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
SF News Police Investigate "Sexual Battery Suspect" aka Muni Humper View more news videos at: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video. SFPD have opened an investigation on the Muni Humper, now blandly coined "sexual battery suspect" in police speak, who has been plaguing the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Score some gems by over 350 local artists at Pop Noir, Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction. The event features a live and silent art auction, creative projects, delicious food and beverages,
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Weekend Events: Festivals Galore As always, funcheapSF has an exhaustive list of great stuff to do this weekend. For those who feel like staying in or getting out of town, there are street festivals and such all
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PERFORMANCE: The Thrillpeddlers present the revival of the legendary Cockettes' 1970s crown jewel production, Pearls Over Shanghai, a comic mock-operetta about white slavery and miscegenation set in the colorful world of 1937 Shanghai,
misc Perusing the Craigslist Free Section People offer up everything under the sun in Craigslist's free section, including random junk like a bottle of dish-washing detergent and the saddest wheelbarrow ever (too ugly for photos, the ad says). Also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Peruse art and enjoy food and drink specials at dozens of venues (including free dessert at Metro Kathmandu!), as part of the Divisadero Art Walk. 6 p.m. // Divisadero Street (from Haight
SF News Vigil for Laura Ling and Euna Lee at City Hall Tonight Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy In an effort to raise awareness about the plight of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two CurrentTV journalists detained
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: It's another titillating night of the SF Sex Worker Fest. Army of Lovers presents Formerly Known As, a two day festival of performance, art and video by male sex workers. Flavorpill tells
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Master trumpet player Herb Alpert, of the delightfully cheesy Sergio Mendes and Tijuana Brass fame, and his wife, singer Lani Hall will perform an intimate night of American and Brazilian jazz featuring
Arts & Entertainment Giveaway: Win Tickets to Litquake Tonight Litquake is celebrating their 10th anniversary tonight with a fundraiser called, "Cocktails with Canin." Author Ethan Canin, who is currently promoting the paperback release of his epic novel, America America, which was described
SF News San Francisco Homeless Stay Connected The Wall Street Journal reports that many of San Francisco's homeless are savvy at finding ways to go online regularly. Shelter attendants say the number of overnight visitors with laptops is growing, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The 2009 Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup Conference presents a free screening of DARE, which follows three very different teenagers through the last semester of high school. The screening will be followed by
SF News Latinos Targeted in Recent Kidnappings, Muggings in the Mission Mission Loc@l reports that there have been three documented cases this month of Latinos being forced into a vehicle with the intent of mugging them, while walking in isolated parts of the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: CASA (Children’s After School Arts) is having a musical theatrical extravaganza, Adventures at Camp Itchy Scratchy, starring 85 kindergarten through fifth graders. "Looking to escape their school-year stresses, a group of
misc Tough Times at the DMV With budget cuts, and long lines, apparently this is the easiest way for disgruntled patrons at the Fell Street DMV to get out their frustrations. The colors are very harmonious though.
SF News Journalists Detained in North Korea Go on Trial Thursday, Lisa Ling to Speak Out This Week CurrentTV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were detained for illegally crossing the North Korean border and accused of "hostile acts," are set to go on trial on Thursday. They were working
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: It's the closing weekend of Boleros for the Disenchanted, written by The Motorcycle Diaries screenwriter José Rivera, which is a love story set in Puerto Rico that spans several generations and is
