misc SFist ODC Theater Ticket Giveaway Want more? How's about "The Shape of Poison questions our aptitude for escaping self-inflicted miseries. It explores passion, ignorance and anger, and embarks on the fragile and complex journey to self-awareness and discovery.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to SF Sketchfest's First Annual Filmed Sketch Night Why gather with strangers in a theater to stare at funny films on a screen when you could . . . sit at home on your couch and stare at funny films (even these most of
Arts & Entertainment A Veritable Cinema How DARE you suggest that independent movies are pretentious, self-satisfied, masturbatory, and heavy-handed? What an accusation. Just glance at the SF Indie Fest's puke-green website, which just struggled to life a few days
Arts & Entertainment Return To The Caffe Cino The SF Public Library, in conjunction with its James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, is sponsoring a free event tomorrow (Sunday Jan. 21) from 2-4 p.m., to promote an anthology called
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Jennifer Koh. To drive the point home, SF Performances is inviting Jennifer Koh to perform this Saturday at Herbst theater. Jennifer Koh is an outstanding violinist who is totally committed to an exciting, modern, living
SF News Oakland's New Last-Minute Mayor Yeah, we don't remember any dramatic hand-on-the-Bible or inaugural speechifying either -- it turns out they threw together a somewhat slapdash inauguration when someone realized that the Oakland city charter required Dellums to
SF News SFist Leanne's 2006 Best Of Best Live Shows This might be one of the best shows I've ever been to. The place was jam-packed with testosterone, walls of speakers and pot smoke. I felt like I was trippin'
Arts & Entertainment We Are So Doing This See, the way we see it is it'll be cold, the stores will be mayhem, we've already seen "A Christmas Story" over twenty times, and we have no life. What could be better
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews <em>Jesus Christ Superstar</em> at the Orpheum Theater But that's just us. We were pretty excited about seeing the play at the Orpheum Theater primarily because it's the first time we've ever seen it actually produced on a stage by professionals.
SF News Who's Got Questions? As you know, this correspondent is unabashedly in favor of this election season's Proposition I Question Time -- because we're in favor of anything that makes local politics entertaining! (We can discuss offline
Arts & Entertainment Stage Review: Edward Scissorhands Really, we hadn't planned on reviewing After all, we already signed off this week, in first person no less, and now we're back, talking like royals. (Seriously, I really did sign off of
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Monologue at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Never underestimate the power of silly. Besides, not all theater has to be Theater. Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford mix Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton and Samuel Beckett's existential
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Who Says SF Isn't a Theater Town? at Orpehum Theatre We never thought mainstream theater would consider goths a strong potential audience, but we've already seen Wicked, Lestat (well, we'll try to forget about that one) and now Edward Scissorhands.
Arts & Entertainment Take The Greats You Greedy Rakes, But Please Leave Your Mistakes at SwapSF on Saturday While gone, we were remiss in properly pimping an haute fashion event put on by Friends of SFist Jason and Monica. But with a method to our madness, knowing from experience that you
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: A Little Mental at The Marsh We never understood how antidepressants could actually increase suicidal thoughts, especially in teenagers. How messed up is that? Well, Jennifer Berry is happy to tell you. After signing up for
Arts & Entertainment Hey Kids, Let's Put Up a Web Site The site was developed in part to help publicize Impact Theater's next production of Jukebox Stories. But since it's such a cool idea, the site is asking it's readers to send in their
Arts & Entertainment Podcasting Frankenstein As part of SF's Free Night(s) Of Theater (details are still being finalized), on Monday, October 30, Black Box Theatre is performing , a new adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, before a live
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Review and Preview at Berekley Repertory Theatre The best theater experiences happen when you go in not knowing what to expect, and then the show blows you away. If you agree, then stop reading right now
Arts & Entertainment Live Public Radio The show is formatted like a radio program, so Barsamian will talk with Ali, and Kronos will intersperse musical interludes relating to the ideas being discussed throughout the conversation. We'll totally do the
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Horror and Blood at The Hypnodrome It appears the rumors of The Hypnodrome's demise were greatly exaggerated--or, the Thrillpeddlers got a stay of execution (aka "the landlord is selling the building"). That's good news for us,
SF News Surprise! Yesterday was the big 39 for the head executive officer of the city and county of San Francisco -- so what better way to celebrate than with a surprise party in City Hall,
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: We’re Back! at Thick House Just in time to coincide with current events in North Korea (ahem) comes the world premiere of Gadget, a multimedia theatrical event based on images of and interviews with the
Arts & Entertainment Not Our Usual Type Of Bar Last week we attended the premiere of Lunafest, a festival of films “by, for, about women” at the Herbst Theater. Lunafest proceeds went to the Breast Cancer Fund. The nine shorts were a
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Opposites Attract at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts Hell yeah, we'd trek all the way to San Jose to see Molly Ringwald! What self-respecting John Hughes-fanatic/thirty-something would pass that one up? Well,
SF News Support Local Architecture You can pick from 25 sites, which include perennial favorites like the Roxie and the Fox Theater in Oakland, but also some gems you may not have thought of, like the neon signs
