Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Graham Central Station, ConFunkShun, Tower of Power, and lead singer Ashling Cole will perform at the Teena Marie Birthday Tribute as 6 Piece & a Biscuit, commemorating what would've been Teena Marie's
SF News About A Dozen Aspiring Food Truck Purveyors Line Up For Permits Over The Weekend KGO reports that around fifteen people lined up along 10th Street all weekend, starting at 4:30 a.m. on Friday morning, in anticipation of landing a coveted DPW food truck permit this
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Vision from the Life of Hildegard von Bingen, a lushly shot portrait of a 12-century Benedictine nun way ahead of her time, "who has emerged from the shadows of history as a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink NIMBY Watch: One Guy Keeps Tenderloin Cafe From Having Outside Seating, Nevius Steps In [Updated] Update (3/21/11): The conflict has been resolved! Everyone's favorite columnist, Andy Rooney C.W. Nevius, came out with an article this morning about Little Bird Coffeehouse's ongoing fight to obtain a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: It's the opening weekend of Catchy Name Theatre Company's Corned Beef, "a post-modern comedy of art with mistaken identity, triangular love and much popping in and out of doors." 8 p.m.
misc Celebrity Sighting: John Waters On The 19 Via D.P. on Facebook: "Holy crap. Not only did I just see John Waters riding the 19 through the Tenderloin, I also got to tell him thanks for everything. Surreal." Additional note:
Arts & Entertainment Art Of The City: March Gallery Openings Artist, designer, and art-lover, Olivia Warnecke, sent SFist her list of top gallery openings going on around town this month. Olivia stresses that there is so much going on in the art scene
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PHOTOGRAPHY: The ever-popular 4th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show showcases the ninety top photos from the contest's Bay Area, national, and international entries. Come celebrate the joy and simplicity of the latent
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: White Elephant Sale, How-to Homestead, Found Footage Fest, Michael Showalter, and Beer-Soaked Snuggies Oakland Museum White Elephant Sale: The much anticipated annual weekend-long rummage extravaganza in Oakland is finally here. Get you and your tote bags over there first thing tomorrow, as it gets picked over
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PHOTOGRAPHY: Robert Tat Gallery presents a group exhibition of vintage and contemporary photographs, Sign of the Times, celebrating the special qualities that are captured when images incorporate existing signage into their compositions. 5
SF News Police Officers Under Investigation For Illegal Searches, Perjury Hot off the heels of last year's big SFPD crime lab snafu and subsequent investigation revealing that 61 officers had conduct issues, Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced another case of police misconduct at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FOOD: Get the latest scoop on the local food scene at City Art's, On Artisan Food, featuring a panel of folks in the local food industry, including The New York Times' Kim Severson,
SF News City Attorney Sues Two Companies For Alleged Illegal Dumping In Bayview New High Protection Roofing Co. and Salvador Trucking Service are the two alleged jerks allegedly behind the illegal dumping of over 100 tons of roofing materials and other debris in the Bayview-Hunters Point
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight STORYTELLING: Porchlight Presents: Brushes with Fame, features Bay Area luminaries and "nobodies," including Edinburgh Castle barman Alan Black, Litquake co-founder Jack Boulware, burlesque performer Lady Monster, theater producer Bruce Pachtman, actress Patricia Rosestar,
SF News Sutter Street Between Kearny and Grant Temporarily Closed SF Appeal tells us that the KTVU broadcast is reporting that a window washer caused the sidewalk along Sutter Street in the Financial District to collapse last night at 2 a.m. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Smile presents a Save KUSF Benefit, featuring performances by The Trifles, The Twinks, The Danger Babes, and Hate Factory, along with DJ Neil Martinson spinning psych, soul, glam, bubblegum, and laserboogie. All
Arts & Entertainment Free IHOP Pancakes Tomorrow Speaking of IHOP, tomorrow is the annual IHOP National Pancake Day, in which those who like to stand in long lines receive free pancakes. The event is also a fundraiser for Children's Miracle
SF News Man Trapped On Lands End Cliff Overnight A 25-year-old man, who spoke with a foreign accent, was trapped on a cliff near Lands End for over twelve hours on Saturday night. He had fallen and broken his ankle while climbing
SF News At-Risk Elderly Man Missing SFPD are asking for help in the search of 73-year-old Kenneth Chin, who suffers from dementia. According to KTVU, Chin was escorted by caregivers at his Richmond District assisted living home, Nacario Care
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The acclaimed We Were Here is playing at the Castro through March 3. The film takes an intimate - and epic - journey through the arrival and impact of AIDS in San
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Crab-Cracking 49ers, Park Branch Library Reopening, Amoeba Artists, Edible Perfume, And Noisy Pancakes 9th Annual Celebrity Crab Festival: See which San Francisco 49ers and local chefs can crack the most crab on Saturday at Union Square, preceded by a crab-cracking demo. There will also be a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: YBCA celebrate Chinese New Year with the opening of Dad and Mom, Don’t Worry About Us, We Are All Well, a solo exhibition by Chinese conceptual artist Song Dong, which features
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: UnderCover Presents Pixies 'Doolittle' Monkey's Gone to Heaven? by Daniel Phifer A good cover song is no simple achievement. It requires a very delicate balance. An artist has to add their own stylistic viewpoint to the song
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: San Francisco Film Society presents Fever Dreams, featuring the work of Laurel Nakadate, a photographer, video artist, and filmmaker, which explores the collision of feminine adolescent fantasy with masculine angst and repression.
Arts & Entertainment Oops! Missed One! Judgment Day, Street Eaters, Bam!Bam! Play Amoeba/Noise Pop's Pop N Shop Today At 5PM! by Erick Pressman When you have a fest as vast as Noise Pop, inevitably, even those with trained eyes may miss a killer show when getting their preview for a blog together. Lucky
