Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: Oakland Pride, Feat. Alex Newell and Andra Day It's time again for the Bay Area's much smaller, much more recently inaugurated LGBTQ Pride celebration, Oakland Pride. On Sunday, for only the eighth time ever, Oakland celebrates its LGBTQ people with a
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: Alamo Square Flea Market Returns After a two-year hiatus thanks to last year's park renovation, the Alamo Square Flea Market returns this weekend and it's happening in conjunction with the Sunday Streets closure of Fulton Street. The market
Arts & Entertainment Rock and Sol: Phono del Sol Turns Seven, Stays Awesome by Nicole Gluckstern Ahhhh, summer in the city, at last. And while there’s no end of street fairs and festivals to while away the extra daytime hours, the flipside to the experience
Arts & Entertainment Hot Chip and 'Big Bang Theory' Star Mayim Bialik To Appear At Academy Of Sciences Fundraiser Next Week For their NightLife event next week, which doubles as a fundraiser, on April 27, the Academy of Sciences is throwing a Big Bang Gala featuring none other than Big Bang Theory star and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing: Passover Seders at Wise Sons Deli Next week is Pesach, i.e. Passover on the Jewish calendar, and even secular Jews who haven't set foot in a temple in decades still like this sacred holiday tradition, and the communal
Arts & Entertainment Five Minutes With E-40, Plus Five Shows To Check Out This Week by Adrian Spinelli Five Minutes With E-40 Last Friday, E-40, the Bay Area’s benevolent king of hip-hop, didn’t just drop one album, he dropped two. The D-Boy Diary Book 1 and
Arts & Entertainment All About 'I'm Not Fascinating,' A Quirky Relic Of 1990's San Francisco I'm Not Fascinating—The Movie! The Trailer from danny plotnick on Vimeo. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first screening of I'm Not Fascinating, a 1996 film centered on the arguably
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink There's A Pre-Halloween 'Stranger Things' Pop-Up At Third Rail This Weekend Ring in Halloween week starting this Sunday with waffles, chocolate pudding, blinky Christmas lights, creepy 80's synth music, and Stranger Things-themed drink specials at a special pop-up event at Third Rail in Dogpatch.
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: Castro Theatre Sneak Preview Of 'Transparent' Season 3, With Cast Q&A “I would be happy if I were the last cisgender male to play a transgender female,” Jeffrey Tambor declared Sunday evening in accepting his second Emmy for his portrayal of Maura Pfefferman, the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing: A Mini Beer Week Brew Fest Aboard A Ship Love beer but can't wait until February for the next Beer Week tasting blowout? Well, the SF Brewer's Guild, who actually put on Beer Week, are doing their 13th Annual Brews on the
Arts & Entertainment Vinsantos, Legendary Queen Of Trannyshack's Heyday, Returns To SF Sunday For A One-Night-Only Cabaret This Sunday night’s show at Oasis offers a can't-miss treat for old-school drag fans who remember the days when no one carried a “cell phone”, when drag queens were still not allowed
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: Alan Cumming Sings At The Castro We told you about this when it was announced, but tonight's the night that actor Alan Cumming brings his one-man cabaret act, Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs, to the Castro Theater, and there
Arts & Entertainment Gay It Up: Your Official SFist Guide To Pride Week 2016 Is Here Yes, Pride Sunday itself has become a bit less of a gay celebration in recent years, but with its million or so attendees in San Francisco and the strong tradition that many LGBT
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing: StarChefs' 2016 Rising Stars Gala Not to be confused with the annual Meals on Wheels benefit that's also called the Star Chefs & Vintners Gala, the restaurant industry trade publication StarChefs.com also swings through San Francisco every
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing: Tamale Party At Hecho For many in the Latino community, Christmas is all about tamales. And tonight you can either hop in to Hecho in the Castro for a prix fixe tamale feast, or take a dozen
Arts & Entertainment Margaret Cho's 'psyCHO Tour' Hits The Castro Theatre Thursday In addition to discussing her sexuality, sex toys, and how Patti LaBelle is scared of her, native San Franciscan Margaret Cho may be touching on some more serious issues during two sets at
Arts & Entertainment The SFist To-Do List: 12 Cool Things To Check Out This Week See and be seen at these select San Francisco shows, parties, and events. You know, because you can't read the Internet all the time. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27 SHOW: Kelly McFarling strums on the
Arts & Entertainment An SFist Guide To SF Sketchfest Not joking: SF Sketchfest starts today. If you haven't made any plans, we're here to do you a solid. Here's a roundup of some excellent comedy, from tributes to standup to screenings. There's
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This: Sugar Pie DeSanto At Hard French On Saturday This Saturday, 78-year-old Bay Area soul music legend Sugar Pie DeSanto is making a return appearance to the stage at Hard French for a late-afternoon performance that shouldn't be missed. DeSanto previously appeared
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Planner: 8 Things To Do Over Labor Day Though SFist can tell you about everything happening every weekend, we've curated a list of some of the coolest stuff happening this Labor Day weekend, August 29-September 1. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 Last Nite
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This: Spike TV's Frankenfood, The All-Gimmick Food Truck Faster than you can say "grilled-cheese cake," there's a food truck breezing through town tonight that is all mashups, all the time. It's called the Frankenfood truck, and it comes to us via
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This: A Morning Dance Party, On A Tuesday On Tuesday, a group from New York is throwing an innovative sort of party, for the kinds of people who would rather get their groove on with their morning coffee than, say, go
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This: Roller Disco In An Old Church! Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, there will be a gay roller disco in an old church at Fillmore and Fell Streets. Are you going? Somehow I had not heard about the Church of 8
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Hard French Winter Ball, The Promo You may recall the positively inspired, elaborate, excellently executed short film by Aron Kantor (a.k.a. DirtyGlitter) that was made last year to promote Hard French's annual Winter Ball in Santa Cruz.
Arts & Entertainment Balboa Theater Celebrates 88 Years, And Brand New Projectors, With Party Next Sunday One of S.F.'s few remaining old neighborhood movie houses, the Balboa Theater, is ringing in another year next Sunday and they have plenty to celebrate. Thanks to crowd funding from its
