Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/15: The Jewish Nutcracker DANCE: In The Jewish Nutcracker, A Maccabee Celebration, Katy Alaniz Rous and World Dance Fusion re-imagines the original Tchaikovsky score as traditional cultural dance, blending dance forms such as Flamenco, Chinese, Persian, Kathak,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/14: Noir City XMas FILM: Delight in some yuletide noir classics at Castro Theatre's 2nd annual Noir City XMas 2011, featuring a double feature screening of Lady on a Train and Christmas Holiday. Additionally, the full schedule
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: Fish Hotel We've never been a fish enthusiast, but this swanky Fish Hotel makes us want to become one. The hotel can stand by itself, or it can be stacked with others to create a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/14: Southern (Dis)Comfort FILM: The Roxie hosts a night of Gothic cinema with Southern (Dis)Comfort, featuring Hurry Sundown, "an overly earnest 1960s-era take on race relations and a gorgeously mounted trash melodrama" starring Michael Caine
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/12: Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa MUSIC: Expect to get a contact high at the Warfield tonight as Snoop Dogg takes the stage with Wiz Khalifa, in support of their new soundtrack for the film, Mac & Devin Go
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Artists, Galleries Invade Miami by Micke Tong Last week was Art Basel Miami Beach’s 10th edition, and after attending ten out of the eighteen participating art fairs, walking nearly 20 miles and visiting over 400 galleries,
SF News Occupy Oakland Leads Monday's West Coast Port Shutdown Continuing with the momentum of last month's general strike, Occupy Oakland has organized a West Coast Shutdown to begin bright and early on Monday morning. The group has joined forces with Occupy groups
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/11: Erase Errata/Grass Widow MUSIC: Bay Area Girls Rock Camp presents a showcase featuring four teen bands that were formed during the camp's new Advanced Music Program (AMP), which launched in September, followed by performances by Erase
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/10: Dance-Along Nutcracker DANCE: Tickets are still available to tonight's Dance-Along Nutcracker adult gala, featuring Clara's psychedelic '60s-esque journey through the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band will perform
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Paints Over OWS Signage On House Without Permission [Updated] Occupy Oakland supporter Casey Dolan had been using the front door of her house, which her boyfriend owns, to advertise info about the Occupy protests, and apparently the City of Oakland wasn't liking
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/9: Winston Smith Punk Art ART: Punk art surrealist Winston Smith presents his one-night only Annual Studio Show, featuring new and classic originals for sale. Check out his gallery. There's some pretty rad stuff
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/8: Beats By The Bay ART: The Ever Gold Gallery presents Beats by the Bay: SF Artists & Galleries of the Fifties, featuring work by the less publicized Beat visual artists, including artist/writer/educator Fred Martin, gallery
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: 2-Carat Cup This contributor is admittedly gift-buying challenged, but local gift purveyors, Misha SF (1428 Polk), make it super easy for us to make discerning purchases. Their Polk Street storefront is chock-full of quirkily fun
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/7: Jonathan Richman MUSIC: Folky-pop icon and S.F. resident Jonathan Richman takes the stage at the gorgeous Great American tonight, along with collaborator Tommy Larkins, in which they'll "continue to wow crowds with handfuls of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/6: Katya Holiday Spectacular MUSIC: Russian opera diva, Katya Smirnoff-Sky, will be at the Rrazz Room for one night only performing her Holiday Spectacular, a fun-filled evening of "belting, banter, and ball gowns" sure to make your
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/5: Repeal Day Party DRINKING: FunCheapSF has the scoop on 21st Amendment Brewery's annual celebration of Repeal Day with 5-cent beers, a march against Prohibition, a secret speakeasy event (password required!), and the tapping of the cask
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/4: Amy Sedaris FILM: There will be a handful of tickets at the door to the Roxie's Evening with Amy Sedaris, which follows the lead of last year’s successful John Waters' Sleighful of Smut. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/3: Papercuts MUSIC: Bay Area faves, Papercuts, whose latest album, Fading Parade, is described as "[i]magine Belle & Sebastian teaming up with Slowdive and recording with Phil Spector back when he was killing it
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/2: Taj Mahal TALK: Ben Fong-Torres will be interviewing composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal, one of the most prominent and influential figures in contemporary blues and roots music, with accompaniment by live musical interludes. (8
Arts & Entertainment Notes From An Occupation: Police Infighting Friend of SFist and dedicated Occupy SF participant Scott Rossi was on the scene at last night's big barricade event. Highlights include details about the crowd knocking down the barricades and an eye-witness
Arts & Entertainment Video: Occupy Oakland's Scott Olsen On MSNBC, USA Today Quickly on the road to full recovery, Scott Olsen, the ex retired marine and Iraq War veteran who was critically injured by a police projectile during an Occupy Oakland raid back in October,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/1: Too Short, After Dark, 'Chico and Rita' MUSIC: Local gem Too Short has been making the rounds a lot lately. Tonight, he'll be taking the stage at The New Parish with notable players, Kev Choice and Martin Luther, among others.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/30: Kev Choice, Printz Dance Project MUSIC: Pianist/M.C./producer/band-director Kev Choice premieres excerpts from his new hip-hopera: The Chosen One in a special "The Art of Composition" performance, which will also feature other work Kev Choice
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/29: Metal Mother MUSIC: Oakland's Metal Mother, aka Tara Tati, will bring her "fresh bath of melancholic emotion, bubbled with loud tribal drums, futuristic synth leads, and sweetly haunting Celtic-inspired vocals" to Cafe Du Nord, along
