Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: In celebration of Harvey Milk's birthday this past Friday, the Castro is screening both Rob Epstein’s Academy Award-winning 1984 documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Zant's feature film
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DANCE: Liz Roman and Dancers, who were recently featured in SFist's Photo Du Jour, present their newest building romp At Play. Roman and her dancers/collaborators will move audiences through the halls, stairwells,
misc Photo du Jour 304 Reminiscent of Donna McKechnie's "Tick Tock" number from Stephen Sondheim's Company -- which featured McKechnie power dancing on moving elevators within a 1970s metropolitan landscape of marriage, love, sex, song, and Stritch --
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interview: Artistic Director/Choreographer Jason Gilkison by Tiffany Maleshefski If there's anything that ABC's Dancing with the Stars has taught us, B- and C-list celebrities may never be cool again, but ballroom dancing, on the other hand, will be.
SF News Barack and Michelle Obama's First Dance For those of you who went out last night to one of the many parties going on, here is Barack and Michelle Obama's inaugural dance. They were serenaded by Beyonce, who later, after
Arts & Entertainment Free Dark Dance Party at the KnockOut This Saturday Had enough of the Christmas cheer? Laying low on amateur night, aka New Years Eve, with its $50 covers, vomit-saturated Muni buses, and good-luck-getting-a-cab b.s.? Then this Saturday night is where the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Dance Tonight: Aire y Gracia At Project Artaud Theater In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Andanza Spanish Arts and ODC Theater present an invigorating, original work, showcasing the eclectic and rich music and dance traditions of Spain/Mexico. Zarzuela, Classical, Folkloric
misc Let's Go Dancing, Briefly The rules are few: primarily, they are to come and dance. Text FLASHDANCE to 41411 for SMS updates. Don't carry visible alcohol -- and don't act like a stupid drunk, lest you give
Arts & Entertainment Public Displays of Musical Affection Dances to Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" Public Displays of Musical Affection busts out into a (more or less) seamless choreographed routine to Bjork's screechy but sublime "It's Oh So Quiet" in Union Square. Wee!
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Those crazy bitches at Femina Potens Gallery are at it again. This time they plan on teaching you prudes out there how to make your very own blue movie at Hot Queer
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DISCUSSION/THEATER: Before Michael Bennett and Bob Fosse rose to fame with shocking original choreography, directorial genius, and having a penchent for abusing dancers, we had Jerome Robbins. The mastermind of steps behind
Arts & Entertainment Gaylord of the Dance: an AIDS Lifecycle Fundraiser Gaylord of the Dance - Teaser from Scott Saraceno on Vimeo. For better or for worse, spring is in the air. And with that comes the many AIDS Lifecycle Fundraisers that will litter
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *FILM: The 5th Annual San Francisco Irish Film Festival kicks things off with by director Lenny Abrahamson and writer Mark O’Halloran. This is followed by a reception with the Consul General of
misc SF Nightlife Violence Summit Violence at SF nightclubs has been all the rage this year - all nine days, that is - and now a summit is being held this month in order to curb the violent
SF News SFist Blotter Even with all the nasty weather, this weekend proved to be yet another violent one in San Francisco. For sure. After five shootings took place within a 24-hour time period, two people lost
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Kenneth Ryan Kenneth Ryan, Prop Master of the San Francisco Ballet has undergone and SFist interview below. As a San Francisco native he’s got all kinds of good tips about the city. As someone
SF News Rain: Singing In Korean On the down side, it's raining (and will probably rain for the rest of the week). On the bright side, we managed to find an illicit YouTube upload of the Colbert Report episode
Arts & Entertainment Aaron Axelsen's Top 10 Albums of 2007 Aaron Axelsen has been a major force in promoting local independent music with San Francisco's indie-dance party, Popscene and his Sunday night radio show on Live 105. (You can listen from 7-10pm. Check
misc SFist Reviews... Vampire Weekend The incredibly crowded space was crawling with an audience that was brimming with excitement. Their excitement had been curtailed while Grand Ole' Party and San Francisco's own, Still Flyin' opened for this seemingly
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Warning: when visiting the ice rink at the Embarcadero, please be careful. You could fall face-first on the ice, cut open your knee, swallow a couple of itchy Vicodins to abate building pain,
Arts & Entertainment Harvey Milk Memorial Concert & Candlelight March Even though we're too vile to appear on screen in a film about his life, legacy, and popper sniffing -- no, we will not let it go, but thank you for asking --
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Welcome back, little piggies, from your night of binge eating and sipping. (That is, if you were fortunate enough to do so.) Why not get up, out, and about tonight to work off
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Cinema Soundscapes: This evening of "voice, music and cinematic exploration" features mezzo-soprano vocalist Silvie Jensen and woodwind musician Bodhan Hilas headlining a night of sound oddities and Stephen Parr film such as
SF News Leno vs. Migden: the Aftermath Although we were much too busy with failed attempts at bit-part stardom to care about our civic duty this weekend -- a mistake we'll never make again -- we have read some interesting
