We had no idea. In addition to the How Weird Street Faire, happening this Saturday from 11:11 a.m. to 5:55 p.m., and the Inline Skating Marathon (for reals?), which takes place on Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m in Golden Gate Park, you can also celebrate the art of getting stoned. Dude. This Saturday, May 3, is National Pot Smoking Day, or something like that. It takes place at Civic Center Plaza across......

Federal alcohol regulators are asking Vaune Dillmann of Mount Shasta Brewing Company to stop producing bottle caps for his beer with the slogan "Try Legal Weed." See, apparently these alcohol regulators think that Dillmann is referencing the illegal marijuana (technically, it's still illegal, people -- let's not get in a snit) but really, oh my goodness, he's not! Dillmann says the Mary Jane reference is to the town where the brewery is located: Weed, California.......

Actress Dawn Wells -- i.e., Mary-Ann from Gilligan's Island -- was busted for smoking the doob, it seems. The Associated Press has the harrowing, mary jane-fueled details: On Oct. 18, Teton County sheriff's Deputy Joseph Gutierrez arrested Wells as she was driving home from a surprise birthday party that was held for her. According to the sheriff's office report, Gutierrez pulled Wells over after noticing her swerve and repeatedly speed up and slow down. When......

SFist reviews Band of Horses at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco...

God, we're so sick of Snakes on a Plane that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post. Austinist makes it easy for us, with Candidate on......

Okay, this next component of the SF Film Society's new SF360 program is a bit low-concept, but you're a smart cookie so you should pick it up pretty quick. Listen: "We want to explore the way new platforms help us bring new work to new audiences," Graham Leggat, Exec Direc of the SFFS told us in an interview. So to that end, they're going to select one film, then work with distribution partners like the......

Though reader Brett Emerson wrote a nice piece on his blog about the way pomegranates symbolize autumn, we have to make a slight correction. Pomegranates are the cause of the rain and snow we're about to see. Back in the day, Hades abducted Persephone while she frolicked in the fields. Boo on that, we say. Her mom, Ceres, goddess of the harvest, eventually found her and brought her back to the surface, but the......