Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/19: SFIFF Opening Night, 'Farewell, My Queen' FILM: The 55th annual San Francisco International Film Festival opens tonight with Farewell, My Queen, Benoît Jacquot’s adaptation of Chantal Thomas’s novel, which portrays the court life at Versailles as seen
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/18: Wild Flag/Carrie Brownstein MUSIC: Portland and Washington, D.C. based quartet of allstar musicians, Wild Flag, including Carrie Brownstein (most recently of Portlandia fame) and fellow former Sleater-Kinney bandmate Janet Weiss, headline the Fillmore tonight, along
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/16: Popscene/The Horrors MUSIC: Didn't get tickets to the sold-out SBTRKT and Godspeed You Black Emperor shows tonight? You're in luck. You can still grab some tickets to see The Horrors and The Black Angels perform
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/14: Rick Buckner and Tim Cohen MUSIC: Alternative folk fave, Richard Buckner, will be playing an intimate show at Brick & Mortar Music Hall tonight, along with guest Tim Cohen performing a solo set. (9 p.m., Brick &
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/13: Midnite For Maniacs FILM: Midnite for Maniacs presents a triple feature event themed, Growing Up Too Fast (in Japan), which kicks off with a screening of Sofia Coppola gem, Lost in Translation, followed by the S.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/9: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All MUSIC: There are still some tickets available to check out Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, or Odd Future for short, a nine-member hip hop collective from L.A. whom SFist Erick
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/8: Lucky Jesus/'Jesus Christ Superstar' Singalong MUSIC: To keep your Jesus celebration going, queercore indie rock pop band, Lucky Jesus, will be performing at the Make-Out Room tonight, preceding a Jesus Christ Superstar screening and singalong, featuring the soundtrack
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/7: Adobe Books Benefit Variety Show BENEFIT: Sonny Smith, Thee Oh Sees, and The Mallard will be performing at All the Children Sing: Adobe Books Benefit Variety Show, which also features stand-up comedy by George Chen and Anna Seregina,
Arts & Entertainment Celebrate 4/20 With 'Dark Side of Oz' (And Getting Baked) Been wondering what the heck to do on 4/20? Hit the bong and head over to Roxie Theater. They just announced yesterday that they'll be co-presenting with IndieFest a screening of Dark
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/5: Lower Polk Art Walk ART: A whole slew of galleries — 11 to be exact — from the Lower Polk and Tenderloin neighborhoods will be open until 10 p.m. as part of the monthly Lower Polk Art Walk.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/3: The Polyphonic Spree MUSIC: Beloved choral "psychphonic" pop rock band The Polyphonic Spree will be at Great American tonight celebrating their 11th year of existence along with the release of their new single "Bullseye." Also featuring
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/1: The Wedding Present Play 'Seamonsters' MUSIC: Veteran British indie rockers, The Wedding Present, will be performing their 1991 album, Seamonsters, in its entirety, along with other classic hits from their career. Also featuring Toquiwa and Zarigani $. (8 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/30: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express MUSIC: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express headline Great American tonight, in support of his latest album, Temple Beautiful, which was inspired by current San Francisco artists while paying tribute to the "history
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/27: Air Sex Championships COMPETITION: Air Sex Championships: It might sound like a sexy time, but judging from this collection of Flickr photos, it's more comic than erotic. As Flavorpill notes, "At one recent SF championship, a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/25: The Ting Tings MUSIC: High energy and very blond indie pop duo, The Ting Tings, will take your pulse up a few notches at the Fillmore tonight, along with guests MNDR. (8 p.m., The Fillmore,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/23: 'Centaur' FILM: Filmmaker JP Allen will be in attendance at tonight's opening celebration of the new S.F.-based film noir flick, Centaur, which tells the "surprising and poetic story about a San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/22: Latino Night at SFMOMA ART: SFMOMA presents Un Ojo a la Fotografía: A Latino Night at SFMOMA in celebration of its new exhibit, Photography in Mexico, which explores Mexico's distinctively rich and diverse tradition of photography from
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/19: 'S.F. And The Bay Area: The Haight-Ashbury Edition' PHOTOGRAPHY: Ben Fong-Torres will be in attendance at The Booksmith's celebration of the release of their new book, San Francisco and the Bay Area: The Haight-Ashbury Edition, a collection of photos taken from
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/18: Amateur Erotica Night EROTIC: You still have time to shoot something for tonight's installment of the monthly Bring Your Own Film, an open screening of DIY Erotica/Porn, which takes place at the newly opened S3X
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/16: 'Kill List' FILM: Kill List, director Ben Wheatley's genre-flouting follow up to his heralded Down Terrace begins with an uncomfortable dinner party with two hit men in attendance and moves "effortlessly from kitchen-sink realism to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/14: The Raincoats MUSIC: Seminal post-punk band, The Raincoats, who are considered the "godmothers of grunge" and an inspiration to a generation of riot grrrls, will take the stage tonight in celebration of over three decades
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/12: Oceanography/Kirsten Opstad MUSIC: Oakland's Oceanography headlines tonight at the Elbo Room, also featuring Kirsten Opstad of Massachusetts and SF's Liz O, along with poetry by Diana Salier. (9 p.m., Elbo Room, 647 Valencia Street)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/11: 'Straight Outta Hunter's Point 2' FILM: Kevin Epps' much anticipated follow up to 2003’s groundbreaking, and widely acclaimed documentary Straight Outta Hunter's Point, Straight Outta Hunter's Point 2 offers an updated glimpse "with the unrelenting eye of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/10: The Red Elvises MUSIC: The Red Elvises will perform two sets tonight, featuring frontman Igor Yuzov's collection of "wildly talented, entertaining musicians to bring into the fold of this increasingly international party band" as a result
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/8: Asian American Int'l Film Fest 30 FILM: The 30th annual Asian American International Film Festival kicks off tonight with the world premiere of Quentin Lee's White Frog, about a young boy with Asperger’s syndrome who finds the strength
