Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour "Woman Loses Control Of Her Bad-Ass Mutant Powers" by Bob Horowitz.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/16: 'When Harry Met Sally,' Dead Meadow, 'The New Surrealism' FILM: Bundle up and bring a chair to Union Square for Film Night in the Park's screening of the Billy Crystal/Meg Ryan classic, When Harry Met Sally. If you bring the kids,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/15: 'When We Were Kids', Gypsy Jazz at the de Young, Bardot-a-Go-Go ART: The group art show, When We Were Kids, explores children in play, power and poverty, vividly capturing "childhood imagination, struggles, and innocence loss from the perspective of growing up as a Filipino
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: The English Beat at Stern Grove, Phono del Sol Music Fest, Int'l Soccer Match, and More! The English Beat and My First Earthquake at Stern Grove: The Stern Grove Festival presents yet another stellar show on Sunday. Check out SFist's interview with the English Beat's Dave Wakeling from earlier
Arts & Entertainment Harvey Milk Photo Center Seeks Entries for Open Studio Most savvy photographers about town probably already know about the fabulous, decades-old Harvey Milk Photo Center (50 Scott Street), which is nestled at the top of Duboce Park and housed within the equally
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/14: Smut Capital of America, Litquake's Cabaret Bastille, Lower Polk Art Walk FILM: YBCA kicks off its series, Smut Capital of America, which features Michael Stabile’s in-progress documentary that chronicles San Francisco's reign as the center of porn production in the U.S. during
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/13: 'Bill Cunningham New York,' David Bazan, Wet Hot American BoozeTube FILM: Bill Cunningham New York explores the life of "80+ Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist," Bill Cunningham, who's spent decades "obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the New York
Arts & Entertainment Angry Artist Besmirches Cafe Royale Via Cartoon Flyers [Updated] There must be something in the air between artists and cafes these days. SFist spotted this flyer the other day, which was plastered on every block in the Tenderloin/Tendernob area. Apparently, a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/12: Jonathan Richman, SF Beta Mixer, 'The Book of Love' MUSIC: Feeling down? Then get your dose of "musical Prozac" tonight, as Jonathan Richman kicks off his three-day stint at the intimate Make-Out Room, along with Tommy Larkins on drums. (7 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/11: 'The Big Uneasy,' 'Hell on Wheels,' Toshio Hirano FILM: In The Big Uneasy, humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer speaks to the tireless investigators and experts who studied the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and uncovers a courageous whistle-blower from the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/10: Barbara Eden Gala Tribute, Stranger Dinner, Bad Movie Night PERFORMANCE: Barbara Eden will be live and in-person at a gala tribute at the Castro hosted by filmmaker and "camp impresario" Marc Huestis in conjunction with the release of Eden's new memoir, Jeannie
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/9: An Evening with Jonathan Richman, The Soul of Drag, Ugly Sweater Inner Sunset FILM/MUSIC: Jonathan Richman will be at the Red Vic to present one of his favorite films, Vengo, about two families at war in the hilly country of southern Spain and featuring the
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Sunday Streets, Ice Cream, Women's World Cup, and More! Sunday Streets: Another daytime party in the streets takes place this Sunday along Great Highway and through Golden Gate Park. Take part in some bicycling, roller-skating, roller soccer, Lindy Hop, and enjoy live
SF News Suspicious Package Near Federal Building Prompts Civic Center Street Closures At about 12:51 p.m. today, a man reportedly approached a U.S. marshal outside the SF Federal Building at Golden Gate and Larkin, made anti-government statements, said his backpack contained explosives,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/8: YBCA's Bay Area Now 6, 'OMFG! The Internet Dating Musical,' Literary Clown Foolery ART: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts kicks off its signature triennial Bay Area Now 6 (BAN6) exhibition with an opening night party, featuring live music by "critically-acclaimed 'dreamy synth-pop' quartet" Dominant Legs
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/7: Exploratorium After Dark: Red, Bit Shifter, Laura Kimpton's 'Flying Solo,' SCIENCE: At tonight's installment of Exploratorium After Dark, which is themed Red, explore color chemistry, discover surprising uses for insects and vibrant vegetables, and get a crash-course in making your own paints. (6
SF News 30 DUI Arrests in SF Over July 4th Weekend It looks like the sobriety checkpoint the San Francisco Police Department set up in the Marina over the four-day weekend was a successful one. Thirty DUI arrests were made throughout the city, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/6: Jack Leamy, Tim Cohen's Magic Trick, "High As a Kite" ART: The Tournesol Exhibition in association with Headlands Center for the Arts presents this year's Tournesol Awardee Jack Leamy's Bigfoot/Littlefoot, an intriguing collection of paintings that often feature his wife and son,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/5: Panoramic Landscapes, Porchlight's Brushes With Fame 2, Religious Girls ART: Brian Gross Fine Art presents Appellation Series, an ongoing series of landscape photographs by California artist, Lewis deSoto, in which he seamlessly merges together 50 to 200 photographs per image into panoramic
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/4: Jazz Benefit for Dayna Stephens, The GlamaZONE 4th of July, Isounderscore Presents BENEFIT: Bay Area jazz heavy-hitters are coming together for a health care fundraiser at Yoshi's tonight for fellow musician Dayna Stephens, who is awaiting a kidney transplant. The all-star lineup of four bands
Arts & Entertainment Happy, Happy, Happy Independence Day! "Happy Birthday, America. Here's a prescription for what ails you," another gem by Julie Michelle.
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: The 6th Annual El Rio Big Time Freedom Fest If you're looking for something to do before the big firework spectacle on the waterfront (which we might actually be able to see this year!), head over to El Rio's (3158 Mission Street)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/3: Marx Bros Double Feature, Hal Sparks, The Philistines FILM: It's all Marx Brothers all day at the Castro with a double feature of A Night at the Opera, in which they "aid two young singers in love by throwing a production
