Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/2: Mates Of State MUSIC: Delightful and energetic married indie duo, Mates of State, who's latest album, Mountaintops, is on SFist's stereo as we speak, hit the Independent tonight, along with guest, The Stepkids. Your Monday night
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/21: Creativity Explored's 'Fabulous' ART: Creative Explored pays tribute to Pride with Fabulous, a group exhibition that celebrates fashion, fame, identity, and queer culture with glamorous portrait paintings, wearable, multi-media hats, gender-bending drawings, and a full-size hot
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/19: 'Call Me Kuchu' FILM: Frameline presents Call Me Kuchu, which explores the life and brutal death of veteran activist and the first openly gay man in Uganda, David Kato, in his undeterred fight for the rights
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/11: Marriage Equality Plays THEATER: Tom Bruett and BATS Improv hosts Marriage Equality Plays, an evening of short, original plays benefiting the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), featuring new short plays by William Bivins, Michelle Carter,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/8: 12th Annual Monster Drawing Rally ART: Head over to the Verdi Club tonight for the mother of all live drawing events, Southern Exposure's famous Monster Drawing Rally, which features more than 120 artists working side by side and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/4: Justin (Sh*t My Dad Says) Halpern LITERARY: Bestselling author of Shit My Dad Says fame, Justin Halpern, celebrates the release of his latest collection of stories, I Suck at Girls, "an exploration of Halpern’s romantic adventures (read: mostly
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/18: The Avengers/Erase Errata MUSIC: It's a stellar line-up of S.F.-based bands at Cafe Du Nord tonight, featuring beloved punk veterans The Avengers, along with indie rockers Erase Errata and singer-songwriter Carletta Sue Kay. (9
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/16: Giants Carnaval at the Park FESTIVAL: Arrive at tonight's Giants game early for The Giants Carnaval Festival at the Park, featuring live 2012 SF Carnaval King Roberto and Queen Ashlee, music, dancing, and food and drink specials. And
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/15: Ana Tijoux MUSIC: French-Chilean MC Ana Tijoux takes the stage with her full band in support of her latest release, La Bala, which is described as "a whirlwind trip through hip-hop, jazz, and funk, spiced
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/9: Folk Yeah Presents Sweet Chariot MUSIC: Folk Yeah presents quartet Sweet Chariot, who perform "timeless power-pop, classic biker rock, and dusty desert jams trimmed in the bygone tones of west coast canyon-twang," along with folk singer-songwriter Joseph Childress.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/3: Surrealist Tribute ART: Project One Gallery presents Ceci n’est pas une Galerie, a group tribute to Surrealism that invites viewers to ask themselves, "if this is not a gallery, what is it?," featuring works
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/17: Wanda Jackson MUSIC: Some folks might be at the Warfield (Pulp) or Great American (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) tonight, but lots of others will be at The Regency Ballroom to see the Queen of Rockabilly
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/11: Radiohead MUSIC: Amidst a whirlwind of sold-out shows going on tonight (Firehose, Mazzy Star, M. Ward/Jonathan Richman), there are still a handful of tickets left to catch Radiohead down in San Jose, for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/10: Anne Lamott and Sam Lamott LITERARY: City Arts & Lectures presents Anne Lamott and her son, Sam Lamott, who are continuing the tradition of documenting the first year of their offspring's life. First, Anne published Operating Instructions 19
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/29: SFMOMA Presents Le Le MUSIC: SFMOMA presents a stellar free show tonight featuring the groove-tastic Le Le from Amsterdam (check out their cool video.), along with S.F.'s Forlove and DJs Dials, Sleazemore, Eug, and Dreamweapon.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/28: Stay Gold 6th Anniversary CLUB: The delightfully sexy sounding Stay Gold club night celebrates six years of creating a space that welcomes all kinds of queers, "a body positive, gender neutral zone for people to dance, cruise,
Arts & Entertainment Pop-Up Magazine Issue 6 Tickets On Sale April 3rd OK, time to warm up those fingers, literary fans! Pop-Up Magazine just announced that Issue Number 6 will be taking place on April 25th at Davies Symphony Hall. Tickets for the event will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/20: Feast Of Words LITERARY: Writer, performer, and Sister Spit veteran Ben McCoy will present some new work at the monthly Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck, which is themed “I Am Crime.” McCoy's reading will reference
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/6: 'The Wrecking Crew' BOOK-SIGNING: Author Kent Hartman will discuss his book, The Wrecking Crew, which sheds light on an uncredited group of Los Angeles musicians who secretly stood in for real bands in the sixties and
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, 2/24: Jolie Holland MUSIC: Jazzy, folky, punky, bluesy crooner Jolie Holland, who sounds like, as Flavorpill describes it: "[T]hink Joanna Newsom with a Billie Holiday in her throat," will headline the Swedish American tonight. Also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/13: Litquake's Love Hurts LITERARY: SFist's own Andrew Dalton will be part of the line-up at tonight's Litquake Valentine event, Love Hurts, in which participants will tackle their favorite "overwrought passages," including picks from Harold Robbins, The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/1: 'Midnight In Paris'/'The Moderns' FILM: Castro Theatre presents a Paris-themed double feature with screenings of Woody Allen's acclaimed Midnight in Paris starring Owen Wilson who finds himself in his own fantasy, and The Moderns, starring Keith Carradine
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/26: 'Blair Witch Project' Actress Turned Pot Grower MUSIC: Classic S.F. punk band Avengers headline Bottom of the Hill tonight, featuring guests power pop Sacramento and BOATS! and Oakland rockers/punkers Midnite Snaxxx. (9 p.m., Bottom Of The Hill,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/25: Tom Tom Club/The Fixx MUSIC: It's a night of classic '80s new wave at Mezzanine, featuring Tom Tom Club, which was formed by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth (of Talking Heads fame) and The Fixx, whose most
