Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Losing Our Religion Is it only coincidence that both these plays with religious themes close on the last day of Lent? Well, some do think of theater as church, but these would be some of the
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Sex and the U.S. Government Here at Stage Fog we try, a bit desperately at times, to wrench the week's picks into some sort of theme. "Sex and the U.S. Government" seems a bit of a stretch,
misc More Redevelopments In J-Town San Francisco Japantown's seen a lot in the last 100 years -- from the influx of Japanese-American immigrants after the 1906 earthquake and the development of an ethnic community, to its forced displacement
Arts & Entertainment Hotsy-Qatsi Is it wrong that when we saw the movie Koyaanisqatsi, about not despoiling the earth, we left the theater thinking, "wow, San Francisco would be a great city to live in!" Well, San
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: S-T-A-G-E-F-O-G, Stage Fog at Post Street Theatre For those of us who have ever been terrorized and traumatized by school spelling bees, or who couldn't get a grip on "i before e except after c," this
Arts & Entertainment The South Bay {Hearts} You But if you're looking for smoochy, cuddly things to do down in the south bay (and really, who isn't?) we have some ideas for you. Of course, they're ideas from our bitter, black
Arts & Entertainment Interview with <i>Sidekick</i> Writer Michael Sparaga In a departure from most superhero movies, is told from the point of view of, well, the sidekick. "I think the sidekick, in some ways, is Canada," says Michael "It's not purposeful, but
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The Love Edition If you haven't booked your Valentine's Day restaurant reservations yet, you're in trouble. Lucky for you, our local theater companies have shows much more unique than prix fixe menus anyway. From improv to
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Dumber & Smarter at The Marsh Republicans need love, too. Especially in San Francisco, where even Barbara Boxer practically gets assaulted by protestors. So, performers and SF Mime Troupe veterans Amos Glick and Ed Holmes, playing
Arts & Entertainment All The Subtlety of Roller Disco, Plus the Nuance of Scott Baio Last Friday, roller films were the theme, with , Roller Boogie (one of the many missteps in the management of Linda Blair's career) and the aborted foetus that is Skatetown USA (which marks the
Arts & Entertainment Dispatch From Noir City: <em>Gilda</em> To introduce Gilda (1946) at the Balboa Theater on Thursday, NoirCity founder Eddie Muller offered a familiar interpretation of the film: its protagonist (Glenn Ford as Johnny Farrell), like its director (Charles Vidor)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews Upright Citizens Brigade: A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T. at SF Sketchfest The show was frickin' great. The cast was on, barely breaking a sweat throughout their performance, and almost completely in-synch with each other. Every bit that they did was brought to an almost
Arts & Entertainment SF360 Revealed! Part Three: It Wouldn't Be SF If It Wasn't At Least Slightly Orgiastic Whew. Let's catch our breaths, here. Celebrity chefs? Srsly? We're not totally sold on this one. While we like the whole one-city/one-book thing that the SF Public Library hosts, this "expanded theater"
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: We're Here; We're Queer This week Stage Fog features what's up at the city's best queer theater companies. New Conservatory Theatre Center We've mentioned plays at New Conservatory Theatre Center before, but there's always so much going
Arts & Entertainment SF360 Revealed! Part One: New News Because the Film Society's SF360 program is so multi-faceted, our coverage is going to be split into a five-part series over the course of this week. Today, we're be exploring a local film-news
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Shake It Up From the cultural legacies of black radio and French writers to physical theater and psychology, there's something for just about everyone in this week's offerings by Bay Area theaters. at The Marsh Berkeley
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: the 2006-07 Season Gone is the modern -- tacky, screamed the purists -- feel from the brochures and the web site: Glamour is back, with the "emphasis placed on the singers," said Gockley. The Opera unveiled
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The Multigenre Edition Theater isn't just theater anymore. Throw in some dance, circus, puppetry and even a bit of some horror and comic books, and you've come a long way since, say, Neil Simon. Women on
Arts & Entertainment SFisting: Red Hot Cinema at the Red (Hot) Vic We're starting to think that the Haight's Red Vic Movie House, a worker-owned theater with comfy couches and yummy popcorn, is hitting that age (you know that age) when they think about sex
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: In with the New and Old at the Curran Theatre Goths everywhere, rejoice! They finally made a musical based on Anne Rice's vampire novels. Now, our gut feeling is that this will either totally rock or totally suck, so
Arts & Entertainment New Contributor Interview: Karen McKevitt Karen has lived in the Bay Area most of her life. After picking up an MFA in creative writing (poetry, no less) at SFSU, Karen decided to get into the only-more-slightly practical field
Arts & Entertainment Roxie Saved! -- the New College Roxie Film Center! Ending years of nail-biting and speculation, the Roxie Theater on 16th and Valencia has been saved from shuttering by its neighbors the New College. The New
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Not Quite a Year in Review, Part 2 Ray of Light Theatre No, this isn't some new incarnation of a superhero, or a bio of some lucky kid hanging around Barry Bonds. Ripped from the Weekly World News headlines, this anti-musical
SF News Dogs And Kids Work It Out Who was it who said "never work with children or animals?" Well, whoever you are, Bevan Dufty's proving you wrong, as he proudly announces that he's united the two famously-warring factions in San
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Not Quite a Year in Review American Conservatory Theater No one sits through Eugene O'Neill unless they like watching gloriously poetic slow-motion train wrecks. Or unless it's their last chance to see American Conservatory Theater core company member Marco
