Arts & Entertainment SF Watches: Movies This Weekend Obviously, the "at" where it "is", is 7th Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival. You knew that already, didn't you? However, what if that screening of you had your heart set on is
Arts & Entertainment SFIndieFest: Scenesters and Mormons - One and the Same? At first we thought these folks seemed were milling around post opening-event . However, as they started seating for Sons of Provo, we realized that, finally, we were going to get to sit with
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: SFist has you covered See the complete schedule of films here, buy tickets here, and we'll see y'all there! SF IndieFest logo from their site. Thanks to SF IndieFest and Larsen Associates for making our coverage possible
SF News SFist Wants your CL Picks! Even if you've somehow managed to navigate the Bay Area without calling on craigslist for an apartment, car, or "casual encounter", craigslist has improved your life by giving you something fun to do
Arts & Entertainment Paris Hilton (probably bringing) Breasts and Viagra to Oscars We have to admit disappointment that The Incredibles, product of local wunderkinds Pixar was overlooked in the nominations for Best Picture, and instead received nods for Best Animated Feature, Original Screenplay, and Sound
SF News Chamois Whammy Seems San Francisco based Pottery Barn Kids is recalling "about 92,000 chamois blankets because the decorative stitching can come loose, posing a strangulation hazard to a young child." The high-markup quality polyester
SF News Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration Rafkin puts her money where her mouth is as Head Instructor at Studio Naga, which teaches the art of Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen. In addition, she oversees the Women's Self Defense and "Street Smarts"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend Our beloved Balboa Theater hosts Noir City, San Francisco's Third Annual Film Noir Festival. The festival kicked off this afternoon with Somewhere in the Night and Side Street, and will bring us 29
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads: Next Year Sfist Jon grudgingly admits: "Okay- I want to read War & Peace this year. Because every year I say to myself it's time I should read (aren't we supposed to read it?) and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads: Holiday Fun Edition SFist is celebrating the holidays in many ways, as some of us will travel to far-off lands (or just the Midwest), while others of us will remain right here. All of us are
SF News Castro Update However, litigation seems to be afoot from a number of sides, so no one we contacted was willing to comment. In any case, we were at Saturday's protest organized by Audiences in Action
Arts & Entertainment Turmoil at the Castro SFist was dismayed when we heard rumors surrounding the controversial firing of the Castro Theater's long-time programming director, Anita Monga. We first heard these rumors when we read the Chron story detailing the
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Hayes Valley Shopping Weekend SFist is all about supporting local talent, and what better way to do so than to buy their wares? Tomorrow marks the 2nd Annual Hayes Valley Shopping Weekend, hosted by R.A.G.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads Addendum: Author Events SFist enjoys going to literary events for a number of reasons, the least of which being that being at an actual book signing or reading makes us realize that these author are "Just
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Rainbow Grocery The inagural entry in our shopping guide goes to Rainbow Grocery. We've made no secret of our fondness for Rainbow in the past, but wanted to bring it to your attention as a
Arts & Entertainment Nerds and Frat Guys Rejoice at the DVDs This Week So, let's see what the fuss is about this week: Spider-Man 2 was pretty popular, we hear. We had a good time when we saw it in the theater, and we like Alfred
Arts & Entertainment If You Want Something Sung Right... That's why every year we go to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Sing it Yourself Messiah. Yup, that's right. The whole damned thing, sung by you and selected soloists. What? You don't
Arts & Entertainment Get Your Fro Busted SFist has ventured to a number of hair salons and would like to offer our thoughts on but a few of the many, many places in the city one can find a great
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend All Festival Edition If SFist answered to mammon instead of to you, our readers, we might bother to have a big budget pick this week. But look at what's out there! Dude, it's so not going
Arts & Entertainment Existential Angst, Plumbing Problems, and Spandex in Berkeley SFist's eclectic group of contributors includes a member of Impact Theatre. This means we've gotten to see this and past shows for free, but we still look at them from our traditional candid
Arts & Entertainment Get It On /Bang A Can Philip Glass is the ensemble music crowd's bad a**, as he’s collaborated with popular artists such as David Byrne and adapted works by Brian Eno and David Bowie. He's scored films as
Arts & Entertainment Hate Leads To Suffering SFist's had a complicated relationship with George Lucas since 1999. He reminds us of a high-school boyfriend who found us on Google and won't stop calling. Dude, we loved you so much at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend All Horror Edition If that isn't scary enough for you, how about this Saturday's Midnight Mass at The Bridge? Miss Peaches Christ brings you Reanimator, a touching tale of star-crossed love, medical school, and unwilling organ
Arts & Entertainment Scary San Francisco It'll be cold. The crowds will be horrendous. No one's gonna give you any candy anyway. Why bother stepping outside on Halloween? Be one of those creepy people that stays home and turns