Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/15: Carmen Souza, SF Center for the Book 15th Anniversary, RAW Showcase MUSIC: SFJazz presents Carmen Souza, a Lisbon-born "jazz-tinged chanteuse" of Cape Verdean descent, who performs a seductive combination of traditional rhythms and songs with jazz and Brazilian influences. (7:30 p.m., Jewish
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/14: 'The Strange History Of Don't Ask Don't Tell'; Ben Fong-Torres; White Hills, Carlton Melton, Dirty Ghosts FILM: There might still be seats available to Frameline and GLAAD's special sneak peek at the new documentary, The Strange History of Don't Ask Don't Tell, before it premieres on September 20 on
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow Night: Adam Pendleton And Deerhoof's 'BAND' SFMOMA's popular Now Playing Series kicks off tomorrow night with BAND, a collaboration between New York-based artist Adam Pendleton and quirky local/national gems, Deerhoof, which is described as "an unfolding artwork that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/13: Jimi Hendrix Winterland Day, 'Inside Scientology', SF Beta 6.0.0 MUSIC: Amoeba will be hosting a Winterland Day Celebration, commemorating the worldwide release of Jimi Hendrix Experience Winterland, a four-CD box set documenting the band’s six historic performances at San Francisco’s
Arts & Entertainment Wednesday: Civic Center Farmers' Market 30th Anniversary Festival This coming Wednesday, Heart of the City, the best farmers' market on Earth, will celebrate its 30th year of bringing an impressively wide variety of affordable, high-quality produce and other farm-fresh items to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/12: Amy LaVere, Ethnic Indonesian Dance, LittleRock MUSIC: Memphis singer-songwriter, upright bass player, and actress, Amy LaVere, brings her classic country, gypsy jazz, and southern soul-tinged Americana to Cafe Du Nord, along with guests, Emily Bonn & The Vivants. (8:
SF News Walgreens Sued For Firing Diabetic South S.F. Cashier As the Chronicle reported on Friday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal suit against Walgreens on Thursday for firing a diabetic South San Francisco cashier, Josefina Hernandez. Hernandez had
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/11: 'I Love You, (We're F*#ked)', Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra, Bad Movie Night THEATER: The Fringe Festival continues with gems such as I Love You, (We're F*#ked), "[a] wild mix" of stand-up comedy, storytelling and original music by Kevin J Thornton -- "a tale of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/10: Fleet Foxes/Walkmen, Introductions 2011, Jazz and Belly Dance MUSIC: It's sure to be a pleasant evening in Berkeley tonight as Fleet Foxes and The Walkmen take over the Greek Theatre. Be sure to bring layers! (8 p.m., Greek Theatre, UC
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/9: Mortified, Mission Block, 'Vertical Hold' PERFORMANCE: Travel back to the most awkward and painful moments of your life at Mortified Live, as "[g]rown men and women confront their past with tales of their first kiss, first puff,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/8: Fred Hersch Doc-in-Progress, Electronic Music Festival, Italian Fashion Through the Years FILM: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will host a discussion and clip screening of My Coma Dreams, a work-in-progress documentary about jazz great, educator, and AIDS activist Fred Hersch and the vivid
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/7: Fringe Festival, Tim Lee, Sustainable Fashion COMEDY: Ex-scientist turned comedian Tim Lee takes the stage at the Punchline. As NY Times reports, "The former biologist was Tim Lee. After completing his undergraduate biology degree at the University of California,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/6: The Mummies, 'Escape From Alcatraz', Boots Riley & W. Kamau Bell MUSIC: Legendary '90s Bay Area garage band, The Mummies, whom SF Weekly say "took stripped-down, amped-up guitar pop to heights of volume, satire, and obnoxiousness, coining the phrase 'budget rock' to describe its
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/5: 'Love Exposure', Olivia Tremor Control, QComedy, FILM: You have until Thursday to catch Love Exposure, the entertainingly "dark and sick" epic by Japanese poet-turned-auteur Sion Sono, which broke art house box office records in Japan and "is the sort
SF News Anonymous-BART Saga Continues This Evening The unfortunate souls who have to work today can not only enjoy some FOMO, along with commuting on a Sunday schedule, but they can also enjoy yet another BART protest. Fortunately, the protests
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/4: 'Toke' the Play, Expanded Cinema, RAWdance THEATER: Head over to Berkeley's Ashby Theater for the delightful-sounding Toke, DeeDee Kirkwood's madcap play about "Weedee, the black sheep with the heart of gold the Auntie Mame of marijuana the woman with
SF News Billie Joe Armstrong's Saggy Butt Kicked Off Southwest Flight at Oakland Airport As Bay City News reports, Green Day lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, announced via Twitter on Thursday that he had been kicked off a Burbank-bound Southwest Airlines flight at Oakland Airport because his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/3: Shakespeare in the Park, 'Bringing Up Baby'/'Monkey Business', 'Reflection Seen' THEATER: Shakespeare in the Park kicks off its 29th season with a production of Cymbeline, which follows Princess Innogen on her search for reconciliation "against the backdrop of a colorful and magical journey"
SF News SFPD Now Says Officers Present During iPhone 5 Search The Snitch is reporting that SFPD has retracted its original statement regarding its involvement in the investigation of the lost iPhone 5 prototype at Sergio Calderón's house in July, confirming that three or
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/2: Too $hort; 'Film Socialisme;' Avatars, Aliases, Alter-egos MUSIC: Legendary Bay Area hip-hopper, Too $hort, headlines The Labor Day Shakedown, a benefit to raise funds to cover the medical costs of a toddler from South San Francisco fighting a deadly form
Arts & Entertainment Artist Brian Barneclo Launches Systems Mural Project In more mural news, San Francisco-based artist and muralist Brian Barneclo, who happens to be from the same Midwestern suburb as this contributor, began his mammoth Systems Mural Project yesterday last week. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/1: 'The Holy Mountain,' Owen Takabayashi, 'All Athiests Are Muslim,' FILM: The Holy Mountain, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowski's rarely screened underground "psychedelic, allegorical tale of spiritual ascent and degradation," is being screened as part of New People's Convergence MMXI Film Series tonight, an
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/31: Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, a.Muse Photography Panel, 'Why We Have a Body' FILM: The Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema opens tonight with a great line-up of short films by local filmmakers, along with live music by Mister Odom and the Odom Poles, food, and an awards
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/30: Butthole Surfers, Pete Asher Musical Memoir, Cockyasians Comedy MUSIC: The infamous Butthole Surfers bring their "sicko" "shock rock antics" and "distinct and chaotic mishmash of avant-garde, hardcore, and Texas psychedelia" to the Regency Ballroom tonight. (8 p.m., The Regency Ballroom,
