misc SFist ODC Theater Ticket Giveaway Want more? How's about "The Shape of Poison questions our aptitude for escaping self-inflicted miseries. It explores passion, ignorance and anger, and embarks on the fragile and complex journey to self-awareness and discovery.
misc SFist Ticket Giveaway: Closing Night of SF Sketchfest The performers will be the Kids In the Hall's Bruce McCulloch and will feature both music and comedy. Also performing will be Craig Northey, Hard 'n Phirm, and Dragon Boy Suede. Yes, that'll
misc Interview: JL Aronson What is the best thing about the Danielson movie? It’s done. No, just kidding. But seriously, it took a long time and I’m still shocked that it’s completed. The best
misc SFist Paul Reubens Contest Tonight at the Palace of Fine Arts, noted journalist Ben Fong-Torres will have a "conversation with Paul." We don't know if you've been to one of those "conversation" type things, but it's rather
misc Week in -Ists Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by
misc SFist Needs Your Help Friend of SFist, Julie, sent us an e-mail this morning about yet another assault, this time in the Marina. Believe it or not, the cops weren't that much of a help in this
misc Meet The Kinks At issue is the fact that a building that's been abandoned since the early 70's and was usually a source of much controversy whenever somebody sniffed around to develop it could be sold
misc Mmm...Junk Food.... We kind of imagine this thing being like what happens when you go on Haight Street but instead of people going up to you and saying "buds...doses" you hear "Doritos...cokes...." The
misc Pet Shop Noise The Milo Fondation basically takes unwanted pets, houses them, and tries to find them owners. Volunteers house the pets until owners are found so according to the foundation, there were never really that
misc Norman Yee On The Mend Turns out Norman Yee is an avid salsa dancer, and was crossing Bryant and 4th that Tuesday with the light in his favor to get to a local club (maybe the Glas Kat?
misc Lafayette Crosses Go Neon The reasons for the new sign is because of last night's little speech that the President gave. Activists behind the crosses are calling it a "panic button" or "stop sign" and hope that
misc Bay Area Wanderer: joy of life * Bay Area Wanderer: Mason near Eddy, San Francisco Between old brick-walled buildings, a muraled wood fence holds a parking lot. The guy keeping the lot seems to be talking to himself. Wait, is
misc New Year's Bash The facts appear to be these: The Baker's Dozen, an all-male (but not exclusively gay) chorus from Yale was asked to perform at the house of Reno Rapagnani, a retired SFPD officer and
misc Craigslist Encounters: 267 Gays use Craigslist (more than 2,205 Straights) As reported (here among many other places) . Which would not really pique our interests, except that the survey also mentions Craigslist. So this morning we decided to dive right in and see what
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Old Forms In The New City * Bay Area Wanderer: Sansome near California, San Francisco Walking north as dusk settled in, suddenly columns lined up beneath the taffy-pulled pyramid.
misc Bay Area Wanderer: M_TINEE * Bay Area Wanderer: Market and Mason, San Francisco Headed down Market Street to Taqueria Can-Cun. Crazed people, drunk people, stoned people, business people. Scent of plywood wet with urine. An old moviehouse held
misc Hummers! No, not that kind. No, not that kind either. We're talking about the Allen's and Anna's hummingbirds found in the Bay Area. Some are here all year round but others only visit for
misc Well Wishes To Norman Yee San Francisco school board president Norman Yee remains in intensive care after being hit by a car on 4th and Bryant the day after Christmas. However, he's in stable condition after undergoing two
misc It's a Hard Knock Life in California To determine all this stuff, the people behind the study, the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education Research Center (got that?), factored in things like level of income, types of families, language and education.
misc Bay Area Wanderer: The First Morning * Bay Area Wanderer: Balboa and 42nd Ave, San Francisco Homeward-bound down Balboa, the first morning looks like a success. Blue overhead and crisp to the skin. A foghorn sounded off in the distance.
misc SFist Jon's 2006 Best Of Best TV Show (drama)- "Battlestar Galactica" Why I like this show is because it thinks big-- big themes, big action, big drama, big story, big music, big everything. At times (like the
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Colors Of The Season * Bay Area Wanderer: Freitas and Las Pavadas, Terra Linda The colors of Christmas to me have always been green and red and grey. Here at Hillview Park, the air is crisp and and
misc SFist Answers: Mmmm, Yogurt There've been quite a few good Questions sent to us, and we're still working on them. That means you, Justin. Tune in Wednesday for your regularly scheduled SFist Answers. Keep your Questions coming
misc Bay Area Wanderer: May Your Days Be Merry And Bright * Bay Area Wanderer: Church and Market, San Francisco At the Expansion Bar, the time came when the candles needed to be lit. As the bartender worked at his task, the little balls of
