Arts & Entertainment Interview: Monster Bobby Occasionally we are reminded that San Francisco is not the very center of the world. Rare occasions, true, but still, when an interviewee points out that they may not have an encyclopedic knowledge
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interview: Mike Birbiglia Here at SFist we like to think of ourselves as givers. We give. You take. Again and again. So here you go, we're doing our part. We've got a pair of tickets for
Arts & Entertainment Emerson String Quartet. We missed some of what he said, coverage was spotty up in the hills north of LA and once Phil starts talking, he's hard to stop. He just won't let a disconnected call
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Pierre-Laurent Aimard We had quite a few questions for Pierre-Laurent: he is one of the prominent piano virtuoso right now, has won a Grammy award (for his collaboration with Susan Graham), his repertoire covers everyone
Arts & Entertainment Interview Glenn Kotche The SF Jazz fest is in full swing (sorry, we couldn't help the pun). Thursday and Friday the Herbst Theater will hose the world premiere of Anomaly, a new piece by Glenn Kotche
Arts & Entertainment Mini-View with Charlie M. from the Happy Hollows Do you have any Bay Area ties? Yes, our singer Sarah is from here. And she went to SF State. Actually, none of us are from LA. Chris and I are from DC.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interview: New Yorker Writer Alex Ross So Alex Ross has a new book out, , which covers the history of 20th century music in his trademark accessible-musicological style, and he'll be in town to promote the book this week. Ross
Arts & Entertainment Boss's Day with Hillary Mendelsohn Hillary Mendelsohn is a gift-giving expert for Office Depot (hmmm.. how exactly do we get THAT job?) and the founder and president of thepurplebook: The Definitive Guide to Exceptional Online Shopping. So basically
Arts & Entertainment Ossi Bond of Johnossi Show is at 8 at the Independent. Tickets are $15 After Party starts at 10:30 at the Poleng Lounge 1752 Fulton Street Best show you've ever played and what made it great?
Arts & Entertainment Beirut's Jason Poranski Jason Poranski (he’s in the red t-shirt) plays guitar, ukulele, and mandolin in Beirut and was kind enough to answer some questions for us about the band and tour. Why the name
Arts & Entertainment New (ish) Contributer Interview: Julie Feinstein Adams I wanted to write for SFist because: I need attention. Lots of attention. You should read my pieces because: You'll eat better, look nicer, be more surrealist, and give interesting holiday gifts. Best
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews András Schiff Someone told us a story of a famous pianist who believed in bringing culture to the people, and went to a factory in Italy to give a lecture in front of a piano.
Arts & Entertainment Pre-Appomattox Interview: Christopher Hampton, We were eager to talk to Christopher, as he is the librettist for Philip Glass's opera Appomattox, which opens next Friday at the San Francisco Opera, and is the Big Event of the
SF News Day Around the Bay -- So it has come to this: Barry Manilow, Brian Boitano, AT&T Park, and ice. [Examiner] -- The fuzz busts cannabis-sweets fusion culinary artists. [Oakland Tribune] -- Arrested Berkeley Rent Board
Arts & Entertainment Philip Glass Is Coming, An Interview With Cellist Wendy Sutter By David Famiano Happy Belated Birthday, Mr. Glass! It’s an exciting time in San Francisco. All the burners are back from you know where feeling either pissed off or bummed out. All
Arts & Entertainment Bluepulse CEO Ben Keighran Brings Us Out Of The Stone Age Bluepulse, which recently acquired $6 million in funding, is all about mobility: it's a phone-based social network of more than 2 million people in 150 countries. It's accessed via software on your phone
Arts & Entertainment Doesn't Dungeness Look Like Phthirus Lice? Andrea Froncillo and Jennifer Jeffrey teamed up last year to write stinky prose. (We'll re-use that pun as much as we please.) He is a chef/partner in a bunch of restaurants in
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Andy Vogt Where is the best place to see art in the area? Hard to pick one since they all have something different to offer. I always enjoy shows at Ampersand International Arts, Gregory Lind
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Svea Lin Vezzone Best place to see art in the Oakland? I'm biased...Swarm Gallery! What's your take on the art scene here? Accessible and abundant. It's exciting to be a part of historically, but difficult
Arts & Entertainment 3 Questions For ooma's Andrew Frame Andrew Frame was recently named by BusinessWeek as a "top entrepreneur under the age of 30"--one of the next generation's best and brightest in the tech world. He's aiming to fulfill that
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Creators of The Thing If you can’t wait that long we have two suggestions. The first is to read the interview below in which you will find that Will and Jonn have a lot of great
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Chris Wiggum Do you believe your own hype? No, but I believe my own hyphy. Seriously, though, I don't hype things I don't believe in. If I'm publicizing something I don't like, you'll be able
Arts & Entertainment 3 Questions For StyleMob's Founder, Sasha Cagen Sasha Cagen, the author of books Quirkyalone and To-Do List, has founded (with co-founder Adam Souzis) something astonishingly addictive -- StyleMob. A very nice SFist reader sent us an invite during the "invite-only
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: You Should Know About Dan Carbone Why? Because the stuffed-animal slinging, falsetto-singing, universe-weaving, Dada-referencing, Bay Area playwright and theater artist (and good friend and muse of seminal filmmaker George Kuchar) is all that -- and he's just been nominated
