Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: BlacKMahal at Yerba Buena Gardens, Bluegrass Pickin' Party, Maker Faire, Circus Center's Spring Carnival, and SF Underground Market SFist already let you know about the big Rapture Party, ArtPadSF, and Sex Worker Fest going on this weekend. Here's even more stuff that's happening. BlacKMahal + Guests: Bring a picnic to the lovely
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: We must say, The Fiery Furnaces have the best band bio we've ever read. Catch an intimate show with the clever and talented brother and sister duo, Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger tonight
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Tickets are still available for the delightfully inappropriate Chelsea Handler, bestselling author, talk show host, comedian, and actress who has redefined the talk show format, at Oakland's Paramount Theatre. Handler is promoting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Central Market Art in Storefronts, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, and 'Apocalypse Maybe' ART: The Mid-Market revitalization keeps on truckin' as the SF Arts Commission's latest Art in Storefronts project heads to central Market Street, presenting six storefront installations and five murals. Tonight's opening event will
Arts & Entertainment Where To Take The Kids This Weekend: Gustafer Yellowgold, CASAStars' 'Project Connect,' and Alphabet Rockers! The Bay Area is lucky to have a thriving "kindie" music scene, along with lots of other activities and programs for kids. Here are a few happening this weekend. Gustafer Yellowgold's Show at
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: Darren Criss (Kurt's Boyfriend from 'Glee') Performs Darren Criss, noted crooner and graduate of San Francisco's elite St. Ignatius High School, will be in the city on Saturday. The dreamy, raven-haired actor will perform a few choice ditties at the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMICS: Daniel Clowes, of Ghost World fame, is at City Lights tonight celebrating the release of Mister Wonderful, a newly published collection of his Eisner Award-winning comic series that originally appeared in The
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: Noise Pop Presents 'Brian Eno 1971 - 1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth' at the Roxie The prolific Brian Eno (also known as Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno), king of art/glam rock and experimental/ambient music, turns 63 on Sunday. Yep, most
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The Rickshaw presents a night of female-led, garage/shoegazy pop, featuring Vivian Girls, who are celebrating the release of their third full-length album, Share the Joy, along with Montreal/LA's No Joy,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC/FILM: Snatch up some tickets, while they're still available to Tindersticks: Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009, a special, live SFIFF presentation featuring the UK's Tindersticks performing works from an original score that
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Ladies Room' By Frisky Disco Filmed at the Blue Macaw on Mission Street, Frisky Disco's "Ladies Room" tells the tale of living in SF: burlesque, drinking, cross-dressing, and seduction all taking place in the women's room. Enjoy.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Oakland-based Goapele (pronounced Gwa-pa-lay), who's inspired by a tradition of soulful singers like Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, and Miriam Makeba, "mixes sweet soul vocals, jazz funk instrumentation and hip hop
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: How Weird Street Faire, Art in the Alley, Noodle Fest, Dutch Queen's Day, Vagabond Craft Fair, and Glen Park Festival It's that glorious time of year again in which there are dozens of things going on over the weekend. Here is mere handful of choices. Enjoy! How Weird Street Fair: Pull out that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight BENEFIT: Take advantage of the fact that the Eagle Tavern is open for at least another month and head over to see Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Carletta Sue Kay and The Sandwitches
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight STORYTELLING: Celebrate three years of the fabulous Muni Diaries at Muni Diaries Live 5 tonight. Bring a Muni tale with you and hit the stage with H.P. Mendoza, screen writer and composer
Arts & Entertainment The Devil Makes Three Bring Drug-Fueled Honkey Tonk Americana Hard-On 'Do Wrong Right,' Play At Slim's 4/28 by Erick Pressman Upon first listen, one would think the notorious folk/bluegrass/Americana outfit Devil Makes Three hailed from West Virginia, deep in the backwoods where everything from moonshine to high grade
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Peptastic ensemble of super-star musicians, The New Pornographers, visits the Regency Ballroom to lift you out of your dreary, tax day doldrums and warm your weary heart, with special guests Menomena. 7
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Jackeline Rago directs Venezuelan Music Project, a dynamic ensemble that performs a wide range of music combining Indigenous-Venezuelan, West African and Spanish-European influences -- from folklore-driven songs (executed with traditional instruments) to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: The gorgeous and hilarious Aisha Tyler, former host of Talk Soup and the voice of sexy, superspy Lana Kane on FX’s animated series Archer, not to mention the reigning Celebrity Jeopardy
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Celebrate the fact that Tax Day isn't until Monday by shaking your "assets" to the unbelievably infectiously poppy Scissor Sisters at the Warfield tonight. Tickets are still available as of this posting!
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Record Store Day, Cherry Blossom Festival, DogFest, Art-A-Thon, and Wood Faire Record Store Day: Saturday is the annual day in which music nerds can score extra sweet deals and exclusive, limited-edition releases at record stores nationwide. Here's a list of all the participating San
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Musician Dina Emerson, who "combines voice, text, electronics, physical theater and specifically chosen physical objects/materials to create works that defy categorization," will perform a new collection of work that was inspired
Arts & Entertainment Post-Punk Legends Wire Bring Their Highly Influential Legacy to Slim’s on 4/17 by Erick Pressman Wire are one of the most influential rock bands of all time. There really isn’t any other way to put it. When the list of bands who have name-checked
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: There are still some tickets available for the refreshingly inappropriate Sarah Silverman, who's at Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall for one night only, as she performs her trademark stand-up comedy along with a little
Arts & Entertainment Portland's Broadway Calls To Throw A Pogo Party At Submission Space Wednesday And You’re Invited by Erick Pressman When we were young, if you wanted to find new music, you went to a record store or at very least bought a copy of Spin, Rolling Stone, or one
