Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DANCE: It's the last night of the 11th Annual Hip Hop Dance Fest, which has was the first event of its kind and has played host to dance companies throughout the world. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: CineKink: San Francisco, a touring version of NYC's "kinky film festival," has been at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts this weekend. Tonight's films include The Auteur at 7 p.m., a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The Oakland Underground Film Festival presents the San Francisco premiere of Black Dynamite, an action-packed comedy rooted in the traditions of American Blaxploitation and Kung Fu films, such as Shaft (1971), Super
Arts & Entertainment This Weekend: Thread Fashion Event at Fort Mason Just in time for the holidays, Thread will be having a two-day shopping extravaganza this weekend at Fort Mason Center, featuring wares from the top 100 hand-picked independent fashion and art designers. Attendees
SF News Delayed Eastbound Flights From SFO, Oakland, Due to Previous FAA Computer Crash For anyone who might be reading this before heading to the airport, expect delayed flights today. Although the FAA's Atlanta-based computer system is back up after an earlier system crash, they expect a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bento415 Grand Opening Tomorrow Potrero Hill 9-to-5ers are in luck with this great new lunch place. Bento415, which offers cuisines from around the world packaged in cute, little bento boxes, will be making their official debut tomorrow
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COCKTAIL PARTY: Wow, we're intrigued. Bold Italic presents 1939. Tog to the Bricks!, a decadent cocktail party from the 1930s, celebrating the opening of the World's Fair. The organizers promise "a raucous good
Arts & Entertainment Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Today at SF Arts Commission Gallery Artists: Do you find it hard to get your pieces done? Then let San Francisco Art Institute MFA student and Immediate Future exhibiting artist, Daniel Yovino guide you through a crash course on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LIT: One of the first performance artists and a New York Underground cultural icon, Penny Arcade (Susan Ventura), will make a rare appearance tonight in celebration of her new book, Bad Reputation: Performances,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Director Barry Jenkins joins SF Film Society Director Graham Leggat for a screening of Medicine for Melancholy and a conversation afterwards. M4M, which was shot in a mere three weeks and made
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Multimedia artist Carter riffs off of Robert Rauschenberg's iconic drawing Erased Willem de Kooning in Erased James Franco, in which contemporary actor, James Franco, is stripped of the sureties of his craft
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight VARIETY: The Devil-Ettes and The Mini Skirt Mob pay tribute to the great 60’s variety shows like Laugh-In, Shindig, and Hullabaloo in the action-packed Go Go Spectacular. Special guests The Barbary Coasters
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Black Film Festival Tomorrow It wouldn't be a weekend in San Francisco without at least two film festivals going on. (What a great town we live in!) The 11th Annual Black Film Festival honors festival founder and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Paul Madonna will debut his annual publication, Album, along with an exhibit of his corresponding large-scale, pen-and-ink drawings of '70s and '80s era toys, which serve as a catalog to the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight GALA: AIGA San Francisco presents Hung up, its annual fall gala. This year, AIGA celebrates the art of skateboarding and has invited its members to contribute custom skate decks, which will be auctioned
Arts & Entertainment Massive Coed "Cool Cat" Clothing Swap and Potluck at CellSpace Tomorrow Night Guys and gals, clear out your closets and throw your discarded duds into the giant pile at CellSpace (2050 Bryant St) tomorrow night, as part of the Massive Men's And Women's "Cool Cat"
Arts & Entertainment Holiday Ice Rink Open Today Although it's still rather warm outside, the Holiday Ice Rink at Union Square officially opened this morning. SF Appeal/Bay City News informed us that a snow machine will drop snow on the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Soul legend Bill Withers (of "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Just the Two of Us" fame) is profiled in the new documentary Still Bill, which will be screening in San
Arts & Entertainment <em>Children of the Fillmore, 1952,</em> Photography Exhibit Opening on Saturday Veteran San Francisco photographer Gerald Ratto will exhibit his rarely seen collection of photographs, Children of the Fillmore, 1952, which he captured with his Rolleiflex camera while a student at California School of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight HISTORY: As part of the SF Museum and Historical Society's 2009 "Neighborhoods of San Francisco" program, author and historian Woody LaBounty will reintroduce the community to Beachside Bohemia: Carville-by-the-Sea and the Birth of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Attention adventurous singles with some extra cash -- Improv Dating Scene might be for you. The event begins with a comedy show with Big City Improv performing sketches based on audience suggestions.
SF News Fatal Big Rig Crash on Bay Bridge This Morning A big rig driver lost control of his truck at 3:30 a.m. this morning while negotiating the infamous S-curve on the Bay Bridge. The vehicle plunged 200 feet onto Yerba Buena
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Filmmaker Nara Denning will be celebrating the release of her new DVD Neurotique with a premiere screening. Neurotique is a collection of six silent and tragic love stories set to live musical
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Alternative Tentacles have been celebrating their 30th Anniversary with an Incest-A-Thon this weekend. Tonight's line-up is Alice Donut, Victims Family, and Burning Image. 7:30 p.m. // Great American Music Hall (859
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Tonight's the monthly First Thursday Art Walk, in which local galleries are open late for casual open houses. Some exhibitions of note are Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Evolution of a Painter at George Krevsky
