Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/5: 'Between Two Worlds,' Friday Night at the de Young, Friday Night Skate Party FILM: Directors Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman will be attending the 7 p.m. screenings all weekend of Between Two Worlds, their new documentary that exposes the polarized debates over tradition and change,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/4: 200 Yards, Hard Shorts, 'Ratatouille' PHOTOGRAPHY: The latest edition of 200 Yards, which is centered around Cafe Royale, opens tonight with a party co-hosted by The Tender. Check out all the interesting scenes that the artists captured within
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/3: World on a Wire, Fireside Storytelling, Habitat for Insanity FILM: The newly restored dystopic 1973 science-fiction epic, World on a Wire, which is a "cracked, boundlessly inventive take on future paranoia" is a previously "unseen three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth from one of cinema’s
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/2: The Kinsey Sicks, Maria Bamford, National Night Out DRAG: Tonight kicks off the legendary Kinsey Sicks' 13-day “GreatesTits,” show at the Rrazz Room, in which the group showcases the "harvest of their 17-year Mary-making" featuring their trademark "rich, four-part harmony, biting
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 8/1: 'The Goonies,' Slim's Pop-Up Series, LGBT Democratic Club 40th Anniversary FILM: The Red Devil Lounge has a weekly cure for the Monday blues with their ongoing free movie screenings. This week's film is the classic family flick, The Goonies, starring Sean Astin, Josh
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/29: Christopher Moore and Ian Corson, Snob Theater, Dance Mission READING: Bestselling author Christopher Moore and award-winning screenwriter and director Ian Corson will be at the Booksmith tonight presenting their new collaboration, The Griff: A Graphic Novel, which is about "an alien invasion
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/28: The Cool Kids, 'Passing Strangers,' Invented in San Francisco Tour MUSIC: Midwestern-based, "retro-styled" rappers, The Cool Kids, who describe themselves as the black Beastie Boys, bring their fresh sound (sponsored by Mountain Dew) to Oakland's New Parish tonight, along with Go Corporate and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/27: Thao & Mirah, Jeremy Bailenson: Infinite Reality, Guerrila Cabaret Open Mic MUSIC: RSVP now to attend a free outdoor show featuring an acoustic performance by local, Kill Rock Stars duo, Thao & Mirah, at Americano at Hotel Vitale as part of the Soundcheck 2011
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/26: 'Sudden Impact' and Wine Tasting, Iceage, EcoTuesday, FILM: Did you know Top of the Mark has been hosting a free weekly classic SF film screening and wine-tasting night, which runs through the end of August? Pretty awesome, right? Tonight's film
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/25: Thurston Moore, Poetry at Green Apple, Geoffrey B. West MUSIC: It's your lucky day -- tickets are still available to see Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, who's promoting his fourth solo album, Demolished Thoughts, which was produced by Beck Hansen. Also on the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/24: 'Mary Lou,' Dee Dee Bridgewater, 'The Dislocation Express' FILM: Mary Lou, which is screening tonight as part of the ongoing 31st Annual Jewish Film Festival, has been called Israel’s answer to Glee, featuring "infectious pop songs and high-energy choreography," "colorful
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/23: Kung Fu Panda, Gary Wilson, Temptation vs. The Queen Is Dead FILM: Bundle up and head to Japantown Peace Plaza for an outdoor screening of the delightful, family-friendly Kung Fu Panda, in which you can "[m]aster the martial arts so that you can
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/22: Moustache Bash w/2 Live Crew, Wild at Heart,' ODC Summer Sampler MUSIC: Yes, you read the headline correctly -- the infamous 2 Live Crew will be performing an exclusive live show at the big Moustache Bash, along with Cosmo Baker, Hottub, and a huge
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/21: 'Diva,' Black Futurists Open Mic, In Extremis: Artists' Panel FILM: Diva, a French thriller that ushered in the 1980s Cinéma du Look movement, features a postman with a passion for opera, who makes a bootleg of a performance by his favorite diva,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/20: Barn Owl/Sean Smith, Zombies Identified, Beat the Gong MUSIC: Barn Owl, who SFist Erick described as having a "melodic brand of loud, space filling, melodic stonerish metal that the untrained ear may not even consider metal," are at the Elbo Room
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/19: The Avett Brothers, TV Noir, Feast of Words MUSIC: Punkgrass band, The Avett Brothers, a high-flying ensemble that "tears through tunes with unbridled energy, popping banjo and guitar strings right and left," are at Fox Theater in Oakland tonight and tomorrow
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/18: Double Feature w/Billy Elliot Cast, Pistolera, Desperado Orchestra FILM: Castro Theatre celebrates Billy Elliot the Musical with a special screening of Billy Elliot the Movie, and featuring the cast of the musical in person before the show. Wear your tutu, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/17: 'Surrogate Valentine;' Shahrzad Sepanlou; 'Persepolis, Texis' FILM: SF-based musician Goh Nakamura will be performing before both of tonight's screenings of Surrogate Valentine, starring Nakamura playing himself. There's also a Q&A with director Dave Boyle after the film.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/16: 'When Harry Met Sally,' Dead Meadow, 'The New Surrealism' FILM: Bundle up and bring a chair to Union Square for Film Night in the Park's screening of the Billy Crystal/Meg Ryan classic, When Harry Met Sally. If you bring the kids,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/15: 'When We Were Kids', Gypsy Jazz at the de Young, Bardot-a-Go-Go ART: The group art show, When We Were Kids, explores children in play, power and poverty, vividly capturing "childhood imagination, struggles, and innocence loss from the perspective of growing up as a Filipino
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/14: Smut Capital of America, Litquake's Cabaret Bastille, Lower Polk Art Walk FILM: YBCA kicks off its series, Smut Capital of America, which features Michael Stabile’s in-progress documentary that chronicles San Francisco's reign as the center of porn production in the U.S. during
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/13: 'Bill Cunningham New York,' David Bazan, Wet Hot American BoozeTube FILM: Bill Cunningham New York explores the life of "80+ Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist," Bill Cunningham, who's spent decades "obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the New York
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/12: Jonathan Richman, SF Beta Mixer, 'The Book of Love' MUSIC: Feeling down? Then get your dose of "musical Prozac" tonight, as Jonathan Richman kicks off his three-day stint at the intimate Make-Out Room, along with Tommy Larkins on drums. (7 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/11: 'The Big Uneasy,' 'Hell on Wheels,' Toshio Hirano FILM: In The Big Uneasy, humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer speaks to the tireless investigators and experts who studied the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and uncovers a courageous whistle-blower from the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/10: Barbara Eden Gala Tribute, Stranger Dinner, Bad Movie Night PERFORMANCE: Barbara Eden will be live and in-person at a gala tribute at the Castro hosted by filmmaker and "camp impresario" Marc Huestis in conjunction with the release of Eden's new memoir, Jeannie
