Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/12: 'Much Ado About Lebowski,' Pia Zadora, Naked Girls Reading: Pride COMEDY: Back by popular demand, SF Indie's Much Ado About Lebowski, "an adaptation of an adaptation of a parody of a farce," returns to CellSpace, presenting a live "wildly unique Comedy of Errors
SF News Pedestrian Struck by Cable Car KGO is reporting that a woman was struck by a cable car at the intersection of Broadway and Mason at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning after she "darted" in front
SF News Jumper Talked Down from Bay Bridge An unidentified man, who is described as being in his 40s, reportedly stopped his car in the middle of traffic on the westbound side of the Bay Bridge this afternoon at about 2:
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/11: 'Eye of the Beholder' Art Show, The Black Lips, Triple Shot Productions Staged Readings ART: This month's Root Division art event, Eye of the Beholder, explores the presence of the body in art "through parody, distortion and subversion, giving viewer the opportunity to look at the body
Arts & Entertainment Today at 2 PM: RuPaul 'Glamazon' Signing at Amoeba The fabulous RuPaul will be at Amoeba today signing her latest dance pop album, Glamazon. If you purchase the album, you'll get a pass to attend the signing (space is limited - get
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: World Naked Bike Ride, Sunday Streets, Fillmore SummerFest, Santa Rosa's Harmony Festival, SF Mixtape Society 8th Annual World Naked Bike Ride: It seems like just yesterday (March) that there was one of these, but Saturday's global nude bicycle ride is anticipated to be the biggest one yet. Sunday
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/10: Queer Women of Color Film Fest, Cal Shakes' 'Titus Andronicus' Shindig, Garrett and Moulton Dance FILM: Tonight kicks off the weekend-long 7th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival at Brava Theater with a presentation themed, "Finger Sucking Good", "[f]rom smoldering glances on the train, to sizzling
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/9: Jonathan Richman at Readers Cafe, Dirty Diaries at YBCA, Black Boots Ink Photo Panel Discussion MUSIC/POETRY: Head over to the beautiful Fort Mason for an intimate poetry reading and music performance as part of the weekly Thursdays at Readers 2011 Poetry Series, featuring the legendary Jonathan Richman
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/8: Loquat, Inu, at The Rickshaw; 'As We Live It' at City Hall; Talk on Nazi-Era Artist, Charlotte Salomon MUSIC: Bay Area faves, Loquat, are playing their first show in eight months at the Rickshaw tonight, with special guests Inu. Spin aptly coins the band's sound as "[s]ugary, sultry vocals" "wrapped
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/7: Sharon McKnight at The Rrazz Room; The Walls Project Performance; 'Slap Shot' Cult Cinema MUSIC: Tony-nominated Sharon McNight, whose voice is "as brassy and beautiful as ever," kicks off gay pride month in a career retrospective, “The First 30 Years ... From Moose Hall to Carnegie Hall,” featuring
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/6: Marcus Shelby Trio Plays John Coltrane, 'The Lazy Gourmet' Book Signing, and 'Rat Scratch Fever' Horror Film MUSIC: As part of Yoshi SF's Impulse Mondays, the Marcus Shelby Trio, featuring Mel Martin and Howard Wiley, will be playing the music off of John Coltrane's two 1965 albums, A Love Supreme
Arts & Entertainment The Prettiest Recycling Bin in Town [Updated] SFist was walking along Larkin Street near Ellis the other day, amidst the myriad delicious Vietnamese joints, and were stopped in our tracks by this rather festive-looking recycling bin. The sharp-dressed bin's owners
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/5: Michael Scott Moore Reading, Cockettes' 'Vice Palace', and Imagery's Summer Season Benefit READING: Journalist, surfer and author Michael Scott Moore will be at Green Apple Books tonight reading from his latest book, Sweetness and Blood, in which Moore visits unlikely surfing destinations —Gaza, West Africa,
SF News Second Firefighter Injured in Diamond Heights Fire Dies Firefighter and paramedic Anthony "Tony" Valerio, 53, one of the three firefighters involved in the deadly fire in Diamond Heights on Friday, died on Saturday morning at about 7:30 a.m. Valerio,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/3: Arj Barker at Cobb's, Sara Shelton Mann's 'Zeropoint', Nightlife on Other Planets Fashion Show COMEDY: Arj Barker, most notably of Flight of the Concords fame, brings his witty observations and even cleverer delivery to Cobb's this weekend, along with special guest Tony Camin. (8 and 10:15
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/2: 'Resistance to the Indignities of Modern Life' Art Show, Another Hole in the Head Film Fest Launch Party, 'Dinner' Salon at CJM ART: Artist Aaron Terry has transformed Ever Gold Gallery into a cave-like installation in an exhibition entitled, Resistance to the Indignities of Modern Life, in which the viewer becomes part of a massive
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight 6/1: SFAC Gallery's 'Aftermath,' Penny Arcade 6th Anniversary, 'Wicked Plants' Book Signing ART: The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery presents Aftermath, celebrating the launch of Bay Area artist Ernest Jolly's new installation, Natural Reaction. The event, which was inspired by recent natural disasters and those
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Adam Carolla by Daniel Phifer Adam Carolla first gained national attention as the much needed comic relief to Dr. Drew Pinsky’s clinical straight man on the Los Angeles based radio show Loveline. Since then
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Veronica Klaus Sings Peggy Lee, Conversation with Tucker Nichols and Daniel Handler, and 'Bruja' at Magic Theatre MUSIC: San Francisco's Veronica Klaus is performing two encore performances of her new show with the Tammy Hall Trio, featuring some of her favorite Peggy Lee songs, both well-known and more obscure. Get
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, in Berkeley... Friend of SFist, Kate, picked up this awesome pastel drawing on a sidewalk in Berkeley the other day, which features the intriguing headline, "Vicodin Pool Party." Kate hopes to return the poster to
SF News Man Drowns at Alameda Beach While Fire Department, Coast Guard, Watch The Oakland Tribune (via Mercury News) reports on a tragic story of a 57-year-old man who drowned in the bay in Alameda on Monday after wading chest-high in the water fully clothed for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/30: 'Pulp Fiction', Dustin O'Halloran w/ the Magik*Magik String Quartet & Conspiracy of Venus, and Theater Pub FILM: Tonight's the launch of Red Devil Lounge's new Free Monday Movie Night, featuring the ground-breaking classic that gave John Travolta a second shot in the business, Pulp Fiction. Enjoy some popcorn, mojitos,
