Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/8: Pam Ann, Rock Photographer Lynn Goldsmith, 'Better a Live Ass Than a Dead Lion' COMEDY: There will be a few tickets available at the door to see Pam Ann aka Australian comedienne Caroline Reid, "the fashion-flying, hard-drinking, A-list hostess to the stars," who's "touching down" in San
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/7: The Fresh & Onlys, First Friday on 24th, Get Sketchy at the de Young MUSIC: Local faves, The Fresh & Onlys, will rock the Great American tonight with their signature sound, which takes "a little from here and a little from there, sometimes from fifties rock, or
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: IndieMart, Open Studios, Italian Heritage Parade, and More! IndieMart: IndieMart celebrates Indian Summer with a "full fledged metal & psych rock fest, loaded with short sleeves a plenty, foxy ladies in fringe, summer BBQ, one too many beers and oh yeah,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/6: 'You Look Familiar,' Craft Bar, Alonzo King Talk ART: The SFAC Gallery and PhotoAlliance present You Look Familiar, an exhibition that depicts groups of people who share activities, identities, locations or some form of common ground -- "[f]rom fashionistas to
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour Top-to-bottom by Nemel and Geso (found at 16th & Carolina in Potrero Hill). Photo by Troy Holden.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/3: Legends of Horror Go Noir, SF Mayoral Candidates Forum, Geoff Manaugh/Jeannene Przyblyski FILM: The Roxie continues its "block-busting, face-melting" TV Noir series with Legends of Horror Go Noir, a double-feature of "never-seen ragers and chillers," featuring horror heavy-hitters such as Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/1: ShEvil Dead, The Great SF Read-Out, Night School THEATER: It's opening night of Primitive Screwheads' month-long comedic theater production of ShEvil Dead, in which "[f]ive girls vacation at a cabin in the woods and inadvertently unleash powerful demons and monsters
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/29: 'The Beat is Law' Film, 'Lunatic Fringe' Book, 'Portrait of the Ground' Installation FILM: Watch Pulp make their legendary debut at 1995's Glastonbury Festival in the SF premiere of The Beat is Law: Fanfare for the Common People, in which the band delivered a set "regarded
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/23: Sink or Swim Fundraiser, Bicycle Film Fest, Alice: Down the Rwong Wrabbit Whole ART: Japan-based, PangeaSeed, and Spoke Art Gallery present the weekend-long Sink or Swim Fundraiser, their inaugural art exhibition featuring original works from thirty internationally renowned artists such as Dave Kinsey, Josh Keyes, Dan
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/22: "Live Documentaries," BedPost Confessions, Ask a Scientist FILM: Artists Sam Green and Dave Cerf present Greetings on Behalf of the People of Our Planet!, three short "live documentaries" that combine film, live narration, and sound mixing, including the local premiere
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/20: Bob Mould & Shepard Fairey, A Night of Rejection with 'New Yorker' Cartoonists, Free Curry Without Worry TALK: Noise Pop and City Arts presents an onstage conversation between Bob Mould, formerly of Husker Dü fame, and counter-culture hero, Shepard Fairey, as part of City Arts "On Arts" series, which benefits
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/17: The People: San Francisco, 'Bound(less)', 'The Reverse Side' PERFORMANCE: YBCA presents New York-based performance troupe Big Art Group's The People: San Francisco, a site specific, outdoor extravaganza that combines live theater with large scale, real time video projection, focusing on the
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Bring Your Own Queer, Rock Make Street Fest, Cardboard Tube Fighting, Duboce Park Tag Sale, & More! Bring Your Own Queer (BYOQ): Local performers and icons will be shaking things up today at the annual Bring Your Own Queer music, arts and performance festival, including Juanita Moore, The Sisters of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/16: L@TE at BAM/PFA, Proof: Southern Exposure Juried Exhibition, Popscene/Teddy Bears PARTY: Tonight's edition of Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive's L@TE series presents a screening of the gloriously awful Forbidden Zone, along with a celebration of the Create exhibition, which closes this
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/15: Carmen Souza, SF Center for the Book 15th Anniversary, RAW Showcase MUSIC: SFJazz presents Carmen Souza, a Lisbon-born "jazz-tinged chanteuse" of Cape Verdean descent, who performs a seductive combination of traditional rhythms and songs with jazz and Brazilian influences. (7:30 p.m., Jewish
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow Night: Adam Pendleton And Deerhoof's 'BAND' SFMOMA's popular Now Playing Series kicks off tomorrow night with BAND, a collaboration between New York-based artist Adam Pendleton and quirky local/national gems, Deerhoof, which is described as "an unfolding artwork that
Arts & Entertainment Video: 'The Dark Side Of Oz' Now Online Dude. Duuuude. Time to sit back, spark up, and tune in to the famous synching of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and The Wizard of Oz (1939), which boasts a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/10: Fleet Foxes/Walkmen, Introductions 2011, Jazz and Belly Dance MUSIC: It's sure to be a pleasant evening in Berkeley tonight as Fleet Foxes and The Walkmen take over the Greek Theatre. Be sure to bring layers! (8 p.m., Greek Theatre, UC
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/9: Mortified, Mission Block, 'Vertical Hold' PERFORMANCE: Travel back to the most awkward and painful moments of your life at Mortified Live, as "[g]rown men and women confront their past with tales of their first kiss, first puff,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Quintetto, A Fishy Music Ensemble Laughing Squid brings our attention to "Quintetto," a musical art installation that uses fish movement to create music. "The effect is achieved by capturing the motion of the fish on camera and translating
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/3: Shakespeare in the Park, 'Bringing Up Baby'/'Monkey Business', 'Reflection Seen' THEATER: Shakespeare in the Park kicks off its 29th season with a production of Cymbeline, which follows Princess Innogen on her search for reconciliation "against the backdrop of a colorful and magical journey"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/2: Too $hort; 'Film Socialisme;' Avatars, Aliases, Alter-egos MUSIC: Legendary Bay Area hip-hopper, Too $hort, headlines The Labor Day Shakedown, a benefit to raise funds to cover the medical costs of a toddler from South San Francisco fighting a deadly form
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/27: Gram Parsons Tribute, Peaches Christ/Showgirls, FourSquared, MUSIC: Celebrate the legendary Gram Parsons while benefiting The Hickory Wind Ranch, a sober living environment in Austin, TX started by Gram's daughter, at the 10th Annual Sleepless Nights, an annual celebration of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/23: The Ettes, 'Maltese Falcon', Sketch Tuesday & Dr. Sketchy's MUSIC: Nashville's The Ettes bring their "up-front, fearless vocals, fuzz bass runs, primal, driving drums beats, searing guitar lines and of course, tons of black eyeliner and attitude" to the Rickshaw tonight, along
