For the first time in the 29 years they've been running the event, a man died while running the San Francisco Marathon yesterday. Bill Goggins, a former senior editor at Wired Magazine, suffered a heart attack after passing the 24-mile mark in Dogpatch. His friends cheered him on at Mile 21 (in the Mission) and said he looked great. more ›

was an exuberant and charged affair. Many of the subjects of this documentary revolving around one season with Students Run Oakland, (an athletic mentoring program that trains Oakland public high school students for the mental and physical demands of a marathon) were in the Kabuki's Theater One (Note to the SFIFF staff: what is the deal keeping the balcony closed until people threaten to riot? Just open the damn balcony, already!) laughing at and cheering for the onscreen versions of themselves. more ›

Saturday: we're hitting the YBCA (700 Howard Street at Third) for the SFist Krissy-recommended Kronos Quartet and experimental musicians, Matmos and Walter Kitundu collaboration. Sure, we love the Kronos Quartet and Matmos, but we're also eager to see the extraordinarily threatening Kitundu in action. Shows are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., buy tickets here. more ›