SF News American Football Spectacular: To A Frontier Town... There Came A Bowl Game. As pointed out by American Football Spectacular's religious consultant Ms. No, Mormons aren't supposed to gamble. Further, according to the BBC's write-up on Mormon ethical practices, "Gambling in any form is condemned as
SF News SchwartzenWatcher Goes To Austria Europe, of course, has banned capital punishment for years. As has much pretty much most of the Western world, as well as pretty much most of the rest of the world. Which is
SF News Clemency Denied As many legal observers expected, Gov. Schwarzenegger denied Stanley "Tookie" Williams's request for clemency, stating that (.pdf) there was strong evidence supporting the jury's guilty verdict, and that he doesn't really believe that
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes to IndieFest's Rock N Roll Horror Show! Doors open at 7, screens at 8, and at 10 musical acts Stolen Babies and The Graves Brothers Deluxe hit the stage, with between sets by Church of Elvis DJs Bishop and Moonshine.
SF News Dear Ted's Boss: Ted Wasn't Lying, He Really DID Have to Wait 30 Minutes For the J. Again. But what happens when NextBus tells us news we don't want to hear? Reader Ted W, who has sent us his J misery in the past, sent us the above screenshot this morning,
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Greg Whiteley SFist is thankful for many things this time of year. We are especially thankful for independent movies and the independent theaters that show them. SFist has been lucky to attend the Sundance Film
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Volti ....Oh, hello! We were just warming up our voice over here. After we posted about local choral group Volti's world premiere of No More To Hide, a choral work in tribute to same-sex
SF News And Now For Some Wet Hot Juicy Religion It was almost a year ago that someone put our names on the mailing list of "Faith: The Bay Area's Lay Catholic Newsletter," and it's been an eye-opening couple of months. For example,
Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: U2 The first time we saw U2 it was 1984 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Obviously, that was a long time ago: pre-Apple commercials, pre-hanging out with politicians, pre-heavy-handed attempts at irony, pre-blues co-opting,
Arts & Entertainment A Wedding Cantata You probably haven't been to a vocal concert since your high school crush object sang that solo from in the annual choir festival. What relevance does choral music have to my everyday life?
Arts & Entertainment Recovering Yvesdropping Boy: "My mom taught me how to use a sewing machine when I was a kid. And I made lots of bags and pillows. They're pretty much the same thing. Except one has
misc Doin' The Evolution Jeanne Caldwell, whose husband, Larry Caldwell runs an organization that sues schools over the teaching of evolution, filed the suit. Because it's for the kids, you know-- they might not be able to
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdropping Girl with lampshade on head: "I feel like I need more balance in my life." -- The 33, upper Haight Ms. Safeway: "Would you like to give a dollar for the breast cancer
SF News Begone! Begone! Begone!...It's So Much Fun to Say Other highlights: in Sacramento, the church is selling a posh retirement community to pay off sex-abuse victims, and the retirees are miffed. Lots of propaganda for Prop 73, which would require parental notification
Arts & Entertainment Criminal Yvesdropping Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at - gmail - dot - com. Street bum: Do you have some change please? Dude: I don't, sorry. Street bum: Don't be sorry, die. -- SFist Cedric
Arts & Entertainment An Evening with The Paris Review It sure is a literary week here at SFist, with our Andrew Sean Greer interview and giveaway on Monday, the Picador Birthday event and book giveaway (you can still enter to win today!
Arts & Entertainment Movie Review: <em>Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus</em> Seeing Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus is like watching a documentary, attending a concert, seeing a feature film and reading a short story all at the same time. Beautifully shot and featuring gorgeous
Arts & Entertainment Frameline 29: Tammy Faye: Death Defying Tammy Faye was present for Frameline's screening of the new documentary, and the audience ate her up. She got a standing ovation just for walking into the house before the movie started (is
Arts & Entertainment Mysterious Boy Berry's parents, friends, shrink, religious leaders, doctors, and the ambiguously sexual eccentrics who admire his moxie all seem to have their own plans for Berry; none of them help him to figure out
Arts & Entertainment (Yet) Another Hole in the Head: SFist Has You Covered The fun begins Thursday night at 8 with the launch party at the Rickshaw stop, which includes a screening of . Right after the movie, bands The Formaldebrides, The Godz of Rock, and the
Arts & Entertainment We Believe According to the editor of Faith, The Bay Area's Lay Catholic Newsletter, "most Catholics, at one time or another or a good deal of the time, are greedy, lustful, selfish, unkind, boastful, lazy,
SF News Got Housing? First, there are several battles over the tearing down of old buildings to be replaced by condos. Among the buildings being fought over is an abandoned cottage, an old abandoned theater, and an
SF News Humanitarian Marla Ruzicka Claimed By Violence In Iraq In a terribly tragic irony, Marla Ruzicka, who grew up in Lake County, and worked tirelessly for Medea Benjamin's Global Exchange before founding her own organization, "The Campaign For Innocent Victims of Conflict"
Arts & Entertainment Bono Makes Appearance At Glide Bono also spoke on the Pope, but graciously called Reverend Williams "The Pope of San Francisco." "Whenever this rock star is in the Bay Area, I have to visit Glide." About John Paul,
