Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Day 19, aka Jeremy and Claire Weiss, a husband and wife photography team from Los Angeles, present a set of stunning photos celebrating the spirit of summer in Summer Close. 7 to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Pet Shop Boys Concert Preview The Pet Shop Boys are kind of like the Rolling Stones of the gayische electronic pop scene: they just never stop working and touring. But unlike the Stones, the Boys have been making
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: It's a night of geographically diverse rock at Cafe Du Nord, featuring Australia's The Drones (dark/bluesy/psychedelic), Los Angeles' Model/Actress (noisy/high-energy indie rock), and SF's The Spyrals (ethereal/shoegaze/
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Ian Brennan by Amy Crocker In the city of eliminating plastic grocery bags and library cards made of recycled corn, Ian Brennan’s music career has been, not surprisingly, organically grown. Brennan, born in Oakland
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tonight kicks off the 10th Annual Electronic Music Festival, which runs through Saturday and showcases "a wide array of electronic music pioneers, modern innovators, and emerging artists, ranging in diverse styles and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: As part of the Fringe Festival, "Sexy Clown" Summer Shapiro and Peter Musante of Blue Man Group present Legs and All, a comically-cringeworthy slapstick performance in which "dinner times turn to drum
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LIT: New York Times food critic Frank Bruni celebrates the release of his new memoir, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, in which he talks about his rise from a
Arts & Entertainment Free San Francisco Symphony Outdoor Concert at Noon Today Bring your lunch and soak up some sun (or find some shade) at Justin Herman Plaza at Noon today, while enjoying the sweet sounds of the San Francisco Symphony. Popular works will be
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Three of the best indie rock bands from China, Hedgehog, Queen Sea Big Shark, and Casino Demon, are spending 28 days in the U.S. as part of the Sing for China
SF News The Music of Philip Garrido Revealed The mentally ill man who kidnapped, raped, and held Jaycee Lee Dugard prisoner outside his Antioch home for almost 18 years, Philip Garrido, was also an aspiring musician. Marc Lister, a Garrido business
Arts & Entertainment Local Crooner Spencer Day On <i>The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson</i> Current and/or former San Francisco crooner Spencer Day (his Facebook lists him as living in both San Francisco and Topanga Canyon) will appear on tonight, making this evening's show an explosion of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Green Day's "American Idiot" In honor of this past weekend's world premiere of Green Day's "American Idiot" musical at Berkeley Rep (the show's still technically in previews, and has recently been extended until November -- we'll have
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: San Francisco's own Ralph Carney, who has performed as sideman for Tom Waits, B-52’s, Oranj Symphonette, and has scored film music for Jim Jarmusch and David Lynch, presents his latest incarnation,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Art Fag San Diego presents a night of dark pop with Cold Cave (Philadelphia/New York) and Veil Veil Vanish. Get your goth on. 10 p.m. // The Knockout (3223 Mission St)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Ghost Ramp blogger and noise pop musician Nathan Williams, aka Wavves, is promoting his new single Beach Demon, which "assaults the monotony of endless suburban sunshine with zigzagging harmonies and a blitzkrieg
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Jarringly different from the , this re-telling of deaf-blind Helen Keller has Annie Sullivan speaking only in Japanese throughout the play, which "leads Helen to discover her abilities to communicate reach beyond her
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DANCE: Come learn the polka at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival's open-air dance party at Jessie Square with Big Lou’s Polka Casserole, who are devoted to reminding audiences that polka was once
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung What do you get when you mix members of the Smashing Pumpkins, Hanson, Fountains of Wayne and Cheap Trick? Apparently... Tinted Windows. Aidan Vaziri at SFGate has an amusing interview
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Matt & Kim Wander Naked Through Times Square One of the best sets of the weekend at Outside Lands was by the skinny Brooklyn duo known as Matt & Kim. Their energy is infectious, and in this video, shot last February,
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Day 3: The Last and Final Gallery As many of you probably know, the weather took a turn for the San Franciscan on Sunday and Golden Gate Park remained socked in all day. But that did not deter fans from
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Meet local artists as they create original artwork available for purchase at $5 to $50 at Make My Monday. Enjoy the waterfront views and cocktails at the no-host bar (RSVP at mmm@
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Day 2: Another Gallery The second day of Outside Lands on Saturday was equally as hot (temperature-wise) as the first, and the crowd was estimated at near the festival's capacity of 60,000 -- and it was
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Cambodian pop band Dengue Fever journeys to Cambodia in Sleeping Through the Mekong, and explores the history of the vibrant 1960s and 1970s music scene, when Cambodian musicians reinvented Western rock 'n'
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Check out the world's largest touring sneaker hip-hop lifestyle exhibition at Sneaker Pimps World Tour, featuring over 1,500 pairs of rare, limited edition, vintage, celebrity-signed, artist-collaborated sneakers and a collection of
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Day 1: A Gallery It was hotter than anyone could have dreamed possible for August in SF yesterday, and the sun stayed out much of the day for the opening of the Outside Lands Music Festival in
