Arts & Entertainment Get Drawn By An Ape Looking for a unique gift for your favorite music lover? Send a photo of them to local label Birdman Records to "Get Drawn By An Ape". If you're lucky enough to get chosen,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads Addendum: Author Events SFist enjoys going to literary events for a number of reasons, the least of which being that being at an actual book signing or reading makes us realize that these author are "Just
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Rainbow Grocery The inagural entry in our shopping guide goes to Rainbow Grocery. We've made no secret of our fondness for Rainbow in the past, but wanted to bring it to your attention as a
Arts & Entertainment Where the Books Match the Drapes SFist was looking for a book the other day. But we, like, totally couldn't remember what it was called or who the author was. It was really popular, we might have seen it
Arts & Entertainment Get Ready to Write If you're seeing some writerly types walking around looking a bit more haggard, worn out and overly caffienated than usual it's only because November is NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. For the
SF News O Canada! Election results got you down? Considering bolting like those kids in Red Dawn did after their high school was taken over by the Russians? Stop looking at guide books for Switzerland and Sweden!
SF News Proposition It Seriously, reading through all the ballot initiatives is one, big-huge time suck. While we were waiting in line at a store over the weekend, we heard one guy behind us talking to a
Arts & Entertainment Tours Aren't Just For Tourists It's a sad truth that people who live in an area rarely sample their cities' local wonders. New Yorkers don't go to the Statue of Liberty, Los Angelenos don't walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Arts & Entertainment So Delicious! SFist always has a good time in Japantown. We enjoy the bookstore, the many restaurants, and the chance to pretend we're in The Executioner. And there's another reason to head down to the
Arts & Entertainment I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings John Donne? William Blake? Jewel? Nope, it's the words and wisdom of everyone's favorite Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfield. This Saturday night, the always rocking Noe Valley Ministry has a performance of "The Poetry
SF News Wild Kingdom So it turns out that one of the main draws of the Almaden Valley subdivisions in San Jose are their proximity to beautiful nature -- squirrels, birds, deer, and every now and then,
Arts & Entertainment I Read the Earth Moved Litquake started two years ago when groups of Bay Area writers decided it was high time they put on events like those put on by music, film, and arts groups in the area.
SF News Evan Williams, Blogger Founder, Semi-Retires [W]hen I took a week off a few months ago just hanging out reading books and walking around and not thinking about Blogger for a while (I accidentally hurt my mom's feelings
Arts & Entertainment While You're At It, You Can Pay Your Late Fees Too For those of you who love the antiquarian hunt, there's also a separate section for the "Best of Book Bay," with rare and unusual books (between $20 and $250), including the first ever
SF News Farewell, Mr. Meyer Nicknamed "King Leer," he released his first film, , in 1959 with the backing of Peter DeCenzie, owner of Oakland's El Rey Burlesque. At the time Russ was working as a photographer, shooting centerfolds
SF News I Want My GOTV Those of you who look down when you walk may have seen the sidewalk graffiti for www.indyvoter.org. Indyvoter.org is encouraging younger people who previously haven't voted to actually get to
Arts & Entertainment Party on Valencia Guilt-Free SFist is proud to be a product of public high school. Not only did our sports teams lay waste to the local private schools (well, except for the Catholic schools), we beat them
Arts & Entertainment Got Some Spare Time in November? SFist spent a nice day at the beach on Sunday with some friends and learned about a rather interesting project over drinks at the new Sutro's at the Cliff House (a review of
SF News But Can She Cook? SFist loves to hate the Chron. They haven't won a Pulitzer for reporting since 1952 - which may have something to do with the fact that we can't remember ever buying the Sunday
Arts & Entertainment Run, Robert Duvall, Run! Following "Star Wars," Biskind writes that Lucas was haunted by it's success - that whole selling out thing. Not to mention being the one blamed for killing the Golden Era of 70's movies
SF News The Legal Battle for Same-Sex Marriage in California Pushes Forward SFist wishes the plaintiffs great success at tearing down one of the most noxious legal forms of discrimination that are still on the books. For more information about the battle, go to Marriage
misc The Essefficist Needs Your Help We here at the Essefficist, SFist's weekly question-and-answer/advice column, have been striving to bring you honest answers to life's nagging questions for the past couple of weeks now. However, we're a little
Arts & Entertainment The Other Mag SFist admits to having something of a nerd crush on Annalee Newitz. We've been reading her Techsploitation column in the Bay Guardian (also found on Alternet.org and in the San Jose Metro)
SF News Touchdown! SFist is not the biggest football fan in the world, but we definitely love video games. And while many have tried, nobody is taking John Madden Football's spot in the starting lineup. With
misc Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo SFist has had zoos on the brain lately. We're three-fourths of the way through A Carnivore's Inquiry, where in which the heroine (or is she an anti-heroine? We haven't finished the book yet,
