Arts & Entertainment Today at 3 p.m.: The Eagle in Exile Beerbust at El Rio The weather might just be nice enough down in El Rio's lovely backyard (3158 Mission Street) just in time for the monthly Eagle in Exile Beerbust, which starts at 3 p.m. Today's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/6: Skinner; Sioux City Kid, Kill Moi, B and Not B; Scavenger Hunt ART: Artist Skinner will be exhibiting his latest collection of work entitled, The Fragile Art of Existence, in which he "steps back a bit from his investigations of fear and destruction" to make
Arts & Entertainment Last-Minute SFist This Weekend: Lower Haight Art Walk, Noriega Street Food Fair, AfroSolo’s Jazz in the Gardens and More We're sorry we've neglected our weekend events duties recently, but for what it's worth, here's an eleventh hour round-up of a few things going down this weekend. Lower Haight Art Walk: The Lower
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/5: 'Between Two Worlds,' Friday Night at the de Young, Friday Night Skate Party FILM: Directors Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman will be attending the 7 p.m. screenings all weekend of Between Two Worlds, their new documentary that exposes the polarized debates over tradition and change,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/4: 200 Yards, Hard Shorts, 'Ratatouille' PHOTOGRAPHY: The latest edition of 200 Yards, which is centered around Cafe Royale, opens tonight with a party co-hosted by The Tender. Check out all the interesting scenes that the artists captured within
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/3: World on a Wire, Fireside Storytelling, Habitat for Insanity FILM: The newly restored dystopic 1973 science-fiction epic, World on a Wire, which is a "cracked, boundlessly inventive take on future paranoia" is a previously "unseen three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth from one of cinema’s
Arts & Entertainment Lingerie for Your Burning Man [Updated] When SFist caught a glimpse of this sign in front of Luscious Wear on Polk yesterday, we first noticed no connection to Burning Man the event but were instead forced to imagine burning
Arts & Entertainment Skillshare Comes to San Francisco, Launch Party 8/15 NYC-based Skillshare, a community marketplace in which you can "learn anything from anyone" offline, in a casual setting and on the cheap, just announced the service is going to soon be available in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/2: The Kinsey Sicks, Maria Bamford, National Night Out DRAG: Tonight kicks off the legendary Kinsey Sicks' 13-day “GreatesTits,” show at the Rrazz Room, in which the group showcases the "harvest of their 17-year Mary-making" featuring their trademark "rich, four-part harmony, biting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/1: 'The Goonies,' Slim's Pop-Up Series, LGBT Democratic Club 40th Anniversary FILM: The Red Devil Lounge has a weekly cure for the Monday blues with their ongoing free movie screenings. This week's film is the classic family flick, The Goonies, starring Sean Astin, Josh
Arts & Entertainment Chronicle Books Summer Warehouse Sale, 8/4-6 Clear your schedule later this week so you can get first dibs at Chronicle Books' Summer Warehouse Sale, which runs this Thursday through Saturday. Hundreds of sweet titles by the beloved SF-based publisher
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour "Snack Time!" by Bob Horowitz. (At the Berkeley Kite Festival yesterday, which is also happening today.)
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Palate Cleanser: "Hit and Run Hula at 38,000 Feet" San Francisco's beloved hula school, Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu, who captivated hundreds of locals a couple of years back during their Hit and Run Hula flash mob throughout the city, including
SF News John Toomey, Controversial Macy's Santa, Dies John Toomey, the Santa Claus who was fired by Macy's last Christmas for telling off-color jokes, was found dead today at the Budget Inn on Market Street. The cause of death appears to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/29: Christopher Moore and Ian Corson, Snob Theater, Dance Mission READING: Bestselling author Christopher Moore and award-winning screenwriter and director Ian Corson will be at the Booksmith tonight presenting their new collaboration, The Griff: A Graphic Novel, which is about "an alien invasion
SF News San Quentin Inmate Crushed in Warehouse Accident KTVU reported on this evening's broadcast (but not online) about a pretty sad accident that occurred this morning in the warehouse of San Quentin State prison. An inmate, who arrived at the prison
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/28: The Cool Kids, 'Passing Strangers,' Invented in San Francisco Tour MUSIC: Midwestern-based, "retro-styled" rappers, The Cool Kids, who describe themselves as the black Beastie Boys, bring their fresh sound (sponsored by Mountain Dew) to Oakland's New Parish tonight, along with Go Corporate and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/27: Thao & Mirah, Jeremy Bailenson: Infinite Reality, Guerrila Cabaret Open Mic MUSIC: RSVP now to attend a free outdoor show featuring an acoustic performance by local, Kill Rock Stars duo, Thao & Mirah, at Americano at Hotel Vitale as part of the Soundcheck 2011
Arts & Entertainment Friday Night: "Will Draw for Drugs," Sketch Party and Benefit for Indie Mart's Kelly Malone This Friday night at 111 Minna, artist Kelly Tunstall is hosting a stunning line-up of local artists for a special sketch party and fundraiser, "Will Draw for Drugs" to benefit Indie Mart and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/26: 'Sudden Impact' and Wine Tasting, Iceage, EcoTuesday, FILM: Did you know Top of the Mark has been hosting a free weekly classic SF film screening and wine-tasting night, which runs through the end of August? Pretty awesome, right? Tonight's film
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Weekend: KoKo Cocktails' Big Bon Voyage Speaking of small businesses biting the dust -- KoKo Cocktails (1060 Geary Street) announced earlier this month that July will be the bar's last month in existence. If you recall, the beloved classy
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/25: Thurston Moore, Poetry at Green Apple, Geoffrey B. West MUSIC: It's your lucky day -- tickets are still available to see Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, who's promoting his fourth solo album, Demolished Thoughts, which was produced by Beck Hansen. Also on the
Arts & Entertainment Farewell, Red Vic [Sniff] Another locally-owned, neighborhood theater bites the dust today. The Haight-Ashbury's beloved Red Vic is set to close its doors for good after tonight's final screening of the endearingly morbid Hal Ashby classic, Harold
SF News Runaway Car Does a Flip in El Cerrito El Cerrito Patch, which is chock-full of great stories, featured this photo by reader David Block, of a parked and driverless Toyota that had rolled off of a hilly driveway this morning and
