Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/14: Southern (Dis)Comfort FILM: The Roxie hosts a night of Gothic cinema with Southern (Dis)Comfort, featuring Hurry Sundown, "an overly earnest 1960s-era take on race relations and a gorgeously mounted trash melodrama" starring Michael Caine
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/12: Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa MUSIC: Expect to get a contact high at the Warfield tonight as Snoop Dogg takes the stage with Wiz Khalifa, in support of their new soundtrack for the film, Mac & Devin Go
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/11: Erase Errata/Grass Widow MUSIC: Bay Area Girls Rock Camp presents a showcase featuring four teen bands that were formed during the camp's new Advanced Music Program (AMP), which launched in September, followed by performances by Erase
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/7: Jonathan Richman MUSIC: Folky-pop icon and S.F. resident Jonathan Richman takes the stage at the gorgeous Great American tonight, along with collaborator Tommy Larkins, in which they'll "continue to wow crowds with handfuls of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/6: Katya Holiday Spectacular MUSIC: Russian opera diva, Katya Smirnoff-Sky, will be at the Rrazz Room for one night only performing her Holiday Spectacular, a fun-filled evening of "belting, banter, and ball gowns" sure to make your
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/4: Amy Sedaris FILM: There will be a handful of tickets at the door to the Roxie's Evening with Amy Sedaris, which follows the lead of last year’s successful John Waters' Sleighful of Smut. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/1: Too Short, After Dark, 'Chico and Rita' MUSIC: Local gem Too Short has been making the rounds a lot lately. Tonight, he'll be taking the stage at The New Parish with notable players, Kev Choice and Martin Luther, among others.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/30: Kev Choice, Printz Dance Project MUSIC: Pianist/M.C./producer/band-director Kev Choice premieres excerpts from his new hip-hopera: The Chosen One in a special "The Art of Composition" performance, which will also feature other work Kev Choice
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/29: Metal Mother MUSIC: Oakland's Metal Mother, aka Tara Tati, will bring her "fresh bath of melancholic emotion, bubbled with loud tribal drums, futuristic synth leads, and sweetly haunting Celtic-inspired vocals" to Cafe Du Nord, along
Arts & Entertainment Director Ken Russell Dies Before he sold his soul to Beelzebub by appearing in the UK's Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, noted director Ken Russell had made some of the most visually jarring yet controversial films
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/27: Castro Vigil, Sing-Along 'Sound of Music' VIGIL: San Francisco FYI via FunCheapSF tells us about tonight's annual Harvey Milk and Moscone Candlelight March and Vigil, which commemorates the spontaneous candlelight march that occurred on the night of the shootings
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/26: Sigur Ros' 'Inni,' Suzanne Westenhoefer, Mist and Mast FILM: The Roxie presents Inni, Sigur Rós’s second live film following 2007's hugely-celebrated Heima, which is "artfully and intimately captured by French Canadian director Vincent Morisset (Arcade Fire’s Miroir Noir)," interweaving
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/25: Turkey Trot, Haight Fire Benefit, 'Swell Season' MUSIC: Get some heaping helpings of "Southern-fried honky-tonk, creamy country swing, sweet old-time bluegrass, and extra spicy hillbilly-grass" at the 9th Annual Turkey Trot 2011, featuring The Whisky Richards, Windy Hill Bluegrass Band,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/21: Annie Leibovitz, Marc Horowitz, <em>Public Speaking</em> PHOTOGRAPHY: Legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz will be Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland signing copies of her new book of photographs, Pilgrimage, which starts at Emily Dickinson’s house in Amherst, Massachussetts, travels to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/20: Hip Hop DanceFest, Cabaret Showcase Showdown, <em>Dragonslayer</em> DANCE: The 13th Annual SF Hip Hop Dancefest concludes tonight with its Program B performances, featuring local, national, and international acts. (6 p.m., Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon Street) CABARET:
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/19: Underground Short Film Festival, <em>Lost Cities</em>, Liz Mamorsky FILM: Peaches Christ and Sam Sharkey host the Fall 2011 Underground Short Film Festival, featuring an eclectic mix of local, world premieres and showcases including thrillers, sex comedies, and animated presentations, boasting a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/14: <em>Miss Representation</em>, Mole to Die For, <em>The Temperamentals</em> FILM: Girls in Tech presents a screening of Jennifer Seibel's acclaimed documentary, Miss Representation, which "exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/15: Celluloid Salon, Dawes/Blitzen Trapper, Photographer Barbara Traub FILM: Head over to Public Works early for some free Drambuie at Celluloid Salon, a series which "breathes new life into the audio-visual experience, pairing obscure silent film shorts with soundtracks curated (and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/13: 'Pudhupettai', Myles Boisen Group, Red Curtain Variety Show FILM: 3rd Eye Fest presents Pudhupettai, an Indian Tamil gangster film, which follows "the unlikely rise of Kokki Kumar (Dhanush) from petty criminal to powerful gang lord in the Pudhupettai slums of Chennai"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/8: The Bangles, 'Octubre', VV Brown MUSIC: After reuniting in the late '90s, The Bangles are still going strong. (Now would be a good time to make "An Eternal Flame" joke.) They'll be rocking their fine selves at the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/7: 'Teenage Gang Debs'/'Girl Gang', Hot 8 Brass Band, Cup Cozy Workshop FILM: Roxie Theater's Not Necessarily Noir series continues with a bad-girl flick double feature, including Teenage Gang Debs, about a "[a] tough doll" who blows into town and takes over “The Rebels” gang,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/6: 'Wall Street' Sequel, Zodiac Death Valley, Poetry at City Lights FILM: Bad Movie Night kicks off its "Belated '80s Sequels" series with Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, A.V. Club notes, "The first time around, Wall Street felt like a warning
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/4: Radiolab Live, Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reading, 'Urbanized' FESTIVAL: The Bay Area Science Festival kicks off continues tonight with Radiolab Live in Berkeley, which explores being In the Dark with a night of "gripping stories, wonder-inducing demonstrations, and jaw-dropping illustrations." Also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/3: MoAD's The Art of the Suit, Transgender Film Fest, Exploratorium's The Senses FASHION: Learn all about the art of being a black dandy at Museum of the African Diaspora's After Dark presentation of The Art of the Suit, featuring "live styling" sessions, live music by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/2: Day of the Dead/Festival of Altars, Mary Roach/Adam Savage, 'Mindglow' FESTIVAL: One of the best Mission events of the year is happening tonight with the annual Dia de los Muertos procession and Festival of Altars celebration. Bring candles in glass containers to honor
