Arts & Entertainment Union Square Ice Rink Opens Next Wednesday Yes, you read that correctly. Halloween is barely over, and the Christmas frenzy has begun. In just five days, you can skate in a winter wonderland in the middle of Union Square when
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/3: MoAD's The Art of the Suit, Transgender Film Fest, Exploratorium's The Senses FASHION: Learn all about the art of being a black dandy at Museum of the African Diaspora's After Dark presentation of The Art of the Suit, featuring "live styling" sessions, live music by
Arts & Entertainment Gallery: Day of the Dead 2011 Yesterday's general strike in Oakland may have overshadowed the Day of the Dead festivities, but there was still a big crowd celebrating the holiday in the Mission last night. SFist contributors Kapshure, Micke
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/2: Day of the Dead/Festival of Altars, Mary Roach/Adam Savage, 'Mindglow' FESTIVAL: One of the best Mission events of the year is happening tonight with the annual Dia de los Muertos procession and Festival of Altars celebration. Bring candles in glass containers to honor
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/1: Noel Gallagher Doc, Ty Segall/Kut U Up, The Art of Robots FILM: Be sure to RSVP ASAP to the exclusive screening of the new documentary, It's Never Too Late To Be What U Might Have Been - The Making of Noel Gallagher and His
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/31: Halloween Concert at the Freight, Adam Gopnik, Nopa Halloween Block Party MUSIC: Classical at the Freight presents a special Halloween Concert featuring the Bellavente Wind Quintet performing a special early family-friendly concert of "spooky and adventurous music" designed for kids of all ages. There
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/30: The Lemonheads, Donnie Darko Halloween ’80s Party, Being Impossible MUSIC: The prolific Evan Dando takes the stage with the latest incarnation of the Lemonheads, in which they'll be performing It’s a Shame About Ray in its entirety. (7:30 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment Thousand-Plus Turn Out for "Tax the 1%" Banner at Ocean Beach Over a thousand participants showed up at Ocean Beach today to be part of the human banner spelling out "Tax the 1%," which had a better ring to it than the initial plans
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/29: The Mumlers, Ghost Walk at Palace Hotel, 'Four Lovers' MUSIC: San Jose indie folk collective, The Mumlers, who are named after the "scandalized 19th century spirit photographer" William H. Mumler, will perform at Brick and Mortar tonight, along with guests He's My
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: Human "Tax the Rich" Banner at Ocean Beach In concurrence with the Occupy movement, folks will be forming a human banner at Ocean Beach tomorrow morning, which will spell out "TAX THE RICH!" Over 600 people -- and counting -- have
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/28: 'You Will Gonna Go Crazy,' 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' w/Yara Sofia, World Music Fest THEATER: Kularts presents You Will Gonna Go Crazy, "a hilariously sad and lyrical semi-autobiographical multimedia dance-theatre play" and coming-of-age story exploring the traumatic impacts of racist history on the Filipino American family, based
Arts & Entertainment Halloween Weekend Events: 'The Hunger'/Twin Peaks', Trannyshack, Waldo Pub Crawl, and More! There's certainly no shortage of frightful Halloween events going on this weekend for adults and kids alike. Here are a few choice happenings. Midnites for Maniacs' Halloween Spooktacular: Midnites for Maniacs presents an
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/27: Ann Magnuson, Zombie NightLife, Plato's Home Movies ART: Performance artist, musician, and actress Ann Magnuson, who defined 1980s downtown New York, brings her new tribute cabaret to SFMOMA with a nod to Bowie featuring a song cycle of his early
SF News Iraq War Veteran Scott Olsen Critically Injured at Occupy Oakland Raid As a few SFist commenters noted, the person who was hit in the head with a projectile during last night's beanbag assault by Oakland police has been identified as Iraq veteran Scott Olsen.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/26: 'Death in Parallel,' 'Race,' Hans-Joachim Roedelius ART: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts presents a sneak preview of its 34th Annual Day of the Dead exhibition, Death in Parallel, featuring stories, photos, home video and personal artifacts remembering and
Arts & Entertainment [Updated] SFist Giveaway: Tickets to Matcha This Thursday, 10/27 Here's another chance to win a pair of tickets to the Asian Art Museum's fabulous Matcha event on Thursday, featuring New Indian cuisine. The fifth person to email us at [email protected]
Arts & Entertainment John Waters' Adorable Muni Observations Muni Diaries alerted us to this little audio piece featuring John Waters talking about his love of Muni, which was recorded during Waters' visit to the Jewish Community Center last spring. He considers
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/25: Male Bonding, 'Counterfeits' Launch Party, 'Shaheed: The Dream & Death of Benazir Bhutto' MUSIC: Male Bonding, whose music is "animated by an infectious, evangelical zeal that reflects their roots in the D.I.Y. indie rock community," takes the stage at the Rickshaw, along with Water
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/24: 'Oil City Confidential', Nazi Trials Discussion, Brian Joseph FILM: SF DocFest and Mission Creek Music Festival present Oil City Confidential, the last film in director Julien Temple's '70s English punk rock trilogy that tells "the story of Dr Feelgood, four men
SF News Vallejo Man Gets Stuck in Baby Swing Overnight This gem of a story reminds us why we should make an effort to watch the local TV news more often. Some poor 21-year-old kid in Vallejo took his friends up on a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/23: 'Shake That Sin,' The War on Drugs, 'Aurelie Laflamme's Diary DANCE: It's your last night to catch French dancer, choreographer, writer and director Maïmouna Coulibaly's Shake That Sin, featuring seven female dancers exploring the seven capital vices: the lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath,
SF News [Updated] Fire Marshal Demands OccupySF Get Rid of Lead Car Batteries OccupySF has been receiving notices of several violations from various authorities over the past several days, the biggest of which is the use of lead car batteries at the camp. The camp has
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/22: Afrofunk Fest, Roller Disco Costume Party, Zombie Bar Crawl MUSIC: Kenyan-born, San Francisco-based musician-activist Sila headlines the 2011 Afrofunk Festival, which benefits CARE, a humanitarian aid organization working to improve conditions in the horn of Africa. Black Nature, an original member of
Arts & Entertainment National Occupy March Today at 3 p.m. As part of the national Occupy Wall Street march happening today, OccupySF will be meeting at 3:00 p.m. at the Federal Reserve Building at 101 Market St. "Bring yourself! Bring Freedom!
SF News OccupySF Releases Rough Draft of "Homegrown Flyer" The OccupySF folks have come up with the first draft of what they call their "Home Grown flyer." They stress that it's not an official statement, but they would like it passed around
