Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/18: Rayko's Plastic Camera Show PHOTOGRAPHY: Rayko presents its 5th Annual Plastic Camera Show, featuring the work of local, national, and international photographers who were picked from thousands of entries, including Robert Holmgren, a past best-of-show winner. (6
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/17: 'Cleanflix' FILM: The "fascinating and even-handed documentary," Cleanflix, explores the world of the backroom entrepreneurs in Utah who clean-up racy Hollywood films to suit the puritanical Mormon community, resulting in "twists, turns and a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/16: Bringing The Noise For MLK TRIBUTE: Youth Speaks presents its 15th Annual Bringing the Noise for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, a showcase of work by young writers throughout the Bay Area paying tribute to Dr. Martin
SF News City College Computers Infected With Decade-Old Virus A computer lab at San Francisco City College was recently shut down after it was discovered that one of its computers contained a virus that had been transmitting user data to Russia and
SF News Crime Dropped 19 Percent During Week Of Initial Occupy Oakland Raid, Says Investigative Report As KTVU reported on Friday, their office obtained about 1,000 internal emails between Oakland City Hall and the Oakland Police Department discussing how the city should handle the Occupy Oakland encampment before
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/15: The Best of Annecy ANIMATION: The S.F. Film Society presents the return of The Best of Annecy, showcasing a dynamic and entertaining array of shorts that appeared in Europe's Annecy International Animated Film Festival this year.
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Palate Cleanser: 'Dove as Angel' Perhaps your weekend's been a bit hectic and you need some calming visuals. Look no further than these awe-inspiring high-speed videos of animals in flight shot by a group of Dutch photographers as
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/14: 'Negroes on Ice' COMEDY: Father and son hip-hop duo, Prince Paul and his son PForreal, bring to the stage their concept album, Negroes On Ice, which explores hip hop, father/son relationships, and "the kind of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/13: Devo MUSIC: Devo takes over the Fillmore tonight and tomorrow night in support of their ninth album, Something for Everybody, which Rolling Stone describes as "wall-to-wall catchy." (8 p.m., The Fillmore, 1805 Geary
SF News Tennessee's Horrid 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Moves Forward; Anti-Transgender 'Bathroom' Bill Introduced After receiving approval in the Tennessee Senate last spring, the appalling "Don't Say Gay" bill, formally known as SB0049, is literally sitting on a desk in the state's House of Representatives right now.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/12: Sisters of Soul MUSIC: Bay Area hip hop/rock fave Silk-E headlines this special Sisters of Soul showcase at Yoshi's Oakland tonight featuring the Bay Area's most prominent female entertainers. Also on the bill are Ryan
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/11: Alcoholocaust Showcase MUSIC: Alcoholocaust presents a stellar night of veteran Bay Area Alternative Tentacles bands, including Victims Family, Fleshies, and Pins Of Light. (9 p.m., Elbo Room, 947 Valencia Street) PERFORMANCE: Local playwright/director
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/10: 'The Wild Bride' THEATER: You still have a couple of weeks to catch Britain's Kneehigh Theater Group's The Wild Bride at Berkeley Rep, which was extended through the 22nd. SFist Jay enjoyed the production, which he
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Campaign To Save Gold Dust Lounge Underway [Updated] Naturally, lots of folks are upset about the prospect of losing one of San Francisco's most historic drinking establishments, Gold Dust Lounge, since the news of its impending eviction broke last Friday. In
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/9: Toshio Hirano MUSIC: Toshio Hirano, San Francisco's beloved Japanese cowboy, yodels his way through his monthly honkytonk set featuring, as SFGate notes, "faithful, respectful renditions of heartbreaking country tunes," as part of Amnesia's Monday Night
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gold Dust Lounge Receives Eviction Notice In a day and age when authentic downtown dive bars have fallen by the wayside, it always felt like the Gold Dust Lounge's days were numbered. Inside Scoop confirmed on Friday that the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/8: 'Future Motive Power' THEATER: Take part in a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience at the Old Mint at Future Motive Power, Mugwumpin’s newest original performance about the life of Serbian-American inventor, Nikola Tesla, which weaves "fragments of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/7: Godard's 'Weekend' FILM: Weekend, Jean-Luc Godard's scathing late-sixties satire that's considered "one of cinema's great anarchic works," features a petit-bourgeois couple who travel across the French countryside to collect an inheritance from a dying relative
SF News Oh No They Didn't: Occupy Oakland Proclaims, 'F**K OPD' After encountering several arrests at Frank Ogawa Plaza during the past few weeks, Occupy Oakland has turned the heat up a notch by organizing a "March Against Repression" Saturday night dubbed, "Fuck OPD.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/6: Idle Warship (Talib Kweli/Res), Fishbone MUSIC: Idle Warship, which was formed by longtime friends and collaborators, hip-hop luminary Talib Kweli and soulful singer and songwriter Res, bring their live show to Yoshi's SF tonight, which features "a bold
Arts & Entertainment Do Lunch at SFMOMA Today [Sold Out] Celebrate your successful immersion back into regular post-holiday life with a delightful Pop-Up Lunch Break at SFMOMA (151 Third Street) today. For two hours (11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/5: Sharon Lockhart Films FILM: In conjunction with Sharon Lockhart's Lunch Break exhibition, SFMOMA presents two film programs this week and next. Tonight's screening features Pine Flat, which explores the interactions of children with their local surroundings
SF News Gay Bi-National S.F. Couple Wins Deportation Reprieve Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk, a married gay San Francisco couple who were almost forced to split up last fall due to the threat of Makk's looming deportation, will be able to
