Due to the September house blaze at Haight and Fillmore, Fecal Face Dot Galley had to shutter its smokey doors. Sad. But! They will reopen (temporarily) on Friday in the Inner Richmond (at 248 Clement) with Everything Under the Sun, a solo show by the Mario Martinez / Mars-1, and something called 11-11-11, which will features other artists from around the world. more ›

You've seen their work featured here on a regular basis. Now see them and their images in person. On Thursday, Travis Jensen and Josh Sullivan will hold a reception for their new photo show, The Streets of San Francisco, held at Schroeder’s Restaurant. The two will showcase" a diverse mix of urban landscapes, candid street scenes, and street portraiture," according to Jensen. more ›

Polk Sheet shared a funny photo the other day of this curb at "Sacarmneto" and Hyde sporting a comically misspelled street name. This led us to discover a delightful gallery by "throgers" (via a Creative Commons license) showcasing nearly one-hundred photos of goofy misspelled street names all over San Francisco. How does that happen, we wonder? more ›

A particular highlight of this week's First Thursday open galleries at 49 Geary (and elsewhere around town) is a show of exquisite, large-scale color photo portraits by Richard Learoyd at the Fraenkel Gallery. Each unique direct-positive image is made with a giant camera that is basically two rooms with a lens mounted between them. This modern day Vermeer has had one of his portraits attracting unprecedented buzz at SFMOMA over the past few months, and now here's a chance to bask in the magnificent glow of dozens more of his masterworks, even for those of us who can't afford the tens of thousands of dollars to take one home. more ›

It looks like Bay Area photographers were busy this weekend. Check out their shots. more ›

by Ben Kasman Ben Kasman spoke with artist Micke Tong, who himself has done some great interviews for SFist recently. Tong is having a solo show, Ground Control, which opens at Public Barber Salon on Saturday night and runs through May 16. Ground Control is the second part in a miniSeries, the first part of which was microHabitat, which was at the BellJar last summer. more ›

For a slice of sophisticated, playful eye candy, head on over to Gallery 16 near South Park this month and check out a fantastic new show of artwork from Emigre, the independent type foundry and magazine of the same name. Husband-and-wife team of Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko were sharp observers and leading participants in the innovative international design scene that exploded with the advent of the Macintosh and desktop publishing. more ›

As many of you probably know, the weather took a turn for the San Franciscan on Sunday and Golden Gate Park remained socked in all day. But that did not deter fans from coming out to Outside Lands to see their beloved M.I.A. (who made a single shout-out to the Beasties and sang a two-song cover medley, and also had two slightly creepy twin redhead backup dancers), Modest Mouse and of course, Tenacious D. Whatever you may say about them not being real musicians, they certainly are entertainers, and from the flat screen TVs in the Winehaven wine tent their set sure did look fun. Band of Horses' late set in Lindley Meadow was mesmerizing and mellow, and Calexico also did a bang-up job with six or seven horns on stage to boot. But the best performance of the day, if we had to choose, came from recently re-issued soul singer Bettye LaVette, who sang a doozy of a number called "Let Me Down Easy" and also covered Sam Cooke's "Change is Gonna Come," which she sang at President Obama's inauguration. See some pics here, also including Slug of Atmosphere fame, the hippie-hunky Avett Brothers, the "brothers" Gene and Dean Ween who constitute Ween, and those joyful and boisterous kids from Brooklyn, Matt & Kim. more ›

There was a huge turnout tonight at both the City Hall and Yerba Buena rallies, and then a large chunk of people branched off toward the Castro. Stop8.org's Twitter feed informs us that a guy from the ACLU gave a rousing speech at City Hall about never giving up, and Mark Leno inspired the crowd about equal protection at Yerba Buena. Then a flatbed truck turned up with a speaker who got everyone riled up in party mode during the march. more ›