West Side Story turned 50 last year, and Leonard Bernstein would have turned 90 next August. Classical music is giving Hallmark a run for its money as an anniversary-driven industry. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, an orchestra near and dear to Bernstein's heart for over 40 years, will play a tribute to him this Saturday, 2/9, at the SF Conservatory of Music (8 p.m., 50 Oak Street), which will include SFCM alumni conductor and Bernstein protegé,......

Gonzo journalist and counter-cultural icon Hunter S. Thompson died today of an apparent suicide. Thompson was the author of the classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a book that inspired multitudes to take lots of drugs and go to Vegas, and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, still one of the best books about American politics. Although it's been a long time since SFist has been at college, we hope his chemistry fueled......

If anyone ever invites you to an East Bay Rats party, cancel whatever plans you may already have and go. Seriously. SFist has never seen anything quite like what we saw Saturday night -- a three ring circus of awesomeness, including a ring of fire, a boxing ring, and the ring of music. If you don't know the legend of the East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club, think of it as having an aesthetic somewhere......