Arts & Entertainment Bonnie MacLean, Celebrated Psychedelic Poster Artist And Ex-Wife Of Bill Graham, Dies At 80 The onetime spouse of famed promoter Bill Graham, Bonnie MacLean was one of the most well-regarded concert poster artists of the late-60s, early-70s psychedelic rock era.
Arts & Entertainment Dave Chappelle And John Mayer Perform At The Fillmore This Friday And Saturday Dave Chappelle and John Mayer, entertainers and friends both known to be occasionally offensive, present a surprise set of two performances this weekend: "Chappelle & John Mayer: Controlled Danger," as Live Nation revealed
Arts & Entertainment Prince's Original Band The Revolution Heads Out On Reunion Tour, Will Have Revolving Lead Singers Continuing what they started with a couple of memorial concerts following the death of beloved artist and frontman Prince last April, his longtime backup band The Revolution keyboardist Matt Fink, keyboardist Lisa Coleman,
Arts & Entertainment Dawes Plays A Little Bit Of Everything At Noise Pop Festival Among the best known ballads by Los Angeles-based folk-rock band Dawes, "A Little Bit of Everything" sets the first of its several gloomy scenes on the Golden Gate Bridge. The opening lines of
Arts & Entertainment Legendary Fillmore Promoter Bill Graham Set For Film Treatment Bill Graham, a towering figure in San Francisco and rock history, is set to receive the music bio pic treatment courtesy of Fox. Deadline broke the news, reporting that writer Zach Dean and
Arts & Entertainment St. Lucia's Jean-Philip Grobler Talks 'Trop-Pop,' And Why The 80's Are Still Inspiring St. Lucia is the name of the band and musical enterprise started by South African-born singer-songwriter Jean-Philip Grobler. Along with wife Patti Beranek and live band members Ross Clark, Nick Paul, and Dustin
Arts & Entertainment The Fillmore Would Like One Big New Sign, Please Last Friday night on the way to see Kurt Vile at the Fillmore, a friend who hadn't yet been gestured to the iconic indie music temple, a bit baffled. "That's... the Fillmore?" he
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Caribou at Noise Pop by George McIntire After 12 nights and 165 acts, the 2015 Noise Pop Festival anointed electronic alchemists Caribou and Koreless to conduct its closing ceremonies at The Fillmore Monday night. Though a huge
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink While You Wait: State Bird Provisions photo credit: T.Tseng via photopin cc People in San Francisco like waiting in lines for food (a lot). Sometimes, that wait is worth it. While You Wait, SFist's guide for how to
SF News S.F. Pet Store Bans Google Glass And now, your daily Google Glass post: a pet store in the Fillmore has officially banned Google Glass. And they want you to know all about it. The Animal House posted this sign
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This: The Breeders Performing 'Last Splash' In Its Entirety This year "Cannonball" turned 20-years-old. Feel old yet? You should. But stand proud of those fine lines and puffy jowls, GenXer. You've earned that wisdom because you came of age in the '90s.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Brighter Than Gold' By The Cat Empire There are a ton of Aussies in San Francisco, and they all should be pleased to know that Melbourne-based band The Cat Empire is playing The Fillmore tonight. The genre-mixing group are on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink State Bird Provisions Named Best Restaurant (According To Bon Appétit) And just like that, Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski's State Bird Provisions (the city's most whimsically named eatery) has been named by Bon Appétit as the best new restaurant. They describe themselves as
SF News Historical Hideaways: Bill Graham Discusses the 'Old' Fillmore We just came across this historic interview with legendary concert promoter Bill Graham, standing outside what is currently, and was originally, the Fillmore auditorium on Geary Street. This interview was likely shot sometime
SF News Teenager Shot In Fillmore District A young man was shot during a heated debate with other lads over in the city's Fillmore District. "Police found one victim—a teenage black male—with a gunshot wound to his lower
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Yoshi's SF Now Making Money After Yoshi's SF received two bailouts (a $1.5 million emergency loan from taxpayers, which came after $1.3 million loan care of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency), the jazz club/restaurant, according
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 522 One of the photos snapped by Gerald Ratto (who was profiled in this weekend's New York Times by Chloe Veltman) in the Fillmore district in 1952, while he was attending the California School
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dinosaur Jr.'s "Over It" With the new album, The Farm, J Mascis and the gang return to mid-nineties form in sound and song writing. They're performing at The Fillmore tonight and we believe there are still some
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Camera Obscura @ the Fillmore by Moses Namkung Clad in a black dress with a black bow pinned in her hair, lead singer Tracyanne Campbell exuded melancholy the entire evening. In fact, much of Camera Obscura, with perhaps
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Jenny Lewis @ the Fillmore by Moses Namkung San Francisco guitarist Johnathan Rice said as he strummed the opening to "See Fernando" to kick off the evening, "it may not be legal for all of us to marry.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Matt & Kim and Cut Copy at the Fillmore by Moses Namkung When you're dancing at the Fillmore and everybody else is dancing with you, take a moment and stand still for a couple seconds. It's like taking the pulse of the
SF News Do You Know These Folks?: Willie Nelson Concert Assault The fuzz are looking for two creeps who assaulted a man and a woman at a Willie Nelson concert on Jan. 20 at the Fillmore. The incident happened at 11pm at the venue.
SF News Troubled Venues Ask City for Bailouts Four jazz venues that serve grub - 1300 On Fillmore, Yoshi's, Rasselas and Sheba Lounge - are asking the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency "for additional loans and to restructure debt to survive." These
Arts & Entertainment Canceled Dethklok Rescheduled for Tonight! After a small electrical fire at the Fillmore canceled last week's sold-out Dethklok show, and sent many a fan into an abyss of despair, it is on again. Yay! Check it: Rescheduled tonight,
SF News Small Blaze Shuts Down Fillmore, Cancels Shows Last night's show at the Fillmore was on fire. Literally. Before headliners Dethklok hit the stage, an electrical fire was "sparked during Soilent Green's opening set," according to SF Weekly. Fans were ushered
