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Haiku Giveaway: Passes to Wanderlust Festival in Tahoe This Weekend

Leanne Maxwell — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:40:04 GMT

Feel like getting away to Tahoe this weekend for three days of beautiful scenery and an amazing line-up of bands, including Spoon, Broken Social Scene, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Gillian Welch, Jenny Lewis, Rogue Wave, Girl Talk, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, plus many more? Here's your chance to win a pair of 3-day, weekend Wanderer passes to the Wanderlust Music and Yoga Festival, happening Friday evening through Sunday. The Wanderer gets you into all music-related events throughout the weekend, but not the yoga.

Write us a haiku in the comments using the words "rock" and "nature," and enter to win these sweet tickets. The winner will be notified by 3 p.m. tomorrow -- so be sure to check your email. (Once we get confirmation from the winner, we will post the results.)

CONTEST CLOSED. The winner is rebeccacgk. Congrats!

For those wishing to buy tickets, check out all of the various options, which range from daily and weekend music-only passes, yoga/music combo, and yoga-only passes.

Haiku Giveaway: Tickets to Lewis Black Litquake Fundraiser on Sunday

Leanne Maxwell — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:00:26 GMT

On Sunday night, the irreverent Lewis Black will tear into his favorite subjects, such as politics, religion, and "other American foolishness," live and uncensored in Back in Black, a conversation with former Air America Radio host and "sometime feral cat wrangler" Marc Maron. Black will also discuss his book We of Little Faith, and there will be an audience Q & A and book signing. All proceeds will benefit Litquake, which is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.

We have one pair of tickets to give away to the creator of the best haiku using the words "pissed off" and "black." The winner will be notified by 2 p.m. tomorrow.

CONTEST CLOSED: Congratulations, cfcrain!

Sunday, June 28 at 8 p.m. // Herbst Theater (401 Van Ness Ave) // $25-75

Haiku Giveaway: AMC 2009 Best Picture Showcase

Brock Keeling — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:00:42 GMT

Need to catch all of the Best Picture nominees before Oscar night? We can help. SFist is offering one (yes, just one) ticket to a screening of Milk, The Reader, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, and Frost/Nixon, all of which will play in one dedicated auditorium back-to-back throughout the day. It's all part of the AMC Best Picture Showcase. The film marathon screens on Saturday, February 21, the day before the Academy Awards telecast.

To enter our contest, simply conjure up the most clever haiku. But! As always, there's a catch. You must use the term "Zionist hoodlum" in your poem, a term made famous in Vanessa Redgrave's infamous Best Supporting Actress acceptance speech, when she won in 1978 for Julia. Please put your brilliant haiku, using Redgrave's brain fart, in the comments. (Note: points will not be awarded to anti-Semitic, Asperger's syndrome-infused political rants.)

Contest ends Monday, Feb. 16. The winner will be announced Tuesday morning. More details after the jump.

Sketchfest Giveaway: Win Tix to "Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words" Tonight

Leanne Maxwell — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:01:12 GMT

Write a haiku using the words "own" and "words," and be eligible to win a pair of tickets to tonight's 7 p.m. or 9 p.m. showings of Sketchfest's "Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words." Comedians will read the autobiographical "masterpieces" of celebrities, such as Mr. T and Vanna White, with deadpan hilarity. Two winners will be notified by 4:30 today (sorry for the last minute notice)! Be sure to check your email.

Performers:
- Rachel Dratch
- Will Forte
- Jason Sudeikis
- Michael McKean
- Annette O'Toole
- Laraine Newman
- Scott Thompson
- co-creators Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel

Update: Thanks again for all the great entries. KatyG and NoahLotMore are today's winners!

Sketchfest | Celebrity Autobiography | Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Ave, SF | Monday, January 19, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. |

Haiku Giveaway: Modern Alchemy Dia De Los Muertos Candle from BellJar

Leanne Maxwell — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:42:50 GMT

Local Mission boutique BellJar, purveyor of "gorgeous little things," is the perfect place to shop for one-of-a-kind, last-minute holiday gifts. The shop, which opened last spring, is decked out with awe-inspiring vintage furniture and curios and features a lovely assortment of unique collectibles, housewares, and clothing. You might just find SFist there this weekend!

Demonstrating BellJar owner Sasha Wingate's slightly dark sensibility, BellJar is awarding this beautiful "Dia De Los Muertos" candle from DL & Co's Modern Alchemy line to one lucky SFist commenter who crafts the best haiku using the words "dead" and "Christmas." The winner will be notified by 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Update: There were so many great haikus, it was hard to pick (except the 5-7-5 rule helped us eliminate a couple). But we thought didionesque's was a stand-out:

Hark! What is this dread?
Christmas fuels the living dead.
Green sleeves bleedeth red...

BellJar | 3187 16th St, San Francisco | (415) 626-1749 | belljarsf@gmail.com

Haiku Giveaway: Win Tickets to ATA's Fundraiser on Sunday

Leanne Maxwell — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:00:22 GMT

Write a haiku in the comments using the words "artist" and "televison" [Update: or "art" and "tv"] and enter to win a pair of tickets to the event! The winner will be notified by 10 a.m. on Friday morning.

Update: The winner is nanomonkey:

my television
on the curb like an artist
it's a recession

Artists' Television Access Banquette Sauvage | Sunday, December 14, 2 p.m. to Midnight | 992 Valencia Street (at 21st St.), San Francisco | $10, all ages