Arts & Entertainment SFist Conquers 49 Geary Catharine Clark Gallery It was hard not to be completely in awe of Julie Heffernan’s show at the Catharine Clark Gallery. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen an artist with
SF News Schwartzenwatcher Has a Big Mouth Your latest victim of taped recordings is our Governor who is occasionally taping himself for all the future historians out there to document his governing genius. As if. A six minute part of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Contest: Win Tickets To The Bitch Magazine Auction! As part of its ongoing 10th anniversary celebration, local nonprofit indie publication Bitch Magazine is throwing a benefit silent auction this Friday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Women's Building (18th
SF News East Bay Crime A Hayward teenager was beaten up and left bloody on a stranger's porch. In the pleasant upscale suburb of Lafayette, on Happy Valley Road, no less, a human body was found burned to
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Bay Area Tour at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Sorry, this isn't the same production of Mother Courage starring Meryl Streep, which recently closed in New York. Nor is it Tony Kushner's translation of the great Brecht play,
SF News The SFist NFL Preview: What the Experts Say So this year, as we approach NFL '06, we read through the experts to see what they have to say about our two local teams. This year, they all pretty much said the
misc Our Eyes...They Burn... When they saw us, the guy just turned around with not even a look of surprise in his face and stared back. Like a raccoon. No "oops, we just got busted" face or
Arts & Entertainment F*** That Bridge: East Bay Events Over Labor Day Weekend As we mentioned here before, the Bay Bridge eastbound will be closed Labor Day weekend. For those of us who live East of the Edenic S.F., here are some cultural offerings on
Arts & Entertainment John Ringhofer of Half-handed Cloud John recently underwent the grueling SFist interview process and has produced the gem below. In it you’ll find instructions on how to be a good fan to your favorite up and coming
SF News Your Commute: Two BART Accidents At around 1:25 p.m., BART was informed that the body of a man was seen under a train at the Union City stop. BART halted all trains from South Hayward to
SF News Prurient Interest We assume you know all the lurider and lurider details about this, so we're not going into it here. But what's the local angle? Karr used to be a substitute teacher in San
Arts & Entertainment We're All Headed South Last Friday, your East Bay Correspondent left the confines of her designated area to witness a rare spectacle - a Bay Area performance by Survival Research Labs. which took place in San Jose
SF News When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife? The story of the ex-spouses running against each other for city council in Daly City re-ups the sordid factor as Frank Berlanga, whose ex-wife Leah accused him of running for the seat in
SF News SFist Officially Breaks Up with the Giants Deep down we knew this team sucked from the early goings, but we had problems dealing with it. We finally dealt with it. In fact, you can look at our postings over the
SF News Where Have All the Fliers Gone? Where have all the fliers gone? Long time pasting. According to the story, there's some dude who has been taking it upon himself to clean up the neighborhood by going around and tearing
SF News Best Of The Bay By The Numbers As an extra bonus We Read The Weeklies feature this week, we present: The Best of the Bay 2006 party pics -- by the numbers. Total number of people pictured: 56 (not counting
Arts & Entertainment Wanted: "People who dig fun movies with rad action" The Stunt People are to movies what The Primitive Screwheads are to theatre. (As you might have noticed, we love the Screwheads, so we consider the comparision high praise indeed.) We first heard
SF News Still in the Driver's Seat This beating reminded everyone that there is-indeed--a real pennant race fomenting in the AL West. However, the Rangers should take a very hard look at the all-encompassing big picture scoreboard-the Athletics won that
SF News Le Sour de France: Pissing Away the Championship Sigh. A couple of weeks ago we were lamenting the end of the 2006 Tour de France, wishing it could continue indefinitely. Wish granted, unfortunately. On July 27, the International Cycling Union (ICU)
SF News San Francisco Cabs In The News Again Presently, San Francisco Taxi rates are $2.85 to get in the door, plus 45 cents per 1/5 mile or minute of waiting or delay. The controller's office is recommending an increase
SF News Hey, We Can Finally Go To The Doctor! In 2007. As SFist Jon detailed for us, the 200 million dollar/year plan will cover uninsured (but employed at a level that disqualifies them from MediCal) San Francisco residents for care they recieve inside
SF News The A's Will Win the West Beane, like Brian Sabean of SF Giants hype, makes his bones when it counts most-- during the trade deadline. This year, the flutter of butterfly wings could be heard from the A's camp.
SF News Everybody Loves Livermore? Money Magazine has published its annual list of "Best places to live" in these here United States, with the highest ranking Bay Area city coming at number 31. While we've never visited the
misc Win Passes To <i>Deathrace 2000</i> at Midnight Mass With Peaches Christ! And Wournov will be at The Bridge to recieve the love of all who attend this Saturday's midnight screening of the film. Will one of them be you? Maybe, so enter below for
SF News Fire Felipe? So with the passing of the trade deadline, we have the answer to this weekends' big Giants' question-- wave the white flag or go for it. We're going for it. Unfortunately, we're going