Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'Red' at Berkeley Rep A perfect play should provoke, inspire, educate, entertain, and delight its audience, and Red is certainly a near-perfect play. Berkeley Rep's latest import from Broadway won the Tony Award for Best Play in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/13: Brad Goreski BOOKS: Don your favorite spectacles and bow ties and head over to Books Inc in the Castro to meet the adorably sartorial "[r]eality show star, celebrity stylist, and rising fashion icon" Brad
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/12: Oceanography/Kirsten Opstad MUSIC: Oakland's Oceanography headlines tonight at the Elbo Room, also featuring Kirsten Opstad of Massachusetts and SF's Liz O, along with poetry by Diana Salier. (9 p.m., Elbo Room, 647 Valencia Street)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/11: 'Straight Outta Hunter's Point 2' FILM: Kevin Epps' much anticipated follow up to 2003’s groundbreaking, and widely acclaimed documentary Straight Outta Hunter's Point, Straight Outta Hunter's Point 2 offers an updated glimpse "with the unrelenting eye of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Nellie McKay's 'I Want to Live' At The Rrazz Room There's a brightness to Nellie McKay that's hard to describe if you haven't seen her live. Having long been fans of her music a blend of quirky, articulate lyrics with an amalgam of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/26: Hélène Renaut MUSIC: San Francisco folk/pop gem, Hélène Renaut, who one critic described as, "[i]magine Syd Barret having a musical baby with Francoise Hardy," will take the stage at the intimate Hemlock Tavern
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'Scorched' at ACT Sometimes watching a play about torture in a war-torn country can be torturous in and of itself. And while we would not say that about A.C.T.'s latest offering, Scorched, we
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/23: Peter Ellenby Rock Photography PHOTOGRAPHY: Noise Pop presents DC/JV: Photography by Peter Ellenby, featuring fifteen years' worth of portraits of Death Cab for Cutie and John Vanderslice, which document the musicians' storied careers and "serve as
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/13: Litquake's Love Hurts LITERARY: SFist's own Andrew Dalton will be part of the line-up at tonight's Litquake Valentine event, Love Hurts, in which participants will tackle their favorite "overwrought passages," including picks from Harold Robbins, The
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Top 5: Chinese New Year Parade, Pet Adopt-a-thon Chinese New Year Parade and Festival: Festival-goers might actually enjoy a dry Chinese New Year extravaganza this year. Leave those umbrellas and ponchos as home! SF SPCA's Be Mine Adopt-a-thon: The SF SPCA
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Golden Gate Theatre Balconies "Golden Gate Theatre Balconies" by Demetrios Lyras.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/8: 'Jesus In India' THEATER: Magic Theatre presents the world premiere of Lloyd Suh's Jesus In India, a contemporary take on the lost years of Jesus Christ, in which as a wayward teen he embarks on a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/5: 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' FILM: For those who plan on doing the opposite of watching the Super Bowl tonight, the Castro presents its annual Super Bowl screening of Breakfast at Tiffany's, featuring Audrey Hepburn at her finest
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/29: w00tstock Founder's Night COMEDY: Adam Savage (MythBusters), Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stand By Me) and music-comedy duo Paul and Storm (The Internet, Da Vinci's Notebook) honor geeks of all stripes at w00tstock Founder's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/22: Stella: The Classic Nightclub Show COMEDY: SF Sketchfest presents a rare Stella reunion, in which the crew pays homage to their early "Nightclub" days, when they hosted a weekly showcase for alternative and mainstream comedy. The event features
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'Ghost Light' At Berkeley Rep We like Jonathan Moscone, and have admired his directing talents often at CalShakes and A.C.T., and this week a play that is very close to his heart and life premiered at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/11: Alcoholocaust Showcase MUSIC: Alcoholocaust presents a stellar night of veteran Bay Area Alternative Tentacles bands, including Victims Family, Fleshies, and Pins Of Light. (9 p.m., Elbo Room, 947 Valencia Street) PERFORMANCE: Local playwright/director
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, 1/8: 'Future Motive Power' THEATER: Take part in a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience at the Old Mint at Future Motive Power, Mugwumpin’s newest original performance about the life of Serbian-American inventor, Nikola Tesla, which weaves "fragments of
Arts & Entertainment Play About George Moscone, Co-Conceived and Directed by His Son, Begins Previews at Berkeley Rep Tomorrow marks the first preview of Ghost Light, a new play co-conceived and directed by Jonathan Moscone about the life and death of his father, slain San Francisco mayor George Moscone. Moscone is
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 1/4: 'Basquiat: The Radiant Child' FILM: The Castro presents a screening of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, which is centered around a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, chronicling
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/31: Kreayshawn MUSIC: Spend your New Year's shaking that a$$ to witty, high-energy hip hop by Kreayshawn (who now lives in Los Angeles), and smart/quirky electronic indie by Wallpaper, along with Roach Gigz, Starting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/27: 'Santaland Diaires' COMEDY: You have a few days left to catch the tenth-year run of the acclaimed Santaland Diaries, Joe Mantello's stage adaptation of David Sedaris' instant Christmas classic told through the eyes of a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/23: 'Eames: The Architect and the Painter' FILM: The documentary Eames: The Architect and the Painter takes a look at the personal lives of the revolutionary husband and wife design team, along with their influence on significant events in American
Arts & Entertainment 'God's Plot' Brings Puritan Comedy To Berkeley The current production in The Shotgun Players' 20th anniversary season is God's Plot, a world premiere by Bay Area playwright and director Mark Jackson. It takes as its subject the first play ever
