Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Not only does this "Basie-esque" outfit perform lush jazz and blues tunes, but the chanteuse is pretty funny in between songs. Check them out
Arts & Entertainment Abu Ghraib Art At Cal Oh, Berkeley law professor and torture-sanctioner John Yoo's not going to be happy about this (or maybe he will be!) -- Cal has tentatively agreed to accept a controversial collection of paintings by
SF News Burning Man's Premature Ignition During last night's total lunar eclipse in Black Rock City, Nevada, someone set the Burning Man figure ablaze prematurely. Chortle. Hey, maybe that was their art? Their statement? Their message? Or their coke
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Total lunar eclipse starts tonight. [NASA] -- GNS doesn't care for the new progressive candidate, Quintin Mecke. But after looking him over, we want to ask Quintin out for some coffee, maybe
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Svea Lin Vezzone Best place to see art in the Oakland? I'm biased...Swarm Gallery! What's your take on the art scene here? Accessible and abundant. It's exciting to be a part of historically, but difficult
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Paranoia, feeding faux stories, and NYT's Laura Albert (AKA Miss Leroy) article. Depressing is right, Rita. [CultureBlog] -- Newsom defends Halloween shutdown. [BAR] -- San Francisco's other (but not nearly as stellar!
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- End of Summer Slam Jam for Teens: Are there words prettier than "back to school"? Maybe. But when we start seeing back-to-school commercials and such, we get ever so giddy. And although
Arts & Entertainment This Crow's Gotta Fly -- A Plan For Burning Man Hannah Watson's really into crows. In June 2000, surrounded by family, her mother passed away. Hannah tells us that right outside, just after her mom died, "the crows cawed, hollered at one another,
Arts & Entertainment America's Next Opera Star To conclude the apprenticeship program’s 50th season, the Merola program gave its grand finale concert last Saturday at the War Memorial Opera House. The singers did not present a full fledged opera,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Clueless and Mean Girls: Jane Austin's Emma interpreted via a mid-'90s Beverly Hills screens first, starring Paul Rudd (Eee!) and a pre-PETA Alicia Silverstone. Tina Fey's ode to high school bitches follows,
Arts & Entertainment Carmel Hell: 71 Miles' Midsummer Travel Tip/Warning Who doesn't love a weekend jaunt to Carmel? Well, those of us who can afford it, anyway. What's more, those of us who can tolerate its cloying horror. John Vlahides, co-founder and executive
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mmmmm, Taco Truck: Los Compadres Taqueria No need to bury the lead: the Los Compadres taco truck that does business at Spear & Folsom is yummy. We enjoyed a rather large burrito there recently (pictured above with our fat
misc Top 5 Comments of the Week Hey, everyone -- once again, it's your contributions that have put the sheen on the apple that is SFist. Check out your editors' picks for Top 5 comments of the week -- and
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Creators of The Thing If you can’t wait that long we have two suggestions. The first is to read the interview below in which you will find that Will and Jonn have a lot of great
misc Week Around the -ists Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Deep Fried Murder: A play about the world of competitive eating, veganism, and breaking up. Curtain rises at 8 p.m. at the Climate Theatre, 285 - 9th Street; $12. -- Altered
Arts & Entertainment Is It Music or Just "Human Behavior"? Oh Björk! You quixotic Icelandic vixen, you. You dancer on the tongue-tip of the art vanguard. You lucky multi-million-dollar musician. Unlike mere mortals who don't have the clout or funds to access such
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- HIJK, the Invisible Cities (voted "Best Indie Pop Band" by savvy SF Bay Guardian readers), and Show Me State: Oakland "math-rock" (!) art band HIJK celebrates the release of their latest work. DJ
SF News Day Around The Bay -- No official Halloween bash happening in the Castro, anywhere in SF. Hmm, this will be interesting/scary to watch come 10/31. [Chron, The Snitch] -- One dies in crash on the
Arts & Entertainment Gap's Founder Wants To Open Art Museum We like art. We're fine with the Gap retail store. We're not prepared to make any statements on Mr. Donald Fisher himself. We will, however, admit that the prospect of Mr. Fisher opening
SF News Chicken v. Wolf v. Audience Last night's innovative Chicken John/Josh Wolf Mayoral debate brought in "a dozen or so citizens," artists, and political fetishists. Even though it was on a Sunday night, anyone who cares about politics,
SF News SFist Blotter Sorry we missed this story the first time around -- the cops are still looking for the assailants in a stabbing on 19th and Castro back in June. Two gay men were walking
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- All About Eve: Brutal, drunk, rapid-fire dialogue; famous lines ("Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night," etc.); and a backstage story told so, so, so well make this '50s
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Marcus Shelby Trio and Faye Carol (and those nails!): Popular, local jazz and blues greats perform two sets together at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m at Jazz at Pearl's, 256
