Before Sunday's Latin-tinged Carnaval drunkfest and the self-consciously zany Live Masturbate-a-Thon, be sure to check out San Francisco's dirty and unique Artist In Residence program happening down at the dump. DeYoung ruler/society darling/abusive stepmother Dede Wilsey you will not find here. Running from Friday, May 23 (5 to 9 pm) to Saturday, May 24 (1 to 5 pm), the Artist In Residence program will feature over 65 professional Bay Area artists using recycled items......

Mayor Gavin Newsom, who seems to be getting a decent amount of ink in the Gray Old Lady these days, says the following about recycling: It's purposefulness that could otherwise be construed as ego...[y]ou want to be the greatest city. You want to be the leading city. You want to be on the cutting edge. I'm very intense about it. Well put. Also, for your enjoyment, some footage of the Gav working it in......

Lotta stuff going on today, a lot of which we've mentioned before: Another Hole In The Head continues and the Black Film Festival gets started! Also, it's the Berkeley Edge Fest. Here's some other stuff too. --Ha ha ha ha ha ha!! It's Critical Ass! There's a naked bike ride to protest overuse of fossil fuels. Noon, starting at Justin Herman Plaza. Don't forget the sunscreen. --Well, this is an unfortunate segue: SF Recycling is......

SF Recycling & Disposal, Inc. (503 Tunnel Ave.) Perfectly Good; Friendly Fire Artwork by Noah Wilson and Kim Weller Closing reception: Friday, Sept. 22, 5 - 9 p.m. Who doesn't love getting a little dirty every once in awhile? Apparently not local artists Noah Wilson and Kim Weller. Both artists will exhibit work they created during their residency at San Francisco's city dump. Weller uses garbage to tinker with the visual allure of popular......

Blame it on the nice weather earlier this week, but we got antsy and just couldn’t wait for First Thursday to get out and see some art; so we stopped by 77 Geary to take a peek at the Vik Muniz show at Rena Bransten Gallery that we keep hearing so much about. You know how some people just can’t seem to throw anything away? Well, Vik Muniz is one of those people and he......

Last week, we talked about Ultimate Recycling. Today, we want to remind you about Regular Recycling. Because tomorrow is Earth Day. SFist loves the earth. Without it, we'd just be floating in space. Terra firma is where it's at. There are plenty of Earth Day-related events around this weekend for you to choose from and, frankly, we'll take any opportunity we can to remind you to reduce, reuse and recycle. Earth Day is also a......