Arts & Entertainment Gearing Up For the SF International Film Festival To celebrate their gold anniversary, the SFIFF is not only presenting the always-dazzling film festival itself, but hosting a huge array of events as well: from tributes to Spike Lee (and a screening
SF News Matier & Ross Ride Fixies We still have no idea what exactly a "fixie" bike is (and at this point, we think we're having a better time imagining what one looks like than just walking out to Ritual
Arts & Entertainment Sad News For Cody's SF We're getting so upset to have to keep writing the same post over and over again -- yet another San Francisco independent bookstore is shutting its doors. This time, it's the not-so-long-ago opened
misc Local Gays Make Good, But Stay Local "Are SF days as a gay mecca over? Or is the list biased to LA, DC and NY media types?" Cedric asks. Excellent questions! The answers are no and yes, respectively. Readers, of
SF News Political Junkie: Gavin's Rubber, We're Glue Update: When we originally called this post "Gavin's Rubber, We're Glue," we didn't mean THAT kind of rubber. How the hell did we miss this? Check out the first few seconds of anti-Gavin
SF News Mass Mess Day II- The Reckoning. According to bikers who saw the whole thing going down, Susan Ferrando, the driver of the mini-van didn't just slowly glide towards the intersection but hit the pedal to the medal and ran
Arts & Entertainment The SF Women's Film Festival's On Its Way! The Women's Film Fest has put together an eclectic group of movie screenings, running from April 11 through Sunday the 15th, and organized into intriguing categories like LGBTQ short film (honoring Guinevere Turner
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mark Mulroney Artist Mark Mulroney lives and makes art in Berkeley but hails from Dutton, PA. He came over to the Bay to teach at the San Francisco Art Institute and participate in an economy
SF News Instant Recall (District 1 Edition) The recall campaign, which is spearheaded in part by one of the six candidates who ran against McGoldrick for the Board of Supes seat and lost (David Heller), is focusing primarily on McGoldrick's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight watches Infamy Tonight, learn about graffiti street artists as SF360 Film+Club returns to Mezzanine to celebrate the URB Next 100 Issue with a screening of Doug Pray’s film, Infamy. The film is an
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mari Naomi Mari Naomi is one of the most prolific bay area artists we know-- just when we think she's going to rest for a while she unveils a new set of kick ass clown
SF News A-Rod a Giant? Sure, Why Not? Essentially, this is all happening because Rodriguez has an opt-out clause in his contract. That means that even though he still has years left in his ten-year contract, he's allowed to say sayonara
Arts & Entertainment Compromise Can Be Healthy Too The battle over Healthy Saturdays was sort of at a stalemate until a study was released saying that attendance to the museums were up on Sundays when John F. Kennedy Drive was closed.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Elka Karl of Kitchen Sink Magazine Before Kitchen Sink's proverbial well runs dry, they will be producing one last issue. But they need your help to do it! Stop on by Edinburgh Castle this Saturday night for their fundraiser,
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Eric Allen of the Apples in Stereo In the spirit of full disclosure SFist has got to admit that we tend to find bass players awfully cute. Maybe it’s their aloofness, or the way that the bass line provides
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, Keats Spins Us Right Round, Baby! Put the needle on the racket tonight. OMG, Jonathon Keats has done it again! He's an artist known for improving the metric system, selling parts of his brain and even fifth dimension real
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>The Great Happiness Space: Tales Of An Osaka Love Thief</i> As SFist Mihi so wisely put it in her review, "Don't hate the player, hate the game." As we got totally caught up in the -like mind games between the host men and
misc SFist Blotter Update The teen said he knew it wasn't right to take Tai, but that he took good care of him. The teen was willing to accept the consequences of his actions, but the SPCA,
misc SFist Cares: Care Packages For Wounded Veterans Here's how: we've got Veterans Affairs hospitals of our own in the city. * You're for the war? Against the war? Sure, whichever; this is about supporting people who represent all of us. Here's
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: Looking For Love at <i>Summer Palace</i> and <i>Mistress of Spices</i> This was a good weekend, thanks in large part to the Asian-American film festival. We spent part of the past two days at the Castro checking out a couple of remarkably different films:
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>Baby</i> Preview for the movie Baby, which premiered last night at the SF Int'l Asian-Am Film Fest. (Movie's not rated but this clip probably should be rated R for violence.) The clip is a
Arts & Entertainment We Asked And You Delivered! (Obama Edition) Aw, you guys! Have we told you lately how much we love you? We sent out a plea for pictures from yesterday's Barack Obama rally in Oakland and all you awesome readers who
SF News March Muni Payout: $57,762.63 Muni is not without defense in the Food Bank fiasco: in their answer to the complaint, Muni claimed that the Food Bank knowingly placed itself at risk, so they refused to pay for
misc SFist Answers: Towing And Selling Out Please, for your sake, send Questions you want Answered to [email protected], and we will do our best to provide. Maybe walkies after this?: Q: A: When we put your Question to
Arts & Entertainment Supermodels Attack SF One of our spies spotted model Gemma Ward hopping into a downtown Walgreens yesterday. Gemma was in SF for Fashion Week Live last night at Fort Mason. Their description of Gemma was priceless:
