Arts & Entertainment Jock Straps and Corset Reform: Let's Pause to Appreciate Bicycling's Gifts to the World Last season on Copper, we got a good look at the way 1860s New Yorkers lived. We discovered their fashion, pastimes, slang, and gruesome water cooler talk. Lately, New Yorkers have been spending
Arts & Entertainment Photos, Videos: Revisit These Classic Cocktails From America's First Mixologist, Jerry Thomas Sipping a cocktail may be about enjoying the moment, but shouldn't you pause to appreciate its origins once in a while? America has a storied past when it comes to mixed drinks, but
Arts & Entertainment Free Concert Series Will Celebrate Five Musical Genres Close to San Francisco's Heart This post is brought to you by our advertiser, Converse. From June 23 - 27 at Slim's, Converse will celebrate the grand opening of their biggest West Coast location with Represent, honoring five
Arts & Entertainment COPPER Crime Contest: Solve A Real 1865 Murder - And Win An iPad While today's news are filled with shocking crimes with awful details, they are as random and senseless as the ones of the 19th century. Starting on Sunday, June 23, BBC America's critically-acclaimed original
Arts & Entertainment Free Concert Series Will Celebrate Five Musical Genres Close to San Francisco's Heart This post is brought to you by our advertiser, Converse. From June 23 - 27 at Slim's, Converse will celebrate the grand opening of their biggest West Coast location with Represent, honoring five
Arts & Entertainment It's Time to Stop Thinking of Donal Logue as "That Guy" Finding himself in South Central L.A. in the early '90s, working as a janitor and seeking sobriety through volunteer work, Donal Logue wasn't really thinking of acting. He'd been in a couple
Arts & Entertainment Zoë Keating Headlines Exploratorium’s After Dark on June 6 This post was paid for by our advertiser, Exploratorium. The Exploratorium’s After Dark returns June 6, 2013 with a special music- and art-focused evening featuring performances by acclaimed cellist Zoë Keating. Performing
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Free Fills at Contraband Coffee Bar on "National Fill Your Thermos Brand Bottle Day" This post is paid for by our advertiser, Genuine Thermos Brand. This Thursday, May 23rd, beverage fans in the Bay area are invited to celebrate the first "National Fill Your Thermos Brand Bottle
Arts & Entertainment Björk Bringing <i>Biophilia</i> to Craneway Pavilion This Month This post is brought to you by our advertiser, Live Nation. Björk is bringing her live Biophilia shows to the Bay Area at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, where the venue has been
Arts & Entertainment Sponsored Post: Book Your Move with Unpakt and get 5% Off! Moving is the worst, right? You get to research movers on your own, explain your inventory one at a time, and receive "quotes" only to be gouged on the final bill. Luckily, Unpakt
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sponsored Post: Support the HIV/AIDS Fight by Dining Out for Life Dining Out for Life is the Bay Area’s premier dining event to support a very worthy cause. The annual one-day fundraiser to help fight HIV/AIDS in our community is hosted at
Arts & Entertainment Invisibility Cloaks And Rat Telepathy: Six Reasons Why The Future Is Here As a kid, did you dream of Penny's computer book from Inspector Gadget—and now you've got an iPad? Or wish you could just ask questions aloud or make commands and have them
Arts & Entertainment Cloning is Kind of Weird, But Here are Five Cute Pet Clones! Pet cloning is a pretty controversial practice, requiring $50,000 - $150,000, dozens of dogs living in questionable laboratory care, and—some say—the naiveté of heartbroken pet owners missing their loved
Arts & Entertainment Top WTF Moments Of Supernatural TV And Movies This weekend, BBC America's brand new Supernatural Saturday block kicks off with Doctor Who, The Nerdist and the new original series, ORPHAN BLACK. To get in the mood, here are some of the
Arts & Entertainment Famous Fakers, From Clark Rockefeller To Hipster Grifter In BBC America's brand new Supernatural Saturday series ORPHAN BLACK, street-smart Sarah thinks her problems will be solved by assuming a rich woman's identity. But as these real-life characters show—and as Sarah
Arts & Entertainment Spider Goats, Glowing Beagles, & CopyCat: Key Moments in Cloning Since 1952 and the hatching of 27 tadpoles, cloning has been more than science fiction. It might not be in the news as much as it was with the birth of Dolly the
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Arts & Entertainment The Gangs Of San Francisco, The Tongs While gang wars are not unusual in San Francisco, perhaps the longest running ones involve tongs, which are societies or organizations within a Chinese-American community. Tongs were associations formed within Chinese immigrant communities
Arts & Entertainment From The Cocaine Godmother To "Sister" Snakehead: Notorious Female Gangsters This post is brought to you by ABC's new drama Red Widow: Organized crime is predominantly a men's world, but there are some women whose penchant for violence, drug laundering and more that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sponsored Post: Bud Light Platinum Rolls out 12 oz. Sleek Can This post is paid for by our advertiser, Bud Light. Spring training's finally under way, so it's time to find a new beer to keep you company while you obsess over pitching rotations
Arts & Entertainment The Craziest Mob Hits, From Barbershop Ambushes To Trojan Horse Car Bombings Sponsored by ABC's new drama Red Widow: Organized crime has always thrived on intimidation and brutal acts, but sometimes the violence is unspeakably gruesome. Here are some of the most notorious mob hits,
Arts & Entertainment Giveaway: Terracotta Warriors Opening Party with CHERYL Thursday, February 21, 7:00-11:00 pm $15 advance, $18 at the door Asian Art Museum San Franciscooooo! Come out to play-ayyyy! We're unveiling China’s Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sponsored Post: Bud Light, for Fans Who Do Whatever it Takes The following post is from our advertiser, Bud Light. The 49ers may have just taken a hard loss at the Super Bowl, but that doesn't mean it's time to stop being a loyal
Arts & Entertainment Introducing SFist Dating: A Better Way to Meet Other San Francisco Singles Who Like Doing Cool Stuff This post is brought to you from our partner, HowAboutWe. If you’re a loyal SFist reader, then you’re ahead of the game when it comes to dating: You already know where
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sponsored Post: Are You Happy? Tell Patrón and Get Prizes To apocalyptic believers' dismay, 2013 is now upon us. It's time to reflect and make this year even better than last. Now that the presents have all been unwrapped, Patrón Tequila wants to
