Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Mark Growden celebrates the release of his tenth album in fifteen years, Lose Me in the Sand, which is a tribute to Growden’s rural mountain roots, "a hats-off to the roughshod
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Chinese New Year, TechShop Opening, Tulipmania, Bluegrass Workshops Chinese New Year Parade and Fair: Does it rain during every Chinese New Year Parade? Find out tomorrow. There's also a community fair on Saturday and Sunday, featuring dance and music from throughout
Arts & Entertainment Live KUSF Broadcast At Amoeba Today, Noon To 3 P.M. KUSF fans can stream a live broadcast happening at Amoeba via the legendary WFMU.com from Noon to 3 p.m. today featuring KUSF DJs Irwin, Carolyn, Stereo Steve, Jantine, and DJ Schmeejay,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FUNDRAISER: 826 Valencia presents their first-ever Spelling Bee for Cheaters, a tournament that tests not only the word-wisdom of the contestants, who include Daniel Handler, Tracy Chapman, and Mythbuster's Adam Savage, but also
Arts & Entertainment 100+ Musicians To Cover Pixies 'Doolittle' Tuesday, 2/22 The '90s are certainly back. Notice all the flannel and Doc Martens floating around out there? What better way to further celebrate the recently bygone decade than with an epic re-imagining of a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight SCIENCE: At Nerd Nite SF #9: Real Estate Shenanigans, Dirty Archaeology, and Roller Derby Fundamentals, learn all about how the $10 trillion world of "shadow banking" went boom, and why it’s not
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight TALK: Head to Berkeley for a refreshing take on life in the 21st century and beyond in An Optimist’s Tour of the Future, in which writer, deep-thinker, and stand-up comedian Mark Stevenson
SF News S.F.'s Garbage Might Go To Yuba Or Pittsburg Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were asked to vote on lifting a Depression-era ban on allowing competitive bidding on the city's trash business, but they've put the decision on hold.
SF News Passenger Dies While Riding Caltrain A 61-year-old man was found unresponsive on a northbound Caltrain yesterday afternoon, which was stopped at the Hillsdale station. A crew member called for medical assistance at about 2 p.m., and emergency
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: Leave your pants and your worries at the door and shake your unmentionables to groovy indie-rock, electro, and hip-hop at Club Neon's 7th Annual Valentine's Day Underwear Party. 9 p.m. // The
SF News Kiss "Three Heads, Six Arms" Goodbye, Leaves Tomorrow In the words of Boys II Men (perhaps it was your graduating class song?), "It's so hard to say goodbye," but the time has come. You were warned about this day back in
SF News SFist Blotter: A Lower Haight Rape, a Nob Hill Murder Hayes Valley / Rape: Police are in search of a man suspected of raping a woman near Octavia and Market at around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. The alleged rapist was about
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Local fave, Ash Reiter, is described as having "A voice like honey and whiskey and lyrics like well, honey and whiskey," performing "California soaked grooves and an arsenal of dance gems." Austin's
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via L.M. (yesterday, but still relevant): "It's a great day at Duboce Park: an accordion player, a kite flyer, frisbee players, and some sort of coed basketball game involving Gatorade and alcohol
SF News Kati Kim Speaks To '20/20' About Kim Family Tragedy As many of you recall, four years ago in December of 2006, the nation was hanging onto every tragic detail related to the search for the Kims, a young San Francisco family of
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow Night: Set Your Goals Set To Turn DNA Lounge Into A Stage Diving Contest by Erick Pressman While San Francisco continues to wage war on all ages shows, a lot of youth-oriented bands and tours seem to pass on playing the city entirely and end up hitting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Modern Eden Gallery and the SF SPCA present Menagerie, showcasing inspired work by San Francisco's established and emerging artists incorporating the SPCA's mission. During the month of February, 20% of the proceeds
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PERFORMANCE: Beloved Bay Area bike dance group, Derailleurs, present Freak Bike Show, featuring live music by The Nerv and Thee Hobo Gobbelins, tunes by Dj 0.000001, aka Th’Mole, a performance by
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Top Five Least Schmaltzy Valentine's Events Valen-tiny Idea Night: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts hosts a night of "mingling, mating, and music," featuring live performances, dancing, and lots of art and activities, including postmodern elevator peepshows and Infatuated,
SF News David Lynch Helps S.F. Schools Meditate KALW reports on Visitacion Valley Middle School's implementation of the innovative Quiet Time program, which sets aside fifteen minutes at the beginning and end of each school day for students to meditate. All
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight HISTORY: City Lights and Speak Out celebrate the publication of Clarence Lusane's The Black History of the White House, which illuminates the central role the White House has played in advancing, thwarting, or
Arts & Entertainment Tickets On Sale For Last-Minute Dave Chappelle Performances Tomorrow Night At Cobb's Cobb's Comedy Club just announced a couple of last-minute Dave Chappelle performances for tomorrow night. (He's also there tonight, but the shows sold out fast.) Tickets were still available as of this posting,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The Rumble SF presents a Noise Pop warm-up show, featuring the sultry, trance-like sounds of eclectronic duo Blackbird Blackbird, the looped and layered lo-fi vibe of Phantom Kicks, and Letting Up Despite
Arts & Entertainment Calling All Photographers: Submissions For Next 200 Yards Due 2/14 Hey Photogs, get out your cameras, head toward Free Gold Watch (1767 Waller Street at Stanyon), and record what you see and what inspires you within the 200-yard perimeter of the gallery. Then
Arts & Entertainment Today: Scoot Over To Grand Prix For Free Coffee (Scooter Required, In Case You Didn't Get The Pun) Those who find themselves in Union Square on a regular basis now have a Blue Bottle option amongst the sea of Starbuckses and other un-artisan coffee spots. The folks behind coffee kiosks Cento,
