><p><em>Wow, there's a lot of day-time events happening this weekend. We are fried from putting this all together. Time to get outside!</em></p>

<p><strong>ALL WEEKEND</strong></p>

<p><strong><a href="http://web.me.com/edvarga/Homo_A_Go_Go/festival2009.html">Homo A Go Go</a></strong><br>
A <a href="http://web.me.com/edvarga/Homo_A_Go_Go/Schedule.html">whirlwind</a> of music, art, film, fashion, performance, and craft events. Pick up a pocket guide at businesses in the Castro and the Mission. <em>Check site for times and locations. Tonight through Sunday night.</em></p>

<p><a href="http://www.craftcouncil.org/sf/"><strong>The American Craft Council Show in San Francisco </strong></a> <br>
250 of the nation's leading artists will sell their latest designer jewelry, furniture, clothing, home decor. There will also be Green Craft and AltCraft presentations and live demonstrations, plus a special screening of <a href="http://www.handmadenationmovie.com"><em>Handmade Nation</em></a> tonight. (We apologize -- we just saw this event was also happening today.) <em>Tonight through Sunday, Fort Mason Center, Herbst and Festival Pavilions, Admission: $5 after 5 p.m. tonight, $8 tomorrow and Sunday, or a $12 2-day pass.</em><br>
</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craft That Table]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intimated by Martha Stewart? Of course you are. But <a href="http://sanfrancisco.apartmenttherapy.com/">Apartment Therapy</a> has a <a href="http://sanfrancisco.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/entertaining/se...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2007/11/20/thanksgiving_ha/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2423b244ad066cdcf27818</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[bloggers]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crafts]]></category><category><![CDATA[friends]]></category><category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><category><![CDATA[people]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category><category><![CDATA[thanksgivingtablecrafts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Loff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:50:36 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/entry134270_thumb-thumb-640xauto-169589.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/entry134270_thumb-thumb-640xauto-169589.jpg" alt="Craft That Table"><p>Thanksgiving has always been the holiday we spend with friends more than immediate family. This usually means big veggie meals and sitting around the living room eating on the floor potluck style. Not this year, this year we've made sure our host has a table big enough for all ten people attending and we've asked ahead of time if we can decorate it. To our surprise not only does our host have a nice table, she even has a leaf for it! Yes, now that we are in our thirties we will finally have a somewhat grown up Thanksgiving. Somewhat, because no doubt the night will end in bourbon-fueled debauchery (which as much as our parents drank, we never really witnessed it on T-day's back home.) </p>

<p>But before the night dissolves into a liquor induced stupor, we will sit at the table like the adults do. And it will be a nice table with matching plates, a table cloth, cute name tags, and even a centerpiece we created ourselves. It's not too late to think about making your Thanksgiving day table look pretty: why, we just sewed up some sweet name plates for the table last night. After the jump some of our favorite links for crafty table ideas we've seen over the past few weeks. <br>
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Detail from the centerpiece of one of our favorite designers and bloggers, Kayte Terry of <a href="http://thisisloveforever.com/">Love Forever</a></em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craft-Off  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lifted our sad, oil soaked hearts. The Craft Gym will be hosting their 2nd annual Craft-Off competition this Friday. Following the model of Iron Chef, there will be a secret 'ingredient' revealed...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2007/11/14/go_craftoff/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24250b44ad066cdcf32c35</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bush St]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Craft Gym]]></category><category><![CDATA[craftgym]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crafts]]></category><category><![CDATA[diy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iron Chef]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Van Ness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Loff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:50:14 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> This lifted our sad, oil soaked hearts. The <a href="http://www.craftgym.com/">Craft Gym</a> will be hosting their 2nd annual Craft-Off competition this Friday. Following the model of Iron Chef, there will be a secret 'ingredient' revealed to teams before the 30-minute DIY battle begins. A random assortment of craft supplies and tools will be available for teams to use in the creation of their creative masterpieces. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team, who will be determined by popular vote. We can think of no better way to spend a Friday evening.<br>
<strong><br>
<a href="http://www.craftgym.com/">Craft Gym</a></strong><br>
Friday, 11/16 <br>
1452 Bush St. btwn Polk and Van Ness<br>
Open house begins at 6pm, Craft-off begins at 7pm<br>
 $5 suggested donation</p>

<p><em>Image from <a href="http://magpie-store.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=32">Magpie</a> where you can get that great graphic on a t-shirt. </em></p>

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 </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Softies: The Movie]]></title><description><![CDATA[No not Plushies, you perv. Softies. Who doesn't like watching cute handmade creatures come to life? Created by Andrew Moran and yours truly. Happy Friday....]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2007/11/09/softies_the_mov/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24324844ad066cdcf9f406</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crafts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Happy Friday]]></category><category><![CDATA[movies]]></category><category><![CDATA[oneringzero]]></category><category><![CDATA[softies]]></category><category><![CDATA[stopactionshort]]></category><category><![CDATA[toys]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Loff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:50:56 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlnrGvFXhHM&amp;rel=1">
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No not Plushies, you perv. Softies. Who doesn't like watching cute handmade creatures come to life? <br>
Created by <a href="http://youtube.com/user/pocketgod">Andrew Moran</a> and yours truly. Happy Friday. </p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>