Arts & Entertainment Cube Scouts Someone call ESPN2, because we've found the next new hot nerd-sport craze -- the Exploratorium is hosting the 2006 International Rubik's Cube Competition this next Saturday! As the calendar announcement proudly states, "In
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Blobby Farm For the not-so faint of heart there is “Shark Dog 2 (The Revenge) is the most versatile of predators. He can stalk his prey in the water, he can crawl up on to
Arts & Entertainment Santarchy Grips San Francisco They respect no law of man or God. They hedonistically pursue pleasure and merriment at all costs. They look fantastic in red and white. They are the legions of Santas who have gathered
Arts & Entertainment Gays Love Cowboys? Who Knew! We hate to admit it, but all this modern mania for has simply passed us by. At this point, we're dreading the inevitable trip to the Embarcadero to watch the damn thing, borne
Arts & Entertainment SFist Cares Holiday Gift Guide: Jetsetters Last week we gave you some ideas for what to get the animal lover on your gift list. This week, we're going international -- looking at various international aid organizations that you might
SF News Fourth Runner-Up Gavin's number five! Gavin's number five! Mayor Newsom came in fifth in this year's World Mayor Awards -- a markedly better showing than last year, where he came in "less than 1500 votes
Arts & Entertainment Truffaut or Not Truffaut? The work can be documentary, narrative or experimental, animated or live action, and can be of any length. The final deadline for submissions is Friday, December 9. To make things interesting, the festival
SF News R.I.P. Sam Admirers of non-traditionally attractive animals mourn the recent passing of Sam, 3 time winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog title at the Sonoma-Marin fair. We had been worried about Sam since hearing
SF News "Now that Gavin Newsom is single, who are you going to set him up with?" We had to go to the Television Without Pity recaps of The Bachelor to figure out which one new Niner Jesse Palmer was. Oh, yeah, that guy. We thought he was kinda hot
misc For Sale on eBay: Fake Island Seriously, at the current high bid of $222,322, this thing is a steal for any San Franciscan. When was the last time you saw anything in The City at that price? It
SF News We're Number Two! Man, New York wins everything! According to a study by Runzheimer International and reported on today by CNN, San Francisco is the second-most expensive place to live in the US, second only to
Arts & Entertainment A Statement of Hope and Courage Tomorrow night sees the kick off of the the eighth annual United Nations Association Film Festival at Stanford University. With screenings in several buildings across campus (we love college campus maps, it makes
Arts & Entertainment The New de Young Building The original museum was built as the Fine Arts building for the California Midwinter International Exposition. The exposition made a profit, and the building and money were donated to The City and named
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: They, Robots The tech lab crew took a field trip to San Jose last week for the RoboNexus international robotics convention. It's the second year of the convention, and it's the largest robotics convention in
SF News A STERN Rebuke, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA So ... hmm. Could it be, political games still plague MUNI? No, surely not! That the MTA's board is appointed, rather than just voted on, was supposed to finally put an end to political
Arts & Entertainment You Gotta Play To Win To live in the Bay Area is (frequently) to be able to count more than one aspiring filmmaker in one's circle of acquaintance. The next time you're at some dinner party/Zeitgeist get-together/
misc SFist Rants: Stand to the Right, Walk to the Left, <i>Honey</i> Seriously, people. We recall being in the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport a few years ago, when a rather snappy gentleman uttered the above phrase ("Stand to the right, walk to the left,
Arts & Entertainment Madcat Women's International Film Festival: Amok-imation Also good: "Small & Deep, Love Stories." High-falutin' title, but nevertheless humble and fun; our favorite image was as two coffeecups in love, smooching as their owners, themselves cooing lovebirds, batted eyelids at
Arts & Entertainment MadCat Film Festival: SFist Has You Covered Starting tonight and running until September 27 in SF venues including El Rio, Artist's Television Access, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, with two additional programs at Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive, Oct 6
SF News Interview: Lila Yomtoob Lila happens to be two things SFist holds near and dear: film maker and blogger-- A dreamy, dreamy combination when it comes right down to it. When Lila isn’t racking up credit
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The "I'm Not Going to Burning Man" Edition at Impact Theatre Yes, as in Nicky Hilton. You know, the one that's always upstaged by her big sister Paris? Well, this time she takes center stage in Elizabeth Meriwether's comedy. A hit
SF News Management Deadline Looms as Negotiations Languish Since our last update, there have been no major breakthroughs in the negotiations between Chronicle management and the Media Workers Guild. Based on the latest reports from management and the Guild, it seems
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 25th Anniversary 26 years ago there wasn't a single Film Festival celebrating the Jewish experience -- 25 years later, there are hundreds of them! As with so many things, San Francisco's was one of the
SF News London Public Transportation Evacuated For the second time in as many weeks, our pals at Londonist have provided minute-by-minute reporting on what is presently being reported as another terrorist attack on London. Described as "not a major
Arts & Entertainment SFist Does the San Diego Comic-Con SFist attended the 36th San Diego Comic-Con International (SDCC) this past weekend. Last year's SDCC drew almost 100,000 attendees; after trying to negotiate the crowds, we can't see how there could have
