Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Quintetto, A Fishy Music Ensemble Laughing Squid brings our attention to "Quintetto," a musical art installation that uses fish movement to create music. "The effect is achieved by capturing the motion of the fish on camera and translating
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Editor To Take S.F. Food Bank Hunger Challenge Hello there. It's me, Brock Keeling, editor of SFist. I'm coming at you in the first-person since I will starve to death (presumably) next week when I take and then report on the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Animal Rights Group Wants Cigarette-Like Warning Labels On Foie Gras Following on the heels of yesterday's report that, as soon as the ban goes into effect, foie gras will turn into an underground treat for gastronomes—all of this fattened liver talk has
Arts & Entertainment Americans Ranked Coolest Nationality, Claims Horrible Survey Lists. Where would struggling sites and bad l'interweb be without them? The most recent one to land in our inbox ranked the coolest and least coolest nationalities in the world. Which is an
SF News Yahoo "F--ked Me Over," Says Carol Bartz In her first interview since being fired as CEO of Yahoo on Tuesday, colorful Carol Bartz didn't hold back when discussing her former employers. "These people fucked me over," she said to CNN.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Google Purchases Entertainment/Dining Review Company Zagat On its site today, Google announced that they purchased dining and entertainment guide Zagat for an undisclosed amount. Thrilled with the company's recent purchase, Google VP Marissa Mayer noted, "Moving forward, Zagat will
SF News BART Shooting, Stabbing Reported A 19-year-old man was shot in the hip a little before noon on Wednesday near the 24th Street BART station. "The shooting was reported at 11:59 a.m. in front of a
SF News Day Around The Bay Someone donates cannonball to Salvation Army, which promotes street closure. Oops. [Mission Mission] More on Mission sheep who like waiting in line at see-and-be-seen store Bi-Rite. [40 Going On 28] CIA chefs are
SF News Noted Filmmaker George Kuchar Dies An inspiration for artists like John Waters, among others, local filmmaker George Kuchar died on September 6 following a battle with cancer. The San Francisco Art Institute released the following statement today: "It
Arts & Entertainment Morrissey Coming To Oakland Former Smiths lead singer and avowed racist Morrissey will make a pitstop at the Fox Theater later this year. The (not so) sensitive crooner will appear with Kristeen Young at the Fox Theater
Arts & Entertainment Fashion's Night Out: Sonja Morgan Of 'Real Housewives NY' Hosts Cooking Demo At Macy's In what will be the greatest cooking demonstration in the history of time and space, Sonja Morgan, part of the Real Housewives of New York gaggle, will make an appearance at Macy's on
SF News Jennifer Siebel-Newsom Endorses Joanna Rees For Mayor Former San Francisco First Lady and onetime SFist commenter Jennifer Siebel-Newsom has made it known loud and clear that she wants Joanna Rees to be the next mayor of San Francisco Why? Because
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Foie Gras To Go Underground In CA? When the state's foie gras ban goes into effect in July of 2012, California restaurants will have to pull the luxurious (yet allegedly cruel) item from their menus. Although producers claim it doesn't
SF News Grindr Goes Straight Grindr, the wildly popular location app site for gay men, plans to go straight this week. What is Grindr, you ask? Created in 2009, Grindr uses GPS technology to find other gay men
Arts & Entertainment Stevie Nicks Coming To The Fillmore In October Later this year, former San Jose resident and onetime Lindsay Buckingham lover Stevie Nicks will grace the stage at The Fillmore on October 8-9. This is the most exciting and bewitching thing that
SF News Air District Issues 'Spare The Air' Alert For Wednesday The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued the a Spare the Air Smog Alert for tomorrow, Wednesday, September 7. While no free-transit magic will happen tomorrow -- or, quite possibly, ever
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Digests: Locavore Improves, Bi-Rite Hires Bouncer, And... Fried Bubblegum Haighteration, in conjunction with a newfangled app, will host a happy hour next Wednesday, 9/14, at Mad Dog In the Fog. If you've got their special app or have a Lower Haight
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Massive Tomato Fight Coming To Pleasanton Similar to the annual tomato hurling that happens in Buñol, Spain, a Seattle-based company plans on bringing the rouge fruit fight to the Alameda County Fairgrounds on October 1. The Contra Costa Times
SF News Watch Pablo Sandoval Talk To His Bat Because comedic bits and facial hair proved more important this year than making it to the postseason -- yes, that's it, allow the bitterness to warm you like a Red Cross blanket --
Arts & Entertainment 7 Reasons To Love San Francisco There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does
SF News S.F. Introduces New Public Nudity Legislation During today's Board of Supervisors meeting, District 8 Supervisor Scot Wiener will unsheathe new legislation about public nudity in San Francisco. Wiener represents the Castro, which has seen an uptick in nakedness as
Arts & Entertainment Watch Burning Man 2011 Gala Live Broadcasting live with Ustream Too poor or too interesting to attend this year's Burning Man festivities in the Black Rock Desert? Have no worries. Here's some live streaming to whet your appetite. Arid-looking,
