Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Noise Pop presents The Extraordinary Ordinary Life Of José González, which uses a video diary, surveillance camera, concert footage, tour documentation and animation, to convey the inner workings of the life and
SF News Lower Polk Neighbors Association: LGBT Murals Are So Castro By Toshio Meronek Members of the Lower Polk Neighbors association put the kibosh on a proposed LGBT history mural that might've brightened up some of the gray concrete near Hemlock and Polk. Reason
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Members of the Bay Area Derby Girls are tonight's models at the titillating monthly Dr. Sketchy series. See the work people have done at past shows, and also be sure to check
SF News Kidnapped Naked Lady Returns To Homestead Last week, a unidentified woman stole one of Larry “Vincent” Garrison's naked lady paintings from the Homestead. As a lesser Full House daughter once famously quipped, how rude. Fortunately, said painting was returned
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LAUNCH PARTY: Celebrate the re-launch of Fruitflylife.com, which explores the notion of gender and normalcy through the lens of pop culture. Tonight's event will highlight interactive art projects, music, food, and surprises,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Mark Growden celebrates the release of his tenth album in fifteen years, Lose Me in the Sand, which is a tribute to Growden’s rural mountain roots, "a hats-off to the roughshod
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight SCIENCE: At Nerd Nite SF #9: Real Estate Shenanigans, Dirty Archaeology, and Roller Derby Fundamentals, learn all about how the $10 trillion world of "shadow banking" went boom, and why it’s not
SF News Kiss "Three Heads, Six Arms" Goodbye, Leaves Tomorrow In the words of Boys II Men (perhaps it was your graduating class song?), "It's so hard to say goodbye," but the time has come. You were warned about this day back in
Arts & Entertainment "San Francisco\Amsterdam" Tips Hat To Long Distance Relationships Ivan and Elizabeth, two long-distance lovers living in Amsterdam and San Francisco, respectively, came up with a public way of showing their love for each other. "San Francisco\Amsterdam," billed as "a collaborative
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Modern Eden Gallery and the SF SPCA present Menagerie, showcasing inspired work by San Francisco's established and emerging artists incorporating the SPCA's mission. During the month of February, 20% of the proceeds
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PERFORMANCE: Beloved Bay Area bike dance group, Derailleurs, present Freak Bike Show, featuring live music by The Nerv and Thee Hobo Gobbelins, tunes by Dj 0.000001, aka Th’Mole, a performance by
Arts & Entertainment Calling All Photographers: Submissions For Next 200 Yards Due 2/14 Hey Photogs, get out your cameras, head toward Free Gold Watch (1767 Waller Street at Stanyon), and record what you see and what inspires you within the 200-yard perimeter of the gallery. Then
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM/MUSIC: IndieFest presents The Sight of Music, a shorts program showcasing a hybrid mix of live band performances, music videos, and music related shorts. Tonight's show features live sets by Jon Bernson
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight BENEFIT: The Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, in which girls aged 8 through 18 can go rock their butts off while bonding with other girls for a whole week, is having its 2nd
SF News SFMOMA Receives Major Works From Nine Leading Bay Area Collectors SFMOMA announced in a press release this afternoon that it has received an unprecedented number of promised gifts of art from nine leading Bay Area collectors as part of a donor-lead campaign to
SF News Oakland Museum of California Sets New Standard The Oakland Museum of California has been receiving lots of well-deserved critical praise (and endowment money [http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=44371]) since undergoing a major
SF News Park Life's Balloon Dog Bookends Selling Like Hot Cakes, Thanks To Jeff Koons It just doesn't get any better than this. Remember those balloon dog bookends at Park Life that threw artist Jeff Koons into such a PR tizzy last December? The $55 bookends, which had
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Tickets are still available for SF Sketchfest's Music Night, hosted by Web Soup's Chris Hardwick, featuring an impressive line-up of comedic musicians turning it up to 11, including David Koechner (of Anchorman
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight EROTICA: Get to Orgasmic! early for some tasty free vegan cupcakes (while supplies last), and stay for the tasty erotica by local sexpert, author and editor Violet Blue and New York author, editor
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The 2010 documentary Two In The Wave examines the great friendship and rivalry of the fathers of French New Wave, François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, weaving revealing period footage of both men
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Classic 70s funk band, WAR, perform their characteristically funky blend of soul, Latin, jazz, blues, reggae, and rock played with "the sunny, laid-back vibe emblematic of their Southern California roots." 8 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: See legendary hip hop artist and long-time Will Smith collaborator, DJ Jazzy Jeff, perform in the intimate setting of Mighty. Also on the bill are Apollo, Sake One, and The Whooligan. 9
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Any animal-lover is sure to shed a tear at My Dog Tulip, an animated, bittersweet retrospective account of author J. R. Ackerley’s 16-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian bitch, Tulip. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Japantown Peace Plaza Outdoor Cinema & Karaoke presents a free screening of Hong Kong comedy classic, Shaolin Soccer. The film stars Stephen Chow as a young shaolin follower who forms a soccer
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tickets are still available for "indie-rock supergroup' sideshow" Sweet Apple, featuring J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Tim Parnin and John Petkovic (Cobra Verde), and Dave Sweetapple (Witch). Dead Meadow and Carlton Melton are
