Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/20: Will Durst At The Commonwealth Club COMEDY: Famed political satirist, Will Durst, who once ran for mayor of San Francisco, will give an "undoubtedly entertaining" account of his life and work in a talk titled, "The Truth, The Whole
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/19: 'Call Me Kuchu' FILM: Frameline presents Call Me Kuchu, which explores the life and brutal death of veteran activist and the first openly gay man in Uganda, David Kato, in his undeterred fight for the rights
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The Galloping Sea The Galloping Sea performing at Vag Fest this past weekend. Photo by dannebrog.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/17: Japanther MUSIC: Brooklyn art project, Japanther, who run "the gamut from performance art to punk rock and back again," headline the late show at the Hemlock tonight, along with guests Pharmacy. (9:30 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/15: Fresh Meat Festival PERFORMANCE: The 11th annual Fresh Meat Festival, the nation’s premiere transgender and queer performance festival, kicks off at Brava Theater tonight, featuring the world premiere collaboration by Vogue Evolution and Emily Vasquez
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/14: Big Freedia MUSIC: Noise Pop and Hard French present Big Freedia, "a 6-foot-plus phenom powered by brash sexual energy and raw, self-made talent," who's described as the "queen diva of bounce music." The organizers advise
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/10: Still Flyin' Album Release Party MUSIC: San Francisco megagroup Still Flyin' (60's era rock steady meets DIY indie-pop) celebrates the release of their new album, which the band describes as "Lots of rototoms. Epic snare drums. Huge chorus
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/9: Queer Women of Color Film Festival FILM: The 8th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, which runs all weekend, presents its featured short film screening, I Do And I Don't: From the family values of queer API women
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/8: 12th Annual Monster Drawing Rally ART: Head over to the Verdi Club tonight for the mother of all live drawing events, Southern Exposure's famous Monster Drawing Rally, which features more than 120 artists working side by side and
Arts & Entertainment It Gets Indie: Teens Put On Benefit Concert For Gay Youths What were you doing at 14? Or 16? Probably not helping organize the second annual It Gets Indie benefit concert at Great American Music Hall. That's just what Noah Hornik, 14, and his
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Has Food Killed San Francisco's Edgy Music Scene? Back in the days of yore, San Francisco concertgoers used to sneak off to the bathroom to do bumps of cocaine or heroin in between sets. That's the way God wanted it. Now
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/7: Casey Weldon's 'New World Hoarder' ART: We're riveted by the delightfully creepy work of Los Angeles-based artist Casey Weldon, who makes his debut in San Francisco with his solo exhibition, New World Hoarder. Weldon's paintings take you on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/6: La Quebradora ART: MCCLA presents La Quebradora, an exhibition of Contemporary Art from Mexico curated by Amy Pederson that uses lucha libre, or Mexican professional wrestling, as a platform for mapping Mexico’s cultural history
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/5: Dustin Lance Black/LGBT Pride Celebration PRIDE: Academy Award-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black hosts an LGBT Pride Celebration featuring comedian Marga Gomez, SF Gay Men’s Chorus, and more, and honoring 2012 LGBT Local Heroes Dr. Jei Africa
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/4: Justin (Sh*t My Dad Says) Halpern LITERARY: Bestselling author of Shit My Dad Says fame, Justin Halpern, celebrates the release of his latest collection of stories, I Suck at Girls, "an exploration of Halpern’s romantic adventures (read: mostly
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/3: 'The Color Wheel' FILM: The Color Wheel, which is described as "a comedic revelation - a remarkably sure, beautifully photographed, immaculately written and wickedly funny movie" about "an aspiring news-anchor, forces her disappointing younger brother Colin
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/2: An Evening of Wholphin Love FILM: Tonight's installment of McSweeney's quarterly DVD magazine series, Wolphin, celebrates the most "uniquely odd and profoundly amusing expressions of love" with An Evening of Wholphin Love, featuring a screening of short films
Arts & Entertainment Party Down: San Francisco Nightlife Award Winners Announced! While the "Best Dealer" category was egregiously and painfully overlooked this year — Levamisole pushers need love too! — the 2012 Nightlife Awards were handed out Thursday night at Mezzanine. And what a party it
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: The Whole Enchihuahua, Sunday Streets Chihuahuas will outnumber hipsters at Dolores Park on Saturday with SF SPCA's second annual The Whole Enchihuahua, a Chihuahua rescue awareness event, featuring a costume contest, live Mariachi, Off the Grid food trucks,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/30: Nico Vega MUSIC: L.A.'s Nico Vega, whose lead singer, Aja Volkman, has been compared to Karen O, Joan Jett and Janis Joplin, headline Rickshaw Stop, along with Fake Your Own Death (former Elephone
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/29: 'Dive' The Move FILM: Food Shift presents a free screening (donations appreciated) of Dive, which exposes the problem of food waste in America, followed by a discussion with Dana Frasz, Director of Food Shift and Kirsten
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/28: Push Dance Company DANCE: Tonight's your last night to catch Bitter Melon, a 3D dance installation project by distinguished choreographer Raissa Simpson’s Push Dance Company and British video artist Ben Wood and his collaborator technologist
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/27: Carnaval After Party AFTER-PARTY: Lyrics Born hosts the 8th Annual Carnaval After Party featuring music performances by Tarrus Riley, Los Rakas, Common Kings, & CSRB and DJs Jah Yzer, Irie Dole and dance performances by Alfie
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/26: SF PopFest 2012 MUSIC: The weekend-long PopFest 2012 continues with an afternoon show at the Knockout, featuring a line-up of bands, DJs, and an indiepop dance party, followed by a show at the Hemlock later tonight.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/25: Offside Jazz Festival MUSIC: Tonight's installment of the inaugural three-day Offside Festival will take a decidedly contemporary look at straight-ahead jazz, presenting three Bay Area composers and their respective trios—bassist Marcus Shelby, trumpeter Erik Jekabson,
