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BENEFIT: Green Planet Films presents a benefit screening of Truck Farm!, in which filmmaker Ian Cheney turned the 40 square feet of space in his truck's bed into an urban farm

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MUSIC: Graham Central Station, ConFunkShun, Tower of Power, and lead singer Ashling Cole will perform at the Teena Marie Birthday Tribute as 6 Piece & a Biscuit, commemorating what would've been

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FILM: Vision from the Life of Hildegard von Bingen, a lushly shot portrait of a 12-century Benedictine nun way ahead of her time, "who has emerged from the shadows of history

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THEATER: It's the opening weekend of Catchy Name Theatre Company's Corned Beef, "a post-modern comedy of art with mistaken identity, triangular love and much popping in and

Art Of The City: March Gallery Openings

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Art Of The City: March Gallery Openings

Artist, designer, and art-lover, Olivia Warnecke, sent SFist her list of top gallery openings going on around town this month. Olivia stresses that there is so much going on in the art

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PHOTOGRAPHY: The ever-popular 4th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show showcases the ninety top photos from the contest's Bay Area, national, and international entries. Come celebrate the joy and simplicity

SFist This Weekend: White Elephant Sale, How-to Homestead, Found Footage Fest, Michael Showalter, and Beer-Soaked Snuggies

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SFist This Weekend: White Elephant Sale, How-to Homestead, Found Footage Fest, Michael Showalter, and Beer-Soaked Snuggies

Oakland Museum White Elephant Sale: The much anticipated annual weekend-long rummage extravaganza in Oakland is finally here. Get you and your tote bags over there first thing tomorrow, as it gets picked

Britney Spears Castro Concert Details

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Britney Spears Castro Concert Details

The Examiner has more details about Britney Spears' Castro concert for Good Morning America. "The 400 and 500 blocks of Castro Street between Market and 19th streets will be closed starting

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PHOTOGRAPHY: Robert Tat Gallery presents a group exhibition of vintage and contemporary photographs, Sign of the Times, celebrating the special qualities that are captured when images incorporate existing signage into their compositions. 5

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FOOD: Get the latest scoop on the local food scene at City Art's, On Artisan Food, featuring a panel of folks in the local food industry, including The New York Times&

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STORYTELLING: Porchlight Presents: Brushes with Fame, features Bay Area luminaries and "nobodies," including Edinburgh Castle barman Alan Black, Litquake co-founder Jack Boulware, burlesque performer Lady Monster, theater producer Bruce Pachtman,

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MUSIC: Smile presents a Save KUSF Benefit, featuring performances by The Trifles, The Twinks, The Danger Babes, and Hate Factory, along with DJ Neil Martinson spinning psych, soul, glam, bubblegum, and laserboogie. All

Free IHOP Pancakes Tomorrow

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Free IHOP Pancakes Tomorrow

Speaking of IHOP, tomorrow is the annual IHOP National Pancake Day, in which those who like to stand in long lines receive free pancakes. The event is also a fundraiser for Children'

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FILM: The acclaimed We Were Here is playing at the Castro through March 3. The film takes an intimate - and epic - journey through the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco, exploring

SFist This Weekend: Crab-Cracking 49ers, Park Branch Library Reopening, Amoeba Artists, Edible Perfume, And Noisy Pancakes

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SFist This Weekend: Crab-Cracking 49ers, Park Branch Library Reopening, Amoeba Artists, Edible Perfume, And Noisy Pancakes

9th Annual Celebrity Crab Festival: See which San Francisco 49ers and local chefs can crack the most crab on Saturday at Union Square, preceded by a crab-cracking demo. There will also be

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ART: YBCA celebrate Chinese New Year with the opening of Dad and Mom, Don’t Worry About Us, We Are All Well, a solo exhibition by Chinese conceptual artist Song Dong, which features

SFist Attends: UnderCover Presents Pixies 'Doolittle'

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SFist Attends: UnderCover Presents Pixies 'Doolittle'

Monkey's Gone to Heaven? by Daniel Phifer A good cover song is no simple achievement. It requires a very delicate balance. An artist has to add their own stylistic viewpoint to

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FILM: San Francisco Film Society presents Fever Dreams, featuring the work of Laurel Nakadate, a photographer, video artist, and filmmaker, which explores the collision of feminine adolescent fantasy with masculine angst and repression.

Oops! Missed One! Judgment Day, Street Eaters, Bam!Bam! Play Amoeba/Noise Pop's Pop N Shop Today At 5PM!

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Oops! Missed One! Judgment Day, Street Eaters, Bam!Bam! Play Amoeba/Noise Pop's Pop N Shop Today At 5PM!

by Erick Pressman When you have a fest as vast as Noise Pop, inevitably, even those with trained eyes may miss a killer show when getting their preview for a blog together. Lucky

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FILM: Noise Pop presents The Extraordinary Ordinary Life Of José González, which uses a video diary, surveillance camera, concert footage, tour documentation and animation, to convey the inner workings of the life and

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ART: Members of the Bay Area Derby Girls are tonight's models at the titillating monthly Dr. Sketchy series. See the work people have done at past shows, and also be sure

Centennial Running of Bay to Breakers Looks Like the Last (Maybe)

Centennial Running of Bay to Breakers Looks Like the Last (Maybe)

Ever since ING pulled out of their sponsorship of Bay to Breakers last year, there has been much hand-wringing over whether or not the streets of San Francisco will once again flood

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MUSIC: The lovable and "other-worldly" surf/new wave band, Man or Astroman? land at the Independent tonight, with guests, Austin's Octopus Project, "a group of young noise-

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THEATER: Expect to see "full-frontal puppet nudity" at Avenue Q, the hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets

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LAUNCH PARTY: Celebrate the re-launch of Fruitflylife.com, which explores the notion of gender and normalcy through the lens of pop culture. Tonight's event will highlight interactive art projects, music,