Arts & Entertainment Things To Do This Week: Climate Week, Art Battle, Sundance Stompede Doc, JFK Promenade This week, 4/21-27: Five-day sustainable fashion exhibition; queer-oriented climate meetup; live-painting and art auction; two-day celebration of queer country-western dance culture; and the 5th anniversary of the JFK Promenade.
misc Miss Willie Brown Hails from Nashville, Not Related to Da Mayor In our weekly chronicles of the whereabouts and activities of Former Mayor Willie Brown, we often stumble on a red herring or two in our research. Case in point: Miss Willie Brown, a
Arts & Entertainment Elliot Randall & the Deadmen Album Release: 2/9 by Taryn Harrington Elliot Randall is a country music singer songwriter based in San Francisco, whose sweet voice and country-rock rhythms create mellow, likeable music. His sophomore album, Caffeine & Gasoline, will release
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight READING: Idiolexicon Poetry Series brings together different types of poets -- from slam to experimental, hip-hop and academia -- having them share a stage. Tonight, the lineup includes performances by poets Stephen Meads
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #7 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Win a free copy of Nicole Atkin's debut album release, Neptune City after the jump. Download: "War Torn"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Toshio Hirano: Local country music star -- alongside his trusty bassist, Kenan O'Brien -- croons tonight at 9 p.m. at Amnesia; free. -- San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: David Milnes leads
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <em>The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music</em> We're not unique in becoming slightly obsessed with The Anthology, and this film, which combines talking head interviews with live performances from a series of tribute concerts, is proof of that. And yet,
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Life in a Box</i> World Premiere It's long been our experience that when a significant other says, "I think we should have an open relationship," what they really mean is, "let's ensure that our impending breakup is painful and
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Gav Says/He's Done With Sergio The irrepressible Mr. P.J. Corkery asks the question on everyone's mind -- what's on Gavin Newsom's iPod? Well, after some hemming and hawing ("I don't have time to download 99 cent tunes,
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: Slow Jam King A friendly crowd greeted Filipino-American filmmaker Steven Mallorca at the San Francisco screening of his labor of love, for the Asian-American Film Fest -- about three rows of seats were reserved for his
Arts & Entertainment Bob Wills Is Still the King "I just hope whoever put the halftime together, they're getting their resume ready. Hey, this is a hip-hop weekend. Y'all think this is a NASCAR race? This ain't no NASCAR race." Now, we
