misc Yelp's Yelp Reviews More Mixed in Light of Extortion Stories We've been enjoying reading the onslaught of one- and two-star reviews about Yelp on its own site, ever since the extortion stories sprouted legs. Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman denies the accusations, claiming the
Arts & Entertainment Life/Style Club Every Thursday Night at Beauty Bar Life/Style DJs Ts, Roll, and various special guests consistently rock the party on Thursday nights at Beauty Bar, featuring weekly vodka specials and no cover. Selected tunes/genres include "shoegaze, Prince, New
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: John Casey Beginning tomorrow night through May 10 at Oakland's Swarm Gallery, Bay Area artist John Casey's latest series Distant Cousins will be on exhibit. There will be an opening reception tomorrow night, which will
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink FuncheapSF Misleads Readers with Fictitious Yet Plausible "Potatoes and Grubs Festival" We had bookmarked FuncheapSF's post about the Second Annual Potatoes and Grubs Festival, which was supposedly happening tonight in the Mission. Gullible as we are, it took us quite a while to question
misc Take the Quake Quiz Speaking of the Tuesday Noon Siren, the SF Department of Energy Management has a Flash-y quiz for us web-savvy folks to check our earthquake knowledge, while providing helpful tips along the way. (Warning,
misc Visit the SF SPCA Mobile Adoption Outreach at Various Downtown Locations There were a few adoptable cats and a lone bulldog at SF SPCA's adoption outreach booth at Embarcadero 4 today. The booth rotates at various downtown locations, and the hours are 11:30
misc <em>The Tuesday Noon Siren</em>, a Short Documentary This cute, two-minute video created by 72hours.org with the help of the SF Department of Emergency Management explains the history of San Francisco's outdoor warning system and profiles Cesar Santos, the dispatcher
Arts & Entertainment MOM's Pharmacy/AIDS Community Center Grand Opening This Evening MOM's Pharmacy will be having their grand opening tonight at their new location in the heart of the Castro (4071 18th St, at Castro). In addition to providing their signature tender-loving care to
misc SFist Finds: Kilowatt Comics via GutterGold.com Captain Baritone found this compelling series of comics that were pinned to the bulletin board at Kilowatt. We love how the lentil soup sheep has a cameo in each comic. Check out Captain
misc Commenter Blog Spotlight: AngryBat's 40 Going on 28 This post marks a brand new feature, in which we give SFist's blogging commenters some props, as a thank you for helping make SFist great. Upon viewing AngryBat's blog, 40 Going on 28,
misc Tell Us Your Casual Carpool Stories We've always heard about this elusive casual carpool that many East Bayers utilize to get them across the bridge every day. It sounds like an adventure to us, and a little scary, like
misc Spring is in the Air: Sunday Afternoon at Dolores Park We hear Saturday at Dolores Park was off-the-hook, while we sat at home working all day. Lucky for us, Sunday was just as fun- and character-filled, if not more so. Which day did
SF News Yerba Buena's Dream House Raffle, First Early Bird Drawing Deadline Friday We had seen a bus ad for some weird house raffle a few weeks ago and were quite puzzled. Then we promptly forgot about it. Since then, news outlets have confirmed it's legit.
Arts & Entertainment What To Do During Earth Hour Tonight Millions across the globe are participating in Earth Hour tonight (and as we speak). For those who feel like being out and about tonight, here are some Earth Hour events going on in
Arts & Entertainment Free Screening of <em>Milk</em> at The Independent on Monday Night FuncheapSF alerted us to a free screening of Milk on Monday night at 8 p.m. at the Independent. We just might go and swoon over James Franco and Emile Hirsch some more,
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF Giveaway: Tickets to <em>Diamond Head</em> on Sunday This is our final SFIAAFF/Castro Theatre giveaway. Write a haiku using the word "interracial," and enter to win a pair of tickets to the epic Diamond Head on Sunday afternoon, which was
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF Giveaway: Tickets to <em>Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi</em> on Sunday Night Here is our fourth SFIAAFF/Castro Theatre giveaway. Write a haiku using the word "Bollywood," and enter to win a pair of tickets to Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi on Sunday night, which
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Eats: Stretch Your Dollar, Waistband, on Monday Nights at Jardinière Beginning this Monday, Jardinière will be catering to the value-conscious consumer (who wants to splurge every now and then) with a weekly prix fixe menu, which features dishes from a different region of
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF Giveaway: Tickets to <em>The Love of Siam</em> on Saturday And now for our third SFIAAFF/Castro Theatre ticket giveaway. Write a haiku using the words "gay," "teen," and "love," and enter to win a pair of tickets to The Love of Siam
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF Giveaway: Tickets to <em>The Equation Between Love and Death</em> Here's our second SFIAAFF/Castro Theatre ticket giveaway. Write a haiku with the words "love" and "death," and enter to win a pair of tickets to the Saturday afternoon screening of The Equation
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF Giveaway: Tickets to <em>Dirty Hands</em> on Saturday The San Francisco Int'l Asian American Film Festival starts tomorrow, and we have five pairs of tickets to give away to the Castro Theatre screenings this weekend. The first set of tickets is
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: International Theatre Ensemble's Production of Gogol's <em>The Nose</em> Tickets are still available for this Friday and Saturday nights' performances of Nikolai Gogol's The Nose, presented by the International Theatre Ensemble at the Phoenix Theatre. SFist attended the International Theatre Ensemble's production
Arts & Entertainment Haiku Giveaway: Win Tickets to Gogol's <em>The Nose</em> Friday and Saturday Night In celebration of Nicolai Gogol's 200th birthday, Phoenix Theatre and the International Theatre Ensemble present The Nose, the first installment of a multi-art experimental production of The Overcoat directed by Oleg Liptsin. The
Arts & Entertainment SFMOMA Launches "Art in the Atrium: Kerry James Marshall," Free to the Public For the next year, patrons and passersby can enjoy Kerry James Marshall's monumental mural exhibit in SFMOMA's Evelyn and Walter Haas Atrium. Marshall depicts the rarely represented slaves who inhabited Monticello and Mount
misc Cheap Pete's Will Do Your Noise Pop Posters Right Instead of letting your collectible Noise Pop poster fade in the corner for a year, like we did, head on over to Cheap Pete's for a "quick fit" to last a lifetime. This
