Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: The Creators Project The Creators Project: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Squarepusher, and HEALTH are part of a big line-up of bands rocking Fort Mason this weekend as part of a colossal two-day art and technology festival
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/15: History Of AIDS Activism Photography PHOTOGRAPHY: The GLBT History Museum presents Life and Death in Black and White: AIDS Direct Action in San Francisco, 1985-1990, a photography exhibit featuring the work of five queer photographers who documented the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/14: The Raincoats MUSIC: Seminal post-punk band, The Raincoats, who are considered the "godmothers of grunge" and an inspiration to a generation of riot grrrls, will take the stage tonight in celebration of over three decades
Arts & Entertainment Rent Floating Island, 'Mrs. Doubtfire' House Via Eventup Looking to throw the most precious wedding ever? In need of a location for that indie film on a shoestring budget? Or just looking for a quiet staycation? Look no further than Eventup,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/13: Brad Goreski BOOKS: Don your favorite spectacles and bow ties and head over to Books Inc in the Castro to meet the adorably sartorial "[r]eality show star, celebrity stylist, and rising fashion icon" Brad
SF News Citizen Justice Alive And Well In The TL In our little corner of the world over on the northern edge of the Tenderloin District, which, as we all know, is rife with culture and nightlife, we hear shouts of "Call 9-1-1!
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/12: Oceanography/Kirsten Opstad MUSIC: Oakland's Oceanography headlines tonight at the Elbo Room, also featuring Kirsten Opstad of Massachusetts and SF's Liz O, along with poetry by Diana Salier. (9 p.m., Elbo Room, 647 Valencia Street)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/11: 'Straight Outta Hunter's Point 2' FILM: Kevin Epps' much anticipated follow up to 2003’s groundbreaking, and widely acclaimed documentary Straight Outta Hunter's Point, Straight Outta Hunter's Point 2 offers an updated glimpse "with the unrelenting eye of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/10: The Red Elvises MUSIC: The Red Elvises will perform two sets tonight, featuring frontman Igor Yuzov's collection of "wildly talented, entertaining musicians to bring into the fold of this increasingly international party band" as a result
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Sutro Baths Cave "San Francisco - Sutro Baths cave" by Wally Gobetz.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/9: SFIAAFF's Directions In Sound MUSIC: DJ Neil Armstrong headlines the SF International Asian American Film Festival's Directions In Sound 2012, a genre-bending showcase featuring emerging artists and established vets. The show also features Blackbird Blackbird, Hopie, Micropixie,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: Alternate Realities Today's SFist Memoirs is set in the late '80s hard core punk scene, as told by Eric Becker, husband of Rene Becker, last week's SFist Memoirs contributor. Eric has quite the knack for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/8: Asian American Int'l Film Fest 30 FILM: The 30th annual Asian American International Film Festival kicks off tonight with the world premiere of Quentin Lee's White Frog, about a young boy with Asperger’s syndrome who finds the strength
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/6: 'The Wrecking Crew' BOOK-SIGNING: Author Kent Hartman will discuss his book, The Wrecking Crew, which sheds light on an uncredited group of Los Angeles musicians who secretly stood in for real bands in the sixties and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/5: The Driftwood Singers MUSIC: Tonight's edition of the monthly Communion club will feature The Driftwood Singers, who are in their early 20s and sing folk songs "that could have been written ages ago but were more
Arts & Entertainment Behold: The SFO Activity Book On the heels of last week's hot topic surrounding kids in restaurants which also brought up the typical debate in the comments over whether kids should be allowed on planes, we found ourselves
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Greetings From Central Market "San Francisco - Tenderloin: Central Market" by Wally Gobetz.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/4: Ben Goldberg's Orphic Machine MUSIC: The Jewish Music Festival presents the world premiere of "Orphic Machine," led by clarinetist and composer Ben Goldberg and accompanied by a renowned ensemble in a song-cycle based on the poetical writings
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/3: Roky Erickson With The Night Beats MUSIC: Flavorpill paints an intriguing picture of the come-back of Roky Erickson, '60s psychedelic rocker whose struggles with schizophrenia stalled his music career: "Tonight, revel in Erikson's gravelly, whiskey-soaked voice mingling with Okkervil
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/2: Hollywood Before The Code FILM: Roxie Theater kicks off its week-long Hollywood Before the Code series tonight, featuring films produced before 1932 that are filled with "erotically charged images, dangerous, graphic violence, and bizarrely aberrant behavior." Tonight's
Arts & Entertainment Prank: Couch On A Car Friend of SFist and Curator owner, Stacy Rodgers, was surprised to find a gently-used leather love seat atop the roof of her car this morning in the Mission near General Hospital. The silly
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: Alive In Albany This week's SFist Memoirs takes us to the East Bay in the early 1990s, as contributor Rene Becker shares some coming-of-age stories from her time spent as a teenager throwing spaghetti at Blatz
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/1: 'Salaam Dunk' FILM: Director David Fine will be in person at tonight's screening of his documentary, Salaam Dunk, which kicks off YBCA's Human Rights Watch Film festival. The film follows an Iraqi women’s basketball
