It's kind of an odd double bill, but not as much once you know the connection: Michael J. Fox is making an appearance tomorrow night at City Arts & Lectures in conversation with author Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemna, The Botany of Desire), who also happens to be Fox's brother-in-law. Pollan's sister, Tracy Pollan, is Fox's wife and former co-star on Family Ties. And we're giving away a pair of tickets! Write a haiku in the Comments section with the words, "omnivore" and "fox" and enter to win a pair of tickets to the SOLD OUT 8 p.m. event at the Herbst Theater on Friday. The winner will be notified by 12:30 p.m. tomorrow. Proceeds from regular premium ticket sales go to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's disease research. more ›

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In a city littered with film festivals, few of them stand out. This is one of them. more ›

It's the end of the week -- and it's our last Frameline LGBT film fest ticket giveaway. The last one's a blowout, though -- it's passes for you and a friend to the sold-out closing night movie and party Sunday night! Whoooo! more ›

We hope we've worked you into a frenzy with all these free passes to SF Int'l Film Fest movies this weekend! Here's our last set -- after this, you're on your own to catch all the fantastic films they're screening from now until May 10. (Don't forget to check back at SFist for our reviews of the movies too.) more ›

Hey everyone, we got yet another ticket giveaway for y'all. It's for a dance performance, The Shape of Poison, at the ODC Theater and the tickets are for Friday's premiere engagement. So what's up with this performance? Well, according to the hand-dandy press release, it's a mash up of Buddhism and modern dance performed by ODC artist-in-residence Manuelito Biag and his stable of dancers. more ›

If you've somehow managed to miss all the press coverage of , the award winning documentary about quadriplegic rugby players, SFist is here to save you from cultural illiteracy with yet another ticket giveaway! more ›

In other political-action news, we'd like to point up DCist's special inauguration coverage. They have a great photospread from the protests and festivities on the day of the inauguration, and also have a mashup-tastic piece on the security surrounding the event by David Enders. more ›