Arts & Entertainment Contemporary Jewish Museum to Host "Hand Holding Day" This Sunday The folks at Contemporary Jewish Museum are pretty smart cookies when it comes to putting out fires. In response to the controversy that SFist wrote about earlier this week regarding a security guard
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/21: 'Diva,' Black Futurists Open Mic, In Extremis: Artists' Panel FILM: Diva, a French thriller that ushered in the 1980s Cinéma du Look movement, features a postman with a passion for opera, who makes a bootleg of a performance by his favorite diva,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/20: Barn Owl/Sean Smith, Zombies Identified, Beat the Gong MUSIC: Barn Owl, who SFist Erick described as having a "melodic brand of loud, space filling, melodic stonerish metal that the untrained ear may not even consider metal," are at the Elbo Room
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/19: The Avett Brothers, TV Noir, Feast of Words MUSIC: Punkgrass band, The Avett Brothers, a high-flying ensemble that "tears through tunes with unbridled energy, popping banjo and guitar strings right and left," are at Fox Theater in Oakland tonight and tomorrow
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/18: Double Feature w/Billy Elliot Cast, Pistolera, Desperado Orchestra FILM: Castro Theatre celebrates Billy Elliot the Musical with a special screening of Billy Elliot the Movie, and featuring the cast of the musical in person before the show. Wear your tutu, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/17: 'Surrogate Valentine;' Shahrzad Sepanlou; 'Persepolis, Texis' FILM: SF-based musician Goh Nakamura will be performing before both of tonight's screenings of Surrogate Valentine, starring Nakamura playing himself. There's also a Q&A with director Dave Boyle after the film.
Arts & Entertainment Women's World Cup Finals Jumbotron Screening Happening at Civic Center Right Now For those in the Civic Center area, stop through the Plaza and take a gander at the Women's World Cup final game -- USA versus Japan -- on the big jumbotron screen, happening
SF News The Public Reacts to Yesterday's Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting in Bayview [Updated] Indy Bay posted a link to the below YouTube video of the crowd at the scene (updated link, via SFist commenter snapshotist) immediately after yesterday's fatal shooting of a 19-year-old, allegedly armed fare-evader
SF News Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting in Bayview [Updated] A 19-year-old allegedly armed man was fatally shot in Bayview at about 4:40 p.m. this evening after he ran from police conducting a Muni fare inspection along the T-Third line on
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
