Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Tonight: Mammoth Life Record Release We're never sure how to write about music, especially tunes and ditties we dig. In Stephen Sondheim's (brilliant) Finishing The Hat, the composer accuses all music writers (save for a couple of NYT
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Laundry Day Mission resident carries laundry, as seen by Bhautik Joshi.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jason Priestly Was In The Mission Filming Canadian Food Show Yesterday Sister Kate star Jason Priestly — we don't have any choice 90210 references since we never really cared for the show; we were Melrose fans — was in town Thursday filming in the city's white-hot
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Inside Mission Dolores Cemetery While scores visit Dolores Park and the Mission daily, few check out the gorgeous cemetery inside the Mission Dolores Basilica. Gerard Livernois snapped this shot of a well-worn statue inside the resting grounds.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Google Google Apps Apps' Yes, it's less a palate cleanser than a main course of anti-gentrification, but Esta Noche drag star Persia's (probably NSFW) video "Google Google Apps Apps" might be just the afternoon brain tickler you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tamale Lady Launches Online Fundraising Campaign Two weeks after we reported that much-loved neighborhood fixture Virginia Ramos, aka The Tamale Lady, was no longer welcome to sell her tamales at Zeitgeist, a new Indiegogo fundraising campaign has been set
SF News New T-Shirt Draws Attention To The Mission's Eviction Crisis Mia Gonzalez, owner of Encantada Gallery in the Mission, received an eviction notice from the darling little store she's run for more than 16 years. She responded by designing this powerful shirt. Friend
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bacon Bacon Opens At Brick & Mortar Today You have until 2:30 pm today, folks, to head over to the new Bacon Bacon outpost on the Mission, located inside Brick & Mortar (1710 Mission). The noted baconry will be open
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tamale Lady Feels City Support, Vows to Hang On On Wednesday we reported that beloved S.F. fixture The Tamale Lady was no longer welcome to sell her tamales at Zeitgeist, sparking a furor among her fans and supporters. Two days later,
SF News Sketch: Suspect Sought In Attack Near Dolores Park Police are looking for a tall dude who brutally attacked another man near Dolores Park early Sunday morning. The assault happened anywhere between 12:45 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chocolate & Bourbon Pairing At Hi-Lo Saturday On Saturday, June 15th, Hog & Rocks bar manager and scribe Michael Lazar (Left Coast Libations: The Art of West Coast Bartending)will join chocolatier Lisa Gallinger (Dandelion Chocolate) for an afternoon of
SF News Transamerica Windmill, Musical Greens: A Peek At Urban Putt's Forthcoming Playland Urban Putt, the Mission's forthcoming 18-hole indoor mini-golf course, is a few putts closer to becoming a reality this week. The city's Planning Commission will review the designs this Thursday, which means we
SF News 'Douchebags Like You Are Ruining San Francisco,' Gen-X Techie Says To Millennial Techies There's been enough tech vs. art or rich vs. poor handwringing going around lately that we suppose this was inevitable: A self-proclaimed "part of the gentrification" from the early '90s Mission district and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Palace Steak House To Re-Open This Weekend As Retro, Whole-Beast Joint The retro-classy Palace Steak House closed their doors way back in 2009, leaving late night carnivores without a place to find reasonably priced steaks at 2 a.m. on Mission Street. Although the
SF News Triple Shooting In Mission Near 16th Street BART At around 3:50 this morning near 16th Street and Rondel Place, three people were shot. One victim was shot in the torso, the other two plugged in the legs. All three were
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Sexy, Sparkly Carnaval 2013 Splendor WIth a meme-ridden theme of "Harlem Shake" this year, the 35h Carnaval, one of the remaining remnants of the old Mission, still stands as the city's most bombastic annual parades, featuring music and
Arts & Entertainment Brick & Mortar Music Hall Forced To Quiet Down Earlier this week, the Entertainment Commission handed Brick & Mortar Music Hall a ruling that will put a significant damper on a live music venue located on an already noisy part of Mission
SF News Cyclist Killed By Truck At 16th And South Van Ness [Update] We're getting word on a fatal accident in the Mission District after a garbage truck struck and killed a cyclist this morning. The accident happened at around 6:45 at 16th and South
Arts & Entertainment Hot Airbnb Item: Live In A Van For $520/Month As noted on Uptown Almanac, this harrowing Airbnb ad wants you to live in a van--a van--on Mission Street for only $520 a month (or $480 a week). Behold: I have a 1990
SF News New Plan Would Convert Valencia Street Gutters Into Delightful Urban Gardens In their ongoing efforts to soften the city's hard concrete edges, the San Francisco Planning Commission and the Public Utilities Commission are putting together a new plan that would create even more green
SF News Woman Survives Being Hit By BART Train Well, this is unusual. A woman was struck by a BART train at the 24th and Mission station in San Francisco on Monday night. But, unlike most cases, she managed to survive being
