Arts & Entertainment City Creating Halloween Containment Zone? Whoa whoa whoa. What's that about the waterfront? Well, the Rincon Hill blog says that Halloween might be forcibly migrated to Pier 32, according to "Scuttlebutt," which we assume is the gay version
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: Submit Your Found Photos/Objects/Letters! In the spirit of Found Magazine, the U.K.'s Is This You?, and the FoundPhotos community in Livejournal, we call on you to submit your interesting Bay Area finds, including photos, objects,
SF News Day Around The Bay --Looks like Pat Murphy got in the last conversation with Ed Jew before Jew's new lawyer told him to zip it. --Matier and Ross are liars! Chris Daly was when he barged in
SF News Jerry Falwell Protest Tonight That said, Falwell was known for his commitment to right-wing causes of all kinds, and in particular, his hostility to civil rights, feminists, and gays made him not particularly well-liked out here in
SF News Walnuts McCain Goes To Google! From the Daily Show to the Googleplex -- Republican presidential hopeful Walnuts John McCain, struggling in the polls and in fundraising, gamely stopped by Mountain View yesterday afternoon for an hourlong forum with
SF News Reactionaries React to Gavin's Reaction First up, Screamin' Lou Dobbs who broke Godwin's Law in envoking Nazis to describe Gavin's statement. Said Lou: "They might as well work for Hermann Goering, I mean, they're running so much propaganda,
Arts & Entertainment Black Eyed Peas to the Rescue! You may be shocked -- SHOCKED -- to learn that sometimes, some of the people who come to the Castro for Halloween are not entirely well-behaved. Fortunately, after last year's shootings and stabbings,
Arts & Entertainment SFWFF: Opening Night (LGBTQ Short Films) Yesterday was the opening night party of the Women’s Film Festival ! The night kicked off with LGBTQ films and included acoustic band Trusting Lucy performing before the show, trailers for movies on
misc Local Gays Make Good, But Stay Local "Are SF days as a gay mecca over? Or is the list biased to LA, DC and NY media types?" Cedric asks. Excellent questions! The answers are no and yes, respectively. Readers, of
Arts & Entertainment The SF Women's Film Festival's On Its Way! The Women's Film Fest has put together an eclectic group of movie screenings, running from April 11 through Sunday the 15th, and organized into intriguing categories like LGBTQ short film (honoring Guinevere Turner
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings are in that Local Band Birdmonster We're proud to present another week's worth of Yvesdroppings, only some of which are made-up. Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at - gmail - dot - com. And! If you think you might
SF News SFist's I-Team Report on City Proclamations Burrito Day Barry Bonds' Entourage Day Kate Should Totally Hit Jack Day No, Kate Should Totally Hit Sawyer Day Save Sean Preston & Jayden James Day Transgendered Native American Anarchist Day Journey With
misc Here We Go Again You know, even we're thrown for a loop on this. The proclamation came the day of a gala event (link NSFW) at the city's War Memorial for the company. The event was held
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Get Mortified's Scott Lifton What's the most mortifying thing you've encountered in this project? My mother reading my diary entry about me almost stalking a girl in high school How many years must pass before people can
SF News He Fought the Law and the Law Won The police did approve a payout of $83,000 to the man, Andrew Marconi, and commissioners expressed frustration with the amount of bureaucratic snares that delayed any sort of discipline to take place.
SF News You Knew It Had To Happen A search for other Gavin stuff got us entries for "I Had an Affair With Gavin Newsom" ("I thought we shared something special, but apparently you just used me, Mr. Playboy") as well
SF News Virtually Gavin Hey, Dan Noyes, here's a gotcha technique to consider -- cyberspace! Gavin took a break from Davos to do a virtual interview with the Second Life news center. Alas, there are no chicken
Arts & Entertainment Ghost Ride SF For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon that is "Ghost Ride the Whip," let us get you up to speed. Ghost riding is when the driver of a car puts it in neutral or
SF News Who's Defending Newsom Now! As promised -- when we find people defending Newsom, we diligently write 'em up in the column we call.... Who's Defending Newsom Now! Who's swinging for the mayor? --The mayor himself!: Before heading
Arts & Entertainment Return To The Caffe Cino The SF Public Library, in conjunction with its James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, is sponsoring a free event tomorrow (Sunday Jan. 21) from 2-4 p.m., to promote an anthology called
SF News Today in Bakers Dozen First the news: it's sounding like the police are trying to send the case up to the DA and the DA is pushing it back to the police. Which means nothing is happening
Arts & Entertainment Harvey Milk Sculpture Competition SFist Jim (hardest working man in the biz!) sends along these pictures from City Hall, at the unveiling of the three finalists in the Harvey Milk sculpture contest. Harvey Milk is, of course,
misc New Year's Bash The facts appear to be these: The Baker's Dozen, an all-male (but not exclusively gay) chorus from Yale was asked to perform at the house of Reno Rapagnani, a retired SFPD officer and
misc Craigslist Encounters: 267 Gays use Craigslist (more than 2,205 Straights) As reported (here among many other places) . Which would not really pique our interests, except that the survey also mentions Craigslist. So this morning we decided to dive right in and see what
