If there’s one thing we love, it’s the nightlife. There’s nothing better than slathering on some silver eyeliner, donning your black spiky boots and strolling out on a ripe Friday night a long week to get down with other eager, boozy people. If you aren’t up for Ruby Skye but want a little more than your average dive has to offer, shake your moneymaker at one of our top picks for the weekend. ...

Call it the calm before the storm, or a brief respite from the dudely bravado of the District 6 and other election campaigning, but we are thrilled that we have multiple women's literature events to attend tonight: The Madrone Lounge (500 Divisadero at Fell) presents a joint reading with The May Queen contributors and editor Christina Amini and contributors from Before The Mortgage. The May Queen describes itself as a "fascinating collection of 27......

As your source for District 6 obsession, we'd be remiss not to inform you of the unofficial bar crawl with Chris Daly planned tonight for bars in the 16th and Mission nexus, as well as Zeitgeist. This is clearly the opportunity to ask Chris all of those questions you've been saving up, such as whether he beat up nerdy kids on the gradeschool blacktop, whether Rob Black's campaign is the work of a demonic......