Arts & Entertainment Interview: Elbert Chang Today’s interview subject, Elbert Chang, appreciates Fry’s. Which is what you might expect from someone who will repair friend’s guitar amps for free. When he’s not winning friends and
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jason Shiga Ahh, the allure of the world wide web. How well SFist remembers those first months out of college, working a real job. While we were being trained we had an inordinate amount of
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Greg Whiteley SFist is thankful for many things this time of year. We are especially thankful for independent movies and the independent theaters that show them. SFist has been lucky to attend the Sundance Film
Arts & Entertainment SFist Rants: Are You Ready for Some Football? Also not shown was the big, first place battle between Michael Vick's Falcons and the Tampa Bay Bucs. As well as the old skool defensive battle between Da Bears and the Panthers that
misc Win a DVD of <i>Saving Face</i>! Not only did we see local director Alice Wu's fantastic film , but we got to meether and later interview her. We even gave away passes to see the movie when it played in
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Heklina We agree with our today's interview subject, when she says you've never lived in SF until you've been to Trannyshack. You can see Heklina at the Stud every Tuesday at midnight, as the
SF News eNRAged Good ol' Chris Daly -- in an interview with the NY Times about Proposition H (reduces swelling), he said about the anti-H forces, "I'm crazy, but they're crazier." (Special bonus quote from the
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mark Inglis Taylor Although the Anniversary show is already down, Lobot is still worth the trek to Oakland, and always has something to check out. Just make sure you go in to the warehouse with the
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Counts Down From 7-3-0 With less than a week to go before the Very Special Election, it's time to ponder the state's relationship with the Governor. Cause it's looking like the magic has gone from the relationship.
misc Hair-Raising Halloween--Coffee Style Welcome, children, to a very special Halloween episode of the Trimethyldioxypurist. We have an update, an experiment, and a couple reviews of some coffee beans. When we think "candy," we obviously first think
misc SFist Rants: La Cumbre Taqueria La Cumbre, on Valencia at 16th, is the kind of place people tell visitors to San Francisco to go to get some "real Mission Mexican." Heck, it's the sort of place we can
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes To See: <i>Re-Animator of the Dead: The Tale of Herbert West</i> Going to see a Primitive Screwheads show at the Off-Market Theater is always weird -- you wait in one room, are ushered into an elevator, and eventually enter the theater itself. The theater
SF News Miami(st) Nice You might have noticed a new city up top in our -ist nav bar: Miamist is in the house! We've been checking them all day long for updates on Wilma, but will keep
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Suzanne Husky A transplant from France, Suzanne has done nicely putting down roots in the area (ok, no more plant metaphors, but come on! You totally would have snuck that one in too). In addition
Arts & Entertainment Interview: The Primitive Screwheads Oh, how we adore the Primitive Screwheads. Our first experience with them was at the final (sob) performance of their most glorious Evil Dead: Live, in which the guerilla (to wit: they rehearse
Arts & Entertainment Bye, Ken Garcia Okay, we confess, Ken Garcia the dentist isn't the same Ken Garcia who just took early retirement from the Chronicle. For one thing, Ken Garcia the dentist also plays in a jammin' Latin/
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Ambulance Ltd. Our interview adventure began as we tracked down the tour handler, Freekshow (that’s not a typo, really, that’s what he likes to be called and how he spells it). Freekshow proceeded
Arts & Entertainment The Daily Show: Not So Much With The Daly Well, it's come to this. Remember the brouhaha over docking the USS Iowa at Fisherman's Wharf? It was DiFi's idea to send $3 million worth of pork our way. Nevermind pacifist sentiment, the
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Charles Siegel There are few things as beloved as chocolate--it can change moods, please crowds, make an otherwise forgettable event suddenly memorable. It's magical. And it can concern us sometimes, as with recent local chocolatiers
Arts & Entertainment The Role of a Lifetime. ...Deathtime. Whatever. Interested corpses may proceed relentlessly to Pier 48 and ask for "Boz," or call Elaine "Zelda" Krumlauf (whose fantastic name we will be endlessly singing over and over in our head) at 408-829-6545
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Ian Lendler Today's victim of the SFist interview has only been in our fair city for a couple of weeks, but that doesn'r mean we're going to take it easy on him! His new book,
SF News SchwarzenWatcher Watches Arnie & George When we last saw our favorite Republican bigwigs, Arnie and George, they were having a bit of a problem getting together. Twice, during the President's extended and ill-fated vacation, he visited our fair
Arts & Entertainment Madcat Film Fest: City Nights Documentaries about San Francisco are always our favorite type of anything. So we bundled up for last night's outdoor screening of the Madcat Int'l Women's Film Festival's City Nights program at El Rio,
Arts & Entertainment An Evening with The Paris Review It sure is a literary week here at SFist, with our Andrew Sean Greer interview and giveaway on Monday, the Picador Birthday event and book giveaway (you can still enter to win today!
Arts & Entertainment Happy Birthday, Picador! In case you missed our passing mention in yesterday's interview with Andrew Sean Greer, Picador, the publishers of such SFist faves as and A Death in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th birthday with
