Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/14: Southern (Dis)Comfort FILM: The Roxie hosts a night of Gothic cinema with Southern (Dis)Comfort, featuring Hurry Sundown, "an overly earnest 1960s-era take on race relations and a gorgeously mounted trash melodrama" starring Michael Caine
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/12: Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa MUSIC: Expect to get a contact high at the Warfield tonight as Snoop Dogg takes the stage with Wiz Khalifa, in support of their new soundtrack for the film, Mac & Devin Go
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/11: Erase Errata/Grass Widow MUSIC: Bay Area Girls Rock Camp presents a showcase featuring four teen bands that were formed during the camp's new Advanced Music Program (AMP), which launched in September, followed by performances by Erase
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/10: Dance-Along Nutcracker DANCE: Tickets are still available to tonight's Dance-Along Nutcracker adult gala, featuring Clara's psychedelic '60s-esque journey through the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band will perform
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/9: Winston Smith Punk Art ART: Punk art surrealist Winston Smith presents his one-night only Annual Studio Show, featuring new and classic originals for sale. Check out his gallery. There's some pretty rad stuff
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/8: Beats By The Bay ART: The Ever Gold Gallery presents Beats by the Bay: SF Artists & Galleries of the Fifties, featuring work by the less publicized Beat visual artists, including artist/writer/educator Fred Martin, gallery
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/7: Jonathan Richman MUSIC: Folky-pop icon and S.F. resident Jonathan Richman takes the stage at the gorgeous Great American tonight, along with collaborator Tommy Larkins, in which they'll "continue to wow crowds with handfuls of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/6: Katya Holiday Spectacular MUSIC: Russian opera diva, Katya Smirnoff-Sky, will be at the Rrazz Room for one night only performing her Holiday Spectacular, a fun-filled evening of "belting, banter, and ball gowns" sure to make your
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/5: Repeal Day Party DRINKING: FunCheapSF has the scoop on 21st Amendment Brewery's annual celebration of Repeal Day with 5-cent beers, a march against Prohibition, a secret speakeasy event (password required!), and the tapping of the cask
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/4: Amy Sedaris FILM: There will be a handful of tickets at the door to the Roxie's Evening with Amy Sedaris, which follows the lead of last year’s successful John Waters' Sleighful of Smut. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/3: Papercuts MUSIC: Bay Area faves, Papercuts, whose latest album, Fading Parade, is described as "[i]magine Belle & Sebastian teaming up with Slowdive and recording with Phil Spector back when he was killing it
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/2: Taj Mahal TALK: Ben Fong-Torres will be interviewing composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal, one of the most prominent and influential figures in contemporary blues and roots music, with accompaniment by live musical interludes. (8
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 12/1: Too Short, After Dark, 'Chico and Rita' MUSIC: Local gem Too Short has been making the rounds a lot lately. Tonight, he'll be taking the stage at The New Parish with notable players, Kev Choice and Martin Luther, among others.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/30: Kev Choice, Printz Dance Project MUSIC: Pianist/M.C./producer/band-director Kev Choice premieres excerpts from his new hip-hopera: The Chosen One in a special "The Art of Composition" performance, which will also feature other work Kev Choice
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/29: Metal Mother MUSIC: Oakland's Metal Mother, aka Tara Tati, will bring her "fresh bath of melancholic emotion, bubbled with loud tribal drums, futuristic synth leads, and sweetly haunting Celtic-inspired vocals" to Cafe Du Nord, along
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/28: Horrible Bosses, Porchlight Open Door FILM: This week's free Cinema Drafthouse film is Horrible Bosses, which is centered around the questionable plot point involving three people who decide to kill their bosses instead of just quitting their jobs
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/27: Castro Vigil, Sing-Along 'Sound of Music' VIGIL: San Francisco FYI via FunCheapSF tells us about tonight's annual Harvey Milk and Moscone Candlelight March and Vigil, which commemorates the spontaneous candlelight march that occurred on the night of the shootings
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/26: Sigur Ros' 'Inni,' Suzanne Westenhoefer, Mist and Mast FILM: The Roxie presents Inni, Sigur Rós’s second live film following 2007's hugely-celebrated Heima, which is "artfully and intimately captured by French Canadian director Vincent Morisset (Arcade Fire’s Miroir Noir)," interweaving
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/25: Turkey Trot, Haight Fire Benefit, 'Swell Season' MUSIC: Get some heaping helpings of "Southern-fried honky-tonk, creamy country swing, sweet old-time bluegrass, and extra spicy hillbilly-grass" at the 9th Annual Turkey Trot 2011, featuring The Whisky Richards, Windy Hill Bluegrass Band,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/23: Tune-Yards, Savage In Limbo, Red Hots Burlesque MUSIC: Local 4AD duo, Tune-Yards bring their acclaimed live show to The Regency Ballroom in support of their latest album, w h o k i l l, which is heavily influenced by frontwoman
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/22: Shwayze & Cisco Adler, Veronica Klaus, Tango Throwdown & Lesson HIP-HOP: Hip-hop collaborators Shwayze & Cisco Adler will be at the Independent in support of their new album, Island in the Sun, which is a "tribute to the life of deceptive leisure the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/21: Annie Leibovitz, Marc Horowitz, <em>Public Speaking</em> PHOTOGRAPHY: Legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz will be Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland signing copies of her new book of photographs, Pilgrimage, which starts at Emily Dickinson’s house in Amherst, Massachussetts, travels to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/20: Hip Hop DanceFest, Cabaret Showcase Showdown, <em>Dragonslayer</em> DANCE: The 13th Annual SF Hip Hop Dancefest concludes tonight with its Program B performances, featuring local, national, and international acts. (6 p.m., Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon Street) CABARET:
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/19: Underground Short Film Festival, <em>Lost Cities</em>, Liz Mamorsky FILM: Peaches Christ and Sam Sharkey host the Fall 2011 Underground Short Film Festival, featuring an eclectic mix of local, world premieres and showcases including thrillers, sex comedies, and animated presentations, boasting a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/18: Club Chuckles, Urban Art Auction, Dance Brigade COMEDY: Club Chuckles presents its 8-year anniversary show, featuring "a not-to-be-missed lineup" of heavy-hitters, including Neil Hamburger (Drag CIty), Natasha Leggero, Tim Heidecker (Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job), Duncan Trussell, and
