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
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/7: The Fresh & Onlys, First Friday on 24th, Get Sketchy at the de Young MUSIC: Local faves, The Fresh & Onlys, will rock the Great American tonight with their signature sound, which takes "a little from here and a little from there, sometimes from fifties rock, or
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: IndieMart, Open Studios, Italian Heritage Parade, and More! IndieMart: IndieMart celebrates Indian Summer with a "full fledged metal & psych rock fest, loaded with short sleeves a plenty, foxy ladies in fringe, summer BBQ, one too many beers and oh yeah,
Arts & Entertainment Chronicling Steve Jobs' Rainbow In extreme contrast to SFist Brock's collection of Steve Jobs backlash stories, we offer one from the opposite end of the spectrum. In response to SFist Jay's lovely double-rainbow post from yesterday, commenter
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/6: 'You Look Familiar,' Craft Bar, Alonzo King Talk ART: The SFAC Gallery and PhotoAlliance present You Look Familiar, an exhibition that depicts groups of people who share activities, identities, locations or some form of common ground -- "[f]rom fashionistas to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/5: Go the F**k to Sleep, Poetry World Series, Penny Arcade READING: Author Adam Mansbach will be at City Lights performing a complete reading of Go the F**k to Sleep, a kids book that's just for adults. (It's a phrase that SFist finds
Arts & Entertainment Outer Sunset Business Wards Off Concert-Going Hippies Although this SFist contributor couldn't make it to the little bluegrass concert in the park last weekend, we kept hearing mention of lots of hippies saturating the event. To echo that sentiment, friend
SF News Michele Bachmann to Talk in S.F. on October 20th For those who've been looking for a chance to ask Republican Presidential Candidate and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann some questions about her enlightening views on HPV vaccinations and race without contributing their hard-earned
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/4: John Lithgow, Haight/Fillmore Fire Relief Fundraiser, Dum Dum Girls LITERARY: There might still be tickets available at the door to see the multi-talented John Lithgow at the Kabuki Theater talking about his new memoir, Drama, which Steve Martin says, "tells of transgressions,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/3: Legends of Horror Go Noir, SF Mayoral Candidates Forum, Geoff Manaugh/Jeannene Przyblyski FILM: The Roxie continues its "block-busting, face-melting" TV Noir series with Legends of Horror Go Noir, a double-feature of "never-seen ragers and chillers," featuring horror heavy-hitters such as Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, and
Arts & Entertainment Pop-Up Magazine Issue No. 5 Tickets on Sale Tomorrow Pop-Up Magazine fans, get your fingers ready -- tickets to Pop-Up Magazine Issue No. 5, which takes place on November 9th at Davies Symphony Hall, go on sale tomorrow at Noon. The event,
Arts & Entertainment Poll: Best Credit Union in Town? In light of the historic protests currently taking place over on Wall Street, along with the trend of banks -- most notably Bank of America -- beginning to charge monthly fees for debit
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/2: Toro Y Moi, 'We Don't Belong Here', 'Night of the Living Dead 3D' MUSIC: Toro y Moi, which started in 2001 as Chaz Bundick's bedroom project and was "born from a plethora of different genres, from freak-folk to R&B to French House," hits Great
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/1: ShEvil Dead, The Great SF Read-Out, Night School THEATER: It's opening night of Primitive Screwheads' month-long comedic theater production of ShEvil Dead, in which "[f]ive girls vacation at a cabin in the woods and inadvertently unleash powerful demons and monsters
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/30: Killing My Lobster, One Night Bookstand, Chicken John Block Party COMEDY: You have two weekends left to catch beloved local comedy troupe Killing My Lobster's latest sketch comedy show, Killing My Lobster Conquers the Galaxy, which includes "the real story of how Dr.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/29: 'The Beat is Law' Film, 'Lunatic Fringe' Book, 'Portrait of the Ground' Installation FILM: Watch Pulp make their legendary debut at 1995's Glastonbury Festival in the SF premiere of The Beat is Law: Fanfare for the Common People, in which the band delivered a set "regarded
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/28: Muni Diaries Live Reunion, Richie Spice, Banned Books Talk STORYTELLING: The talented folks at Muni Diaries, who are seriously funny people in person, are hosting their first Muni Diaries Live Reunion and Open Mic, featuring Muni Diaries Live alumni telling the stories
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/27: Sketch Tuesday, The Sound Of Cinema, SF Comedy Competition Semi-Finals ART: It's another installment of Sketch Tuesdays, your monthly golden opportunity to score cheap one-of-a-kind art ($5-30) that's created before your eyes by highly talented Bay Area artists. (7 p.m., 111 Minna
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/26: Django by the Bay, Dr. Ruth, 'Farmageddon' MUSIC: SF Bay Area Django Rheinhardtophiles unite at tonight's Django by the Bay celebration, featuring Le Jazz Hot (the quartet of the Hot Club of SF), Doug Martin's Avatar Ensemble, and Vic &
Arts & Entertainment Get Your Free Mary Jane Sample Today Is Mary Jane an outdated term? Oh well, we like saying it, at least in blog post headlines. FunCheapSF, always the first to know about such fun events as these, informs us that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/25: Twin Shadow, Deviants Folsom, Sing-Along 'Little Mermaid' MUSIC: Twin Shadow, aka George Lewis Jr., and his band will be at Great American tonight in support of his debut release, Forget, "a panoramic LP that introduces us to the twilight zone
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/24: 'Top Gun,' Hell's Belles Pinewood Derby, 'Moholy Ground' Launch Party FILM: Homoerotic gem, Top Gun, will screen at the last Film Night in the Park of the season. Be sure to catch that delicious volleyball scene (if the inflatable screen doesn't blow away,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/23: Sink or Swim Fundraiser, Bicycle Film Fest, Alice: Down the Rwong Wrabbit Whole ART: Japan-based, PangeaSeed, and Spoke Art Gallery present the weekend-long Sink or Swim Fundraiser, their inaugural art exhibition featuring original works from thirty internationally renowned artists such as Dave Kinsey, Josh Keyes, Dan
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/22: "Live Documentaries," BedPost Confessions, Ask a Scientist FILM: Artists Sam Green and Dave Cerf present Greetings on Behalf of the People of Our Planet!, three short "live documentaries" that combine film, live narration, and sound mixing, including the local premiere
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/21: Branford Marsalis, Wendy Wasserstein, 'Unfinished Spaces' MUSIC: Three-time Grammy winning saxophonist, NEA Jazz Master, and member of "jazz’s most storied living dynasty", Branford Marsalis, will be at Yoshi's tonight through Sunday, in support of his latest release, Songs
