misc SFist Finds: Scraps We found these two pieces of paper on the street this week. The plane, which looks rather Futurama-esque, was picked up on Wednesday at Fillmore and Pine. On the flip side is a
misc Where Have All the Crackheads Gone? Yesterday we mentioned how we often see lots of crack being smoked in the boarded-up window across the street from our Tendernob window. But after thinking about it some, we realized we haven't
misc Boxed In: A Parking Panorama Then, a couple of weeks ago, just before the recent holiday weekend, we witnessed the drivers of two boxed-in cars in a row compete to see who could get their cars the hell
Arts & Entertainment Stolen Artwork The two pieces at right by Barry McGee and Clare Rojas were stolen from the RVCA gallery last week. (We hear this isn't the first time McGee's art has been stolen -- lame!
Arts & Entertainment Soundwave>Series 3: EnviroSonic Tonight Homeland Security put a little wrinkle in tonight's event by not letting Canadian artists Sam McKinlay and Christian Nicolay into the country. Therefore, their stellar installation of movement-triggered sound environments created by a
Arts & Entertainment Salute the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien Today Here are a few events marking this occasion: Today at Noon, there will be a champagne toast as San Francisco’s fireboat, Phoenix, joins with other area ships, including the amphibious WWII-era “ducks”
misc SFist Finds: iPenis We were thinking of recycling our geriatric, four-year-old ("fourth-generation") iPod for a ten-percent discount on a Nano when it gave us a very nasty sad-face last month. We thought we were doomed when
Arts & Entertainment Found Footage Fest This Weekend w/Special Guest Jack Rebney on Saturday We can't wait to meet the unintentionally hilarious (audio NSFW) "World's Angriest R.V. Salesman" Jack Rebney at the 7:15 Saturday screening of the fourth annual Found Footage Festival! We are promised
Arts & Entertainment Obamarama Fundraiser at Supperclub Tonight The event was organized by four Bay Area creatives: Dan Levine (Online Director, Current TV), Julia Walsh (Asst. Editor, CasaSugar.com), Sabrina Shamma (Broadcast Producer, Goodby Silverstein and Partners) and Reece Hoverkamp (Sr.
Arts & Entertainment Sam Shepard's <em>Curse of the Starving Class</em> at A.C.T. Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Peter DuBois, is about a dysfunctional family who's constantly wishing for a piece of the "American pie." "Effort" seems to be a foreign concept to this
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <em>1000 Journals</em> SF Int'l Film Fest's screening of 1000 Journals at Kabuki on Saturday was very warmly received by a large audience, and questions abounded at the Q&A with filmmaker Andrea Kreuzhage and
Arts & Entertainment SPF7 Sketch Comedy at The Dark Room This Weekend We are excited to see our old instructors and the rest of local comedy troupe SPF7 fall on their faces shine at The Dark Room this weekend during the premiere of their sketch
misc SFist Finds: Dapper Founding Fathers We recall receiving these bills as babysitting payment back in the '80s, and they make great gift-accessories for kids as well. But we had never before noticed how interesting the back of the
misc Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Us a Geodesic Dome? SFist commenter jacksevanroo's facetious reference to buying a geodesic dome in response to Larry Ellison's questionable tax break on his "functionally obsolete" compound, reminded us about this Silicon Valley geodesic dome home ("Brigadome"
misc Do You Remember The First Time? Apparently, they were drunk for the very first time, and it was most likely their first protest as well. One poor young woman was wearing black stilettos. That's hard-core, honey. When they first
misc SFist Finds: Evolution of the Political Wall This lovely photo of the political poster wall on Valencia near 24th St. captured by Seven Morris comes to us via the "found" and "sfist" tags. Apparently the wall got "hijacked" for Prisoner
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF Review: <i>A Gentle Breeze in the Village</i> A Gentle Breeze in the Village was adapted from Fusako Kuramochi’s popular manga series Tennen Kokekko, and one of the young, female characters in the film is a talented manga artist. A
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF Review: <i>A Thousand Years of Good Prayers</i> The film kicked off SFIAAFF's spotlight tribute to Wayne Wang. Wang will be in person at all screenings of his films: Princess of Nebraska--sister film to A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, The
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Girls Rock Camp Opens This Summer Boys, it looks like you'll have to start your own rock camp. Or wait until you're 50. But then again, your garage/basement is much more accessible. Additionally, for those of us ladies
Arts & Entertainment <i>Girls Rock! The Movie</i> Premieres Tonight at Embarcadero The film also opens at Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley today, with a grand opening event tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m., featuring performances by campers As Ifs and Shattuck Cinemas' band Kitties,
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop 2008: Tales from the Merch Booth Tuesday: Our first Noise Pop night was on Opening Night at the Rickshaw Stop, which was available to badge-holders, staff, and volunteers. We got there right when the doors opened and went straight
misc SFist Finds: VJJ Then we found ourselves thinking, what if this were just another penis drawing -- we probably wouldn't even bother posting it. Penis drawings are a dime a dozen, but vagina drawings such as
SF News Update: Missing SF Child Alert Update: Recent reports say that Mireya was seen leaving her family's apartment alone yesterday at 9:30 a.m., telling her four-year-old brother that she'd see him tomorrow. Mireya's mother was quoted as
misc SFist Finds: Happy Val'z Day! Sappenin' sammy! yo dude! I just officialy met you this year but you've been a pretty cool dude, ese! ITS A GOOD THING you DONT JUDGE People OR eLse U'D THiNK IM a
misc Lower Polk Neighbors Unite Tonight Hey, it's another Polk post, folks! We're thankful to Flickr user Lulu Vision for giving us a heads-up in the SFist Contribute section regarding tonight's Lower Polk Neighbors meeting with SF Fire Department
