Arts & Entertainment Corie Woods Memorial Concert, 4/22 As SFist reported back in February, Corie Woods, an avid member of the Bay Area music community who shared her love for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival on SFist, died unexpectedly at the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/11: Radiohead MUSIC: Amidst a whirlwind of sold-out shows going on tonight (Firehose, Mazzy Star, M. Ward/Jonathan Richman), there are still a handful of tickets left to catch Radiohead down in San Jose, for
Arts & Entertainment Drive Carefully: Bike To School Day Thursday Be on the look out on Thursday, drivers (well, more than you already should) — it's S.F.'s 4th Annual Bike to School Day, in which hundreds of kids and their families take
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/10: Anne Lamott and Sam Lamott LITERARY: City Arts & Lectures presents Anne Lamott and her son, Sam Lamott, who are continuing the tradition of documenting the first year of their offspring's life. First, Anne published Operating Instructions 19
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: San Francisco Light This week's SFist Memoirs features Lt. Dwayne Newton of the San Francisco Fire Department, who's also an S.F. native and veteran photojournalist. Dwayne says he owes his passion for photojournalism to growing
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/9: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All MUSIC: There are still some tickets available to check out Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, or Odd Future for short, a nine-member hip hop collective from L.A. whom SFist Erick
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Dumpster Fire Rages In Potrero Center Garage Friend of SFist Daniel Phifer captured this stunning pic of a dumpster fire that was going down last night in the Potrero Center garage in the Mission, right near 24 Hour Fitness. Here's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink FedEx To Match Food Bank's Morning Snack Program Donations Through Friday The San Francisco Food Bank has been bringing daily healthy morning snacks to hungry students at schools throughout San Francisco for the past three years, largely in part thanks to the generosity of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/8: Lucky Jesus/'Jesus Christ Superstar' Singalong MUSIC: To keep your Jesus celebration going, queercore indie rock pop band, Lucky Jesus, will be performing at the Make-Out Room tonight, preceding a Jesus Christ Superstar screening and singalong, featuring the soundtrack
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/7: Adobe Books Benefit Variety Show BENEFIT: Sonny Smith, Thee Oh Sees, and The Mallard will be performing at All the Children Sing: Adobe Books Benefit Variety Show, which also features stand-up comedy by George Chen and Anna Seregina,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/6: Swervedriver MUSIC: Mid-90s British grunge-tinged shoegazers Swervedriver are back on tour after reuiniting a few years ago. They take the stage at Slim's tonight, along with guests, Heaven. (9 p.m., Slim's, 333 11th
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Hunky Jesus, BYOBW 12, And More! Easter in Dolores Park: We imagine Dolores Park will be stuffed to the gills on Sunday as the beloved Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence host their annual Hunky Jesus / Easter Bonnet contests and much
Arts & Entertainment Celebrate 4/20 With 'Dark Side of Oz' (And Getting Baked) Been wondering what the heck to do on 4/20? Hit the bong and head over to Roxie Theater. They just announced yesterday that they'll be co-presenting with IndieFest a screening of Dark
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/5: Lower Polk Art Walk ART: A whole slew of galleries — 11 to be exact — from the Lower Polk and Tenderloin neighborhoods will be open until 10 p.m. as part of the monthly Lower Polk Art Walk.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/4: Jonah Lehrer LECTURE: Jonah Lehrer of Wired Magazine and Radio Lab fame will be be talking about his latest book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, which shatters the myths of muses and “creative types” and argues
SF News Supes Propose Change In Muni's Stroller Policy As City Insider reports, Supervisors Chiu and Elsbernd are reconsidering Muni's decades-old policy regarding strollers on the bus in an effort to keep families from fleeing the city at the alarming rate we
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/3: The Polyphonic Spree MUSIC: Beloved choral "psychphonic" pop rock band The Polyphonic Spree will be at Great American tonight celebrating their 11th year of existence along with the release of their new single "Bullseye." Also featuring
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/2: Christian Cagigal's The Collection PERFORMANCE: After a sold-out opening night, theatrical magician Christian Cagigal continues his 13-day run of The Collection, featuring his "special brand of creepiness." No other details have been provided, since the audience at
SF News OccupySF Takes Over Vacant Building At Turk And Gough As part of the nationwide "We Won't Get Fooled Again" Day of Action, OccupySF has taken over a vacant building at 888 Turk (at Gough). The group says the building is owned by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/1: The Wedding Present Play 'Seamonsters' MUSIC: Veteran British indie rockers, The Wedding Present, will be performing their 1991 album, Seamonsters, in its entirety, along with other classic hits from their career. Also featuring Toquiwa and Zarigani $. (8 p.
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Brace Yourself "Brace yourself - she's almost 75" by Jason Rodman.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/31: Southern Exposure Art Auction And Fundraiser ART/BENEFIT: Buy some cutting edge art at a live and silent auction of work from over 150 established and emerging artists at The Silver Era, Southern Exposure's annual fundraiser and art auction,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/30: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express MUSIC: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express headline Great American tonight, in support of his latest album, Temple Beautiful, which was inspired by current San Francisco artists while paying tribute to the "history
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: A Baseball Love Story Reader Jayn Pettingill brings us another great piece this week about her Great Aunt Maye and Maye's husband Tony Lazzeri, a major league baseball player — most notably of the New York Yankees. Both
