Arts & Entertainment Notable Humans: How Lisa Truong’s Help a Mother Out Changed Public Policy Lisa Truong launched a diaper drive that's distributed more than 66 million diapers across California; Rudy Corpuz Jr. turned his rough past into a peacekeeping mission; and Chris Thoms ran every street in Alameda County to fight hunger.
SF News 2009: The Year In Whatever, Huh, Awesome & Pft There was plenty to love this year, sure. But for now, join us as we turn into a pillar of salt by looking back and taking the piss out of the whimsical / iffy
SF News This Is the Trash That's Going to Win? Check out the anti-gay truck motoring around town today. Isn't it adorable? Fortunately for it, it lacks any "anti-oak tree" or "pro-Marine recruitment" signage, which would've really pissed off locals Bay Area do-gooders.
Arts & Entertainment WonderCon Film Panel in Review By Gordon Elgart (based on his Twitter entries) Every year, we spend Saturday at WonderCon in Hall A, watching panels of filmmakers and actors prattle on about upcoming films, and show exclusive clips
misc SFist Finds: Happy Val'z Day! Sappenin' sammy! yo dude! I just officialy met you this year but you've been a pretty cool dude, ese! ITS A GOOD THING you DONT JUDGE People OR eLse U'D THiNK IM a
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: Feb 18 - 24 Thursday, popscene brings another great act to San Francisco, The Sessions. Hailing from Vancouver, these guys remind us of the Killers, the Bravery, and These Electric Lives. Friday, BAGeL RADIO presents San Francisco's
SF News Day Around the Bay This Sunday is that football championship tournament known as the Super Bowl. And with it comes its array of advertising amusement. (Please, pray for no Burger King commercials. "People freaked" is the single
misc New Tunes Tuesday #15 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Don't be fooled by the juvenile hand-writing or Crayola markers on the cover of this album. This is
misc Grote Kunst Voor Kleine Mensen: Chocolade haas Speaking of animal cruelty, the third chocolate bunny murder almost brought us to tears. Of laughter, sorrow, or both we're still not sure. This film, above, is described as "an episode from the
misc The Year in Albums: Looking Forward to 2008 A few of our favorite seasoned artists will release new works, along with new talent on the horizon that we're impatiently anticipating (even some local bands!), so check them out: 1. Sia, Some
misc The Real Drama Queens - <i>Marie-Antoinette</i> One of the greatest misunderstandings in the history of US cinema -- oh please, as far as repeated viewings go, Ordinary People is a superior and more devastating film than Raging Bull --
misc Sean Penn & Robin Wright Penn Call It Quits Well, this is some depressing news. Marin's very own Hollywood transplant power couple, Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn, are getting a d-i-v-o-r-c-e. At least according to People Magazine they are. The couple,
misc SFist Tonight -- Unsilent Night: New York-based composer Phil Kline’s holiday concert creates "an outdoor ambient music piece for an infinite number of boomboxes. It’s like a Christmas caroling party except that [you]
misc Homeless Death Memorial We interrupt your holiday frivolity, wild binge drinking, and high stress levels to bring you the following event: Tomorrow night the annual Homeless Death Memorial March takes place. A Day of the Dead,
misc Ask a Librarian New feature alert, folks! Ever want to know more about your local library? Or anything about libraries of the world. The art of receiving a masters in library sciences? Or why people use
misc SFist Finds: Just Let it In You could fix this so easily. F'ing wake up. I can't believe youre willing to f this up. All I want is you. You shouldn't s*t all over the people who love
misc SF Opera Passes the Popcorn Dude, why can't we all just get along. It's not like people in Chico are saturated with opera. They see eight performances from the Met. We think there's room enough for the six
misc Feed The Hungry, Everyone! Feel that? Why, those are your heart stings being tugged care of us and this cool little guy over here on the right. (Who like totally did not just make us completely tear
SF News Pittsburg Sexual-Assault Suspects' Sketch Unveiled Pittsburg police -- you know, that place at the end-of-the-line BART station that also happens to be a city -- released a composite sketch of the man suspected of abducting and sexually assaulting
misc The Week in Nevius Chucky appears to be back on the homeless beat this week with two stories about it. One is something that might piss people off, the other something that might not piss people off.
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Kenneth Ryan Kenneth Ryan, Prop Master of the San Francisco Ballet has undergone and SFist interview below. As a San Francisco native he’s got all kinds of good tips about the city. As someone
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 15 First, this a phenomenal shot, found in balmes' Flickr page. He or she managed to make crack towers look almost aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Really, a great picture. Second, "crack towers." As
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Taxing Soda Whether you call it soda, pop, or cola, you'll have to pay more to buy it if Gavin Newsom gets his way: Matier and Ross report that Mayor Newsom is thinking about taxing
