Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Immerse yourself in the deep, dark twang of Texas indie rockabilly/folk (or something like that) with Thrift Store Cowboys and Warren Jackson Hearne, with SF's The Slow Poisoner. 8:30 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PERFORMANCE:The fabulous Bambi Lake will be performing live at the Roxie in conjunction with the screening of the 1973 documentary Pickup's Tricks, featuring the Cockettes and their founder Hibiscus, the Angels of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artists Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs present Morph Traits, an exhibition of 44 drawings that are the result of a collaborative exercise between the two that started in 1991. The Morph Traits
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: "High-NRG" electronic band Extreme Animals present a mash-up of live music, video, staged theatrics, and "global meltdowns" as they "delves into the world of tween culture and the current obsession with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: With a description like, "Part swampy juke joint brawlers, part smooth Philly warehouse doo-wop crooners, a sprinkling of wild-eyed, demon-haunted art hustler, and a hint of punky kindergarten playroom Pollyannas," you can't
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Keyboardist, vocalist, composer, and songwriter, Salvador Santana, whose father is Carlos Santana and grandfathers were blues pioneer Saunders King and the internationally celebrated violinist and mariachi bandleader Jose Santana, has proven to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Mario Wagner, who recently relocated to S.F. from Cologne, Germany, will exhibit his first San Francisco solo show, Observed by Clouds. "Utilizing imagery from the 1950s and 60s, Wagner’s
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artists Jennifer Judd-McGee and Mati McDonough celebrate the bold, graphic punch of vintage board games in Spin, in which they've incorporated elements from the old games like winding pathways, typography, colors, characters,
SF News Bradley Cooper and Ryan Reynolds Play Buddies In New S.F. Film Gawker (via Hollywood Reporter) brings us a morsel of tempting celebrity news. Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper will star in an untitled action-comedy written by Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) that takes
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The folks behind Everything Is Terrible! present 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift, "a full length mashup of oddities that include cat massaging, magic crystals, 90's internet prophesies, and the cutest form of evil to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PARTY: Hayes Valley Farm celebrates their new greenhouse plaza with Dusker, an end-of-summer celebration, featuring a design exhibition and tours by Studio12Architecture and Rebar, a live music mix, multi-screen visuals, and much more.
misc Photo du Jour 680 "Only one is a wanderer. Two together are always going somewhere." Shot by DottieboBottie.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LITERARY: A line-up of local literati will be featured at The Microscopic Giant, including Tracy Jones, April Wolfe, Steven Gray, Charlie Getter, and Glynn Washington, host of NPR's Snap Judgment. There will also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Nathan Richard Phelps' solo show, Absolute Subjectivity, consists of stunning, intricate linework that forms floral or geometric “Mandela-like” patterns. The title of the show comes from a Buddhist concept of non-duality
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tonight's line-up at the Hemlock features some heavy-hitting ladies. Acclaimed, melancholic singer-songwriter and Texan, Sarah Jaffe, headlines with support from SF's poppy The Glassines and fellow Texan, Kristy Kruger. 8 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Five artists under the age of 21 and raised in the Bay Area present Granny’s Missed You, a multimedia show that's part of Luggage Store’s Short Cuts Program. The exhibition,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: It's another installment of the monthly Sketch Tuesdays. Witness some of the most talented Bay Area artists in action and score their pieces for around $25 or less. Also happening is Dr.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Homespun Rowdy provide a toe-tapping good time at Amnesia's Bluegrass Mondays, bringing the banjo, mandolin, and fiddle to the mix. 8:30 p.m. // Amnesia (853 Valencia St) // free FILM: Here's another
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Birmingham, Alabama's Dan Sartain, who "sounds as if Jonathan Richman wanted to be Hank Williams instead of Lou Reed or if The Voidoids were fronted by Hasil Adkins," will perform his "beautifully
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Tonight's Big Idea Night at YBCA, DIYbca, enables you to "redesign your reality with the Bay Area’s pioneering brand of homemade, homespun, DIY weirdness" with a huge slew of performances and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Radar This Weekend: The San Francisco Improv Festival starts tonight, and runs through August 21. The much anticipated Outside Lands Festival is here, and the fog will lend those special trippy effects again. (Stay
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: H.P. Mendoza, the creator of Colma: The Musical, brings us another acclaimed musical, Fruit Fly, which has been described as "flashy, trashy, and brazenly fun," about a performance artist who moves
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The darling young Yoshida Brothers, masters of the ancient tsugaru-shamisen, reinvent traditional Japanese folk music with the addition of modern pop, rock, and world music sensibilities. The bros. will be at Yoshi's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Acclaimed indie hip-hop artist (and chemist) Psalm One headlines Elbo Room tonight. Art rapper Open Mike Eagle and up-and-comer and Bay Area native Moe Green open. 9 p.m. // Elbo Room (647
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: At this week's Bad Movie Night, which is having a video-game themed August series, hosts Mikl-Em, Tristan Buckner, and Sherilyn Connelly talk about Angelina Jolie's boobs because they suspect that's the only
