misc The 'Fisties: Best News Story 2005 So here's a random selection of our favorites from 2005. Did we leave out yours? Best Daly: Our favorite post this year? The provocative interview of Chris Daly's better half, of course! In
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mara Sohn How did you get involved with Yerba Buena? I have been in the arts world for the last 5 years. I started out at a large regional theatre planning fundraising events. There was
misc The 'Fisties: Best Playground Bring your kid there, have them play on the state-of-the-art structures which look like they have been designed by Santa during a sabbatical at NASA**, have them network with the neighborhood kids, take
misc Happy Holidays From SFist: Win a Copy of <i>Julie and Julia</i> Ced, in his enviable thoroughness, read to prepare for his interview with the author, and has agreed to pass his review copy on to a winning SFist reader. So, enter below by midnight
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Upper Playground Upper Playground is the real San Francisco treat, with apparel, accessories, lit, and art that has that safely countercultural vibe. Pick up a vintage polo for the office cool guy, a FIFTY24SF t
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Poketo And Poketo isn't kidding when it refers to itself as an art collective, for "Working within the themes of wanderlust, and the fantasy journeys elicited when receiving greetings from a distant land, the
Arts & Entertainment Wednesday, The New Wednesday Wednesday... can I get a definition, please? Tonight: Check out work by local emerging choreographers at ODC Theater's ODC School Pilot Program performance. Twelve bucks gets you into the 8 p.m. show
Arts & Entertainment The Holistic Adventures of the SuperFisters Next up on our reading list: , by Doug TenNapel, the guy who created Earthworm Jim. His new book is about a scientist exiled to his hometown to study supernatural phenomena. But what's it
misc The 'Fisties: Best Place to See Art Though we’ve certainly been hot for many teachers, we’ve never been down with pedagogy, after all, and firmly believe in a “to each, his own” approach to art and art making.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Root Division In our continuing search for cool stuff to buy for holiday gifts, we can't wait to hit Root Division's Holiday Art Show and Sale. Head over to Root Division (3175 17th at South
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings Are Very Worldly Teacher: "You could have him gesturing at stuff." Student: "He can't gesture! He's British!" -- Academy of Art University Woman: "You know, in Georgian Republic, I was very religious, but it was banned.
misc Happy Holidays From SFist: Win a Copy of Smoke and Guns! As part of our big fun December, we're giving away lots of stuff, including review copies of materials previously discussed on the site. Why? Because we like you! For example, do you remember
Arts & Entertainment Bike Likers Unite That climatic consistency, we assume, is one of the reasons bicycle culture is so very strong in San Francisco. Take part in this cultural force at tonight's Winterfest 2005, the San Francisco Bicycle
misc Win Passes to "Traditions Unbound" at the Asian Art Museum! It's clear from our "we like cute puppies" stance on the art that we're not the right person to review this show -- and given our position as sponsors, perhaps that's for the
Arts & Entertainment And Now For A Bit Of Culture A burgled cache of vintage erotica, produced by Adolf himself, is the Maguffin that gets the ball rolling in "Desolation Jones," a series of comix by Warren Ellis and J. H. Williams III.
Arts & Entertainment MoAD Opens SoMa's turning into a regular Upper East Side, as another world-class museum opens on Mission and Third: the Museum of the African Diaspora will officially open this Saturday, December 3, but sneak peeks
SF News The Warriors: The Turning Point We all acknowledge that as the Warriors feel their way toward the playoffs this year, there will be some stumbles. Well, there are stumbles and then there are the kind of STUMBLES that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Mandarins Maybe Huckleberry Hound always sang Oh My Darling, Clementine because he too was mourning a drowned love that he's replaced with her younger sister. But we think he started to sing it when
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Greg Whiteley SFist is thankful for many things this time of year. We are especially thankful for independent movies and the independent theaters that show them. SFist has been lucky to attend the Sundance Film
Arts & Entertainment The Incendiary Adventures of the SuperFisters (Prologue) It was a day like any other, we recall, when Isotope Comics suddenly fell into our lap -- and then, in a blur of capes and shotguns, we were off on the wildest
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Coit Tower: A Summary You know, with all this Bill O'Reilly brouhaha, we totally realized that, as stalwart San Francisco residents, we'd never actually to Coit Tower. In fact, we only know it as the rightmost icon
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Heklina We agree with our today's interview subject, when she says you've never lived in SF until you've been to Trannyshack. You can see Heklina at the Stud every Tuesday at midnight, as the
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mark Inglis Taylor Although the Anniversary show is already down, Lobot is still worth the trek to Oakland, and always has something to check out. Just make sure you go in to the warehouse with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend, Sexxxy Film Festival Edition There are a lot of film festivals underway this weekend -- and we're going to most of them! So, stay tuned all next week for SFist reports from the trenches, but that doesn't
misc Win Passes to see <i>Come Fly With Me Nude</i> We here at SFist are looking forward to the The 21st Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema, which runs from Nov 3-9 at the Kanbar Hall and the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco,
