misc SFist Tonight -- Unsilent Night: New York-based composer Phil Kline’s holiday concert creates "an outdoor ambient music piece for an infinite number of boomboxes. It’s like a Christmas caroling party except that [you]
misc Homeless Death Memorial We interrupt your holiday frivolity, wild binge drinking, and high stress levels to bring you the following event: Tomorrow night the annual Homeless Death Memorial March takes place. A Day of the Dead,
misc SFist Tonight -- Colors of Christmas: Oh yeah. You know you want to hear this KOIT-ish night of soulful holiday tunes live at Davies, right? Well, we sure do. Peabo Bryson, Oleta Adams, Ben Vereen,
misc SFist Gift Guide -- Absinthe Lollipops Now that absinthe is back and more tipsy-inducing than ever, it only makes sense for them to take on practical lollipop form. Which is why Lit Absinthe Lollipops are the perfect stocking stuffer
misc Family <Strike>Missing</strike> Found! In The Sierras Can you believe it's been a year since James Kim died in the Oregon mountains? We're very sorry to pass along the news that another Northern California family is missing in what we're
Arts & Entertainment The All-Access Pass Don't delay; Noise Pop is offering a ticket to one of two already sold out Magnetic Fields shows with the purchase of the Noise Pop Badge. Apparently this show was sold-out in minutes!
misc Feed The Hungry, Everyone! Feel that? Why, those are your heart stings being tugged care of us and this cool little guy over here on the right. (Who like totally did not just make us completely tear
Arts & Entertainment <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> + the San Francisco Symphony = All Kinds of Cheer Well, this sounds like the perfect (and perfectly frightening) holiday entertainment for both kiddies and adults. On December 20, 21, and 22 the San Francisco Symphony will perform the entire Harold Arlen ("Harold,
SF News Do You Have That Cold Going Around? So do you have that cold? Are you getting over it? Because we have a question if so -- how did your cold start? We've been coughing a little and we're wondering if
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: December 17-23 Friday night you'll want to head over to Slim's to catch six bands: Perfect Machines, Fyre Away, High Like Five, the Paper Sons, Punch Face and Bob Hill Band. We're most excited about
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Crime in Choir: CIC rocks it. Hard. For reals. Big time. One of the purest sounds coming out of SF these days, really. Brave the chill and head down to Potrero Hill
Arts & Entertainment <i>Peter and the Wolf</i> Why, it's take-your-kid-to-the-symphony day on Sunday (Saturday in San Jose), featuring a performance of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. And here's a little claymation preview: It's so darling, isn't it? Hopefully it'll be
SF News Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Alleged "Celebration" Did you know that the "North of Market Holiday Celebration" is coming up? Neither did we! And neither did the rest of the internet, because there's no mention of the (possibly-fictitious) event anywhere
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 13 Everyone -- that's right, everyone -- is talking about the camel toe costume Marc Jacob's sported during his annual holiday party. Outrageous. But this here, we think, is the best costume in this
misc Holiday Giveaway: Darlybird Just enter below by noon on Saturday. Read on for Rachel’s interview from last year, and to catch glimpses of some of her other fun wares.
Arts & Entertainment Is This A Holiday Tree, Or is It A Winter Tree? Here are the rules for the inside of City Hall, per Messrs. Matier and Ross: "First up, let's get the name right: It's not Christmas, it's either the "holiday season" or the "winter
Arts & Entertainment The Bold Hat Makers' Swell Sample Sale Former SFist editor Jackson West boasts that at the "last sample sale [he] came away with five hats for forty bucks." You don't get better testimonial than that, folks. Also, heads just look
SF News Tomorrow. Milk Club Showdown. Be There. Ever since that childish display of local politicking, all sides have been more or less civil and relatively respectful of one another. It goes without say how disappointed we are in both sides.
Arts & Entertainment Let Us Praise Ragnar Bohlin It's never too late to break the ice, and we have an excellent opportunity: usually Ragnar's work happens in the background, and is acknowledged after each chorus performance, when he springs up on
Arts & Entertainment Let Your Curiosity Shop If you haven't made it to the Curiosity Shoppe yet, what are you waiting for? It's one of our new favorite shops on Valencia Street. After having an e-commerce site for a year
misc Week Around the -ists The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Dewars Repeal Day, because you shouldn't take the right to have a drink for granted. Go Eight, a Hanukkah
Arts & Entertainment Buy Handmade This Holiday In case you missed the packed ReadyMade party last night or were too distracted by all the cute people and free drinks to actually get any holiday shopping done here are some more
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- "Punk Rock Karaoke": Damnit all to hell. We can't believe that we have to miss this: members of the Adolescents, Bad Religion, and NOFX perform live while "singers" drunkenly slur along, karaoke-style.
