Arts & Entertainment High Varnish Meticulously crafted as it was, we were ready to dismiss the horse as yet another nod to art star Maurizio Cattelan’s use of taxidermy in contemporary art, when we learned that A.
Arts & Entertainment Impact Briefs 7: The How-To Show Last weekend, we hit the East Bay to witness SFist Cheshire's on-stage debut in Impact Theater's . There we sat in the basement of La Val's Subterranean (1834 Euclid in Berkeley) drinking our beer
Arts & Entertainment Strange Tales: Narrative Paintings by Nick Ackerman, David Huffman, and Chris Oliveria We simply walked right past the Luggage Store Gallery placard, and would've continued right on down Market Street if it weren't for the man selling cigarettes outside, who, noting our look of bewilderment,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes Back To (Art) School As an incoming student to California College of the Arts' grad program, we hopped on the chance to meet and greet while scoping out the competition, by infiltrating CCA's MFA Thesis Show opening
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Sarah Lefton What’s in a name? Depends on the name. As far as names go, the Jewish Fashion Conspiracy says a lot about the proprietor’s sense of humor. So does the company motto:
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Go Ask Alice So Coldplay tickets apparently sold out in less than one minute on Sunday, huh? And there was tons of borderline-illicit craigslist bartering for wristbands, right? But -- come on, Gavin Newsom calling into
SF News Gays Have Equal Rights Breaking news: Judge Kramer of the San Francisco Superior Court has ruled that laws restricting marriage to heterosexuals violate the California constitution. We're still looking for links to the order, and reporting about
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Caitlin Atkinson Today’s interview subject has a literal lens trained on the Bay Area. Caitlin Atkinson is a photographer whose art focuses mainly on her experiences (both real and dreamed). You can catch her
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Immovable Type There's no love for free blogging software as Mr. Sarah Low Daly responds to our previous suggestions about the Chronicle-created controversy over his Board of Supes blog, where, as you may recall, in
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mrs. Chris Daly!!! What's it like to BE Mrs. Chris Daly? Great, FUN, amazing and CRAZY, all at the same time. What do you think of SFist's obsession with your husband? It is sort of fun,
SF News The Old Lady Who Lives in a Hospital The story began two years ago when Nome fell and couldn't get up, breaking her legs. Her legs were set and she was sent to a convalescent home and somewhere along the way,
Arts & Entertainment Smoochie Boochies In the Morning Smith has been filling in for the past couple of days and sadly, Friday will be his last day. According to his site, he called in last spring for a phone interview to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Westside Organics Haiku Contest Winner! The first runner up sure knows how to get us all hot and bothered: But the artistry of the following we think tipped the scales in favor of our winner: O delicate pea
SF News Like New Yorkers Give a Damn About Us SFist is a little miffed. We were forwarded a tip by the beautiful Jessica Coen, currently busy being paid to blog for Gawker, to a rather funny local Craigslist post. We're miffed because,
SF News Starf**ker SFist is the first to admit that we've had a hand in a lot of crappy press releases, but there's something about Godiva's ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’ Celebrity Charity Auction that
Arts & Entertainment Ha Ha Giggle Giggle! SFist is always looking for an excuse to laugh. This being so, we wonder why we don't go to comedy clubs very much! Well, Sarah Silverman is the perfect reason to stop by
Arts & Entertainment There Are no (Film) Fans in Hell SFist has already made it clear that we are down with the 4 Star. And that's why we're so psyched that tonight marks the opening night of the 8th Annual Asian Film Festival,
