Arts & Entertainment <i>Straight Outta Hunters Point</i> DVD Release Party SFist literally stumbled (we were a bit tipsy) into Artist Television Access Studios last Friday night. We were looking for an entirely different event, but once we got inside, we stuck around. Why?
Arts & Entertainment Piss and Vinegar Only three chances left to see Circo Zero perform at Dance Mission and it is not to be missed. An amalgam of circus, performance art, political commentary, with juxtapositions between angelic virtuosity and
Arts & Entertainment Coming Attractions: Cinequest 2005 The San Jose Film Festival is in its 15th year (The gift for that is crystal by the way. I'm sure they'd appreciate it.) and once again is bringing a jam-packed lineup of
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Amon Tobin A review by special show correspondent Ginevra. If you'd been listening on Friday night, you'd have heard the sounds of two drum kits, funky bass, plenty of moogs and DJ's to scramble the
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Joanna Newsom You may not be aware of this, but did you know the Swedish-American Hall is actually a ski lodge? Or did we miss the weather report that it was going to snow this
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Earlimart Afternoon shows at the Bottom of the Hill, like Saturday's Earlimart Noise Pop show, are so excellent -- the buses are running, the sun is out, you don't have to worry the whole
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The Making It Up As We Go Along Edition In this week's stage roundup, we'll take "Improvised Game Shows" for $200, Alex: at the Temescal Art Center It's been a while since we saw improv. It's been even longer since we saw
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend Oscars Special SFist enjoys the who big-ass spectacle that is the Oscars, but we have to admit that we've always been really bad at seeing the nominated movies. They all just look so, we don't
Arts & Entertainment Wanted: Drag Queens. Reassignment Surgery Optional. [] So our friends at Beau Bonneau Casting are at it again. This time they're not looking for skinny hipsters, but for 'drag queens.' There are few casting calls that SFist would really
Arts & Entertainment Rock That Sexy Bod Got plans for Saturday night? No? How about SFist gets you and three of your friends in the door for Sensual at the Luna Lounge for free? SFist is like your buddy who
Arts & Entertainment Wanted: Penises. Pubic Hair Optional. BoingBoing's David Pescovitz recently posted a call for models by his friend Richard Hansen. And when we say "models" we mean "people with penises," since Richard is working on a book project about
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Mission of Burma We headed out to the Noise Pop Mission of Burma show all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 9:00 p.m., standard concert time, only to turn up at Bimbo's and find out that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: As Hollywood Preps for Their Prom And then there's something called The Academy Awards on this Sunday. Ahh. We kid. (Or pray at the Church of Ironic Detachment, take your pick.) Of COURSE TV is all about the Oscars
Arts & Entertainment Wanted: Skinny Hipsters. Heroin Habit Optional. So Dan Strachota, one of the music writers for the San Francisco Weekly, forwarded a note from Beau Bonneau casting to the SF Indie yahoo group mailing list. Looks like the Rent production
Arts & Entertainment Snap Crackle Noise Pop Hey, you in the ironic hand-knitted cardigan and your buddy with the horn-rimmed black glasses -- got Noise Pop? San Francisco's premier indie rock festival kicks off its 13th year tonight for a
Arts & Entertainment Save the Gizmos! The Electronic Frontier Foundation is hosting an event tonight to highlight "endangered gizmos," or technology products that are on the cutting edge of innovation but that could fall prey to increasingly more restrictive
Arts & Entertainment R.I.P Hunter Thompson Gonzo journalist and counter-cultural icon Hunter S. Thompson died today of an apparent suicide. Thompson was the author of the classic , a book that inspired multitudes to take lots of drugs and go
Arts & Entertainment Springfield's Winter of Love Well, add "inspiration for an episode of the Simpsons" to the Gavster's resume. Apparently "Springfield is for Gay Lovers of Marriage." Thanks to Bart pranking a Matt Lauer-esque perky morning show host, who
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Bruce Campbell Alert! (Well, no, not really.) No big intro this week -- let's just get on with the picks, starting with something we just know you'll want to see: at the Off-Market Theater You guessed it: Evil Dead: Live
Arts & Entertainment Reminder: 'Shoot-In' Tomorrow We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has offered their stories, thoughts and support in this matter. We were honestly expecting maybe half a dozen people to show up tomorrow, but now
Arts & Entertainment Snapping the Parade Hey photobloggers! Since you're bringing the digital camera downtown on Saturday anyways to defend your First Amendment rights on MUNI, don't forget to stop by and get some shots of the Chinese New
Arts & Entertainment The Jewish/African Diaspora It's black history month and we're ashamed to admit that all we've done is buy James Baldwin stamps and curse Condoleezza Rice. So we were glad to receive a tip from a reader
Arts & Entertainment <strike>Marin County's</strike> San Francisco's Robin Williams Harshes on Disney -- Loves Pixar In the "d'oh, we totally forgot" department (we've been sharing a blunt with Al Gore), yesterday evening our snarker-in-arms down south Defamer (who we swear is actually Thomas Pynchon drinking away his career
Arts & Entertainment S'Wonderful WonderCon has come! That's right, Northern California's answer to Comic-Con is coming to the Moscone Center this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This event is not just about comics, folks. It's about all the
