Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/28: Muni Diaries 4th Birthday Party PARTY: The folks at Muni Diaries are celebrating their fourth birthday with a free party tonight, thanking "every single person who has ever tweeted, commented, contributed a story, or LOL’d at the
Arts & Entertainment Girl About Town: The Knocks, Maná, Tennis, Yo La Tengo & More! Let's welcome Veronica de la Mora to SFist, as she shares her concert-going wisdom with us on a regular basis. Veronica attends several shows per week, so keep up to date with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/26: Ben Kweller MUSIC: "Power-pop wunderkind" Ben Kweller hits The Great American tonight in support of his new record, Go Fly A Kite, which is "filled with catchy piano riffs, lush harmonies, big guitar lines, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/25: Literary Death Match LIT: Literary Death Match! "The star readers on the night will be the inimitable Carolyn Cooke (author of The Bostons, a PEN/Bingham Award for fiction, and Daughters of the Revolution, a Top
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/24: Neon Indian MUSIC: Neon Indian, who, as Flavorpill reports, derived his name from an acid trip, performs his brand of synth-pop that's "been making a big splash in the indie chillwave scene." Also featuring guest,
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, 4/22: SFIFF's 'Robot & Frank' FILM: Frank Langella stars in Robot & Frank, as an aging and isolated cat-burglar quietly battling dementia from his rustic home in upstate New York, who receives a robot helper and friend from
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/21: Matthew Sweet Performs 'Girlfriend' MUSIC: Matthew Sweet will perform in its entirety his classic 1991 album, Girlfriend, in which his "bone-dry, caterwauling sonics" opened up a "wild and picturesque new terrain for restless singer/songwriters to inhabit
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Record Store Day, Naked Bike Ride & More! Record Store Day 2012: Iggy Pop is the ambassador of this year's nationwide Record Store Day happening on Saturday, featuring a special Iggy And The Stooges Record Store Day release, plus many more
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/19: SFIFF Opening Night, 'Farewell, My Queen' FILM: The 55th annual San Francisco International Film Festival opens tonight with Farewell, My Queen, Benoît Jacquot’s adaptation of Chantal Thomas’s novel, which portrays the court life at Versailles as seen
Arts & Entertainment Video & Round-Up: Pulp Live At The Warfield Friend of SFist and owner of Noe Valley's Heroine boutique, Angela Clement Gomez, shot the above video of Pulp's "Disco 2000" from the balcony at last night's concert at the Warfield. Although frontman
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/18: Wild Flag/Carrie Brownstein MUSIC: Portland and Washington, D.C. based quartet of allstar musicians, Wild Flag, including Carrie Brownstein (most recently of Portlandia fame) and fellow former Sleater-Kinney bandmate Janet Weiss, headline the Fillmore tonight, along
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Jarvis Cocker Has Entered The Building Friend of SFist, Veronica de la Mora, has been on the scene at the Warfield in anticipation of tonight's epic Pulp concert, which sold out in minutes when tickets were released in February.
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, 4/16: Popscene/The Horrors MUSIC: Didn't get tickets to the sold-out SBTRKT and Godspeed You Black Emperor shows tonight? You're in luck. You can still grab some tickets to see The Horrors and The Black Angels perform
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/15: Elvis Costello & The Imposters MUSIC: There are still some tickets available to see Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Warfield tonight. Attend, and you might get invited up on stage to spin the "Spectacular Spinning Songbook,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/14: Rick Buckner and Tim Cohen MUSIC: Alternative folk fave, Richard Buckner, will be playing an intimate show at Brick & Mortar Music Hall tonight, along with guest Tim Cohen performing a solo set. (9 p.m., Brick &
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Dogfest, Sunday Streets & More! Dogfest: Duboce Park will be full of lovable pooches on Saturday for the 5th annual Dogfest, benefiting SFUSD McKinley Elementary School. The fest, which will feature Daniel Handler as the emcee, and celebrity
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/12: Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo MUSIC: Sonic Youth founding member Lee Ranaldo celebrates the release of his first song-oriented studio album, Between The Times And The Tides, with an early set at Amoeba, followed by a show at
Arts & Entertainment Corie Woods Memorial Concert, 4/22 As SFist reported back in February, Corie Woods, an avid member of the Bay Area music community who shared her love for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival on SFist, died unexpectedly at the
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, 4/9: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All MUSIC: There are still some tickets available to check out Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, or Odd Future for short, a nine-member hip hop collective from L.A. whom SFist Erick
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/8: Lucky Jesus/'Jesus Christ Superstar' Singalong MUSIC: To keep your Jesus celebration going, queercore indie rock pop band, Lucky Jesus, will be performing at the Make-Out Room tonight, preceding a Jesus Christ Superstar screening and singalong, featuring the soundtrack
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/7: Adobe Books Benefit Variety Show BENEFIT: Sonny Smith, Thee Oh Sees, and The Mallard will be performing at All the Children Sing: Adobe Books Benefit Variety Show, which also features stand-up comedy by George Chen and Anna Seregina,
