SF News Heaven Mini Theatre Strip Club Alleges City Shakedown After City Attorney Dennis Herrera asked the city to shutdown Heaven Mini Theatre for performing lapdances without the proper permits (not to mention allowing prostitution inside its doors, just like every other SF
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Night Shows by Moses Namkung Who's super excited for Outside Lands? Some of you? A few of you? Well, the organizers have announced a series of night shows by bands such as The Dodos, Calexico,
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Did you miss out on buying tickets to the secret show for Sonic Youth at the Independent tonight? Never fear, they're available for... oh, wait... somebody's asking for the extortionary
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses NamkungThe Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival, the two-week long extravaganza featuring an array of "local independent concert promoters, musicians, artists, filmmakers, dancers and multi-media performance artists", finishes this week with
SF News Two Men Shot Inside North Beach Nightclub Two men were shot inside Impala, a Broadway nightclub frequented by types who still think bottle service is cool, at around 1:15 a.m. this morning. According to , "two men were each
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung We'll be at Bottom of the Hill on Thursday to see headliners the Rural Alberta Advantage, the folksy Canadian band recently signed to Saddle Creek Records. The show will be
Arts & Entertainment Meat Meet and Greet Do you like to eat meat? Are you one of those people who likes hearing about it, reading about it, learning about it, talking about it and ogling it? Then you might want
Arts & Entertainment Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Brian WiedenmeierThe week ahead in music is a quiet one, as if the Bay Area needed some time off to nurse it's collective post-Pride hangover. Quiet doesn't mean silent, however, and there
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Music by Moses Namkung Brooklyn-based quartet Grizzly Bear has had the indie music community abuzz with rave reviews of their latest album, , which even cracked the Billboard Top 10 a couple weeks ago, just
Arts & Entertainment Zagat SF Nightlife Guide Survey Results Zagat drops their San Francisco Nightlife edition tomorrow. Survey top-spot winners include Auberge du Soleil ("overall appeal"), the St. Regis Lobby Lounge ("décor"), the Four Seasons Bar ("service," "cocktail expertise," "quiet conversation"), Absinthe
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung The Harmony Festival, coming up this weekend in Santa Rosa, will feature Michael Franti & Spearhead, India.Arie, Cake, ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Balkan Beat Box and countless other musical
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung The last time we saw Jens Lekman, as his set ended he apologized that he had run out of time. The lights went on, he hopped down from the stage
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Exciting week ahead, yes? Yes. Our favorites? We'll be catching St. Vincent on Wednesday, Jenny Lewis on Friday and the Thermals on Sunday! See you out there. Monday, May 25
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Over at ipickmynose, Adrian Bischoff is consistently producing superb, original local music coverage including this garden tour today with local resident John Vanderslice; in it, the two discuss, among other
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Has Good Bars The fine folks over at Eater came across the May issue of Esquire, which boasts their annual list of the Best Bars in America. San Francisco scored big, with Zeitgeist (cyclists and porta-potties!
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Bring your bike, a cushion/blanket, and a radio for the Disposable Film Festival's first ever bike-in screening (as opposed to a drive-in). Immediately following the movie, there will be a party
SF News Loitering Outside Nightclubs Banned The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a law on Tuesday banning any and all loitering outside of SF nightclubs. This, it seems, will help stop violent crimes that happen in front of
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung The curse of Nelly's "Hot in Herre": since that summer in 2002 when the song came out, every time somebody says, "man, it's hot in here", there's a decent chance
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Be sure to check out the Cartoon Art Museum's fifth annual "Comix for Comics," a pee-your-pants night of hilarity featuring stand-up comedy by Carlos Alazraqui of Reno 911, Mike Meehan, Harmon Leon,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Italians Do It Better Showcase - Glass Candy, Desire + Twisted Wires @ Mezzanine by Moses Namkung Sweaty, throbbing dance party until past 1:30am on a Monday night!? Maybe Italians do indeed do it better. Last night at Mezzanine was a showcase of musical acts on
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung "What does it look like when the concert industry exhales in relief? Tens of thousands of illuminated cellphones, swaying in the night." ... you know those times at big concerts when
SF News SFist Blotter SOMA/SUNDAY: The Endup, the famous SOMA nightclub that used to be a bastion of decadence before turning sour over the last few yearssour, played host to a stabbing on Sunday. According to
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Golden State Warrior Stephen Jackson is having his burfday partay on Friday at Mezzanine and you're invited... for $40. Snoop D O double G will be performing! Man. Snoop a
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Monday, again!? We don't like Mondays. Last week, we went to Cafe Du Nord, the Fillmore and the Independent. This week, pickings are slightly slimmer; word on the street is
SF News SF Entertainment Commission Wants More Control SF Entertainment Commission, the mafia-like overlord of entertainment permits, wants more control over San Francisco nightclubs. This time, though, they want club owners to take more responsibility for the trash that lingers outside
