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,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/29: 'Septien'/'Silver Jew', Pint-Sized Plays, Classical Revolution FILM: Director Michael Tulley will be in person at the Roxie to present a one-night-only screening of his new film, Septien, which follows Cornelius Rawlings, an enigmatic lost soul who returns to his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/28: Los Rakas, Bollywood Dance Party, 'Drive Angry' MUSIC: Oakland-based Los Rakas, who hail from Panama, blend "hip-hop, reggae and dancehall music with Spanish and English lyricism creating songs that leaves your head noddin' and body rockin' for more, tag teaming
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/27: Gram Parsons Tribute, Peaches Christ/Showgirls, FourSquared, MUSIC: Celebrate the legendary Gram Parsons while benefiting The Hickory Wind Ranch, a sober living environment in Austin, TX started by Gram's daughter, at the 10th Annual Sleepless Nights, an annual celebration of
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Meklit Hadero, Chili Bowl & Skate Tournament, Raggae Fest, and More! Meklit Hadero: Meklit Hadero, who's described as "[i]f Joni Mitchell were East African and met Nina Simone for tea in the Mission," will be performing at Yerba Buena Gardens on Saturday. Toad
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/26: The Sedaris' 'The Book of Liz,' Non Stop Bhangra, Valencia Evening Fair THEATER: You have a little over a week left to catch The Custom Made Theatre Co's production of the Sedaris siblings' The Book of Liz, starring an under-appreciated cheeseball-making nun who encounters "Ukrainians
SF News N Judah Train Derails at Duboce and Church SFist came upon an odd scene at Duboce and Church this evening, in which one N Judah was stopped facing downtown with passengers stuck on it, another train was facing Ocean Beach on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/25: Rupa and The April Fishes, 'Tommy,' Clarinetist David Krakauer MUSIC I: SF Jazz presents Rupa & the April Fishes, who will perform their "intoxicating blend of music that echoes with influences of French chanson, Argentinean tango, Gypsy swing, American folk, Latin cumbias,
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony Celebrates 100th Season With Free Lunch-Time Concert in Civic Center Plaza 9/8 You might have seen the posters around town -- hey, print media does still work! The San Francisco Symphony is kicking off its 100th season with a free lunch-time concert in Civic Center
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/24: Pete Escovedo, SF Cocktail Week Preview Party, Drink Good Do Good Carnival MUSIC/ART:The Mission Cultural Center for the Arts presents Talking Art and Music with Pete Escovedo, in which Escovedo will talk about his esteemed musical career and his lifelong interest in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/23: The Ettes, 'Maltese Falcon', Sketch Tuesday & Dr. Sketchy's MUSIC: Nashville's The Ettes bring their "up-front, fearless vocals, fuzz bass runs, primal, driving drums beats, searing guitar lines and of course, tons of black eyeliner and attitude" to the Rickshaw tonight, along
Arts & Entertainment Friday: 826 Valencia's 8/26 Day Write-a-Thon This Friday, 826 Valencia is hosting 8 hours and 26 minutes of non-stop writing as part of their 2nd Ever 8/26 Day Write-a-Thon to benefit the organization's free student programming. We can
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/22: Katya Back in the USSR, Sheila McClear 'Last of the Live Nude Girls', Mister Heavenly CABARET: Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy is at the Rrazz Room tonight and tomorrow night performing her "voyage into the Beatles song book,"Back in the USSR, which is described as "Abby Road meets the
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Week: Caltopia, Four-Barrel B-Day, Lunchtime Music Concerts, de Young's Fair Trade Bazaar If you find yourself with leisure time on weekdays, or you're looking for something fun to do on your lunch/coffee break, here are this week's highlights. A shout-out of course goes to
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Bonehead BBQ, Atheist Film Festival, Alamo Square Flea Market, and More! We've already told you all you need to know about tomorrow's Street Food Festival. Here's other stuff that might be less crowded. 1st Annual Bonehead Barbeque: 107.7 The Bone presents the legendary
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/19: Public Enemy, Collage Theater, L@TE at BAM/PFA MUSIC: There are still tickets available to fight the power at Public Enemy's 25th Anniversary concert, featuring the return of Chuck D and Flavor Flav, at Regency Ballroom (via the dreaded Ticketmaster, of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/18: Oriana Small, YBCA's Wildcard Film Night, 'The Other View' READING: Porn star Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue, will be reading from her new book, Girlvert: A Porno Memoir, which offers an intimate view of her last decade in and out of the
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest Summer Nights: 'Labyrinth' 25th Anniversary, 'Stuffed and Unstrung,' Weird Science NightLife, 'Night of the Shorts II: Electric Riffaloo' Bowie in spandex, uncensored puppets, fake docents, and celebrity riffers are all things you can expect from SF Sketchfest's Summer Nights series, happening now through August 27. The series started last night with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/17: Jay Reatard Doc, Litquake's Epicenter Burns, Drink Like a Fish Mixer FILM: Noise Pop and The Roxie present the West Coast premiere of Better Than Something, the new documentary about the controversial and prolific Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr, aka Jay Reatard, which intimately captures
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/16: Vigilante Vigilante, MP3 Experiment, Feast of Words, FILM: Vigilante Vigilante, the documentary featuring Berkeley's infamous anti-graffiti cleaner-upper among others, will be at the Roxie for a couple more days. Ironically, the filmmakers have royally pissed off the city, whose crews
Arts & Entertainment SFist Giveaway: Tickets to Matcha This Thursday, 8/18 Here's another chance to score a pair of tickets to the Asian Art Museum's popular Matcha series. The fifth person to email us at [email protected] wins -- be sure to include
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/15: Talking Taiko, Whiskey Waxing Beard And Mustache Competition, Slim's Pop-up MUSIC: Yoshi's brings together poetry and music at Talking Taiko, celebrating the release of Yuri Kageyama's The New and Selected Yuri Writing From Peeling Till Now, and featuring guest poet Ishmael Reed, accompanied
SF News Anonymous Peacefully Hacks MyBART.org, Posts User Data As Bay City News reports, Anonymous has taken credit for today's hacking of MyBART.org via "an 8-year-old" and posting the data of a couple of thousand users online (via commenter sfsfsf). The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/14: Bare Wires, Natural Child, Liquor Store; Final Cocktailgate; 'Terri' MUSIC: Oakland's groovy Bare Wires, "who like to drive around in a van a lot," hit the Hemlock for the late show tonight, along with equally edgily groovy-sounding Nashville's Natural Child and New
