Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/15: The Best of Annecy ANIMATION: The S.F. Film Society presents the return of The Best of Annecy, showcasing a dynamic and entertaining array of shorts that appeared in Europe's Annecy International Animated Film Festival this year.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/13: Devo MUSIC: Devo takes over the Fillmore tonight and tomorrow night in support of their ninth album, Something for Everybody, which Rolling Stone describes as "wall-to-wall catchy." (8 p.m., The Fillmore, 1805 Geary
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/12: Sisters of Soul MUSIC: Bay Area hip hop/rock fave Silk-E headlines this special Sisters of Soul showcase at Yoshi's Oakland tonight featuring the Bay Area's most prominent female entertainers. Also on the bill are Ryan
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/9: Toshio Hirano MUSIC: Toshio Hirano, San Francisco's beloved Japanese cowboy, yodels his way through his monthly honkytonk set featuring, as SFGate notes, "faithful, respectful renditions of heartbreaking country tunes," as part of Amnesia's Monday Night
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/8: 'Future Motive Power' THEATER: Take part in a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience at the Old Mint at Future Motive Power, Mugwumpin’s newest original performance about the life of Serbian-American inventor, Nikola Tesla, which weaves "fragments of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/7: Godard's 'Weekend' FILM: Weekend, Jean-Luc Godard's scathing late-sixties satire that's considered "one of cinema's great anarchic works," features a petit-bourgeois couple who travel across the French countryside to collect an inheritance from a dying relative
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/6: Idle Warship (Talib Kweli/Res), Fishbone MUSIC: Idle Warship, which was formed by longtime friends and collaborators, hip-hop luminary Talib Kweli and soulful singer and songwriter Res, bring their live show to Yoshi's SF tonight, which features "a bold
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/5: Sharon Lockhart Films FILM: In conjunction with Sharon Lockhart's Lunch Break exhibition, SFMOMA presents two film programs this week and next. Tonight's screening features Pine Flat, which explores the interactions of children with their local surroundings
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/4: 'Basquiat: The Radiant Child' FILM: The Castro presents a screening of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, which is centered around a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, chronicling
Arts & Entertainment SF Tonight, 1/3: '4th & Goal' FILM: The filmmakers of the documentary 4th & Goal will be at the Roxie tonight talking about their journey following six young men in their quest to join the NFL, beginning at the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/2: 'Bill Cunningham, New York' FILM: The delightful documentary, Bill Cunningham, New York, makes a brief stint at the S.F. Film Society, which explores the life of elusive 80-year-old New York Times Style photographer and unlikely man-about-town.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/1: Maceo Parker MUSIC: It's the last night to catch Maceo Parker, who's described as "the living, breathing pulse which connects the history of Funk in one golden thread" at Yoshi's tonight. (7 and 9 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/30: X, Rock & Roll Revival MUSIC: Legendary '80s-era LA punk band, X, bring their annual Xmas Rock n Roll Revival show to Slim's for two nights, featuring the four original X band members along with gospel duo, Sean
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/29: 'Children of the Cockettes' FILM I: In the documentary Children of the Cockettes, filmmaker Mister WA explores the "free-spirited and non-conformist performance torches" carried by the likes of Thrillpeddlers, Trannyshack, and Peaches Christ and investigates the current
Arts & Entertainment Epic Beard Man To Be Immortalized/Fictionalized In New Film Wow. That was fast. No sooner was Epic Beard Man a modest viral sensation, after beating the crap out of a young African American man aboard an AC Transit bus last year, but
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/28: Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven MUSIC: Ever-popular alternative folk/punk veterans Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven will rock the house for fans young and old at the Independent tonight. (8 p.m., The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street) CLUB:
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/23: 'Eames: The Architect and the Painter' FILM: The documentary Eames: The Architect and the Painter takes a look at the personal lives of the revolutionary husband and wife design team, along with their influence on significant events in American
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/22: Smuin Christmas Ballet LGBT Night DANCE: Smuin Ballet hosts a special LGBT Show Pre-Party prior to their annual Christmas Ballet in the upstairs theater lobby tonight, featuring complimentary appetizers, cocktails and entertainment. $5 of every ticket sold will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/20: Caspa MUSIC: Sunset Promotions and Mezzanine present a night of dubstep and bass with West Londoner Caspa, who was "brought up on a diet of jungle & hiphop," along with guests Antennae and the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/19: 'The Bride Wore Black' FILM: S.F. Film Society presents The Bride Wore Black, which is considered one of the most entertaining films of the French New Wave and stars Jeanne Moreau playing "a femme fatale to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/17: Peaches Christ's 'The Shining' All of tonight's events make us wish we were home in San Francisco right now (instead of staying with family in the Midwestern suburbs for Christmas). So, if you go to any of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/16: 'The Love We Make' FILM: Ben Fong-Torres will introduce tonight's opening screening of The Love We Make, a film by Albert Maysles, which follows Paul McCartney through the streets of New York City in the immediate aftermath
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'The Dictator' Preview Sacha Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles, who worked together on such gems as Borat and Bruno, just released a preview to The Dictator. According to the film's team, "The film tells the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/14: Noir City XMas FILM: Delight in some yuletide noir classics at Castro Theatre's 2nd annual Noir City XMas 2011, featuring a double feature screening of Lady on a Train and Christmas Holiday. Additionally, the full schedule
Arts & Entertainment Short Film To Become Public Art Piece About Energy Waste, Sadness Light from Sunday Paper on Vimeo. “Light” is a semi-creepy short film directed by David Parker, and as Sunday-Paper.com tells us, it "initially began as a project intended to bring awareness to
