Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Photographer Joe Budd San Francisco photographer Joe Budd is debuting a new collection of photographs from his travels across the world as a commercial photographer, featuring people and landscapes in exotic locales such as Brazil, Thailand,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Poppy folk band Fruit Bats are promoting their latest Sub Pop album The Ruminant Band with a free show at Amoeba this evening, and they're also at The Independent later tonight, along
SF News Photos: Heavy Police Activity on Post Street It's been an exciting day in the Bay Area. We were walking up Post at around 5 p.m. and encountered chaos at Larkin Street, in which the whole block was taped off
misc Photos: San Francisco Zine Fest Photog Steve Rhodes captured these fun and colorful photos at the San Francisco Zine Fest on Saturday. Check out the full collection on Flickr. Stay tuned for SFist Brock's rundown of Sunday at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Smile! presents an eclectic mix of bands tonight at the Knockout with gothic/dark Chelsea Wolfe, pop/folk Helene Renaut, singer/songwriter J. Irvin Dally, and folk rock/shoegaze Upstairs Downstairs. 9
misc Local Business Overreacts to Mediocre Yelp Review Special thanks to the on-the-ball tipster who informed SFist of this humorous yet slightly disturbing occurrence surrounding Yelper Marie K.'s 3-star review of Perish Trust, an antique store on Divisadero Street, last
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Seattle comedian Hari Kondabolu speaks truth to power with confrontational and personal material, along the same lines as his comedic heroes Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor, according to the Seattle Times. KayDee
Arts & Entertainment SF Zine Fest This Weekend In addition to the SF Street Food Festival on Saturday and the Rock Make Street Festival on Sunday, there's also SF Zine Fest going on all weekend. The event is an annual celebration
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight VARIETY: "Backpack Burlesque! Campfire Comedy! Sultry Acts of Nature!," boast the organizers of tonight's Summer Camp-themed Hubba Hubba Revue. Come enjoy a whole line-up of performers at this titillating variety show that won
misc Exact Revenge on Your Neighbor Via Google Maps We randomly came across this little tidbit yesterday while searching for kid band The She's, who are performing at the Rock Make Street Festival on Sunday. The disgruntled revenge-seeker/Walnut Creek resident must
Arts & Entertainment Rock Make Street Festival on Sunday The Bay Bridged, Noise Pop,Tartufi, and WhizBang Fabrics bring you the 2nd annual Rock Make Street Festival this Sunday. The six-hour party will consist of approximately 60 Bay Area vendors selling their
Arts & Entertainment Giveaway: Tickets to MATCHA, Way of the Sword, Next Thursday The Asian Art Museum presents Matcha: Way of the Sword next Thursday, which is the second event in their three-part MATCHA series. Iaidō is a Japanese martial art from the days of samurai
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: It's your last chance to view the current exhibitions at SF Camerawork. The Summer Exhibition Cool-Down Party features Ersatz Group Exhibition, Leaving A Mark: Cutter Photozine, and The 2009 James D. Phelan
misc Introducing San Francisco Crimespotting Stamen Design, the folks behind Oakland Crimespotting, have just launched a companion site, San Francisco Crimespotting, which is a sleek, user-friendly interface that blows SFPD's clunky Crime Maps out of the water. Users
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Street Food Festival on Saturday Finally, a food festival that we can afford! San Francisco Street Food Festival 2009, which is a benefit for La Cocina, is a free, day-long block party full of micro-entrepreneurs, informal food vendors,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: This month's Incredibly Strange Picture Show features the zany Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion. Filmed in 2005, Galifianakis' performance at SF's famed Purple Onion is said to still be his
misc Google Doesn't Like 11th St, DNA Lounge Apparently, most of 11th Street (between Mission and Bryant Streets) was deleted from Google's Street View a few months ago, which was not fixed in yesterday's update. It also appears in the above
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: It's $3 Movie Night, featuring A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil, an inspirational documentary about environmental innovations that transformed Curitiba, Brazil, into one of the most livable cities in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Jazz quartet Yellowjackets are promoting, Lifecycles, their first album in 15 years, which was recorded in collaboration with high-energy guitar virtuoso Mike Stern and received a Grammy nomination. The five players will
SF News UPDATE: Strike Canceled, BART and ATU Reach Tentative Deal UPDATE: BART announced at 7 p.m. today that they have come to a temporary agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union, and tomorrow's strike has been canceled. The following terms will remain in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The legendary M-E-T-H-O-D Man, aka "Cheese" from The Wire, joins the equally legendary Redman and Ghostface Killah. 8 p.m. // Mezzanine (444 Jessie St) // $35, 21+, buy tickets COMEDY: Experience a night
Arts & Entertainment Hit and Run Hula Ambushes the Apple Store It's been a busy day for the Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu Dancers, who started their Hit and Run Hula at Pier 39 this morning, bused over to the Ferry Building, made
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DRAG: It's the 14th Annual SF Drag King Contest, the biggest and longest running drag king contest in the world. This year's event is beach-themed, and proceeds will benefit P.A.W.S.
misc "All You Need is a Crane" This photo on Curbed seriously made our afternoon. Apparently, a long-time Curbed lurker discovered this rooftop streamliner while doing a building inspection for a housing project in the Tenderloin. Blogger 40Goingon28 confirms it's
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend Wow, there's a lot of day-time events happening this weekend. We are fried from putting this all together. Time to get outside! ALL WEEKEND Homo A Go Go A whirlwind of music, art,
