Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DANCE: Get a free beginner salsa lesson at Salsa in the Square, a salsa music and dance festival happening every third Wednesday through October. Immediately following the lesson, test your skill to the
Arts & Entertainment Score Cheap Shoreline Lawn Tix, Including Depeche Mode, Today, Select Wednesdays If you're planning to purchase lawn tickets for any Shoreline Amphitheatre concerts this summer, be sure to get them via Live Nation on a select No Service Fee Wednesday, including today, for an
SF News No Charges Brought Against Father of Infant Who Died in Car The father who left his infant in the car at the El Cerrito Bart station last week will not be charged with a crime. Contra Costa Deputy District Attorney Harold Jewett said Monday,
Arts & Entertainment Ticket Giveaway: "Matcha" at the Asian Art Museum Thursday Learn all there is to know about sake and tea at the Asian Art Museum tomorrow Thursday night, which kicks of their bi-monthly Matcha series. Kirsten Shilakes, art history lecturer, will lead a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: SF Sketchfest presents San Francisco-based comedy troupe Kasper Hauser for a special one-night show celebrating the release of their book, Weddings of the Times, a parody of the New York Times wedding
misc Photos: Dachshund Derby KayVee.INC made our day by snapping these shots of the adorable Dachshund Derby at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley on Saturday. Apparently, only one dog made it to the finish line, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: John Cage, who was an American composer and pioneer of chance music, electronic music and non-standard use of musical instruments, is honored in this one-time only screening of The Revenge of the
SF News Alameda County Sheriffs Confiscate 22,838 Pot Plants Alameda County Sheriffs busted the largest outdoor marijuana growing facility they had ever seen last Thursday. They had launched an investigation after a driver East of Sunol on Calaveras Road reported seeing a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PERFORMANCE: Help save the Rhino Theatre at The 2009 Rhino Benefit Spectacular. Performers include Leanne Borghesi, Laurie Bushman, Mike Finn, Scott Gessford, David Goodwin, Jordan LaMoore, Kim Larsen, Matthew Martin, Sara Moore, Tom
Arts & Entertainment Photos: World Naked Bike Ride Yesterday was World Naked Bike Ride, "an international demonstration in protest of our dependence on fossil fuels," and davitydave captured the San Francisco starting point at Justin Herman Plaza. Check out davitydave's Flickr
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Greg Gossel will exhibit his new collection of appropriated pop culture imagery ranging from pulp novels, romance comics, political references, and fallen icons of the 20th century. His pieces are large-scale multimedia
Arts & Entertainment Sneak a Peek at SF Rock Memorabilia, the Old Mint This Weekend Through Sunday, Wolfgang's Vault is exhibiting Bill Graham's prolific collection of San Francisco rock memorabilia in Backstage Pass: A Sweeping History of Rock 'n' Roll at the historic Old Mint Building, whose doors
misc Video: Yesterday's Singing Flash Mob Friend of SFist, Daniel, accompanied last night's Flash Mob at Union Square, in which approximately fifty people sang the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends." He managed to capture about sixteen
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PERFORMANCE: This weekend at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Kunst-Stoff will perform its 11th San Francisco Home Season from inside a 50 x 50 square “boxing ring” set-up with the audience seated
misc Cute Alert: Dachshund Derby in Berkeley on Saturday Wienerschnitzel has a clever campaign going with their hilarious Wiener Nationals. Saturday's Dachshund Derby II will take place at Noon at Berkeley's Golden Gate Fields (1100 Eastshore Hwy). Admission ranges from $4-15, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FLASH MOB: Ok, folks, it's apparently time for yet another flash mob. This one will last five minutes, and everyone will be singing the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends" (in
SF News Newsom to Address Green Questions on Current Tomorrow Current invited the public to submit and vote on questions for Mayor Gavin Newsom regarding his run for governor and his green platform. Six of the questions will be chosen alongside picks from
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham will perform the Berg Concerto, "part requiem, part showpiece," which he has explored for years and has played often, and Schubert's Mass No. 6, a "glory of the
SF News Woman Pays $10,000 Reward for Stolen Dog Debby Brown's "Chorkie" (Chihuahua/Yorkie mix) named Lexi was stolen from Brown's locked car (with the A/C running) in Concord on Friday night, while Brown and her boyfriend went into a restaurant
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: This week's $7 Tuesday flick at the Red Vic is Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Come see Sean Penn at his best as the infamous Jeff Spicoli, and who can forget the
SF News Family, Friends of Hugues de la Plaza Consider Suing City for Negligence The family and friends of Hugues de la Plaza, the 36-year-old French San Francisco resident whose homicide two years ago was wrongly deemed a suicide by SFPD -- until the French authorities came
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Sugary yet melancholic Scottish indie-poppers Camera Obscura, lead by angelic crooner Tracyanne Campbell, will entrance the Fillmore tonight. Lovely, vintage cabaret-inspired, all-female trio Agent Ribbons opens. 9 p.m. // The Fillmore (1805
misc Photos: Sunday Streets in the Mission We hear today's Sunday Streets in the Mission was a success. Evidently lots of kids came out of the woodwork, too. The next one is July 19, also in the Mission. Keep the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATRE: In Stale Magnolias, presented by Foul Play, you will meet the ladies of Texas’ Last Chance Salon, inspired by the kind of women found in such ’80s films as Steel Magnolias, Crimes
SF News We Felt It! There was a small 3.2 quake that occurred in the East Bay at 3:30 p.m. today, one kilometer Northeast of El Cerrito. We at SFist felt it in the Tendernob
