Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/24: Neon Indian MUSIC: Neon Indian, who, as Flavorpill reports, derived his name from an acid trip, performs his brand of synth-pop that's "been making a big splash in the indie chillwave scene." Also featuring guest,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/29: SFMOMA Presents Le Le MUSIC: SFMOMA presents a stellar free show tonight featuring the groove-tastic Le Le from Amsterdam (check out their cool video.), along with S.F.'s Forlove and DJs Dials, Sleazemore, Eug, and Dreamweapon.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/26: Jane Lynch TALK: Well isn't this a delightful surprise — Jane Lynch will be at the Jewish Community Center tonight speaking in conversation with San Francisco Chronicle’s David Wiegand about all things Glee. Lynch is
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/17: 'Cleanflix' FILM: The "fascinating and even-handed documentary," Cleanflix, explores the world of the backroom entrepreneurs in Utah who clean-up racy Hollywood films to suit the puritanical Mormon community, resulting in "twists, turns and a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/10: 'The Wild Bride' THEATER: You still have a couple of weeks to catch Britain's Kneehigh Theater Group's The Wild Bride at Berkeley Rep, which was extended through the 22nd. SFist Jay enjoyed the production, which he
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/14: Noir City XMas FILM: Delight in some yuletide noir classics at Castro Theatre's 2nd annual Noir City XMas 2011, featuring a double feature screening of Lady on a Train and Christmas Holiday. Additionally, the full schedule
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/2: Taj Mahal TALK: Ben Fong-Torres will be interviewing composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal, one of the most prominent and influential figures in contemporary blues and roots music, with accompaniment by live musical interludes. (8
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/11: The Renderers, Ariel Dorfman/Ilan Stavans, Bioneers Film Night MUSIC: New Zealand's The Renderers will fill the Hemlock with their psychedelic noise rock, which they've been making since before the 90s, along with folk psych-rockers Sore Eros from Northampton, Massachusetts and the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 10/10: Kal Spelletich Lecture, The Rileys, SORYA! A Minor Miracle (Part 1) ART: Berkeley Center for New Media presents a lecture entitled, Fear and Fun, by San Francisco based artist Kal Spelletich, who builds interactive machines, robots and installations, putting people in touch with intense
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/26: Django by the Bay, Dr. Ruth, 'Farmageddon' MUSIC: SF Bay Area Django Rheinhardtophiles unite at tonight's Django by the Bay celebration, featuring Le Jazz Hot (the quartet of the Hot Club of SF), Doug Martin's Avatar Ensemble, and Vic &
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/8: Loquat, Inu, at The Rickshaw; 'As We Live It' at City Hall; Talk on Nazi-Era Artist, Charlotte Salomon MUSIC: Bay Area faves, Loquat, are playing their first show in eight months at the Rickshaw tonight, with special guests Inu. Spin aptly coins the band's sound as "[s]ugary, sultry vocals" "wrapped
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Veronica Klaus Sings Peggy Lee, Conversation with Tucker Nichols and Daniel Handler, and 'Bruja' at Magic Theatre MUSIC: San Francisco's Veronica Klaus is performing two encore performances of her new show with the Tammy Hall Trio, featuring some of her favorite Peggy Lee songs, both well-known and more obscure. Get
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC/FILM: Snatch up some tickets, while they're still available to Tindersticks: Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009, a special, live SFIFF presentation featuring the UK's Tindersticks performing works from an original score that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight TALK: Wired's Steven Levy speaks in conversation with journalist John Battelle at Inside Google: The Myths, the Culture and the Secret Sauce, about his book In the Plex, in which Levy dives deep
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: "Rollicking" garage jazz quartet, Bait & Switch, featuring bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, performs original music inspired by adventurous jazz masters like Ornette Coleman, Henry Threadgill, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Eric Dolphy,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC/ART: Experience the Sights and Sounds of Punks in Contemporary Mexico tonight with an artist’s talk by Juan Luna-Avin, who traces the history of punk music in Mexico from the late
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Noise Pop presents The Extraordinary Ordinary Life Of José González, which uses a video diary, surveillance camera, concert footage, tour documentation and animation, to convey the inner workings of the life and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Members of the Bay Area Derby Girls are tonight's models at the titillating monthly Dr. Sketchy series. See the work people have done at past shows, and also be sure to check
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight TALK: Head to Berkeley for a refreshing take on life in the 21st century and beyond in An Optimist’s Tour of the Future, in which writer, deep-thinker, and stand-up comedian Mark Stevenson
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: SF Sketchfest presents Airplane! Tribute to Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, the film's brilliant writing and directing team. Joining the team onstage will be their leading man Robert Hays ("Ted
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: The refreshingly goofy Kristen Schaal, most notably known as Flight of the Conchords' biggest fan and a regular correspondent on The Daily Show, will be at Cobb's all weekend. Schaal's new book
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers, and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system and confronting the consequences of industrialized agriculture: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight TALK: Illustrator, artist, designer, and author Maira Kalman, whose delightful work appeals to adults and kids alike and is currently on exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, has come out with a new
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Birmingham, Alabama's Dan Sartain, who "sounds as if Jonathan Richman wanted to be Hank Williams instead of Lou Reed or if The Voidoids were fronted by Hasil Adkins," will perform his "beautifully
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Designers and Artists and SF Station present Pop Up Pop Art, featuring a new series of work by artist Oliver Maxwell Kupper, The Beautiful and the Damned, and "pop up" fashions by
