Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/4: Jonah Lehrer LECTURE: Jonah Lehrer of Wired Magazine and Radio Lab fame will be be talking about his latest book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, which shatters the myths of muses and “creative types” and argues
SF News Supes Propose Change In Muni's Stroller Policy As City Insider reports, Supervisors Chiu and Elsbernd are reconsidering Muni's decades-old policy regarding strollers on the bus in an effort to keep families from fleeing the city at the alarming rate we
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/3: The Polyphonic Spree MUSIC: Beloved choral "psychphonic" pop rock band The Polyphonic Spree will be at Great American tonight celebrating their 11th year of existence along with the release of their new single "Bullseye." Also featuring
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/2: Christian Cagigal's The Collection PERFORMANCE: After a sold-out opening night, theatrical magician Christian Cagigal continues his 13-day run of The Collection, featuring his "special brand of creepiness." No other details have been provided, since the audience at
SF News OccupySF Takes Over Vacant Building At Turk And Gough As part of the nationwide "We Won't Get Fooled Again" Day of Action, OccupySF has taken over a vacant building at 888 Turk (at Gough). The group says the building is owned by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/1: The Wedding Present Play 'Seamonsters' MUSIC: Veteran British indie rockers, The Wedding Present, will be performing their 1991 album, Seamonsters, in its entirety, along with other classic hits from their career. Also featuring Toquiwa and Zarigani $. (8 p.
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Brace Yourself "Brace yourself - she's almost 75" by Jason Rodman.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/31: Southern Exposure Art Auction And Fundraiser ART/BENEFIT: Buy some cutting edge art at a live and silent auction of work from over 150 established and emerging artists at The Silver Era, Southern Exposure's annual fundraiser and art auction,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/30: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express MUSIC: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express headline Great American tonight, in support of his latest album, Temple Beautiful, which was inspired by current San Francisco artists while paying tribute to the "history
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: A Baseball Love Story Reader Jayn Pettingill brings us another great piece this week about her Great Aunt Maye and Maye's husband Tony Lazzeri, a major league baseball player — most notably of the New York Yankees. Both
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/29: SFMOMA Presents Le Le MUSIC: SFMOMA presents a stellar free show tonight featuring the groove-tastic Le Le from Amsterdam (check out their cool video.), along with S.F.'s Forlove and DJs Dials, Sleazemore, Eug, and Dreamweapon.
Arts & Entertainment Today Through Sunday: Friends Of The Library Spring Book Sale Perhaps you're itching to score a paperback copy of Fear of Flying, Catcher in the Rye, or Motley Crue's The Dirt? Or how about some great showtunes on vinyl? Well, you're in luck!
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/28: Stay Gold 6th Anniversary CLUB: The delightfully sexy sounding Stay Gold club night celebrates six years of creating a space that welcomes all kinds of queers, "a body positive, gender neutral zone for people to dance, cruise,
Arts & Entertainment Speak Out, S.F.: Redistricting Task Force Community Meeting Thursday We received this handy-dandy map under the heading, "Speak Out, San Francisco!" in our inbox yesterday outlining the Redistricting Task Force's current proposed new boundaries of San Francisco’s 11 supervisorial districts. (View
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/27: Air Sex Championships COMPETITION: Air Sex Championships: It might sound like a sexy time, but judging from this collection of Flickr photos, it's more comic than erotic. As Flavorpill notes, "At one recent SF championship, a
Arts & Entertainment Pop-Up Magazine Issue 6 Tickets On Sale April 3rd OK, time to warm up those fingers, literary fans! Pop-Up Magazine just announced that Issue Number 6 will be taking place on April 25th at Davies Symphony Hall. Tickets for the event will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/26: Jane Lynch TALK: Well isn't this a delightful surprise — Jane Lynch will be at the Jewish Community Center tonight speaking in conversation with San Francisco Chronicle’s David Wiegand about all things Glee. Lynch is
SF News Santa Cruz Animal Shelter Looking For Traveling Kitty's Owner We realize we're a little late to this delightful story, which was making the rounds late last week, but we hope it brightens your Monday nonetheless. The folks down at the Santa Cruz
SF News Pedestrian Struck, Killed By 21-Hayes Bus On Sunday A male pedestrian, who is described as possibly in his 40s, was struck by an inbound 21-Hayes bus near Hayes and Fillmore on Sunday at 10:47 a.m. Witnesses told police he
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/25: The Ting Tings MUSIC: High energy and very blond indie pop duo, The Ting Tings, will take your pulse up a few notches at the Fillmore tonight, along with guests MNDR. (8 p.m., The Fillmore,
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Private Thoughts Revealed "Private Thoughts Revealed" by Bob Horowitz.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/24: 'Intimacy and Voyeurism' PHOTOGRAPHY: San Francisco artist Todd Hido will announce the best in show winner tonight for his juried exhibiton, Intimacy and Voyeurism: The Public/Private Divide in Photography, featuring the work of members of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/23: 'Centaur' FILM: Filmmaker JP Allen will be in attendance at tonight's opening celebration of the new S.F.-based film noir flick, Centaur, which tells the "surprising and poetic story about a San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: Dinah Washington This week's SFist Memoirs comes to us from reader Jayn Pettingill, who is a fourth generation San Franciscan as well as an accomplished saxophonist and composer. In this fabulous piece, Jayn introduces us
