misc SFist Asks: What Renters Insurance Do You Use? In light of this morning's fire that displaced 72 people, we're always reminded that we still need to get that renters insurance (along with putting together that emergency preparedness kit and folding our
SF News SF General Hospital Seeks Help Identifying Critically Ill Patient The woman pictured in the photo at right was brought into San Francisco General Hospital eleven days ago after she was found lying next to a wheelchair on the Embarcadero. She has not
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Hesta Prynn (formerly of Northern State) brings her own blend of electro-hip-hop-art-rock to the stage, along with LA's Kenan Bell and SF's 40Love. 8 p.m. // Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St) // $10-12
Arts & Entertainment Register to Take Part in Tomorrow's Great California ShakeOut Are you prepared? There have been a lot of little earthquakes happening lately, serving as gentle reminders to be prepared for the Big One. At 10:21 a.m. on Thursday morning (10/
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: It's another installment of the monthly live art extravaganza, Sketch Tuesdays, featuring live sketching/art-making by local artists, who will offer their pieces for sale for around $25 or less, and Dr.
Arts & Entertainment SF Attends: 'Hamlet' on Alcatraz Get thee to Alcatraz. We Players artistic director Ava Roy brings the Prince of Denmark to The Rock, with chilling results. by Naomi Kirsten There were shades of drama as we waited to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Comedy outsiders Jason Rouse, Chris Neff, Sam Tripoli, and Ari Shaffir have joined forces as The Monsters of Comedy, a touring renegade stand-up comedy collective taking the mainstream comedy world by storm.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: It's a punk extravaganza with the legendary Toys That Kill, Fleshies, and Rank/Xerox. 9 p.m. // The Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St) // $7 FILM: Gary Busey, Corey Haim, and Keanu Reeves
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Mark Warren Jacques will exhibit a new series of work, I’m Here Now, which unveils a new direction in concept and theory in Jacques' work, inspired by his newly acquired
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend Potrero Hill Festival/The MAP Potrero Hill Exhibition: The 20th Annual Potrero Hill Festival takes place all weekend. During Saturday's event, Mobile Arts Platform will present visual art, video installations, performances, and spoken
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Relationships between couples in crisis and the tensions between noise and silence take center stage at One-Act Fringe, an annual festival of student-penned plays. The festival has a track record for acting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: At the Exquisite Book Project Signing Party & Live Drawing event, co-author Julia Rothman will be signing copies of The Exquisite Book, which features work created by 100 artists while taking part
Arts & Entertainment SFist Radar Brock Bartends: Tomorrow night, SFist's own Brock Keeling will be this month's guest bartender at Jardinière. Be sure to order the "Brock 2010," a 20th Century rendition of vodka, lillet, lemon and white
misc Nothing Says Metal Like Halloween: San Francisco Metal Show for (most of) October by Erick Pressman Hey kids, it's October, and what better way to celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead than by getting your face melted off by the most brutal live music San
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Several Bay Area artists will be showing their work at the group exhibition, Above the Plane, which will "navigate the viewers through a habitat of art away from the traditional wall hangings
SF News Yesterday's Car Explosion Receives Paltry Coverage The Examiner was there, and KGO put up a brief note about the car that spontaneously combusted in downtown S.F. yesterday as well. But as a few commenters noted, it's surprising that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Fishbone Documentary 'Everyday Sunshine' Lives Up to Its Name by Erick Pressman SF Docfest kicks off this Thursday evening with the Bay Area premiere of Every Day Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, followed by a post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers
SF News Car Explodes Near Montgomery BART Station SFist received news that a car exploded on Montgomery Street near the BART Station around Noon today. Check out some video of the billowing black smoke from the scene. At least two very
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Grant Morrison, who's known as the "Rock Star of Comics," is profiled in Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods. The film features extensive interviews with Morrison, along with never before seen photos and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Capsula, from Spain, bring their mix of "straight-up scuzzy garage punk and like Death Valley 69-era Sonic Youth" sound to the Elbo Room. SF's Blammos and The Angel & Robot Show (a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Local artists Chor Boogie, Jacqueline Norheim, Rose Smith, Kirsten Harkonen, and many others will be selling their work at The Restoration Art & Music & Fundraiser. One hundred percent of art sales,
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Killing My Lobster's 'The Coffee Wars' This gem has been all over the place this week. Local comedy group Killing My Lobster poke some major fun at our fair city's artisan coffee craze with this brilliant spoof on a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: SOMArts presents its annual Day of the Dead exhibit, Honoring Revolution with Visions of Healing, featuring altars and installations that will honor the dead and provide offerings to the living. Tonight's opening
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: 'Paris Review' Editor Lorin Stein at City Lights There’s sex, love, and betrayal in the Fall Paris Review. Prepare to be seduced. by Naomi Kirsten A few years into the millennium, we attended a party at the Paris Review. It
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via B.K.: "bed bugs in the news suddenly? why? It's not like they materialized a month ago. So why the sudden press? Did the alpha bed bug bring it's vast fortune over
