Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Hey, remember that interview that SFist Rain did with Mystery Science Theater 3000's Mike Nelson last week, about his new project, Rifftrax? Download an .mp3 of the MST3K folks and play it while
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Well, all of San Francisco politics is trivial, isn't it? Get that confirmed at tonight's 4th Annual Political Trivia Contest, featuring Chris "Whiskers" Daly, Ross Mirkarimi, and Jake McGoldrick, at a benefit for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight --Salsa and swing dance lessons at Julie's Supper Club, with burlesque performers on the hour. 8-11 p.m., $6 after 8 p.m. (half hour lesson), $10 by 7 (with an hour-long lesson)
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Fog City Mavericks</i> -- Can You Feel The Love Tonight? Sunday night, the SF International screened the world premiere of the film Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theater. There were shades of Sundance as many of the films featured filmmakers and actors,
SF News College Football: Gator Burn Speed kills. It's an old football saw, but it still cuts right to the heart of the matter in sorting out the detritus of last night's BCS National Championship Game: faster is better.
SF News That's Amore The rest of the story is a bit Rashomon-like in a "Men are From Mars, Women From Venus" kind of way. The other people in the restaurant were two people on a first
SF News College Football: The Argument Against a Rematch or How the BCS Got It Right So the final pre-bowl Bowl Championship Series (BCS) poll is out, and guess what? Everybody's pissed about something, except for Ohio State and Florida, the two teams that received Golden Tickets to the
SF News North Beach is Italian for Piazza Right now the problem with the piazza is... drum roll please... money. Or more like not knowing where it'll come from. Estimated price is somewhere around a half million, which doesn't sound like
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: Specs' So, um. We really want to like North Beach. It's got its fancy European panache, a tribe of passport-holding Italians and you can get a real cup of espresso, but sadly there are
SF News I Saw Gavin Newsom (And Two Supervisors) We saw him last night in North Beach, walking down Columbus in front of Cafe Greco with a woman who looks like pretty much every woman he's ever dated: thin, brunette, etc. It
SF News Meanwhile, in San Jose... We're going to talk about something we rarely talk about-- hockey. Why? Because the San Jose Sharks are now up 2-0 against the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the playoffs, after
Arts & Entertainment Green Apple Books at Tosca Tomorrow Night That's right, Wednedsay at 7:30 it's Green Apple Books at Tosca (242 Columbus Avenue, as if you didn't know), with Harmon and Bucky celebrating the publication of Leon's book . Knowing these guys,
misc SFist Answers: Blah Blah Blah TG Writes: Will I get pregnant in the next three months? Reply hazy -- ask later. See, folks, sometimes we need more info to give a better answer than that. Of course, with
SF News SchwartzenWatcher Goes to the Human Cockfights Our Governor is SO not like your Governor. This particular match is between Team Gracie and Team Hammerhouse and kicks off the "Arnold Martial Arts Festival," which is part of the whole Arnold
SF News Wetter Than a [Fill In Tasteless Reference to Aroused Female Genitalia] SFist Rita (always looking out for the staff) was worried about flooding in North Beach earlier this week, and now we can report the corners of Powell and Columbus on Union are now
Arts & Entertainment SFist "Reviews": The Sun/Apollo Sunshine Mondays are a hard night for live music -- crowds are smaller, audiences are distracted, and folks can't really justify going out super early, or staying out super late. We're sorry to admit
Arts & Entertainment Beth Lisick's In the Pool Everyone seems to describe spoken word artist and writer/poet Beth Lisick as "fizzy" -- but she really is! City Lights was packed to the gills with Missionistas who walked up Columbus from
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wide Awake in North Beach: Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store is a small, intimate cafe in North Beach, right on the corner of Columbus and Union. Both bar seating and small, round tables are available; plenty of large windows
Arts & Entertainment Wanted: Drag Queens. Reassignment Surgery Optional. [] So our friends at Beau Bonneau Casting are at it again. This time they're not looking for skinny hipsters, but for 'drag queens.' There are few casting calls that SFist would really
Arts & Entertainment Gridskipping This is sort of like if the native Americans in Mission Bay had noted on their blog Ohlonist in 1776 that some crazy dude named Junipero Serra was having a party for his
Arts & Entertainment Squatters' Rights The ongoing landlord-tenant dispute known as the Rent movie negotiations flared up once again, with Chris Columbus's production team claiming they were promised free use of the facilities on Treasure Island, and the
SF News "Rent" Not Paying Rent? From what we understand of the deal, the San Francisco Film Commission is paying $12,000 rent each month to the Treasure Island Development Authortiy, but is subtracting the cost of the work
Arts & Entertainment Season of Hate We're just blamelessly living our idyllic lives out here: blue skies, a Democratic mayor, a modern art museum that doesn't cost $20 to get into, a panda bear coming to Oakland..... when suddenly,
Arts & Entertainment Let the Stalking Commence Filming has started for the upcoming Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo romantic comedy "If Only It Were True," based on an adaptation of local novelist Marc Levy's 2000 novel of the same name.
