SF News Haggling With Comcast The concerns over The City's new franchise agreement with Comcast have been bubbling under the surface for a while now, but things are just starting to get nasty. Gerardo Sandoval, in a Bay
Arts & Entertainment Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast The reason? The bar's owners determined that her work, which she describes as "unique mixed media works...[with] tasteful nudity in themand a totally non-sexual context" could not remain because (in the words
Arts & Entertainment <em>Graffiti: Urban Scrawl or Artistic Freedom?</em> Discuss Amongst Yourselves. We visited the Commonwealth Club for their most recent session of Inforum, a division of the Club that aims to “inspire debate around civic issues” for people in their 20’s and 30’
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Poketo! Best selling product? People love our wallets because they are so unique. I feel the artists we work with are underrepresented, but, I feel so strongly that the artists that have Poketo'ed are
Arts & Entertainment Not-So-Guilty Pleasure: <i>The Aristocrats</i> It's here, it's finally, really here! We've been waiting for to publish our review of The Aristocrats since catching a preview screener. Drumroll please... If you like to laugh until it hurts, go
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Niffer Desmond How did you get into puppet making? Actually that’s an odd story. When living in Santa Cruz I used to come up to SF with my friend Caitlyn for good times. Occasionally
Arts & Entertainment Stuff To Do If You're Bored: Fashion Edition We'll admit it, we love "the Cut". Every time Tommy Hilfiger banishes another contestant by sniping "You're out of style", we hope and pray that the banishee will reply "and you're not?" Until
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Nathalie Roland Gallery you'd most like to show in? There are so many interesting galleries in the city that I enjoy visiting like Tinhorn Press, Low Gallery, Receiver and pretty much any one on this
Arts & Entertainment Three... Is The Magic Number 22 movies were screened in total, with Adam Davis' Runner taking the first place trophy. Jeff Cleary's Searching For Billy Ocean Volume One finished second, and Jen Hoenigsberg's Slinky rounded out the top
misc SFist Raves: Secret Bathroom Spot So there you are, wandering around one of San Francisco's bountiful neighborhoods when all of a sudden you get that calling from nature. You start to look around for a place to go
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Sufjan Stevens "What? This isn't the Beck show?" we heard a guy ahead of us in line cry out in the Great American ticket line last night. Nope, the sold-out show was for quirky folkster
Arts & Entertainment Simnuke Report The directions read: Take the next left at the shot-out sign that used to read "Susanville" (the not as badly shot out cross sign reads "Gerlach"). The car hurtled across desert paths, over
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Now 4: The Scene First off, the crowd was huge. Our sources tell us the event was oversold. Hundreds with tickets had to wait outside, and hundreds more waited to pick up tickets from will-call. We ran
Arts & Entertainment Every Day's a Holiday in San Francisco No word yet on if they'll be suspending mail delivery or if we don't have to go to work tomorrow, but July 14, 2005 has been declared "Embarcadero Center Cinema" Day in San
Arts & Entertainment Movietime with Debra Saunders This might get us in a bit of trouble, but we actually like the Chron's token conservative columnist Debra Saunders. Yes, we don't usually agree with her, but we like the fact that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews...<em>22 Eyes</em> at The Artaud Gallery Back in our freshman year at art school, we'd get very upset when our barely-functioning alcoholic drawing instructor referred to photography as a "point and click" form of art making. Even during that
Arts & Entertainment Public Space; Keep Out Well, thanks to intrepid blogger (and friend of SFist) Michael, the chain link fence is finally down. Michael gets huge props for actually Getting Something Done -- a rarity in this town --
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Miranda July Miranda's first feature length film won big at Sundance, and opens next week in San Francisco. "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is about connecting in a disconnected world, and about meeting
Arts & Entertainment Hey, That Rhymes! There's an advantage to this -- if you don't like one page, just look to the next for something completely different. But it's also a little numbing after a while; how many times
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: SFist Unscripted (the Drinking Game) Those of you who read SFist Watches have probably deduced that your Junkie's TV viewing habits consist solely of KRON 4 News at 11 and Animal Cops SF. (It's not true -- sometimes
Arts & Entertainment Pop Parody: Ron English at Varnish Fine Art Known as the father of "agit-pop," English juxtaposes a highly critical political sensibility with modern advertising techniques, using his message to alter their meaning. Aided by an extended family of subverts, the artist
SF News A's Brand Baseball: The G.O.A.T. When the A's left the Bay Area for nine games against Tampa Bay and Cleveland, we at A's Brand Baseball wrote: Such a break from major league competition could be just what the
SF News Is That a Banana in Your Pocket? But wait, that's no ordinary banana! It's a banana-shaped foam cell phone cozy. You can get them sized for your flip-style phone or your brick-style phone. Perfect for when you have to wear
SF News Billboard Liberation Front Strikes in San Francisco THIS EMAIL IS FOR YOUR EYES ONLY—PLEASE EAT EMAIL AFTER READING. You've been sent this email because you are a Person of Special Interest. The Billboard Liberation Front is planning a large-scale
