Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/3: 'C.R.A.Z.Y' FILM: The Alliance Française of San Francisco's French Cinema Night kicks off family-themed month with C.R.A.Z.Y., which tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/2: Mates Of State MUSIC: Delightful and energetic married indie duo, Mates of State, who's latest album, Mountaintops, is on SFist's stereo as we speak, hit the Independent tonight, along with guest, The Stepkids. Your Monday night
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/1: 'The Connection' FILM: Director Shirley Clarke's groundbreaking 1962 film based on Jack Gelber's play, The Connection, features a group of eight anxious junkies awaiting the arrival of their connection, a topic that still rings true
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/30: Quintron & Miss Pussycat MUSIC: The legendary Quintron, whose sound embodies "the psychedelic soul of New Orleans garage R&B filtered through a tough distorted Hammond B-3 and a cache of self-made electronic instruments," and his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/29: Viva Frida At The De Young FASHION: This week's Friday Nights at the de Young event is themed Viva Frida: From the Blue House to the Catwalk, which celebrates both the Gaultier-inspired “Frida” and the traditional fashion in a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Scenes From Last Night: The Underground Market This contributor attended our first Underground Market event last night, which had a predictably huge turnout. Fortunately, since the crowd filled the place quickly, we arrived on the early side and were able
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/28: The Underground Market Returns FOOD: After a full year of being woefully out of commission, forageSF's Underground Market returns with a Kickstarter celebration, featuring a line-up of favorites who got their starts at the market and have
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/27: How To Drink Like A Locavore FOOD: The Commonwealth Club presents Distilled in the Bay Area: How to Drink Like a Locavore, featuring a panel of local malt masters from St. George Spirits, Charbay Winery & Distillery, Old World
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/25: Philip Glass and Joanna Newsom with Tim Fain BENEFIT: The Days and NIghts Festival kicks off its season with a stellar show co-presented by Folk Yeah, featuring Philip Glass and Joanna Newsom with Tim Fain performing collaborative and solo pieces. Proceeds
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/24: Frameline's 'Cloudburst' FILM: Frameline comes to an end tonight with Cloudstreet, starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot) as a couple who's been together for over thirty years, who embark on a roadtrip
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/23: Mark Gardener (Of Ride) MUSIC: Mark Gardener of Ride brings his 20th Anniversary celebration tour of Going Blank Again to Cafe Du Nord, in which he'll be backed by a full band, Silver Parade, performing songs spanning
SF News SFPD Finds Similarity Between Alleged Mission Rape And Previous Attempted Assault San Francisco Police Department released a Community Crime Prevention Advisory informing the public that upon investigating Sunday night's unreported sexual assault at 19th and Capp, the department discovered that some of the details
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/22: Drag Yourself To Pride's Disney Prom DRAG: Get out your Disney gear for Drag Yourself to Pride's Disney Prom, featuring Disney Prom Queen, Prom King, and Prom Villain walk-offs, DJ B.Urmanita on Beats, and Go-Go Boys & Girls
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/21: Creativity Explored's 'Fabulous' ART: Creative Explored pays tribute to Pride with Fabulous, a group exhibition that celebrates fashion, fame, identity, and queer culture with glamorous portrait paintings, wearable, multi-media hats, gender-bending drawings, and a full-size hot
SF News Woman Allegedly Dragged Off Sidewalk And Raped By Two Men At 19th and Capp; Reports Crime To Local Blogs [UPDATE] [UPDATE 4:40pm: According to Sgt. Michael Anderaychak, "The police department has not received a report of a sexual assault of the morning in june 18th on 19th and Capp. However, we strongly
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/20: Will Durst At The Commonwealth Club COMEDY: Famed political satirist, Will Durst, who once ran for mayor of San Francisco, will give an "undoubtedly entertaining" account of his life and work in a talk titled, "The Truth, The Whole
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/19: 'Call Me Kuchu' FILM: Frameline presents Call Me Kuchu, which explores the life and brutal death of veteran activist and the first openly gay man in Uganda, David Kato, in his undeterred fight for the rights
Arts & Entertainment Help Make This Tom Hanks Statue A Reality! Wonderment Consortium, who describe themselves as "An Oakland Based Arts Collective Concerned With Uplifting Oakland Public High School Students Everywhere," have started a Kickstarter campaign that pokes a little fun at the types
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/18: Pride Flag Raising PRIDE: Mayor Lee & San Francisco Pride present the San Francisco Pride Flag Raising this afternoon on the City Hall steps, which kicks off the official 2012 pride week. The flag raising will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/17: Japanther MUSIC: Brooklyn art project, Japanther, who run "the gamut from performance art to punk rock and back again," headline the late show at the Hemlock tonight, along with guests Pharmacy. (9:30 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/16: '5 Lesbians Eating Quiche' THEATER: Tides Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, an outrageous comedy about repressed desire, food politics and warm-blooded, cold war survival, featuring the "Susan B. Anthony Society
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/15: Fresh Meat Festival PERFORMANCE: The 11th annual Fresh Meat Festival, the nation’s premiere transgender and queer performance festival, kicks off at Brava Theater tonight, featuring the world premiere collaboration by Vogue Evolution and Emily Vasquez
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/14: Big Freedia MUSIC: Noise Pop and Hard French present Big Freedia, "a 6-foot-plus phenom powered by brash sexual energy and raw, self-made talent," who's described as the "queen diva of bounce music." The organizers advise
