Arts & Entertainment Tom Dolby Reads On Tuesday Tom also says that he may well be reading new material (scroll down) from his second novel, tentatively titled , for the first time in public -- which would be a special treat for
Arts & Entertainment The Gates: West Coast Version Once it's finished later this year, Octavia Boulevard -- that eastern-edge-of-the-Castro strip where once squatted a disused offramp -- will be a sort of lasting, permanent demonstration of SF's long-held disdain for urban
Arts & Entertainment Painted Rooms: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The good? Kelly Tunstall's work and room were fan-f**king-tastic. We also loved the big cartoon acrylics of Isis Rodriguez. And the international art collective Vinyl Killers had up a huge series of
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Borf'd Amongst the graffitos, San Francisco has a reputation for being uber-tolerant of their guerilla art. Which is why folks from as far away as Washington, D.C. drop by on occassion to throw
Arts & Entertainment Painted Rooms At The Hotel Des Arts The Hotel Des Arts, a boutique downtown, will be throwing open their doors to the public to view the now thirty rooms that have been covered in the liquid whimsy of some of
Arts & Entertainment Shopping Saturday! We're always happy to give new and emerging fashion design talent showplace R.A.G. love, because we think they're cool as heck. They join fellow Hayes Valley retailer Manifesto for this Saturday's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: The End SFist needs to reveal some scary news to you all. We hope you're prepared. We can't say when this will happen, exactly, but all signs point to it. Yup. The end is near.
Arts & Entertainment The Alternative Press Expo (APE) Kicks Our Ass And Takes Names At the Alternative Press Expo (or APE), overstimulation is an understatement. There is a ton going on here. Held yearly in San Francisco, heretofore in February, APE took place this past weekend, April
Arts & Entertainment Pet Noir Party Well, we didn't actually go to the Pet Noir party prepared to cover it on the site. We just went to drink and see some art, maybe run into some friends. But we
Arts & Entertainment Bono Makes Appearance At Glide Bono also spoke on the Pope, but graciously called Reverend Williams "The Pope of San Francisco." "Whenever this rock star is in the Bay Area, I have to visit Glide." About John Paul,
Arts & Entertainment Oh For The Gossip Of It All Our New Yorker finally made the arduous trek from the Conde Nast building and across the high Sierra mountains to our little hinterlands mailbox, exhausted. We opened it up, and to our shock,
Arts & Entertainment Current TV Kickoff Party We overheard an officer say that the SFFD was prepared for 3,000 folks but the event promised 5,000 spots. So if you have a ticket, get down here now if it's
Arts & Entertainment For $200, that Dinner Better Come with a Happy Ending The Human Rights Campaign, one of America's most strident gay-civil-rights orgs, cordially invites you to lay down $195 (or just $125 with student ID -- those lucky kids, what a steal!) for the
Arts & Entertainment Everyone Loves a Parade Part Deux Of course, this being San Francisco, you can't have a group of people getting together in silly costumes without their being some sort of socio-political ramification to it all and, fret not, there
Arts & Entertainment SFist Cares ... About Laughing Ha! Hee! Yeah, we need a laugh. Who doesn't? And we don't mean the normal April Fool's Day prankish jokes either. We want belly laughs. So we're looking towards the 7th Annual Funny
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads or Something SFist Rain makes a good point today when she reminds us that our friends at the San Francisco Public Library have more to offer us than just the printed word. You can also
Arts & Entertainment Everybody Loves A Parade So good luck dealing with any state agencies tomorrow -- they'll be shut down in observance of Cesar Chavez Day (though that could all change if the Governator has his way). So if
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Radio and Dogs This Week And, well, you know the rest. Image of Nipper from this Japanese fan site.
Arts & Entertainment Fear This Anyone who reads our weekly movie posts knows that SFist loves the fantastic side of cinema. Give us a werewolf, serial killer, and a box of Red Vines and you'll see an all-to-rare
Arts & Entertainment See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Play Me Also performing: Pamela Z, a local composer-performer-sound artist (sound clips are available on her site, but for some incomprehensible reason some of them are in Shockwave format); Joel Ryan of STEIM; Laetitia Sonami,
Arts & Entertainment No Way, Jose! We've extolled the virtues of this reality series before, and we don't think anything will top the premiere featuring a naked Mini Me peeing in a corner, unless one of Canseco's cast mates--who
Arts & Entertainment Watch Deadwood, You F**king C**ksuckers Of course SFist is of the opinion that The Sopranos is the only good thing that's been on television in the last decade or two. Sure, there's stuff that's entertaining all over TV
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews- The W. Kamau Bell Gets a Haircut Show What we did see was several comedians, an impressionist, a magician, some slam poetry, cartoon projections, songs about the penis, and ladies knitting. Yes, ladies knitting, although they were part of the audience,
