-- Scott McCloud: Experimental and wildly popular comic artist and novelist (Making Comics) speaks tonight at "Evolution of the American Comic Book". Rory Root (owner, Comic Relief) and Andrew Farago (curator, Cartoon Art Museum) also speak. Starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Commonwealth Club, 595 Market; $7-$20. more ›

Just in case you think baseball is the only thing going on in this city right now, it most certainly is not. The latest Harry Potter franchise will hit you soon and hard. And we thought it would be imperative to point out an alternative and Potter-related event for the kiddies -- especially for your little blessings who, say, can't catch a ball, if you know what we're saying. more ›

This Saturday, SFist was browsing the Sunset Branch library new books section, when we came across Fade to Clear. We were intrigued enough by the jacket copy to check it out, and we read it over a lazy Sunday morning. We really enjoyed this book,the third in a series about fictional San Francisco private detective Allen Choice. It has a nice noir feel, intellectual (but not boring) plotting, and a nice perspective on Korean-Americanism. We especially enjoyed the detail with which the author, Leonard Chang writes about life in the city. It's all too frequent that a novel set in San Francisco has SF native characters doing things like hanging out at Fisherman's Wharf (which neither SFist nor any of our local friends do, unless a craving for dinner in a bucket kicks in). We were thrilled to find ourselves knowing exactly which building, street, or convenience store Chang was refering to, places that show the details of real life in San Francisco. more ›