While we were at the symphony last night, our partner in crime mentioned an interesting event coming up tomorrow that we'd thought we'd pass along. The SF Public Library, in conjunction with its James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, is sponsoring a free event tomorrow (Sunday Jan. 21) from 2-4 p.m., to promote an anthology called "Return to the Caffe Cino," which is a collection of essays, plays, and reminiscences from a group of......

We'll tell you about two shows that have little in common except perhaps six degrees of separation....

As a child, this SFist spent a portion of nearly every summer in our mother's hometown, Rock Springs, Wyoming. Perhaps because of this involuntary desert quality time, we've never really "gotten" Westerns -- to us, they seemed to have nothing in common with the quirky, arid, and occasionally desparing West we knew firsthand. However, Don't Come Knocking, director Wim Wenders' newest film (which opens today at the Embarcadero), freakin' NAILS the West, or at......

Tired of Christmas Carols, Nutcrackers and even alternative holiday shows? Get back to some good ol' new plays by the city's best new-play companies....