Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/25: Twin Shadow, Deviants Folsom, Sing-Along 'Little Mermaid' MUSIC: Twin Shadow, aka George Lewis Jr., and his band will be at Great American tonight in support of his debut release, Forget, "a panoramic LP that introduces us to the twilight zone
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/24: 'Top Gun,' Hell's Belles Pinewood Derby, 'Moholy Ground' Launch Party FILM: Homoerotic gem, Top Gun, will screen at the last Film Night in the Park of the season. Be sure to catch that delicious volleyball scene (if the inflatable screen doesn't blow away,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/23: Sink or Swim Fundraiser, Bicycle Film Fest, Alice: Down the Rwong Wrabbit Whole ART: Japan-based, PangeaSeed, and Spoke Art Gallery present the weekend-long Sink or Swim Fundraiser, their inaugural art exhibition featuring original works from thirty internationally renowned artists such as Dave Kinsey, Josh Keyes, Dan
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/22: "Live Documentaries," BedPost Confessions, Ask a Scientist FILM: Artists Sam Green and Dave Cerf present Greetings on Behalf of the People of Our Planet!, three short "live documentaries" that combine film, live narration, and sound mixing, including the local premiere
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/21: Branford Marsalis, Wendy Wasserstein, 'Unfinished Spaces' MUSIC: Three-time Grammy winning saxophonist, NEA Jazz Master, and member of "jazz’s most storied living dynasty", Branford Marsalis, will be at Yoshi's tonight through Sunday, in support of his latest release, Songs
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/20: Bob Mould & Shepard Fairey, A Night of Rejection with 'New Yorker' Cartoonists, Free Curry Without Worry TALK: Noise Pop and City Arts presents an onstage conversation between Bob Mould, formerly of Husker Dü fame, and counter-culture hero, Shepard Fairey, as part of City Arts "On Arts" series, which benefits
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/19: Low, Theater Pub, 'Turandot' Talk MUSIC: Beloved "slowcore" trio Low will be at Great American tonight in support of their latest album, C'Mon, which was "[r]ecorded in an old church in Duluth, MN and mixed in an
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/18: Two Kids, One Hall; 'The Future'; Lumerians COMEDY: SF Weekly informs us that Kids in the Halls co-stars Kevin McDonald and Scott Thompson have been at Cobbs all weekend, as part of SF Sketchfest's presentation of Two Kids, One Hall.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/17: The People: San Francisco, 'Bound(less)', 'The Reverse Side' PERFORMANCE: YBCA presents New York-based performance troupe Big Art Group's The People: San Francisco, a site specific, outdoor extravaganza that combines live theater with large scale, real time video projection, focusing on the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/16: L@TE at BAM/PFA, Proof: Southern Exposure Juried Exhibition, Popscene/Teddy Bears PARTY: Tonight's edition of Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive's L@TE series presents a screening of the gloriously awful Forbidden Zone, along with a celebration of the Create exhibition, which closes this
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/15: Carmen Souza, SF Center for the Book 15th Anniversary, RAW Showcase MUSIC: SFJazz presents Carmen Souza, a Lisbon-born "jazz-tinged chanteuse" of Cape Verdean descent, who performs a seductive combination of traditional rhythms and songs with jazz and Brazilian influences. (7:30 p.m., Jewish
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/14: 'The Strange History Of Don't Ask Don't Tell'; Ben Fong-Torres; White Hills, Carlton Melton, Dirty Ghosts FILM: There might still be seats available to Frameline and GLAAD's special sneak peek at the new documentary, The Strange History of Don't Ask Don't Tell, before it premieres on September 20 on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/13: Jimi Hendrix Winterland Day, 'Inside Scientology', SF Beta 6.0.0 MUSIC: Amoeba will be hosting a Winterland Day Celebration, commemorating the worldwide release of Jimi Hendrix Experience Winterland, a four-CD box set documenting the band’s six historic performances at San Francisco’s
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/12: Amy LaVere, Ethnic Indonesian Dance, LittleRock MUSIC: Memphis singer-songwriter, upright bass player, and actress, Amy LaVere, brings her classic country, gypsy jazz, and southern soul-tinged Americana to Cafe Du Nord, along with guests, Emily Bonn & The Vivants. (8:
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/11: 'I Love You, (We're F*#ked)', Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra, Bad Movie Night THEATER: The Fringe Festival continues with gems such as I Love You, (We're F*#ked), "[a] wild mix" of stand-up comedy, storytelling and original music by Kevin J Thornton -- "a tale of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/10: Fleet Foxes/Walkmen, Introductions 2011, Jazz and Belly Dance MUSIC: It's sure to be a pleasant evening in Berkeley tonight as Fleet Foxes and The Walkmen take over the Greek Theatre. Be sure to bring layers! (8 p.m., Greek Theatre, UC
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/9: Mortified, Mission Block, 'Vertical Hold' PERFORMANCE: Travel back to the most awkward and painful moments of your life at Mortified Live, as "[g]rown men and women confront their past with tales of their first kiss, first puff,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/8: Fred Hersch Doc-in-Progress, Electronic Music Festival, Italian Fashion Through the Years FILM: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will host a discussion and clip screening of My Coma Dreams, a work-in-progress documentary about jazz great, educator, and AIDS activist Fred Hersch and the vivid
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/7: Fringe Festival, Tim Lee, Sustainable Fashion COMEDY: Ex-scientist turned comedian Tim Lee takes the stage at the Punchline. As NY Times reports, "The former biologist was Tim Lee. After completing his undergraduate biology degree at the University of California,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/6: The Mummies, 'Escape From Alcatraz', Boots Riley & W. Kamau Bell MUSIC: Legendary '90s Bay Area garage band, The Mummies, whom SF Weekly say "took stripped-down, amped-up guitar pop to heights of volume, satire, and obnoxiousness, coining the phrase 'budget rock' to describe its
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/5: 'Love Exposure', Olivia Tremor Control, QComedy, FILM: You have until Thursday to catch Love Exposure, the entertainingly "dark and sick" epic by Japanese poet-turned-auteur Sion Sono, which broke art house box office records in Japan and "is the sort
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/4: 'Toke' the Play, Expanded Cinema, RAWdance THEATER: Head over to Berkeley's Ashby Theater for the delightful-sounding Toke, DeeDee Kirkwood's madcap play about "Weedee, the black sheep with the heart of gold the Auntie Mame of marijuana the woman with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/3: Shakespeare in the Park, 'Bringing Up Baby'/'Monkey Business', 'Reflection Seen' THEATER: Shakespeare in the Park kicks off its 29th season with a production of Cymbeline, which follows Princess Innogen on her search for reconciliation "against the backdrop of a colorful and magical journey"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/2: Too $hort; 'Film Socialisme;' Avatars, Aliases, Alter-egos MUSIC: Legendary Bay Area hip-hopper, Too $hort, headlines The Labor Day Shakedown, a benefit to raise funds to cover the medical costs of a toddler from South San Francisco fighting a deadly form
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 9/1: 'The Holy Mountain,' Owen Takabayashi, 'All Athiests Are Muslim,' FILM: The Holy Mountain, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowski's rarely screened underground "psychedelic, allegorical tale of spiritual ascent and degradation," is being screened as part of New People's Convergence MMXI Film Series tonight, an
