Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/31: Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, a.Muse Photography Panel, 'Why We Have a Body' FILM: The Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema opens tonight with a great line-up of short films by local filmmakers, along with live music by Mister Odom and the Odom Poles, food, and an awards
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/30: Butthole Surfers, Pete Asher Musical Memoir, Cockyasians Comedy MUSIC: The infamous Butthole Surfers bring their "sicko" "shock rock antics" and "distinct and chaotic mishmash of avant-garde, hardcore, and Texas psychedelia" to the Regency Ballroom tonight. (8 p.m., The Regency Ballroom,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/29: 'Septien'/'Silver Jew', Pint-Sized Plays, Classical Revolution FILM: Director Michael Tulley will be in person at the Roxie to present a one-night-only screening of his new film, Septien, which follows Cornelius Rawlings, an enigmatic lost soul who returns to his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/28: Los Rakas, Bollywood Dance Party, 'Drive Angry' MUSIC: Oakland-based Los Rakas, who hail from Panama, blend "hip-hop, reggae and dancehall music with Spanish and English lyricism creating songs that leaves your head noddin' and body rockin' for more, tag teaming
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/27: Gram Parsons Tribute, Peaches Christ/Showgirls, FourSquared, MUSIC: Celebrate the legendary Gram Parsons while benefiting The Hickory Wind Ranch, a sober living environment in Austin, TX started by Gram's daughter, at the 10th Annual Sleepless Nights, an annual celebration of
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Meklit Hadero, Chili Bowl & Skate Tournament, Raggae Fest, and More! Meklit Hadero: Meklit Hadero, who's described as "[i]f Joni Mitchell were East African and met Nina Simone for tea in the Mission," will be performing at Yerba Buena Gardens on Saturday. Toad
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/26: The Sedaris' 'The Book of Liz,' Non Stop Bhangra, Valencia Evening Fair THEATER: You have a little over a week left to catch The Custom Made Theatre Co's production of the Sedaris siblings' The Book of Liz, starring an under-appreciated cheeseball-making nun who encounters "Ukrainians
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/24: Pete Escovedo, SF Cocktail Week Preview Party, Drink Good Do Good Carnival MUSIC/ART:The Mission Cultural Center for the Arts presents Talking Art and Music with Pete Escovedo, in which Escovedo will talk about his esteemed musical career and his lifelong interest in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/23: The Ettes, 'Maltese Falcon', Sketch Tuesday & Dr. Sketchy's MUSIC: Nashville's The Ettes bring their "up-front, fearless vocals, fuzz bass runs, primal, driving drums beats, searing guitar lines and of course, tons of black eyeliner and attitude" to the Rickshaw tonight, along
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/22: Katya Back in the USSR, Sheila McClear 'Last of the Live Nude Girls', Mister Heavenly CABARET: Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy is at the Rrazz Room tonight and tomorrow night performing her "voyage into the Beatles song book,"Back in the USSR, which is described as "Abby Road meets the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/19: Public Enemy, Collage Theater, L@TE at BAM/PFA MUSIC: There are still tickets available to fight the power at Public Enemy's 25th Anniversary concert, featuring the return of Chuck D and Flavor Flav, at Regency Ballroom (via the dreaded Ticketmaster, of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/18: Oriana Small, YBCA's Wildcard Film Night, 'The Other View' READING: Porn star Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue, will be reading from her new book, Girlvert: A Porno Memoir, which offers an intimate view of her last decade in and out of the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/17: Jay Reatard Doc, Litquake's Epicenter Burns, Drink Like a Fish Mixer FILM: Noise Pop and The Roxie present the West Coast premiere of Better Than Something, the new documentary about the controversial and prolific Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr, aka Jay Reatard, which intimately captures
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/16: Vigilante Vigilante, MP3 Experiment, Feast of Words, FILM: Vigilante Vigilante, the documentary featuring Berkeley's infamous anti-graffiti cleaner-upper among others, will be at the Roxie for a couple more days. Ironically, the filmmakers have royally pissed off the city, whose crews
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/15: Talking Taiko, Whiskey Waxing Beard And Mustache Competition, Slim's Pop-up MUSIC: Yoshi's brings together poetry and music at Talking Taiko, celebrating the release of Yuri Kageyama's The New and Selected Yuri Writing From Peeling Till Now, and featuring guest poet Ishmael Reed, accompanied
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/14: Bare Wires, Natural Child, Liquor Store; Final Cocktailgate; 'Terri' MUSIC: Oakland's groovy Bare Wires, "who like to drive around in a van a lot," hit the Hemlock for the late show tonight, along with equally edgily groovy-sounding Nashville's Natural Child and New
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/13: ReGeneration Photography Show, Bootie 8th Anniversary, Opera Early & Ancient PHOTOGRAPHY: The group exhibition, ReGeneration, will feature eight artists who occupy either side of the “generation gap.” Each of the veteran photographers from the Baby Boomer generation have been paired up with an
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/12: Breakiosaurus, Dave Attell, American Tripps BENEFIT: Breakiosaurus, a funky Outside Lands after-party and fundraiser for Elephant Bird Camp, challenges you to adorn yourself with your best breakin'/dinosaur costume ever. The event features live performances by i can
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/11: Art Show/SF SPCA Benefit, Best Coast at NightLife, Cinema Benefit for Save KUSF ART: Printmaker Xavier Viramontes is exhibiting his new collection of work, Characters, Friends and Neighbors, featuring a whimsical cast of canines and felines while drawing attention to the plight of homeless animals. Twenty-five
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/10: 'Entitled,' 'Meek's Cutoff' and 'Limbo' Double Feature, Caveat Lector FASHION: Project One Gallery is being transformed into a modern-day salon for Entitled, in which avant garde artists and designers have been invited to be "entitled and courageous in their expression of culture,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/9: 'The Birds', Oscar Wilde Staged Reading, Laughing Matters FILM: Enjoy Top of the Mark's breathtaking views while sipping some MacMurray Ranch Pinot Noir and Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio and watching the Hitchcock classic, The Birds. (5:30 to 11:30 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/8: 'Stop Making Sense,' Adam Arcuragi & The Lupine Chorale Society, Kung Pao Kosher Comedy FILM: This week's free film at Red Devil Lounge is the acclaimed Talking Heads gem, Stop Making Sense, which was filmed during three consecutive shows at the Hollywood Pantages Theater during the band's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/7: Gene Kelly Double Feature, Turtle Island Quartet, Vinyl Swap FILM: The Castro Theatre presents a Gene Kelly Double Feature screening of An American in Paris, starring Kelly as a former GI who stays in Paris to make it as an artist, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/6: Skinner; Sioux City Kid, Kill Moi, B and Not B; Scavenger Hunt ART: Artist Skinner will be exhibiting his latest collection of work entitled, The Fragile Art of Existence, in which he "steps back a bit from his investigations of fear and destruction" to make
Arts & Entertainment Last-Minute SFist This Weekend: Lower Haight Art Walk, Noriega Street Food Fair, AfroSolo’s Jazz in the Gardens and More We're sorry we've neglected our weekend events duties recently, but for what it's worth, here's an eleventh hour round-up of a few things going down this weekend. Lower Haight Art Walk: The Lower
