misc SFist Whines & Dines: Treat Street Cocktails Finally, those questions will be answered thanks the San Francisco SPCA and its second annual “Dog Day on the Bay” Sunday May 7. The event is a fund raiser for the SPCA and
SF News Kabuki Theatre Sold to Sundance Cinemas Expected to become "a state-of-the-art independent movie house", Sundance plans on beginning renovations to the theatre in early May, following the San Francisco International Film Festival. This fall it'll reopen as the "Sundance
SF News Bee Denied! We were all set to head down to the Pier 39 Theatre (which is also playing host to Menopause the Musical, we are not making this up) for the big event, when we
SF News We're Betting on iTunes We have a lot of the screeners lying on our desk, gazing at us reproachfully as we while away the hours watching Tyra crap out on stripping and . We're pretty dubious that we're
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kimberly Guilfoyle Villency? Not one but two articles in the Sunday Chronicle breathlessly report that our very own lady of sorrows Kimberly Guilfoyle made a potentially-cuddly first appearance during Fashion Week with Eric Villency, the host
SF News Having Your Fraud, And Profiting Too So are the people behind the J.T. Leroy hoax all irritated that James Frey has gotten the bulk of the publicity -- and subsequent sales boost -- in the "Authors who misrepresent
SF News SFist Tech Labs: Google China and Spin Control The issue now is Google's decision to censor search results on its Chinese site. In an interview with Reuters (vectored via CNet news.com), Sergey Brin acknowledges that the decision will be criticized,
Arts & Entertainment Not Rocking a Million People So it's time for bloggers' powers to activate. On the way into work, we were reading the Chron's Peter Hartlaub's highly enjoyable piece on used CDs and how they can reclaim one's cheesy
Arts & Entertainment SFisting: Red Hot Cinema at the Red (Hot) Vic We're starting to think that the Haight's Red Vic Movie House, a worker-owned theater with comfy couches and yummy popcorn, is hitting that age (you know that age) when they think about sex
SF News SFist checks out the 510: Public Access TV Edition To call it "the Bay Area's homage to 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000'" is to sell both TV shows short. We tuned in for 'Monster Island's' broadcast of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and
SF News Goodbye, 104.9 Was that San Jose radio station Channel 104.9 the "new music alternative" because they played alternative new music, or were they the "new music alternative" because they played something other than new
SF News American Football Spectacular: Desperation And Reckoning San Diego Chargers at the Kansas City Chiefs, Saturday, 12/24/2005, 10:00 AM PST Wild Card playoff football is nothing compared to the atmosphere for two teams clawing for that last
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tech Labs: OK to Play We're happy about the injunction, and not just because it guarantees kids will be able to develop the skills they'll need to survive in an increasingly zombie-slaying and drug-dealing economy. The bigger picture
Arts & Entertainment The Lonely Jew at Christmas Unlike most years, Hanukah falls after Christmas. Actually, the first candle lighting will take place the day of. What does this mean? Besides the fact that Jews might be able to save Christmas,
Arts & Entertainment An Excuse To Read Some Funnybooks--Al's Comics In The Mission In Trouble Recently Al's Comics has run into a bit of financial trouble, it involves landlords, tax collectors, zap gun wielding lizard men from another dimension, the city; in short, the usual suspects. He could
SF News R.I.P., Pat Morita Best known for his role as Mr. Miyagi in , Pat Morita passed away yesterday at his home in Las Vegas. A look at his bio, however, makes it clear that Morita was much
Arts & Entertainment Howard's End For the five of you who still listen to radio, the big question out there is who will replace Howard Stern. Howard, of course, is saying goodbye to free radio on December 18th
Arts & Entertainment Combots Finals Last night we took a long bus ride out to Fort Mason to check out the final rounds of the Robot Fighting League's Combots National Championship. SFist Chuck reminded us to make it
Arts & Entertainment SFist Cares ... About These Events For those of you in the east bay: "Beyond Borders: A Benefit for the Victims & Survivors of the South Asian Earthquake". Local performers will be taking the stage Berkeley's Wheeler Auditorium starting
Arts & Entertainment As Open Night As A Three Dollar Bill The Three Dollar Bill Cafe is such an excellent name for the restaurant inside the SF LGBT Community Center. If you've got the time and inclination, stop by the cafe and check out
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Reads the Gossip Pages We have the latest and hottest political news today, coming to you from the best place to get the hottest California political news, the gossip pages. Which raises this interesting question: for those
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Juliet Mae Spices We found FitzHenry, a stylishly dressed, slim, energetic woman, at Oakland's Grand Lake market. We left with and a small armful of other ingredients. FitzHenry's extensive background in marketing is in evidence at
Arts & Entertainment Interview: The Primitive Screwheads Oh, how we adore the Primitive Screwheads. Our first experience with them was at the final (sob) performance of their most glorious Evil Dead: Live, in which the guerilla (to wit: they rehearse
Arts & Entertainment The New de Young Building The original museum was built as the Fine Arts building for the California Midwinter International Exposition. The exposition made a profit, and the building and money were donated to The City and named
Arts & Entertainment The 2nd Annual George Bush Going Away Party This Saturday night is the 2nd Annual George Bush Going Away Party: An Evening of Political Comedy. The first one was held about this time last year in an attempt to raise money
