Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Temple Being Built From Trees Killed In Drought You’ll notice this year’s Burning Man Temple looks a lot different than previous years’ laser cut jigsaw designs of David Best. Best has handed off the task to his previous lead
Arts & Entertainment Tom Cruise's Son To Celebrate His 21st Birthday By DJing At Temple In SF Well this is odd. Famed Scientology evangelist and sometimes actor Tom Cruise is father to a fully grown son now who's a globe-trotting DJ, in case you weren't aware, and that son, Connor
SF News Temple Nightclub Increases Security, Decreases Bottled Beer Sales After a UCSF student died from severe brain injuries that occurred during one of two brawls in and around Temple nightclub on Howard street last weekend, the popular (and generally peaceful, we might
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV First up is "Survivor," because nothing much happened in regards to Yau-Man this week. His team won the immunity challenge, and they went off to be their super-favorite selves for most of the
misc Last Minute New Year's Eve Picks In Your SF Neighborhood So, it's the eleventh hour and you've decided against crushing up a couple of Ambiens into a mug of fume blanc and calling it a year. Instead, you've turned that frown upside down,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Jonestown and the Summer of Love The first, and best, is Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. Through interviews with former members and survivors of the Jim Jones cult, along with loads of archival footage, you get
misc Week Around the -ists Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily
Arts & Entertainment Frameline: <i>Spider Lilies</i> After seeing two women-centered movies at the Frameline LGBT Film Festival on Friday night, we've determined that you can tell the difference between a lesbian movie made for a mainstream audience and a
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City Last Thursday night we squeezed into 330 Ritch to see Spoon, one of our favorite bands of all time. We'd just helped celebrate former SFist Eve's birthday at Tempest Bar and picked up
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Well, all of San Francisco politics is trivial, isn't it? Get that confirmed at tonight's 4th Annual Political Trivia Contest, featuring Chris "Whiskers" Daly, Ross Mirkarimi, and Jake McGoldrick, at a benefit for
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Diego Burrito Enthusiast Talking Smack About S.F. While intra-city burrito debates are a San Francisco tradition, we were a bit shocked to come across this article from a San Diego-based pub in which a "burrito expert" of sorts totally disses
SF News What Would Mike Brady Think? The types of buildings were listed in five categories: religious, residential, commercial, historic, and civic. To decide the winners, the AIA had a secret meeting in a dark tomb somewhere and drew lots
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Your Sunny Weekend: Thai Brunch in Berkeley (Yet Another Reason to Visit the East Bay) It can get pretty crowded in the cafeteria-style seating area, but on warm weekends it’s nicer to sit outside on the lawn outside of the temple anyway. While the lines to get
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews <em>Jesus Christ Superstar</em> at the Orpheum Theater But that's just us. We were pretty excited about seeing the play at the Orpheum Theater primarily because it's the first time we've ever seen it actually produced on a stage by professionals.
Arts & Entertainment Baby, You Can Buy My Art As of this writing, looking at their catalog tells us that some lovely items can be gotten for as little as 90 bucks. And if you're not in the market for an actual
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Jonestown: The Life And Death Of Peoples Temple</i> Anyone who's interested in San Francisco history must see this movie. Director and MacArthur genius grant recipient Stanley Nelson (who previously directed the Emmy-award-winning ) has put together a sensitive and thoughtful history of
Arts & Entertainment The Jewish/African Diaspora It's black history month and we're ashamed to admit that all we've done is buy James Baldwin stamps and curse Condoleezza Rice. So we were glad to receive a tip from a reader
Arts & Entertainment Nineties Nostalgia Remember the nineties? Back when nobody knew Scott Weiland was a big junkie, but wondered why every single that Stone Temple Pilots came out with sounded like a song recorded by Nirvana or
misc Labor Week: Rubbing the Wrong Way Ahhhh, nothing soothes like tension at Berkeleys Claremont Resort and Spa. Along with your signature "Mayan Temple Journey massage and exfoliation, or your "Moor Than Mud" bath, the Claremont also offers a