Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight VIDEO: Check out the West Coast premiere of Target Video's SF Punk, as part of the SF Main Library's Punk Passages exhibit. The film features Bay Area early punk legends The Avengers, Dead
SF News SF Company Helped Repeal Maine's Same-Sex Marriage Law SF Appeal brings it to our attention that smarmy San Francisco-based (located on Maiden Lane, specifically) "independent integrated marketing communications company," Criswell and Associates, earned about $700K in the past couple of months
Arts & Entertainment Margaret Cho to Make a Surprise Appearence at the EndUp Tonight SFist Jay sent us the scoop that Margaret Cho will be hanging with her pal, Monistat, at the EndUp's Chaser club tonight. There's no word on whether Cho will be MC'ing, performing, or
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Comedian and playwright Rick Reynolds presents his hilarious and gut-wrenching personal confessions and childhood remembrances in Love, God, Sex (and and other stuff I don’t have), which is directed by Jason
misc Interspecies Muni Line This is amazing. Someone must have dropped some fast food wrappers or chicken bones on that bus or something, or as Jim Herd suspects, the drivers feed them. (Yeah, we know this photo
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight VARIETY SHOW: Tonight is the premiere of PianoFight's Monday Night ForePlays, a female-driven variety show that will run every Monday through November 23. Consisting of comedy sketches, original dance numbers, a rotating line-up
misc Photos: Critical Mass Halloween Friday's Critical Mass was particularly colorful this month in celebration of Halloween. We saw the group go by outside A.C.T before the start of Mamet's November, and the theater crowd was
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: If you missed Built to Spill's Halloween show last night, in which Doug Martsch played with a fake scar on his forehead and then peeled it off halfway through the set, they'll
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DRAG: Trannyshack and Midnight Mass host Halloween: A Party, starring Heklina as "Dracula" and Peaches Christ as "Tran Hesling," with a special performance by guest star Jackie Beat and a whole line-up of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LIT: It's another installment of Muni-inspired entertainment at Muni Diaries Live! Under the Influence, with BART tales added to the mix, too. Entertainment includes the Cock-Ts, Shane Papatolicas, the winning Muni Erotic fiction
Arts & Entertainment Halloween Events If crowded bars and flashmobs aren't your thing, check out this short list of fun events taking place on Saturday, brought to us by FuncheapSF. FuncheapSF also recommends perusing Haunted Bay for even
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FOOD: Local street cart chefs will discuss their food, their big plans, their permit status and how the new street-eats scene is changing ideas about dining out during the Commonwealth Club's The Street
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: It's the first night of Ghosts of the River at Brava Theater, which runs through November 8. Incorporating actors, shadow puppets, and music with the epic writing of Octavio Solís, the play
Arts & Entertainment SFist Giveaway: Tickets to Matcha on Thursday Thursday is the final installment of this season's Matcha series at the Asian Art Museum, and the theme is Thai River Festival, a very special Loi Krathong celebration. There will be classical dance
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FASHION: Witness a live, Project Runway-type fashion show at the ongoing Fashion Feud SF. Designers will create their "garments" on stage within an hour, the models will have a "walk-off," and the audience
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: San Francisco 1958 San Francisco 1958 from Jeff Altman on Vimeo. Jeff Altman of Chicago discovered this beautiful old film reel of his grandfather's, entitled "Alameda 1958." Altman's grandfather, who is pictured in front of the
misc Relevant Facebook Status Update of the Day Via E.K.: "Dear BART a-holes: When you see a sweaty pregnant woman on a crowded train checking her bloodsugar while trying to balance her bags, standing up, it would be polite to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight WALKING TOUR: It's that time of year again! It's the annual Ghost Walk at City Hall. Learn all about the "disinterred remains, assassinations, and other ghostly lore" surrounding city hall. If you can't
misc Reminder: Fight the "Anti-Fun" People at City Hall Today at 1 p.m. As we all know, San Francisco nightlife has been under fire quite a bit lately. In addition to the ongoing saga of the Alcoholic Beverage Control's enforcement of arbitrary rules they've set for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: There are two more preview nights for David Mamet's over-the-top comedy, November, which takes a satirical stab at American politics. The play was a Broadway success, and critics describe it as "one
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Women's Art Movement (W.A.M.) explores the scary and sweet sides of pop-surrealism in their latest group show, Dollhouse Monsters invade Polk Gulch. The participating artists of W.A.M. will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: It's the first annual Passport, in which the SF Arts Commission invites the public to stroll through one of San Francisco’s neighborhoods to create their own limited edition art book by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The eccentric, musical genius of Daniel Johnston takes some getting used to, but his sincerely sweet and simple vocals and arrangements win his fans over for life. The melodic Hymns open. 8
Arts & Entertainment Star Wars "Clone Wars" Takeover Tomorrow Fans of the Star Wars prequels can get their pictures taken with some Clone Troopers tomorrow at Parkmerced from 4 to 7 p.m. The first 500 guests will get free prints of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Margot Leitman and Giulia Rozzi present Stripped Stories, a touring night of sex-themed stories. Each show features a comedian, a non-comedian, and a musical act revealing hysterically honest stories about their sex
