misc Photos: Obama Protest at Union Square Obama, who is currently in town for a Democratic National Convention fundraiser at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, was met with protesters from both the left and right sides this evening, the majority
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: The LightHouse and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery's Art at City Hall program present Insights 2009: 20 Years of Creative Vision, an exhibition of 118 works in a variety of media
Arts & Entertainment SF DocFest Starts Friday It's time for all you non-fiction junkies out there to get your fix. The 8th Annual SF DocFest, "the film festival that provides a manageable amount of the truth," will showcase over 50
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LAUNCH PARTY: Who says print is dead? We Still Like is defying this statement by releasing their very first issue, Manifesto Destiny, a manifesto-themed collection of prose, poetry, reviews, rants, and raves. The
misc 2nd Annual Severed Head Contest at Red Union Hair Salon What a fun concept. Red Union Hair Salon has launched its 2nd Annual Severed Head Contest, in which students and stylists from participating beauty schools and salons transform mannequin heads into fabulous pieces
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight BENEFIT: Bay Area poets and musicians will join together for The Monica Storss Benefit and Silent Auction to help Storss, who is uninsured, pay for the expensive new chemotherapy she needs to fight
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via B.K.: "Never thought I'd say this out of blue bottle loyalty, but the 4 Barrel cappuccino @ Ironside is rocking my world. Velvety, rich, and voluptuous."
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Check out a night of handmade personal cinema at Luminous Triptych. Angelina Krahn sews onto the surface of the film in order cover up and obscure images of her own body, Karen
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: A new production of the Pulitzer and Tony Award Winning play The Heidi Chronicles is back at Custom Made through October 24. Heidi Holland, a successful art historian and essayist, "is driven
misc When a Tree [Branch] Falls in the City... ...It gets cleaned up in 30 minutes flat. This morning we heard what sounded like our crazy upstairs neighbor throwing trash off the fire escape, but then later glimpsed outside the window to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMICS: Shitty Kitty is still abroad, but Telephone & Soup will be showcasing their latest Shitty Kitty work at Mission: Comics, which was inspired by their recent relocation to Rabat, Morocco. There will
Arts & Entertainment Litquake Kicks Off Tonight The annual week-long Litquake festival starts tonight, featuring a daunting line-up of events. Below is a list of our picks featuring one event per day (otherwise this post would take us all weekend)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Art Edition SF ARTS COMMISSION GALLERY: Recipients of the 2009 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts will showcase their recent works in Immediate Future, the SFAC Gallery's biggest event of the year. The
Arts & Entertainment Staged Readings of <em>The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later</em> on Monday The recent hate crime legislation coincides with the 11th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death after he was robbed and beaten outside of Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. On Monday, staged readings of The Laramie
SF News House Passes Addition of Sexual Orientation to Hate Crimes Law The definition of the federal hate crimes law might finally get expanded to include sexual orientation, as the House of Representatives approved the bill yesterday, which was an attachment of the $680 billion
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day: Blue Angels Edition Via M.K.: " today was not a good day for an entire morning of meditation. Thanks Blue Angels."
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: For their new Echo exhibit, Frey Norris Gallery suggested a painting or sculpture by eight important Surrealists to eight Bay Area artists, asking them to respond or invent a piece around the
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via E.B.: "The east bay is one big sex pigeon post to me anymore."
Arts & Entertainment SF Open Studios Starts This Weekend This weekend is Weekend 1 of SF Open Studios, the first and largest open studios program in the country, which showcases the work of hundreds of artists of different styles and media, including
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Punk at the library? Who would've thought. As part of their ongoing exhibit, Punk Passage: San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981, the SF Public Library will screen three films celebrating San Francisco's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Soul Food Farm Benefit at Oakland's Pizzaiolo and SF's Il Cane Rosso on Sunday Soul Food Farm of Vacaville, who provide the Bay Area with delicious eggs and chickens via various locations and through their brand-spanking new CSA, encountered a devastating fire last month. One thousand baby
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via Kevin McCracken: "The Muni driver just got done lecturing commuters on the virtues of saying thank you." (We say thank you if the driver is nice, but we would refrain from thanking
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Filmmaker Ken Jacobs is making a rare Bay Area appearance to present Shocked by Existence, a series of his new works in digital video format, some of which feature animated stereographs of
SF News UC Berkeley to Pay Consultants $3M to Find Ways to Cut Costs Facing a $150 million budget deficit this year due to cuts in state funding and higher operating costs, UC Berkeley has hired Bain & Co., a Massachusetts-based consultant with offices in San Francisco,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, which consists of women from all four corners of the world who joined together out of concern for the planet, will be honored tonight with
