Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <em>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</em> For those who, like SFist, are Cat on a Hot Tin Roof virgins, the play is a laugh-filled, light-hearted family romp about an imploding, highly dysfunctional marriage set against the backdrop of an
misc SFist Answers--Fantastic Fourth! Howdy, fellow 'Fisters and fans of the SF Bay Area -- it's another episode of SFist Answers, where we strive to provide helpful answers, or at least decent-sounding BS, to those burning, itching
Arts & Entertainment <strike>Once More</strike>, With Feeling It's vaguely embarrassing to admit that there was a general buzz of excitement at SFist HQ when SFist Jon found out that counterPULSE Theater was staging a live-action version of the Buffy The
misc Housing Bubbles: Pop Goes The Market and the Market Goes Pop It's time for our monthly housing market speculation fest, as the real estate housing numbers come in for September. Like 'NSYNC sez, it's dirty pop! (Out of charity for you, we won't do
misc SFist Wants You To Find A Friend: Louie, From Grateful Dogs This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the left side of the site, half-way down) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Not to sound like the
Arts & Entertainment Interview: The Primitive Screwheads Oh, how we adore the Primitive Screwheads. Our first experience with them was at the final (sob) performance of their most glorious Evil Dead: Live, in which the guerilla (to wit: they rehearse
SF News Tony Hall's Looking for Work His old job, of course, was District 7 Supervisor, a job he held before Gavin's now infamous "Triple Play" political move. There's only one problem with that idea-- the job is currently being
SF News Schwarzenwatcher Watches That 70s Show Why the 70s? Because all of the propositions are in the 70s. Get it? Get it? According to the site, all you need for a far out 70s party is to go to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink O to Zed Somewhere deep in the Tenderloin you can find a secretive wooden door, sometimes marked by 'Daddi-Dee' waiting to see if you'll bum him a cigarette or slide him a note. The journey through
SF News Your Commute: Bart Goes 24 Don't you hate that 2 a.m. feeling when you think, ? Well, for one brief shining weekend, you can! BART's going to be experimenting with 24-hour service next weekend, from the evening of
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The Establishment Meets the Hip at the Geary Theater We know, we know: we always lead with an American Conservatory Theater production, if it's opening. Well, we like their photos. OK, we like how easy it is to
SF News SFist Tech Roundup: They, Robots The tech lab crew took a field trip to San Jose last week for the RoboNexus international robotics convention. It's the second year of the convention, and it's the largest robotics convention in
Arts & Entertainment In Pursuit of <i>Pursuit of Happyness</i> The scuttlebutt discussed over coffee and corned beef hash at the St. Francis this morning was about the film crews amassed on York street between 23rd and 24th. The set designers had already
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Missed Connection at Papalote? SFist Plays Cupid! If there can be Christmas in April, no reason that we can't have Valentine's Day in October, right? We noticed the above super-charming sign hanging in excellent burrito joint Papalote this weekend, presumably
Arts & Entertainment Are You a Unique Individual Who Falls Into One of the Following Categories: Drunk, Exhibitionist, Drunk Exhibitionist? A penchant for getting arrested is also highly desirable. They aren't saying where this 18th season will be filmed, but we do know that the 17th season, which has already started production, is
SF News Your Commute: The Triplets of Berkeley-ville Well, at least it wasn't in the Transbay Tube -- a woman went into labor on the steps of the Berkeley BART stop today. With triplets. Watch where you're walking this afternoon! People
SF News Something's Fishy So, yesterday the a Board of Supervisors committee approved a proposed ordinance Monday that would require seafood restaurants to post English, Spanish, and Chinese signs warning of the dangers of mercury contaminated fish.
SF News Your San Francisco Giants Put a Fork In It And with that, we bid adieu to the Giants' season as baseball has moved to the playoffs and everyone's favorite drama, Waiting For the Sox/Yanks. Which means it's time for Your San
Arts & Entertainment Todd Barry Back in San Francisco Friend of the 'ists Todd Barry is back for another stand up stint here in SF as part of a west coast tour. Last time we saw the show, we fell in love
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: Chili Peppers We know people who show off their by chomping on hot, raw chilis. Not us. We'd be happy just to have a higher tolerance. Then maybe we could appreciate the subtle flavors described
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: New and Reinvented This week we bring you a crucifixion, ghetto Shakespeare and mean people in love. Because why get vanilla ice cream when you can get, say, caramel ice cream with fudge chunks and cookie
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: And Ponders, Our TV Choices This Week For instance, we chose Martha's "Apprentice" over the fifth "cycle" of "America's Next Top Model," but apparently we were the only people in America who did, because Martha is moving to 9 p.
Arts & Entertainment Yay! Kepler's Re-Opening - October 8th! To prepare for the re-opening, and to help Kepler's stay open, volunteers are needed. They do mention they need people to take membership pledges so it seems they'll be going ahead with the
SF News Supervisor Shouting (Not Daly) We suppose the subject matter trumps the supervisor, as even a Daly-free meeting about condo conversions descended into shouting and gavel-pounding yesterday. Supervisor Bevan Dufty (pictured at right) had proposed that we give
