Arts & Entertainment <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> + the San Francisco Symphony = All Kinds of Cheer Well, this sounds like the perfect (and perfectly frightening) holiday entertainment for both kiddies and adults. On December 20, 21, and 22 the San Francisco Symphony will perform the entire Harold Arlen ("Harold,
SF News Good Riddance, Grapevine Never having to drive through this again? Sob. The East Bay and South Bay (more or less) are vying to be one of the destination points that will send travelers from SF to
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Van Halen jumps. [SFGate] -- Tommi Avicolli-Mecca to be visited by three ghosts Xmas Eve. [Beyond Chron] -- Gavin Newsom wants to be President of the U.S.A. you to get
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Belle de jour (1967): Watch Catherine Deneuve turn into a whore while you, in turn, help to support some. A discussion will follow Luis Buñuel's housewife-cum-prostitute classic, and participants will receive gifts
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 15 First, this a phenomenal shot, found in balmes' Flickr page. He or she managed to make crack towers look almost aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Really, a great picture. Second, "crack towers." As
SF News Octavia/Market Barrier: At Last After SFist (as well as a few others) specially called for this barrier, it has done gone up. Finally. Rejoice! Way back in early '07, we reported that after January's motorist/cyclist accident,
misc As Always: Cal Rules, Gets Nude [NSFW] Not to be outdone by their wicked step-sister, UCLA, who all too tastefully/boringly galloped about in their panties on the streets of LA, UC Berkeley also had its traditional end-of-semester streak last
SF News 100 Alas. We hit the 100th murder mark over the weekend. And this big 1-0-0, as you know, is not a cause for celebration. Early Saturday morning at around 5 a.m., Jose Alberto
misc Week Around the -Ists A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Crime in Choir: CIC rocks it. Hard. For reals. Big time. One of the purest sounds coming out of SF these days, really. Brave the chill and head down to Potrero Hill
misc Ask SFist -- Scary Movie Scenes? Well this isn't very timely. But still, another bit of inquisitive Friday fun! Although there are 8549027869056725 sites out there that ask and answer the same thing -- i.e., the shower scene
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 14 What? Come on, cats are %100 swell. (Crazy cat lady syndrome be damned!) In fact, felines kicking it in windowsills should have its own site as far as we're concerned. Very SF. This
SF News Congrats, Now Your Lives Are Over, Too! Convictions In Iko's Murder. Two brothers and a friend (ages 16, 15, and 13) were convicted in juvenile court today of first-degree murder. While neither of the three rapscallions was the actual shooter, they were found guilty
Arts & Entertainment Unfettered Journalism, Homonyms, Print Mixing Yesterday, David Hazinski attempted to harness the awesome power of the world wide web with this colonel of wisdom about the currant state of journalism. In his op-ed peace for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
SF News Another Spill Goes Down the Drain. Or Did it? Although ABC 7's Cheryl Jennings -- who we find kicky and whimsical -- told us that a cleaning solvent spilled into the bay this morning, we're getting conflicting reports as to whether or
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 13 Everyone -- that's right, everyone -- is talking about the camel toe costume Marc Jacob's sported during his annual holiday party. Outrageous. But this here, we think, is the best costume in this
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Steroid report reported. [SFGate] -- A minor dustup between Steven T. Jones and Paul Hogarth. [SFBG] -- It ain't easy being cheesy. [Grub Report] -- With which SF realtor would you not
SF News Newsom Calls Chu "Naïve" -- Well, Sort Of No, not Frank Chu -- although a Gav versus a crazy would be most fascinating, indeed -- Carmen Chu. Let's back up a bit here: In her first hickory-bold move since taking over
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Who Is Karma? And Why Is She Such A Bitch? "Mean nut" restaurateur Luisa Hanson -- you know, the person more or less responsible for the Barleycorn closure -- had a swift bit of karma hurled at her head last week. It seems
SF News Digging MySpace's New Digs The sexy cats over at ValleyWag have the fresh MySpace office shots that you want. Or not. Formerly the home of LookSmart, the new space will be able to call other fresh, hip,
SF News Have You Seen This "Person of Interest?" Well, have you? (And just what's on his hoodie?) The owner of this visage is wanted for questioning related to the shooting death of Jose Rivas, 20, of Antioch. His bullet-riddled body was
SF News Call Off Your Old Tired Eth-- Oh, For A Golden Shower I Charge $250, Baby The Mayor shot down the legislation. saying that "legalization of prostitution would be a terrible mistake," because of...bad stuff happening around security gates, or security cameras, or something like that. He does
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- The 2007 'Stache Bash: The regular world now knows what bears have known for a long time: mustaches are kinda cool. This even will show you just how cool they, in fact,
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Perverts. [ASD] -- San Francisco to go solar. [Curbed] -- SUV rampage remembered. [SFGate] -- Bernal Heights robbers? Oh noes! [The Snitch] -- The McKesson Corporation sued. Also, SFBG's got the love
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 12 Granted, Gap, Inc. will one day tenderize, marinated, season, sear, let rest, carve, and then eat your first born -- that is, if they are in fact as diabolical as we're led to
