Arts & Entertainment Girl About Town: The Knocks, Maná, Tennis, Yo La Tengo & More! Let's welcome Veronica de la Mora to SFist, as she shares her concert-going wisdom with us on a regular basis. Veronica attends several shows per week, so keep up to date with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/26: Ben Kweller MUSIC: "Power-pop wunderkind" Ben Kweller hits The Great American tonight in support of his new record, Go Fly A Kite, which is "filled with catchy piano riffs, lush harmonies, big guitar lines, and
Arts & Entertainment Hot Topic: The ERA Still Hasn't Passed? Last week, SFist launched this series under the title "Week In Women," but we've decided to keep the theme open to accommodate other issues that don't directly involve gender on occasion. In this
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/25: Literary Death Match LIT: Literary Death Match! "The star readers on the night will be the inimitable Carolyn Cooke (author of The Bostons, a PEN/Bingham Award for fiction, and Daughters of the Revolution, a Top
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/24: Neon Indian MUSIC: Neon Indian, who, as Flavorpill reports, derived his name from an acid trip, performs his brand of synth-pop that's "been making a big splash in the indie chillwave scene." Also featuring guest,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: Anthony Gordon, Delinquent Teenager Continuing with SFist Memoirs' tradition of featuring spouses' back-to-back stories, we present Anthony Gordon, Loquat's bass player and husband to Kylee Swenson Gordon. Anthony took our request to hear stories about aspects of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/23: Merrill Garbus, Buster Keaton Shorts FILM/MUSIC: The acclaimed Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs fame will be performing a live score to a series of Buster Keaton shorts, as part of the S.F. International Film Festival's hugely popular
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/22: SFIFF's 'Robot & Frank' FILM: Frank Langella stars in Robot & Frank, as an aging and isolated cat-burglar quietly battling dementia from his rustic home in upstate New York, who receives a robot helper and friend from
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/21: Matthew Sweet Performs 'Girlfriend' MUSIC: Matthew Sweet will perform in its entirety his classic 1991 album, Girlfriend, in which his "bone-dry, caterwauling sonics" opened up a "wild and picturesque new terrain for restless singer/songwriters to inhabit
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Record Store Day, Naked Bike Ride & More! Record Store Day 2012: Iggy Pop is the ambassador of this year's nationwide Record Store Day happening on Saturday, featuring a special Iggy And The Stooges Record Store Day release, plus many more
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/20: '4:44 Last Day On Earth' FILM: Willem Defoe and Shanyn Leigh star in 4:44 Last Day On Earth, director Abel Ferrara's take on the apocalypse, which is set in Manhattan during the world’s final hours. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/19: SFIFF Opening Night, 'Farewell, My Queen' FILM: The 55th annual San Francisco International Film Festival opens tonight with Farewell, My Queen, Benoît Jacquot’s adaptation of Chantal Thomas’s novel, which portrays the court life at Versailles as seen
Arts & Entertainment Video & Round-Up: Pulp Live At The Warfield Friend of SFist and owner of Noe Valley's Heroine boutique, Angela Clement Gomez, shot the above video of Pulp's "Disco 2000" from the balcony at last night's concert at the Warfield. Although frontman
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/18: Wild Flag/Carrie Brownstein MUSIC: Portland and Washington, D.C. based quartet of allstar musicians, Wild Flag, including Carrie Brownstein (most recently of Portlandia fame) and fellow former Sleater-Kinney bandmate Janet Weiss, headline the Fillmore tonight, along
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Jarvis Cocker Has Entered The Building Friend of SFist, Veronica de la Mora, has been on the scene at the Warfield in anticipation of tonight's epic Pulp concert, which sold out in minutes when tickets were released in February.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/17: Wanda Jackson MUSIC: Some folks might be at the Warfield (Pulp) or Great American (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) tonight, but lots of others will be at The Regency Ballroom to see the Queen of Rockabilly
Arts & Entertainment Week In Women: Equal Pay Day In celebration of Equal Pay Day, which is today — the day that marks when women finally catch up to what men made, on average, in the previous calendar year, we begin the first
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: Kylee Swenson Gordon, Small Town Girl This week's SFist Memoirs begins in the early 1990s with Kylee Swenson Gordon, who is one of the founding members of the long-time, S.F. band, Loquat. Kylee's first San Francisco experiences as
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/16: Popscene/The Horrors MUSIC: Didn't get tickets to the sold-out SBTRKT and Godspeed You Black Emperor shows tonight? You're in luck. You can still grab some tickets to see The Horrors and The Black Angels perform
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/15: Elvis Costello & The Imposters MUSIC: There are still some tickets available to see Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Warfield tonight. Attend, and you might get invited up on stage to spin the "Spectacular Spinning Songbook,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/14: Rick Buckner and Tim Cohen MUSIC: Alternative folk fave, Richard Buckner, will be playing an intimate show at Brick & Mortar Music Hall tonight, along with guest Tim Cohen performing a solo set. (9 p.m., Brick &
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Dogfest, Sunday Streets & More! Dogfest: Duboce Park will be full of lovable pooches on Saturday for the 5th annual Dogfest, benefiting SFUSD McKinley Elementary School. The fest, which will feature Daniel Handler as the emcee, and celebrity
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/13: Midnite For Maniacs FILM: Midnite for Maniacs presents a triple feature event themed, Growing Up Too Fast (in Japan), which kicks off with a screening of Sofia Coppola gem, Lost in Translation, followed by the S.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: CCOKC - Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron CCOKC - Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron - watch more funny videos Several child actors from popular '80s and '90s sitcoms and films such as Charles in Charge, Step by Step, Mr. Belvedere
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/12: Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo MUSIC: Sonic Youth founding member Lee Ranaldo celebrates the release of his first song-oriented studio album, Between The Times And The Tides, with an early set at Amoeba, followed by a show at
