misc Lesson: Don't Try to Cram onto Muni [Updated] UPDATE II: Muni finally got back to SF Appeal regarding the snafu explaining that Muni doors are not like elevator doors -- never try to keep them from closing because it damages the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask SFist: Best Pre-Giants Game Bar? A loyal reader posed a question with regard to where he should procure a beverage (and perhaps a bite to eat?) before tonight's game. Google has some good leads. If you're looking for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Tonight's installment of Meet the Change will feature David Evan Harris, creator of the Global Lives Project, a video installation featuring documentaries that capture 24 hours in the lives of ten people
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Danny Dechi, who's been described as "Woody Allen doing vaudeville," and whose style is a "quirky combination of clean comedy & a unique #2 pencil musical act," presents Comedy Blast. 7:30
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Happy Hour Spotlight: Cup A Joe Coffeehouse, Sign the Petition We've been avoiding posting about the sweet happy hour deal at Cup A Joe Coffeehouse for fear of it getting too popular, but we need your help to keep the deal going (read
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The Cat's Pajamas presents Hillbilly Hoedown, "a celebration of pitchforks, swamps, blue misty mountain, corn liquor, hayseeds and all that hard foot stompin' on an old barn floor to the sounds of
SF News Boat Capsizes Near Cliff House, Two Dead, One Reported Missing A small sailboat was involved in an accident near the Cliff House yesterday afternoon, in which there were at least two deaths, and a third person is reportedly missing. The Coast Guard was
misc Weekend Vignettes Although the weekend is pretty quiet on SFist, the Contribute page is always aflutter with fresh shots added by the city's inexhaustible photogs. Be sure to tag your photos sfist! Here are some
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC I: Fulfill your dream of embodying your favorite punk legends live and onstage at American Idle: Live Band Karaoke. The event's house band, the HeeBeeGeeBees, will also perform, along with some surprise
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: This month's EpiscoDisco will feature the aerial stylings of Adam Wier, Evan Holm’s Image Immersion Machine and music by Daniel Higgs, Barn Owl, Danny Paul Grody and Portraits. 7 to 10
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend We have some more big events this weekend, including Kaboom, which will now be taking place in the Candlestick Park lot (bring an umbrella!), the giant 5th Annual Maker Faire in San Mateo,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, The Sexy Edition For whatever reason, there seem to be a lot of sexy things happening tonight. Take a peek! PERFORMANCE: Mollena Williams, Crowded Fire founding member and resident artist and Ms. SF Leather 2009 and
misc The Baby-ry Coast The San Francisco Public Library has come up with a great idea: The Family Pass, which is available through December 31. The pass can be checked out for a week at a time
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: SF ex-pat Jack Stevenson is celebrating the launch of his new book, Scandinavian Blue, a lushly illustrated history of Scandinavian erotic cinema, with a screening of the Danish film, Venom, from 1966,
misc Currently in Craiglist's Free Section Here's another fresh crop of free deals currently in the Craigslist free section (or on a curb getting peed on somewhere). There are actually some good offers here, so seize the day. Las
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LITERARY: David Calonne in conversation with Garrett Caples celebrate the release of previously unpublished works by Charles Bukowski, Absence of the Hero: Uncollected Stories and Essays, Vol. 2: 1946-1992. There will also be
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The Hayes Valley Farm presents Farm Film Night Kick-Off! with a screening of DIRT! the Movie, preceded by film shorts and live music by the artists at How-to Homestead. 7:30 p.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Free Scoop at Haagen-Dazs Today, 4 to 8 p.m. In celebration of their 50th Anniversary, Haagen-Dazs is handing out free scoops of their original flavors -- chocolate, vanilla, and coffee -- today from 4 to 8 p.m. So get thee to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LITERARY: Test your literary and San Francisco history knowledge at tonight's reading and game show as part of Instant City's Release Party for issue number seven, "Bad Behavior." 7 p.m. // The Elbo
Arts & Entertainment Photos: 2010 Bay to Breakers SFGate reports that about 60,000 people (including some creepy fundamentalist Christians), turned out for the chilly, 99th Annual Bay to Breakers race today, 5,000 of whom were serious runners. The Gate
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: In Previously Secret Information, comedian and host Joe Klocek presents a line-up of San Francisco's top stand-up comics, solo performers, and storytellers, who will reveal the stories behind punchlines. 7 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment Congratulations, Bay to Breakers Winners! SF Citizen was on the ball and snapped shots of the winners of this morning's race. For the second year in a row, Kenyan long-distance runner Sammy Kirop Kitwara, who, interestingly, is a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The Oakland Underground Film Festival presents a double feature of two historical documentaries, Remembering Playland, about the old amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, which was established in the 1880s and
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via T.N.: "got my pellet gun all set for the annual 'shoot the drunk bay to breakers jackass who tries to piss on my front steps' game."
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend There's a ton going on on Saturday, and only a few events dare to compete with the massive Bay to Breakers on Sunday. There are some good events in the East Bay though,
