Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: Human "Tax the Rich" Banner at Ocean Beach In concurrence with the Occupy movement, folks will be forming a human banner at Ocean Beach tomorrow morning, which will spell out "TAX THE RICH!" Over 600 people -- and counting -- have
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/28: 'You Will Gonna Go Crazy,' 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' w/Yara Sofia, World Music Fest THEATER: Kularts presents You Will Gonna Go Crazy, "a hilariously sad and lyrical semi-autobiographical multimedia dance-theatre play" and coming-of-age story exploring the traumatic impacts of racist history on the Filipino American family, based
Arts & Entertainment Halloween Weekend Events: 'The Hunger'/Twin Peaks', Trannyshack, Waldo Pub Crawl, and More! There's certainly no shortage of frightful Halloween events going on this weekend for adults and kids alike. Here are a few choice happenings. Midnites for Maniacs' Halloween Spooktacular: Midnites for Maniacs presents an
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/27: Ann Magnuson, Zombie NightLife, Plato's Home Movies ART: Performance artist, musician, and actress Ann Magnuson, who defined 1980s downtown New York, brings her new tribute cabaret to SFMOMA with a nod to Bowie featuring a song cycle of his early
SF News Iraq War Veteran Scott Olsen Critically Injured at Occupy Oakland Raid As a few SFist commenters noted, the person who was hit in the head with a projectile during last night's beanbag assault by Oakland police has been identified as Iraq veteran Scott Olsen.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/26: 'Death in Parallel,' 'Race,' Hans-Joachim Roedelius ART: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts presents a sneak preview of its 34th Annual Day of the Dead exhibition, Death in Parallel, featuring stories, photos, home video and personal artifacts remembering and
Arts & Entertainment [Updated] SFist Giveaway: Tickets to Matcha This Thursday, 10/27 Here's another chance to win a pair of tickets to the Asian Art Museum's fabulous Matcha event on Thursday, featuring New Indian cuisine. The fifth person to email us at [email protected]
Arts & Entertainment John Waters' Adorable Muni Observations Muni Diaries alerted us to this little audio piece featuring John Waters talking about his love of Muni, which was recorded during Waters' visit to the Jewish Community Center last spring. He considers
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/25: Male Bonding, 'Counterfeits' Launch Party, 'Shaheed: The Dream & Death of Benazir Bhutto' MUSIC: Male Bonding, whose music is "animated by an infectious, evangelical zeal that reflects their roots in the D.I.Y. indie rock community," takes the stage at the Rickshaw, along with Water
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/24: 'Oil City Confidential', Nazi Trials Discussion, Brian Joseph FILM: SF DocFest and Mission Creek Music Festival present Oil City Confidential, the last film in director Julien Temple's '70s English punk rock trilogy that tells "the story of Dr Feelgood, four men
SF News Vallejo Man Gets Stuck in Baby Swing Overnight This gem of a story reminds us why we should make an effort to watch the local TV news more often. Some poor 21-year-old kid in Vallejo took his friends up on a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/23: 'Shake That Sin,' The War on Drugs, 'Aurelie Laflamme's Diary DANCE: It's your last night to catch French dancer, choreographer, writer and director Maïmouna Coulibaly's Shake That Sin, featuring seven female dancers exploring the seven capital vices: the lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath,
SF News [Updated] Fire Marshal Demands OccupySF Get Rid of Lead Car Batteries OccupySF has been receiving notices of several violations from various authorities over the past several days, the biggest of which is the use of lead car batteries at the camp. The camp has
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/22: Afrofunk Fest, Roller Disco Costume Party, Zombie Bar Crawl MUSIC: Kenyan-born, San Francisco-based musician-activist Sila headlines the 2011 Afrofunk Festival, which benefits CARE, a humanitarian aid organization working to improve conditions in the horn of Africa. Black Nature, an original member of
Arts & Entertainment National Occupy March Today at 3 p.m. As part of the national Occupy Wall Street march happening today, OccupySF will be meeting at 3:00 p.m. at the Federal Reserve Building at 101 Market St. "Bring yourself! Bring Freedom!
SF News OccupySF Releases Rough Draft of "Homegrown Flyer" The OccupySF folks have come up with the first draft of what they call their "Home Grown flyer." They stress that it's not an official statement, but they would like it passed around
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/21: ArtCrank SF 2011, Spank Rock, Naughty History Film Night ART: Chrome Industries brings its popular ArtCrank SF event to 111 Minna, showcasing the bicycle-inspired work of over 30 participating Bay Area artists. Be sure to take home a poster or two! (7
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/20: Open Show, Queer Literati at Occupy SF, Burlesque for the Shy and Awkward PHOTOGRAPHY: Open Show, which organizes live events worldwide featuring the work of photographers, filmmakers, and multimedia producers in high-profile spaces, is celebrating its two-year anniversary with a special print exhibition featuring more than
SF News Woman Rescues Driver in Wednesday Morning's Big Crash As the Chronicle reports, Michael Finerty, the 52-year-old big rig driver from Concord who was involved in yesterday morning's fiery crash on Highway 101, owes his life to 22-year-old Keenia Williams of San
Arts & Entertainment Reminder to Drop Cover and Hold On: The Great ShakeOut, Michele Bachmann Strike Tomorrow Tomorrow's a big day for San Francisco. At 10:21 a.m., we have the state-wide Great ShakeOut earthquake drill, in which Californians are advised to "Drop, Cover, and Hold On." So, don't
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/19: The Fine Art of Poisoning, HIV Community Mayoral Candidates Forum, ATA Film & Video Fest CABARET: The Conservatory of Flowers presents The Fine Art of Poisoning, a night inspired by San Francisco's "femme fatale for the thinking man" Jill Tracy. "Vacked by members of her Malcontent Orchestra, she
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/18: The Monster Show, Art & Social Change, Tin Cup Serenade ART: Project One Gallery presents The Monster Show, featuring work by an impressive line-up of artists paying tribute to classic monsters, ghouls, villains and horror movie characters, as well as sci-fi and cult
Arts & Entertainment Lemony Snicket's Take on Occupy Wall Street San Francisco gem Daniel Handler recently penned a clever synopsis of Occupy Wall Street through the voice of Lemony Snicket, entitled "Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from
SF News Note from an Occupy SF Welcome Committee Member Friend of SFist, Scott Rossi, became a member of Occupy SF's Welcome Committee over the weekend, where he greeted newcomers at the group's camp at Justin Herman Plaza. As Scott notes, the camp
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/17: 'The Sleeping Beauty,' Laura Cunningham, Cello Bazaar FILM: S.F. Film Society presents French auteur Catherine Breillat's The Sleeping Beauty, which delves into yet another "piquant" fairy tale of Charles Perrault, creating "a reverie and rumination over slumbering lives and
