Arts & Entertainment Three Questions For A Graphic Novelist Yesterday, we posted a contest in which we're giving away a copy of Matt Silady's "The Homeless Channel," a new graphic novel. Matt, a Berkeley resident, was both the writer and artist of
Arts & Entertainment City Creating Halloween Containment Zone? Whoa whoa whoa. What's that about the waterfront? Well, the Rincon Hill blog says that Halloween might be forcibly migrated to Pier 32, according to "Scuttlebutt," which we assume is the gay version
misc Remembering Voxtrot Sometimes even SFist is ahead of our time. Like last year when we made Voxtrot our official summer 2006 crush. They’ve just released their new, full length, self titled album, and they’
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today Well, you could either go to Carnaval this weekend -- or you could go to the State Green Party Convention. Ross Mirkarimi (seen here going into the dunk tank) is giving the keynote
misc Zombies + Bikes = Fun It sure was a scene downtown on Friday afternoon. We left our house around six (meaning that we missed the big > pillowfight), but got down to Market and Sansome in time for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Here's what on tonight around the city - assuming you survive the Zombie Mob Invasion... Carnaval weekend in SF jumps off at the Great American Music Hall, with Sila and the Afro Funk
Arts & Entertainment Welcome to SFist, Sparkletack-Richard! We are giddy with glee to welcome Richard, author of the Sparkletack blog and podcast, to the SFist family. Richard's encyclopedic knowledge of San Francisco's past makes his history podcast mandatory listening for
SF News Football (Real Football) Comes to Stanford We've written before about our love of soccer but unfortunately, being here in the States, it's a little hard to get the full flavor of it. Major League Soccer isn't quite that exciting
Arts & Entertainment Club Six: Going Violently Into That Good Night? For his part, Club Six owner Angel Cruz points out that he's spent a lot of money on soundproofing, and that he doesn't know of any stabbings caused by his club. (Neighbors claim
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Permits --So you know what that $40,000 would've bought the Quicklys? A letter from Ed Jew to the Planning Commission to get a business permit, the Examiner says. The Quicklys' rival bubble tea
SF News We Have A Mayoral Candidate! Tony Hall's been famously irritated with Gavin Newsom ever since Newsom dumped him off at the Treasure Island Development Association to give his Supervisor's seat away to Sean Elsbernd and the Office of
Arts & Entertainment Park in the Park Parking won't be free -- but then, it never is. The city hasn't worked out the exact prices yet, but between the rent they'll pay to the state's DMV and the fees paid
SF News Day Around The Bay --They're raising water rates in the city. Guess who doesn't care about that? --The Macarthur Maze is set to reopen tomorrow. --15 goats (used to reduce fire risk) were shot in the Oakland
SF News Fly, Mighty Cushman! They're more than just ticket-issuing vehicles, or the futuristic transport vehicles in the movie Space Mutiny. They're awesome fun! We featured a casually attired Cushman a few weeks ago, and the owner wrote
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Who needs a little culture after a weekend of mayhem? (We do, we do!) Here are a few things going on tonight that might pique your interest. Spring Art Auction at Mezzanine Visual
SF News Steer for Their Heads Can no force stand up to power of Critical Mass? Willie Brown was no match for the monster .. but Willie didn't have a WALKING HORDE OF UNDEAD. Preliminary reports from local Zomboligists predict
misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big
Arts & Entertainment Three Questions For SFist's Founding Editor It's mostly this guy's fault. Jackson West, who was the first editor here at SFist, got the ball rolling with this post, "The City that Knows How." He helped to grow the site
SF News No Cameras Allowed Near The Security Camera--But At Least We've Got One You may recall our presence at a lower Haight neighborhood meeting back in January after a spate of gun violence galvanized the area and turned out hundreds of folks along with news cams
misc They Can't All Be The Stonewall Riots Many have offered touching words of remembrance, but few words strive to such tenderness and dignity as those of a commenter identified only as "Magda," which sounds like the kind of name you'd
misc Brainiac Receives Award For Braininess About Brains We've got mad science going on in the city by the bay. Sometimes it gets acknowledged. Michael Weiner, MD, a professor of radiology, medicine, psychiatry, and neurology at UCSF, has won the VA's
misc San Francisco Makes Forbes's 'Most Overpriced Real Estate Markets' List Are you as shocked as we are? No, really, we think everyone knows things are pricey out here, and Forbe's is utilizing some interesting methodology to glean "overpricey' from the "pricey," and turn
SF News Sure to be a Very Pleasant Conversation (if you Leave Your Torches and Pitchfoks at Home) Well is going to be awkward: a public town-hall meeting with Muni Director Nat Ford. It's this Wednesday, May 16, at noon; at the Ferry Building in the Port Conference Room on the
SF News Off You Go We'll have a bunch of photos of the new Muni shelters up later today (in the meantime, you can check out dantc's great collection). Take a look a this video, though -- it's
