Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/21: ArtCrank SF 2011, Spank Rock, Naughty History Film Night ART: Chrome Industries brings its popular ArtCrank SF event to 111 Minna, showcasing the bicycle-inspired work of over 30 participating Bay Area artists. Be sure to take home a poster or two! (7
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/20: Open Show, Queer Literati at Occupy SF, Burlesque for the Shy and Awkward PHOTOGRAPHY: Open Show, which organizes live events worldwide featuring the work of photographers, filmmakers, and multimedia producers in high-profile spaces, is celebrating its two-year anniversary with a special print exhibition featuring more than
SF News Woman Rescues Driver in Wednesday Morning's Big Crash As the Chronicle reports, Michael Finerty, the 52-year-old big rig driver from Concord who was involved in yesterday morning's fiery crash on Highway 101, owes his life to 22-year-old Keenia Williams of San
Arts & Entertainment Reminder to Drop Cover and Hold On: The Great ShakeOut, Michele Bachmann Strike Tomorrow Tomorrow's a big day for San Francisco. At 10:21 a.m., we have the state-wide Great ShakeOut earthquake drill, in which Californians are advised to "Drop, Cover, and Hold On." So, don't
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/19: The Fine Art of Poisoning, HIV Community Mayoral Candidates Forum, ATA Film & Video Fest CABARET: The Conservatory of Flowers presents The Fine Art of Poisoning, a night inspired by San Francisco's "femme fatale for the thinking man" Jill Tracy. "Vacked by members of her Malcontent Orchestra, she
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/18: The Monster Show, Art & Social Change, Tin Cup Serenade ART: Project One Gallery presents The Monster Show, featuring work by an impressive line-up of artists paying tribute to classic monsters, ghouls, villains and horror movie characters, as well as sci-fi and cult
Arts & Entertainment Lemony Snicket's Take on Occupy Wall Street San Francisco gem Daniel Handler recently penned a clever synopsis of Occupy Wall Street through the voice of Lemony Snicket, entitled "Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from
SF News Note from an Occupy SF Welcome Committee Member Friend of SFist, Scott Rossi, became a member of Occupy SF's Welcome Committee over the weekend, where he greeted newcomers at the group's camp at Justin Herman Plaza. As Scott notes, the camp
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/17: 'The Sleeping Beauty,' Laura Cunningham, Cello Bazaar FILM: S.F. Film Society presents French auteur Catherine Breillat's The Sleeping Beauty, which delves into yet another "piquant" fairy tale of Charles Perrault, creating "a reverie and rumination over slumbering lives and
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: Occupy SF Public Meditation in Union Square Say what you will about the Occupy movement and the idea of "collective meditation," but considering there were reports of violence at last night's protest here in San Francisco, some positive vibes never
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/16: Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, 'Adventures in Plymptoons!', 'The Birds of the Nile' MUSIC: Kill Rock Stars' Thao With The Get Down Stay Down will rock the Independent tonight at the Treasure Island night show, along with Bare Wires and The She's. (8:30 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/15: 'Bad Seed'/Patty McCormack Live, Yerba Buena Night, Non Stop Bhangra 7th Anniversary FILM: Actress Patty McCormack will be live in-person at Marc Huestis' tribute and screening of The Bad Seed, starring McCormack as "one of the most evil child characters ever to grace the screen.
SF News SFPD in Search of Missing Lower Haight Man San Francisco police investigators are searching for Mark Marvin, 39, who was last seen leaving his home near Divisadero and Waller at around 4 p.m. on October 6th. He has not been
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Kidquake, Vagabond Craft Fair, Neighborhood Fairs Galore, and More! Lots of folks will be heading to Treasure Island this beautiful weekend for some un-stressful concert-going. For those who want to stay close to home, there just might be a fair going on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/14: DocFest, 2 Blocks of Art, Beats for Boobs FILM: DocFest kicks off tonight with Dirty Pictures, about Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin, "the rogue chemist who discovered the effects of MDMA (aka Ecstasy) and over 200 other mind-altering drugs," earning him the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/13: 'Summer of Goliath', Lightbox SF Mixer and Artist Talk, Hot Mess 2011 FILM: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts kicks off its Mexico Rising: Films of Nicolás Peruda series, featuring the prolific work of acclaimed 27-year-old filmmaker Nicolás Peruda, with Summer of Goliath, "a quiet
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/12: People Under the Stairs, Jean Harlow Double Feature, Free Jazz/Sushi Party MUSIC: L.A. indie hip-hoppers People Under the Stairs will be playing a free show at Amoeba, promoting their latest album, Highlighter, which "features everything from full string sections to vintage vibraphones and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/11: The Renderers, Ariel Dorfman/Ilan Stavans, Bioneers Film Night MUSIC: New Zealand's The Renderers will fill the Hemlock with their psychedelic noise rock, which they've been making since before the 90s, along with folk psych-rockers Sore Eros from Northampton, Massachusetts and the
Arts & Entertainment The Great California ShakeOut 2011 Hits Thursday, 10/20 Next Thursday, October 20th, the annual Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill, reportedly the third largest in history, will take place at 10:20 a.m., once again reminding us to continue working on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/10: Kal Spelletich Lecture, The Rileys, SORYA! A Minor Miracle (Part 1) ART: Berkeley Center for New Media presents a lecture entitled, Fear and Fun, by San Francisco based artist Kal Spelletich, who builds interactive machines, robots and installations, putting people in touch with intense
Arts & Entertainment Half Moon Bay's World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off Happening Today If we had any ounce of adventurousness in us on this rainy morning, we'd be on the road to Half Moon Bay for the 38th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, which we
Arts & Entertainment Academy of Sciences Debuts Shark Lagoon Cam The California Academy of Sciences launched its new Shark Lagoon Cam on Thursday, which features a lovely mix of Blacktip Reef sharks and Bamboo sharks, Cownose rays, Honeycomb rays, and Blue-spot stingrays, along
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/9: Girls/Sonny and the Sunsets, 'The Underpants', 'American Teacher' MUSIC: SF's Girls, who are said by the New York Times to have an "Elvis Costello, Buddy Holly, and The Beach Boys" sort of vibe take the stage with SF's Sonny and the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/8: Pam Ann, Rock Photographer Lynn Goldsmith, 'Better a Live Ass Than a Dead Lion' COMEDY: There will be a few tickets available at the door to see Pam Ann aka Australian comedienne Caroline Reid, "the fashion-flying, hard-drinking, A-list hostess to the stars," who's "touching down" in San
