Arts & Entertainment IndieFest 2011 Kicks Off Tonight The 13th Annual IndieFest film and music festival starts tonight with a couple of stellar opening night films, including Kaboom, "a sort of Clueless on acid where late-period John Waters meets Bret Easton
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tickets are still available to see the legendary Lemmy Kilmister annihilate the Warfield at tonight's Motörhead show. Also on the bill are Clutch and Valient Thorr. 8 p.m. // The Warfield (982
SF News Park Life's Balloon Dog Bookends Selling Like Hot Cakes, Thanks To Jeff Koons It just doesn't get any better than this. Remember those balloon dog bookends at Park Life that threw artist Jeff Koons into such a PR tizzy last December? The $55 bookends, which had
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: JD Samson, of Le Tigre and the art/performance collective Men fame, will be spinning a special DJ set in celebration of the release of Men's debut album, Talk About Body, on
Arts & Entertainment Save KUSF Alert: Rally At City Hall, 1 P.M. Today The Save KUSF folks are organizing a rally to take place in front of City Hall today from 1 to 4 p.m. The Board of Supervisors will be voting on the cause's
SF News San Francisco To Consider Unsolicited Yellow Pages Ban Yesterday, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced a ban on unsolicited Yellow Pages in San Francisco that would force phone companies to get consumers' permission before dumping the directories on their doorsteps.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: SF Sketchfest presents Airplane! Tribute to Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, the film's brilliant writing and directing team. Joining the team onstage will be their leading man Robert Hays ("Ted
SF News Updated: Two Shot, Killed, In Fisherman's Wharf View Larger Map UPDATE: Fifty-six-year-old Hong Ri Wu of San Francisco, was arrested at the scene and booked on suspicion of two counts of murder. Wu is suspected of shooting the victims, who
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight BENEFIT: Kentucky Fried Woman will perform at Hotties 4 H0m0 Health Care, tonight's benefit for Lyon-Martin Health Clinic, which is trying to raise $250k in order to stay open. Also on the bill
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Tickets are still available for SF Sketchfest's Music Night, hosted by Web Soup's Chris Hardwick, featuring an impressive line-up of comedic musicians turning it up to 11, including David Koechner (of Anchorman
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: Barn Owl Uses Atmospheric Doom Metal Brutality To Swoop In At KUSF's Defense by Erick Pressman Back in December, there was a bit of a panic attack moment that was had. It turned out that on the same night Wild 94.9 threw their epic Wild
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight EROTICA: Get to Orgasmic! early for some tasty free vegan cupcakes (while supplies last), and stay for the tasty erotica by local sexpert, author and editor Violet Blue and New York author, editor
Arts & Entertainment Next Monday and Tuesday: Against Me! At Slim's Against Me! brings their the neo-folk punk to smaller venue for two nights 1/31 and 2/1 by Erick Pressman Punk rock is a cruel mistress. The kids and the scene can
misc SF SPCA To Offer Free Spay/Neuter Services In February February is National Spay and Neuter Month, and the Humane Society's 17th Annual Spay Day takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 22. In conjunction with the event, San Francisco SFPCA will be offering free
SF News One-Hundred-Year-Old Time Capsule Delights Cleveland Elementary School Students A100-year-old time capsule was opened yesterday at Cleveland Elementary School, much to the delight of current and former students and faculty. The time capsule, which was in the form of a copper box,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Veteran queer rockers Pansy Division play their first show in SF since 2009, with special guests The Minks, an all-female Kinks cover band, and Bad Backs, a new band formed by a
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: Wallpaper Prepares To Turn Slim's Into The Greatest Party You've Ever Been To by Erick Pressman A few years ago, the folks at Noise Pop booked a Saturday night show at Mezzanine that included two faceless electronic/dj asshole type acts, and an opener simply known
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: Fu Manchu At Bottom Of The Hill Fu Manchu, Dusted Angel, and a bunch of dudes with beers turned Bottom of the Hill into the ultimate party on 1/22 by Erick Pressman Fu Manchu are one of those bands
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The 2010 documentary Two In The Wave examines the great friendship and rivalry of the fathers of French New Wave, François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, weaving revealing period footage of both men
SF News S.F. To Pay $4M In Case Involving Torture Of Foster Twins The Contra Costa Times has published disheartening details that have emerged in the lawsuit against the city of San Francisco regarding the torture of Jazzmin Davis and her twin brother at the hands
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Classic 70s funk band, WAR, perform their characteristically funky blend of soul, Latin, jazz, blues, reggae, and rock played with "the sunny, laid-back vibe emblematic of their Southern California roots." 8 p.
Arts & Entertainment Show Of The Week: The Handsome Family at Café Du Nord, 1/26 by Daniel Phifer Don’t you hate January? It’s so anti-climactic after the Holidays. It feels like the most depressing month of the year. Maybe because by that point we’ve already
SF News S.F. Handbill Laws Might Get Stricter City officials met on Monday in an effort to combat those pervasive delivery menus and nail salon fliers abundantly placed on our front doors that more often than not get blown in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Roots Reggae masters, Midnite, who combine the cultural lyrics of "old school" roots music with modern sensibilities, bring their "epic musical communion" to San Francisco for two nights at The Independent. SF's
SF News Shifting Sands Cause Week-Long Closure of Great Highway This Week Due to shifting sands, Great Highway, between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard, will be closed to vehicle traffic this week during the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. starting Monday
