Arts & Entertainment Marina Bar Hosts 90s Night 'Every F***ing Thursday' We don't generally help promote your average bar nights, however we thought this flyer/tagline was a little better than average. The HiFi Lounge in the Marina (2125 Lombard Street) is doing a
Arts & Entertainment As Expected, '20 Worst Hipster Bands' List Provokes Music Fans You guys, people are upset. LA Weekly just unleashed their "20 Worst Hipster Bands" list, which, as it set out to do, has since made readers bristle and sigh, pout and glare. Since
Arts & Entertainment Cute: Bookstore To Transform Into Record Store For Michael Chabon Book Release In an effort to promote noted scribe Michael Chabon's latest work, Telegraph Avenue — a fictional piece about "longtime friends, bandmates, and co-regents of Brokeland Records, a kingdom of used vinyl located in the
Arts & Entertainment AT&T To Make Outside Lands More Like Terrible T-Mobile Ad T-Mobile created what is perhaps the most dreadful ad of all time with this piece of neon excrement. (Who sends video of a concert to friends at the same concert? Nobody, that's who.
Arts & Entertainment Jack White Clears Air About Anti-Social Media Stance At Shows Renee Zellweger's former paramour got into a heap of e-trouble, and all that jazz (we're rooting for you, Renee!), after reportedly suggesting that neither Twitter nor Instagram fanatics are welcome at his shows
Arts & Entertainment Jerry Garcia Bobblehead, Hunter Pence Debut Tonight [Update] Born in city's Excelsior District, Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia would have been 70-years-old today. And with that, your San Francisco Giants will honor the noted musician with a performance by Moonalice on the
Arts & Entertainment Video: Kreayshawn's 'Go Hard' Is Bad-Girls-Club Fun East Bay female hip-hop/pop chanteuse Kreayshawn penned a great ditty last year christened "Gucci Gucci." It was not only fun, but also bitchy and earwormy — everything one should look for in a
Arts & Entertainment Astute Shark Fin Mural Inspired By 'Me and My Shark Fin' Video, Shark Art Tour As Mission Mission pointed out last week, this oddly elegant yet telling shark-fin mural, which depicts a dead shark strewn next to its freshly sliced-off fin, was inspired by Kool Kid Kreyola's "Me
Arts & Entertainment You Guys, Charo Is Sick And Can't Make It To Yoshi's Due to a minor illness, all performances of the great Charo at Yoshi's San Francisco have been canceled. "Maybe she got a case of the coochy coochies?," offensively IM'd friend of SFist Beth
Arts & Entertainment Video: Double Duchess' 'Bucket Betch' Is San Francisco's Newest, Perhaps Greatest Anthem Move over Garland and Bennett. There is a new anthem for San Francisco, one that provides hope, beauty, and voguing on a BART plaftform. San Francisco queer electro-hop duo Double Duchess deserve the
Arts & Entertainment Nina Arianda To Play Janis Joplin In Big Screen Biopic Enough of this sports talk. Let's get down to serious business: Tony Award-winning actress playing dead divas. Nina Arianda, who recently nabbed best actress honors at the Tonys for her work in Venus
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/6: Kelley Stoltz/Shana Falana MUSIC: It's a stellar night of indie rock, featuring headliners Kelley Stoltz, who's been dubbed "a veritable godfather to the burgeoning San Francisco under/over-ground," and Shana Falana, a former S.F. indie
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/5: Smokey Robinson at S.F. Symphony MUSIC: Satin-voiced Motown legend, Smokey Robinson, will be performing with the San Francisco Symphony in a one-night-only event featuring his signature hits (hopefully including "Being With You," "Just to See Her," and of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/4: Bobb Saggeth MUSIC I: "The West Coast's Greatest Black Sabbath Cover Band" — and most quirkily-named, we might add, Bobb Saggeth, perform a special 4th of July show, featuring two sets of classic Ozzy-era Sabbeth. Also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/3: 'C.R.A.Z.Y' FILM: The Alliance Française of San Francisco's French Cinema Night kicks off family-themed month with C.R.A.Z.Y., which tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/2: Mates Of State MUSIC: Delightful and energetic married indie duo, Mates of State, who's latest album, Mountaintops, is on SFist's stereo as we speak, hit the Independent tonight, along with guest, The Stepkids. Your Monday night
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/30: Quintron & Miss Pussycat MUSIC: The legendary Quintron, whose sound embodies "the psychedelic soul of New Orleans garage R&B filtered through a tough distorted Hammond B-3 and a cache of self-made electronic instruments," and his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/27: How To Drink Like A Locavore FOOD: The Commonwealth Club presents Distilled in the Bay Area: How to Drink Like a Locavore, featuring a panel of local malt masters from St. George Spirits, Charbay Winery & Distillery, Old World
Arts & Entertainment Girl Talk, Gossip, Public Enemy Headline Treasure Island Music Festival 2012 A slew of brassy and sassy musical comedy stars will headline this year's Treasure Island Music Festival. Ha! No. No, not really. But wouldn't that be spectacular, oui, if Broadway show tunes and/
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/25: Philip Glass and Joanna Newsom with Tim Fain BENEFIT: The Days and NIghts Festival kicks off its season with a stellar show co-presented by Folk Yeah, featuring Philip Glass and Joanna Newsom with Tim Fain performing collaborative and solo pieces. Proceeds
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/24: Frameline's 'Cloudburst' FILM: Frameline comes to an end tonight with Cloudstreet, starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot) as a couple who's been together for over thirty years, who embark on a roadtrip
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/23: Mark Gardener (Of Ride) MUSIC: Mark Gardener of Ride brings his 20th Anniversary celebration tour of Going Blank Again to Cafe Du Nord, in which he'll be backed by a full band, Silver Parade, performing songs spanning
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/22: Drag Yourself To Pride's Disney Prom DRAG: Get out your Disney gear for Drag Yourself to Pride's Disney Prom, featuring Disney Prom Queen, Prom King, and Prom Villain walk-offs, DJ B.Urmanita on Beats, and Go-Go Boys & Girls
