Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Initial D</i> With other pre-pubescent import car enthusiasts, we obsessed over the finer points of corner entry theory while using a Mazda RX-7 on 3rd gear versus the efficient exit velocity we will need to
Arts & Entertainment IndieFest Special Screenings Announced We called our friends at Larsen Associates, and got the scoop: February 13 and 14 are devoted to TBA screenings and Indiefest favorites. Well, we're ready T A the lineup, right now! Monday,
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>The Proposition</i> Joining the crown filing into the The Proposition, it was sort of surreal to see the SFist logo flash across the screen, as one of the sponsors of the Festival. Go us! As
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes to <i>Gambling</i>! A man goes on a desperate journey through the Las Vegas night in search of a his girlfriend who has mysteriously disappeared - and discovers that he is under surveillance and is the
Arts & Entertainment Be At Dalva or Be Square Tonight Rub shoulders (or more, if you play your cards right) with Super Fisters, IndieFesters, and Fest filmmakers as SFist's favorite DJ Ted from BAGeL Radio spins from 10-12. Drinks are $2 off with
SF News SFist Blind Item(s): Their Staff Meetings Are Better Than Ours But, oh, to be a fly on the wall of a recent staff meeting at a local daily publication. In a sort of St. Crispin's Day for the newsprint set, their reptile-vanquishing leader
SF News Ballpark Rumor: AT&T It Is Overheard from Larry Baer himself today that tomorrow, Feb. 3, they will officially announce the ballpark's new name: AT&T. When we read this, we groaned like the hatchback of our 76
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes to <i>Lie With Me</i>! Leila (Lauren Lee Smith) is a sexually voracious young woman who connects with men through brief physical encounters. One night at a crowded house party, Leila meets David (Eric Balfour ) and it's lust
Arts & Entertainment The San Francisco Independent Film Festival: SFist Has You Covered From February 2 to 14, IndieFest features movies to suit all tastes and schedules, so you have no excuse not to take some risks and check out whatever might interest you. You can
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes To <i>Trudell</i>! A documentary telling the life story of Sioux Tribe member John Trudell, this film begins in the sixties with his 21 month occupation of Alcatraz Island with group Indians of All Tribes, an
Arts & Entertainment BAGeL Radio 3rd Birthday Party Since the movie deal hasn't been done quite yet, we'l have to be distract ourselves with Wednesday's BAGeL Radio 3rd Birthday Partywhich, as part of the The California Homegrown Music Series "features 3
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes To First Fridays After Five! This month's event, entitled "Chocolate Caliente!", features "hot salsa music, cool drinks, and gourmet chocolates. Warm up on the dance floor with Orquesta Universal, then travel through time on a gallery tour featuring
SF News SFist Checks Out the 510: The Space-Faring Edition Out in Sacramento -- classified as "Bay Area" for KQED's fund-raising purposes, anyway -- the Discovery Museum will be holding a memorial for the astronauts, then turning the focus toward continued space exploration
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Aziz Ansari at the Punch Line Aziz's proactive approach to counter this possible image marring bit of PR was to implore his fans to post on their blogs and websites "Aziz Ansari is a f**king badass" up to
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Oreo, From Hopalong Rescue I keep hearing what a wonderfully mellow and loving cat I am. I would love for you to brush my medium-haired black-and-white coat which is just the softest fur you will ever touch.
SF News When You've Got To Go... SFist has rarely been happier to live above ground level than we were when we read about this guy who pees in your window.* Seriously! Last Saturday night, 19-year-old Moises Coralles of Redwood
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hi, My Name Is Spot, And I'm An Alcoholic Long ago we resigned ourselves to being a crazy pet person. we're not sure when it happened -- was it when we noticed our Flickr page was sadly bereft of photos of actual
SF News Give Now Or We'll Keep Talking While SFist appreciates the need for fund-raising and can certainly understand the desire to raise as much money as possible within a set time frame, we also wonder if there's room for a
SF News SFist checks out the 510: The Vibrant Economy Edition See "East Bay: More Affordable, But Only Compared to Its Neighbors" (January 18, 2006) and "California's East Bay Area Offers Relative Bargains" (January 19, 2006). SFist is always interested to read about bargains
SF News Gavin Expresses Muni Thoughts, Our Eyes Roll So, Gavin's been pretty chatty about Muni lately, hasn't he? First up, he's alleging that some cable car operators are stealing fares, "because on three occasions he rode the cable cars and handed
Arts & Entertainment Harupin-Ha: Not Your Parents' Butoh Dance Company Our friends at the Asian Art Museum continue their tradition of cool events with this Thursday's 7pm performance by Butoh legends Koichi and Hiroko Tamano and their dance company, Harupin-Ha. Credited for bringing
misc Dear Mr Ford: Special First Day Of Work Edition So here you are, on your first day of work as the new new Muni transportation director. If your first day was anything like ours usually go, you've probably learned how to use
Arts & Entertainment Berlin and Beyond Film Festival - No Terri Nunn, But Still Good Tonight's opening features (watch out for Flash), a film about the German passive resistance movement during World War II. We hear it's pretty good, and the director, Marc Rothemund, is expected to attend
SF News SFist checks out the 510: Happy Birthday, Jack London The Oakland High School attendee went on to extract revenge against schoolchildren everywhere by writing a series of books guaranteed to be used in classroom lessons on everything from symbolism to manifest destiny.
SF News Search For Jerry Tang Continues On January 7, the Financial District, North Beach, and SOMA were canvassed based on a December 16 possible sighting by a security guard in the 1 California area. In that sighting: (A) security
