Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Flamenco guitarist/singer/songwriter Freddy Clarke presents "Wobbly World," in which he brings together a wide range of musicians and singers from all parts of the globe, from Paraguay and Cuba to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week at Heart of the City Farmers Market At today's Heart of the City Farmers Market, we encountered a Wiener Wagon, picked up some Hickory BBQ pistachios and Chile Lime pistachios, which are much easier to open than the Jalapeno Garlic
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: In conjunction with the Magnetic Fields’ closing the Noise Pop music festival, SF360 Film+Club presents a Sneak Preview of a New Documentary about the Stephin Merritt. The film follows Merritt over
SF News Locate Friends, Relatives in Chile Via Google's Person Finder The Bay Area's small Chilean community, made up of roughly 2,500 people, is scrambling to get in touch with loved ones in Chile after last night's earthquake. Today, Google launched a Person
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via B.K.: Bay Area Coffee Battle Update: Took home a bag of Roast Coffee Co. beans from Zazie (after having a stellar capp) and made a lovely cup of french press with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: fabric8 celebrates the revamping of their wood stain gallery with a new group collection of 6 in. x 12 in. originals focusing on the theme My Favorite Things. 7 to 10 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: RayKo’s Third Annual Juried Plastic Camera Show celebrates low-tech photography with an exhibit of imperfect yet beautiful photos shot with cheap film cameras, invoking a nostalgia for the latent image. 6
misc The Baby-ry Coast Thanks to all the commenters who offered positive feedback on the launch of our kid/parent-centric column last week. Keep the tips coming! Last week, we learned about a great blog written by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Noise Pop and Hotel Biron present Outside the Crowd, a rock photography show that aims to "illustrate the musicians’ artistry and individual personalities through a single still photograph, and share the intimacy
Arts & Entertainment Saving SF Public Schools, Town Hall Meeting Tonight Faced with a $113 million cut in San Francisco Unified School District's budget over the next two years, which is greater than cuts experienced during the Great Depression, pissed-off parents have organized a
Arts & Entertainment Odd March Against Muni on Monday Fed up with Muni's simultaneous fare hikes and cuts in service? A lot of folks are. This isn't new. But there's this march on Muni happening on Monday at 5 p.m. at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Grammy Award-winning classical/experimental group Kronos Quartet will be in San Francisco for four nights performing four different programs. Each performance will feature Jon Rose's Music from 4 Fences, along with a
misc Delta Wants to Charge $69 from SFO to OAK, Each Way We were cracking up earlier when this great "deal" appeared in our inbox. Delta wants to charge $140 for a roundtrip between San Francisco and Oakland. As Dottie Lou brilliantly put it, "WTHelta?
Arts & Entertainment Tulipmania at Pier 39, Through Sunday We wish we had heard about the annual, week-long Tulipmania event at Pier 39 before the rain set in, although it looks like Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday might be dry. Tulipmania showcases thousands
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Join established and emerging Bay Area artists for the monthly Sketch Tuesday, and score some original artwork for $5 to $30. And if there's room at the table, feel free to create
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LITERARY: This month's Porchlight Storytelling Stories, "La Petit Mort: The Sex Show," embraces the "humor, irreverence, pain, humiliation, and inimitable array of sounds" involved in sex. Tonight's show benefits the Friends of the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Seminal goth/deathrock band Christian Death (fronted by Valor Kand, of course) are still at it, promoting their latest album, American Inquisition at the Red Devil tonight. 7 p.m. // The Red
SF News Photo: Yesterday's Two-Alarm Fire on Nob Hill A friend of SFist shot this photo of the two-alarm fire that took place yesterday afternoon on Bush Street between Mason and Powell. It was contained in one apartment (although it looks like
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Southern Exposure presents An Evening of Bollywood and Tabla with Robin Sukhadia, which includes a lecture focusing on RD Burman, the renowned film composer of Sholay, followed by a classical tabla performance
Arts & Entertainment SFist Out and About We picked up this gem the other day at Out of the Closet on Polk Street. We imagine it sat in someone's kitchen for decades, and we plan for it to do the
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow Night: Episcodisco at Grace Cathedral Who knew that Grace Cathedral has a monthly nightlife event called Episcodisco, presented by Reverend Bertie Pearson and curatorial duo Paradise Now and featuring contemporary art installations, live performance, drinks and DJ’ed
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: The San Francisco Bay Guardian presents cool blue thing, the opening night party for YBCA's new exhibition, Reneé Green: Endless Dreams and Time-Based Streams. Green is a world-renowned artist and current Dean
misc The Baby-ry Coast This contributor recently had a baby, who is now two and a half months old. It's been quite a fun journey exploring the city with such a wee one. (We highly recommend the
SF News Teen Saves Family From Path of Folsom Train This story, which occurred in Folsom (east of Sacramento), reads like something right out of a movie. On Monday evening, 17-year-old Todd McHugh of Citrus Heights saw a car swerve, veer off the
