Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/5: Michael Scott Moore Reading, Cockettes' 'Vice Palace', and Imagery's Summer Season Benefit READING: Journalist, surfer and author Michael Scott Moore will be at Green Apple Books tonight reading from his latest book, Sweetness and Blood, in which Moore visits unlikely surfing destinations —Gaza, West Africa,
SF News Second Firefighter Injured in Diamond Heights Fire Dies Firefighter and paramedic Anthony "Tony" Valerio, 53, one of the three firefighters involved in the deadly fire in Diamond Heights on Friday, died on Saturday morning at about 7:30 a.m. Valerio,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/3: Arj Barker at Cobb's, Sara Shelton Mann's 'Zeropoint', Nightlife on Other Planets Fashion Show COMEDY: Arj Barker, most notably of Flight of the Concords fame, brings his witty observations and even cleverer delivery to Cobb's this weekend, along with special guest Tony Camin. (8 and 10:15
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/2: 'Resistance to the Indignities of Modern Life' Art Show, Another Hole in the Head Film Fest Launch Party, 'Dinner' Salon at CJM ART: Artist Aaron Terry has transformed Ever Gold Gallery into a cave-like installation in an exhibition entitled, Resistance to the Indignities of Modern Life, in which the viewer becomes part of a massive
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight 6/1: SFAC Gallery's 'Aftermath,' Penny Arcade 6th Anniversary, 'Wicked Plants' Book Signing ART: The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery presents Aftermath, celebrating the launch of Bay Area artist Ernest Jolly's new installation, Natural Reaction. The event, which was inspired by recent natural disasters and those
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Adam Carolla by Daniel Phifer Adam Carolla first gained national attention as the much needed comic relief to Dr. Drew Pinsky’s clinical straight man on the Los Angeles based radio show Loveline. Since then
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Veronica Klaus Sings Peggy Lee, Conversation with Tucker Nichols and Daniel Handler, and 'Bruja' at Magic Theatre MUSIC: San Francisco's Veronica Klaus is performing two encore performances of her new show with the Tammy Hall Trio, featuring some of her favorite Peggy Lee songs, both well-known and more obscure. Get
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, in Berkeley... Friend of SFist, Kate, picked up this awesome pastel drawing on a sidewalk in Berkeley the other day, which features the intriguing headline, "Vicodin Pool Party." Kate hopes to return the poster to
SF News Man Drowns at Alameda Beach While Fire Department, Coast Guard, Watch The Oakland Tribune (via Mercury News) reports on a tragic story of a 57-year-old man who drowned in the bay in Alameda on Monday after wading chest-high in the water fully clothed for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/30: 'Pulp Fiction', Dustin O'Halloran w/ the Magik*Magik String Quartet & Conspiracy of Venus, and Theater Pub FILM: Tonight's the launch of Red Devil Lounge's new Free Monday Movie Night, featuring the ground-breaking classic that gave John Travolta a second shot in the business, Pulp Fiction. Enjoy some popcorn, mojitos,
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Carnaval 2011 Tens of thousands of revelers flooded the Mission this weekend for the epic Carnaval Parade and Festival, which was themed "Live Your Fantasy" this year. A few local photographers were on the scene
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: If you're a Madonna fan, tonight's Trannyshack Madonna Tribute must be "Just Like a Prayer." Trannyshack superstars Heklina, Exhibit Q., Kim Burly, Miss Rahni, Holy McGrail, Jordan L’Moore, Ambrosia Salad, Lindsay
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour "A Pair of Parasols" by Erik Wilson. (Thanks for the tireless weekend shooting, Erik!) Happy Carnaval, Everyone!
SF News Memorial to Be Held on Monday for Missing Danville Teen, Suicide Confirmed California Highway Patrol confirmed on Wednesday that there was evidence that 15-year-old missing Danville teen, Allison Bayliss, committed suicide. Allison had been reported missing on Monday when her family found her bike parked
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour "That '60s Beat" by Erik Wilson. (The latest EINE piece in technicolor splendor.)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: YBCA's Smart Night Out, SF Popfest Slumberland Records Showcase, and 'Into Eternity' ART: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts debuts the first night in their new Smart Night Out series, which will explore the concept of quiet as it relates to contemporary art and performance.
SF News Expect BART Delays Through Transbay Tube Sunday and Monday, This Week and Next BART announced in a rather confusing manner that there will be delays through the Transbay Tube this weekend and next. What it boils down to is that passengers traveling between San Francisco/Peninsula
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Carnaval, Treasure Island Flea, Push Dance, The Dance Church, and Asian American Orchestra Carnaval Festival & Grand Parade: Danny Glover is the grand marshal of the 33rd Annual Carnaval Parade. Accompanying him at the helm will be Giants’ mascot Lou Seal and the 2010 World Series
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Elizabeth Taylor Memorial, 'Worst Horse' Multimedia Show, and LINES Ballet BENEFIT: Donna Sachet hosts White Diamonds -- Memorial for Elizabeth Taylor, which kicks off at the Castro Theatre with a screening of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a champagne toast, and a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Muybridge in Three Movements, Tracy Morgan, and Project By Project Summer Soiree FILM: SFMOMA presents Muybridge in Three Movements, featuring an evening of dance, film, and conversation inspired by the work of photographer Eadweard Muybridge. The event, which is in conjunction with SFMOMA's Helios: Eadweard
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: SF Popfest, Slow Sex Soiree, and Stay Gold MUSIC: The Bay Bridged and SF Bay Guardian present The SF Popfest, featuring co-headliners The Black Ryder (shoegaze from Sydney, Australia) and Blackbird Blackbird (SF synth-pop), along with LA's White Arrows and Wolf
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Wall Ball Dance Performance, Jake Shears at Books Inc., and Conspiracy of Beards DANCE: Flyaway Productions premiered their new work, WALL BALL/throw yourself in, a "site specific dance for flying hula hoops, balls and jump rope propelling public school activism," at the Sunnyside Elementary School
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: '13 Assassins,' Humorist Roy Blount Jr., and Pecha Kucha FILM: The epic 13 Assassins takes place at the end of the samurai era in 1844, featuring thirteen swordsmen who are enlisted to assassinate a sadistic lord, who rapes and kills with impunity,
