Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/4: Hottub/Upcycle Ball, American Made, Go Van Gogh BENEFIT: Yellow Bike Project, a volunteer-powered community bike shop, is hosting its inaugural Upcycle Ball, featuring a live performance by Hottub, and DJ sets by maus haus, DJ Deep, and Mr. Pillz. Be
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Top 5: Giants FanFest, Men In Tights Super Bowl Show As you'd expect, there are lots of Super Bowl festivities happening on Sunday. We've highlighted a couple, along with a few other non-sports items. Enjoy! Giants FanFest: All your favorite Giants players will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/2: Dengue Fever/Secret Chiefs 3 MUSIC: A transcendental evening will be had tonight and tomorrow night at Great American Music Hall, as the infectiously (pun intended) charming and poppy with Cambodian pop band Dengue Fever shares the bill
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: Gold Dust Rush Pub Crawl Despite the recent declaration by Sam Singer, spokesman for Jon Handlery, that the The Gold Dust Lounge is definitely closing on March 6th, the folks behind Save the Gold Dust Lounge haven't given
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/1: 'Midnight In Paris'/'The Moderns' FILM: Castro Theatre presents a Paris-themed double feature with screenings of Woody Allen's acclaimed Midnight in Paris starring Owen Wilson who finds himself in his own fantasy, and The Moderns, starring Keith Carradine
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: The Gentleman Chefs Club SFist is beginning a new series in which Bay Area natives and long-time residents can share their stories from bygone eras. Our inaugural story comes from Bev DeBeaumont Warnecke, who worked at Baruh
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/31: The XXX Factor/Snob Theater COMEDY: SF Sketchfest presents Comedy Noir's The XXX Factor: The Ultimate Dirty Joke Competition told via the troupe's trademark "Mockulebrity/ Impersonafacations," followed by Snob Theater's comedy variety show hosted by Shawn Robbins and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/30: Harry Belafonte 'Sing Your Song' FILM: Harry Belafonte biopic, Sing Your Song, which is an Academy Award Best Documentary Shortlist Contender, takes the viewer on a journey through the life and work of "one of the truly heroic
SF News Six Reporters Arrested During Occupy Oakland Mass Arrest Mother Jones' Gavin Aronsen wrote a first-hand account of being apprehended at the Occupy Oakland mass arrest on Saturday, along with at least five other credentialed journalists and 400 protesters. Aronsen says this
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/29: w00tstock Founder's Night COMEDY: Adam Savage (MythBusters), Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stand By Me) and music-comedy duo Paul and Storm (The Internet, Da Vinci's Notebook) honor geeks of all stripes at w00tstock Founder's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/28: The Pimps of Joytime MUSIC: Brooklyn's The Pimps of Joytime bring their "Janxta Funk", a sound that's "part gangsta, part janky" and ranges from "Latin inspired rhythms to deep funky grooves and hot dance beats laced with
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Duboce Triangle Sign Puzzles Passersby We were walking along Duboce Avenue this afternoon and came upon this charmingly indiscernible and weathered hand-written sign. At the time we assumed it said something along the lines of "curb your dog.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/27: A Carlin Home Companion COMEDY: George Carlin's daughter, author/storyteller Kelly Carlin, will talk about the span of her dad's career from straight comic to culture hero and social commentator at A Carlin Home Companion: Life, Love
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Top 5: White Elephant Preview, From A To Zin SFist already mentioned the sure-to-be-popular All You Can Dance For $5 event happening at LINES Dance Center tomorrow. Here are five more of our top weekend picks, along with a lovely gallery. White
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/26: 'Blair Witch Project' Actress Turned Pot Grower MUSIC: Classic S.F. punk band Avengers headline Bottom of the Hill tonight, featuring guests power pop Sacramento and BOATS! and Oakland rockers/punkers Midnite Snaxxx. (9 p.m., Bottom Of The Hill,
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: All You Can Dance For $5 Finding your resolutions slipping away? No worries, the LINES Dance Center folks will kick your lazy butt into gear with their All You Can Dance For $5 event on Saturday afternoon from 1
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/25: Tom Tom Club/The Fixx MUSIC: It's a night of classic '80s new wave at Mezzanine, featuring Tom Tom Club, which was formed by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth (of Talking Heads fame) and The Fixx, whose most
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/25: Ann Magnuson: The Drawing Room Apocalypse PERFORMANCE: SF Sketchfest presents Ann Magnuson: The Drawing Room Apocalypse, "[a] Salon des Beaux Arts for the Fin du Monde 2012," featuring a "mashing up of 'end of the world' songs, appropriately themed
SF News Bay Area Resident's "Strongly Worded Letter" Receives Promising Response From BoA Execs San Francisco resident Mary Schmidt penned an eloquent open letter to Bank of America last week pleading with the bank to stop their plans to foreclose on her family's home. The letter quickly
Arts & Entertainment Warren Hellman Tribute Concert Announced, 2/19 [Updated] As City Insider reports, the Recreation and Park Commission announced it's organizing a Warren Hellman tribute concert honoring the beloved philanthropist and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass founder who passed away last month. Update: The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/23: 'Pearl Jam 20' FILM: Tonight's Cinema Drafthouse feature is Cameron Crowe's Pearl Jam 20, which marked the band's 20th anniversary last year. (7:30 p.m., The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street) MUSIC: Jimmy Kansau and his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/22: Stella: The Classic Nightclub Show COMEDY: SF Sketchfest presents a rare Stella reunion, in which the crew pays homage to their early "Nightclub" days, when they hosted a weekly showcase for alternative and mainstream comedy. The event features
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/21: Hush, Muni Diaries Live ART: UK-based artist, Hush, will be exhibiting a new collection of mixed-media work that continues the artist’s trademark "focus on geisha-like women set within backgrounds filled with an expressionist’s freedom of
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Occupied "I bet you haven't heard we're winning" by Brandon Doran.
