Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight 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-rock musicians" who specialize in "blasts of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FUNDRAISER: 826 Valencia presents their first-ever Spelling Bee for Cheaters, a tournament that tests not only the word-wisdom of the contestants, who include Daniel Handler, Tracy Chapman, and Mythbuster's Adam Savage, but also
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Real Life Model Of Escher's "Waterfall" Laughing Squid brings our attention to this real-life model of college dorm favorite, M.C. Escher's "Waterfall" made by mcwolles. Trippy.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight SCIENCE: At Nerd Nite SF #9: Real Estate Shenanigans, Dirty Archaeology, and Roller Derby Fundamentals, learn all about how the $10 trillion world of "shadow banking" went boom, and why it’s not
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight TALK: Head to Berkeley for a refreshing take on life in the 21st century and beyond in An Optimist’s Tour of the Future, in which writer, deep-thinker, and stand-up comedian Mark Stevenson
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: Leave your pants and your worries at the door and shake your unmentionables to groovy indie-rock, electro, and hip-hop at Club Neon's 7th Annual Valentine's Day Underwear Party. 9 p.m. // The
SF News <em>Contagion</em> to Shoot Wednesday at Candlestick Hollywood comes to visit for such brief, fleeting moments, right? Well, all the Twitterers atwitter about Jude Law being in town will come to an abrupt halt later this week as director Steven
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Local fave, Ash Reiter, is described as having "A voice like honey and whiskey and lyrics like well, honey and whiskey," performing "California soaked grooves and an arsenal of dance gems." Austin's
misc Photo du Jour Simulated chaos and artificial anarchy on Potrero Hill for the film Contagion. Photo by Todd Lappin for Bernalwood, via Mission Mission.
SF News Oprah Winfrey Network Buys Jennifer Siebel's <em>Miss Representation</em> Major news for former San Francisco First Lady/director Jennifer Siebel. Miss Representation - her documentary that, according to IMDB, "[e]xplores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: It's $7 Tuesday at the Red Vic, featuring the Steve Martin classic, The Jerk, in which a total imbecile manages to strike it rich. 7:15 and 9:20 p.m. // Red
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: IndieFest presents The Drummond Will, which pays homage to the classic British comedies of the '40s and '50s, featuring brothers who reunite after their father's death and encounter a colorful cast of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Watch Holly Golightly charm the pants off of New York City at the Castro's celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Breakfast at Tiffany's, the film that brings the classic Truman Capote novel
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM/MUSIC: IndieFest presents The Sight of Music, a shorts program showcasing a hybrid mix of live band performances, music videos, and music related shorts. Tonight's show features live sets by Jon Bernson
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: David Byrne, Cloris Leachman, Rooftop Concert, Coffee Crawl, Forage SF, and More! IndieFest opens (the Dude abides), and Sketchfest closes with back-to-back events at the Castro: True Stories 25th Anniversary with David Byrne, featuring a screening and tribute to the cool and quirky movie musical,
Arts & Entertainment IndieFest 2011 Kicks Off Tonight The 13th Annual IndieFest film and music festival starts tonight with a couple of stellar opening night films, including Kaboom, "a sort of Clueless on acid where late-period John Waters meets Bret Easton
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tickets are still available to see the legendary Lemmy Kilmister annihilate the Warfield at tonight's Motörhead show. Also on the bill are Clutch and Valient Thorr. 8 p.m. // The Warfield (982
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: SF Sketchfest presents Airplane! Tribute to Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, the film's brilliant writing and directing team. Joining the team onstage will be their leading man Robert Hays ("Ted
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Veteran queer rockers Pansy Division play their first show in SF since 2009, with special guests The Minks, an all-female Kinks cover band, and Bad Backs, a new band formed by a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The 2010 documentary Two In The Wave examines the great friendship and rivalry of the fathers of French New Wave, François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, weaving revealing period footage of both men
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Over several years, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan filmed Last Train Home, which follows a couple who make the annual New Year's exodus, along with 130 million other migrant workers, from China's cities
Arts & Entertainment Be an Extra in a Movie Starring Jude Law! (and Matt Damon.) Hollywood is coming to town again, with director Steven Soderbergh descending next month to shoot Contagion, an action-thriller starring Jude Law(!) involving disease and the CDC that's being shot in San Francisco. It
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Viracocha hosts a night of acoustic indie folk with Foxtails Brigade, featuring classically trained duo, vocalist-guitarist Laura Weinbach and violinist Anton Patzner, along with Chloe Makes Music and Jascha Versus Jascha. 8
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Any animal-lover is sure to shed a tear at My Dog Tulip, an animated, bittersweet retrospective account of author J. R. Ackerley’s 16-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian bitch, Tulip. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: The SF Sketchfest 10-Year Reunion brings together the festival's original six groups that took the stage of the tiny Shelton theater a decade ago, featuring Colin Mahan and Mike Spiegelman of The
