Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/23: Merrill Garbus, Buster Keaton Shorts FILM/MUSIC: The acclaimed Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs fame will be performing a live score to a series of Buster Keaton shorts, as part of the S.F. International Film Festival's hugely popular
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/5: Lower Polk Art Walk ART: A whole slew of galleries — 11 to be exact — from the Lower Polk and Tenderloin neighborhoods will be open until 10 p.m. as part of the monthly Lower Polk Art Walk.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/4: Jonah Lehrer LECTURE: Jonah Lehrer of Wired Magazine and Radio Lab fame will be be talking about his latest book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, which shatters the myths of muses and “creative types” and argues
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/2: Christian Cagigal's The Collection PERFORMANCE: After a sold-out opening night, theatrical magician Christian Cagigal continues his 13-day run of The Collection, featuring his "special brand of creepiness." No other details have been provided, since the audience at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/27: Air Sex Championships COMPETITION: Air Sex Championships: It might sound like a sexy time, but judging from this collection of Flickr photos, it's more comic than erotic. As Flavorpill notes, "At one recent SF championship, a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/21: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic MUSIC: Hall-of-Famer, funk innovator, and godfather of urban music, George Clinton, is in the house with Parliament Funkadelic at Regency Ballroom tonight. Queue the "Give Up the Funk" earworm; "Gotta have the funk.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/13: Brad Goreski BOOKS: Don your favorite spectacles and bow ties and head over to Books Inc in the Castro to meet the adorably sartorial "[r]eality show star, celebrity stylist, and rising fashion icon" Brad
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/5: The Driftwood Singers MUSIC: Tonight's edition of the monthly Communion club will feature The Driftwood Singers, who are in their early 20s and sing folk songs "that could have been written ages ago but were more
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/29: Terry Zwigoff LECTURE: Acclaimed director Terry Zwigoff will be talking about his work as part of San Francisco Art Institute's Radical Directing Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public and "emphasizes techniques
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/30: Harry Belafonte 'Sing Your Song' FILM: Harry Belafonte biopic, Sing Your Song, which is an Academy Award Best Documentary Shortlist Contender, takes the viewer on a journey through the life and work of "one of the truly heroic
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/23: 'Pearl Jam 20' FILM: Tonight's Cinema Drafthouse feature is Cameron Crowe's Pearl Jam 20, which marked the band's 20th anniversary last year. (7:30 p.m., The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street) MUSIC: Jimmy Kansau and his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/6: Katya Holiday Spectacular MUSIC: Russian opera diva, Katya Smirnoff-Sky, will be at the Rrazz Room for one night only performing her Holiday Spectacular, a fun-filled evening of "belting, banter, and ball gowns" sure to make your
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/16: Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, 'Adventures in Plymptoons!', 'The Birds of the Nile' MUSIC: Kill Rock Stars' Thao With The Get Down Stay Down will rock the Independent tonight at the Treasure Island night show, along with Bare Wires and The She's. (8:30 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight WORKSHOP: It's easy to forget that we have such a gorgeous and historic green space such as the Presidio right in our backyards. As part of the ongoing Presidio Visitor Experience workshop series,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FOOD: Learn all about the upsurge of farmers, cooks, gardeners, and activists who are taking back the food system with inspiring ideas at CUESA Panel: Faces of the New Food Movement: Tales of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Any animal-lover is sure to shed a tear at My Dog Tulip, an animated, bittersweet retrospective account of author J. R. Ackerley’s 16-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian bitch, Tulip. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Get a taste of Seattle hip-hop tonight with the gritty yet smooth Champagne Champagne, along with Seattle's Mad Rad, and the Bay Area's C U Next Weekend and Moe Greene. 9 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go features the coming of age of three friends who leave the shelter of their idyllic English boarding school and discover a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Hesta Prynn (formerly of Northern State) brings her own blend of electro-hip-hop-art-rock to the stage, along with LA's Kenan Bell and SF's 40Love. 8 p.m. // Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St) // $10-12
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: The refreshingly goofy Kristen Schaal, most notably known as Flight of the Conchords' biggest fan and a regular correspondent on The Daily Show, will be at Cobb's all weekend. Schaal's new book
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The original members of the legendary Guided By Voices (aka, Guided By Beer) will perform GBV's classic songs from 1992 to 1996 off of the albums Propellor, Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LECTURE: City Arts and Lectures presents Jonathan Franzen In conversation with Mark Breitenberg. Often writing about the geographical and cultural landscapes of the Midwest, Franzen's books utilize "multifaceted plots where the intensely personal
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Dr. Sketchy's presents the 2nd Annual Cute Girls on Bicycles, in celebration of Bike to Work Day on Thursday and coinciding with the monthly Sketch Tuesday. Three females and four bikes will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: LA/NYC's High Places new record, High Places vs. Mankind, features "an imaginative and spacious amalgamation of sounds with a unique, almost Caribbean undertone that is as immediate as it is refreshing.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight GAMES: Help Homefrys continue their experiment in connecting people by playing games together in person at Homefrys Game Night. Party games, word games, trivia games, and classic games -- "60 pounds of games"
