Arts & Entertainment Why Do We Always Come Here? The excitement begins on June 21 with "Muppets 101," a sort of primer on who and what and how. It's followed over the next two weekends with screenings of "Labyrinth" and "Dark Crystal"
SF News Something Going Down in the Mission Right Now We just got an SMS that traffic (including Muni) is blocked on Potrero between 20th and 22nd, and that everyone is advised to avoid the area. What's going on? Anyone nearby? We can't
Arts & Entertainment The Finest Kind of Writer Friend of SFist Charlie Anders reminds us that her nifty and unusual spoken-word group, Writers With Drinks, will be experiencing yet another stupendous explosion of literary greatness this Saturday, the 9th, from 7:
misc Sensual Solidarity Ahem. Anyway, the Carnival's happening this Thursday, the 7th. Short notice! Better start polishing your buckles and straps now. They're raising funds for erotic services workers to attend labor training camps. That's labor
SF News BART: Not Burning. As you may have noticed, things were a little funny with the commute yesterday -- nothing big, just a little SMOKE IN THE TUNNEL. Don't worry, it's all cleared away. No, they don't
SF News Oh No Ed Jew! "I, we Have a Number of Attorneys ... and so Forth." Ed Jew alert! Friend-of-SFist Dan N. (or, if you like, D. Noyes) alerts us to a brand spanking new Ed Jew interview on the I-Team's website! Oh, faithful I-Team. Here's the juicy bit:
SF News Free Bulbs So what does this have to do with Gavin? Why's he suddenly pushing a Yahoo ad campaign that's disguised as greeniness but is actually just a trick to get us to use their
SF News And Now Some Very Sad News Hugues neighbors have encouraged friends and family to stop by and leave flowers, pictures, poems or candles. Please feel free to stop by Linden Street (between Laguna St. & Octavia St). That's pretty
Arts & Entertainment Ratatouille Done: It's all up the Audiences Now At some point in 2003, we were at a meeting of the local puppetry guild (because that's the kind of rough crowd with which we roll) and someone mentioned that they'd done some
SF News Muni Soon to Get EVEN BETTER The point is, Muni's announcing some service changes. You're just going to have to take our word for it, though, because as usual the information isn't on their website yet. (We once asked
misc Jerry Falwell Makes Appearance at SF State Don't worry, he's still dead. But the deceased Bible salesman's ghost drifted through the minds of a few characters at SF State's graduation last weekend, startling an out-of-towner named, for real, Earl Clampett.
SF News And They're Off Since yesterday's kickoff, the web's been awash in AIDS Ride coverage. There's a day-by-day photo rundown on the official site (with, unfortunately, lousy navigation) and a slew of unofficial pix on user-friendly Flickr.
Arts & Entertainment Don't Go There We adore bad movies, to the point that our sig-other gets a look of exasperation every time we even mention "The Apple" or "Spice World" or the certain owner of some Hands of
SF News Help Find Nam Lee AlertSF just sent out a bulletin about a missing person. Please keep your eyes out for this gentleman (click on the picture to enlarge): Nam Lee has been missing since Wednesday the 30th.
SF News So, Dude, Forgot Your Keys? These Google street views have captured all of daily life in our fair city, haven't they! Thanks to Poor Mojo for catching this one.sorts
SF News The Pitter-Patter of Obamian Feet The campaign's San Francisco Walk for Change starts this Saturday, the 9th, in Dolores Park. "...hit the streets for the Walk for Change National Canvass being organized by grassroots supporters of Barack Obama.
misc The Doubtful Guests Depart General consensus is that the whales have disappeared off into the ocean as mysteriously as they came. Possible next stop on their itinerary: the feeding areas near the Farallon Islands. We'll keep you
SF News Follow The Money ... to ... uh ... Someplace. Alas, there's nothing too damning that we could find on our local pols. Leland Yee got a lot of money from firefighters and voted in their interests 97% of the time. But was
SF News NextBus TextMarks are at Your Service And: Ariel Poler, the CEO of TextMarks, has caught wind of our DIY transit project. In a comment on our last post, he writes, "I LOVE how you are using our service! If
SF News Do You Dare Say No To The Yes Men? It wasn't a cheap stunt to produce, and their next one won't be, either. So they need your help. They're asking for PayPal donations, which seems a bit sketch to us -- you
Arts & Entertainment The Day: Saved. The Yvesdropping voicemails are pouring in! If by "pouring in" you mean that we got two more. Leave us a message at 415-659-8720. Try not to be intimidated by the hilariously urgent robot-greeting.
SF News June Muni Payout: $15,272.53 (With The Possibility of $300,000 More!) Details are sadly limited, but apparently, back in 2005, a Mr. Smith and Ms. Jones (their real names!) were crossing the street when the 19 broadsided them. Ker-pow. That'll be $300,000, please.
Arts & Entertainment At Least Today They're Being Shot with Cameras Could it be that our lost little whale pair have finally had their sonar set to rights? And wouldn't that be nice. Makes us hark back to 1914 when the brutal "golden era"
