Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/13: Laughter Against the Machine, 'The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls', Creative Commons Salon, COMEDY: Expect to be challenged at Laughter Against the Machine, "an issue-oriented, no-holds-bar show with no preconceived expectations, no party lines, and certainly no cheerleading," anchored by Nato Green, W. Kamau Bell, and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/12: 'Much Ado About Lebowski,' Pia Zadora, Naked Girls Reading: Pride COMEDY: Back by popular demand, SF Indie's Much Ado About Lebowski, "an adaptation of an adaptation of a parody of a farce," returns to CellSpace, presenting a live "wildly unique Comedy of Errors
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/11: 'Eye of the Beholder' Art Show, The Black Lips, Triple Shot Productions Staged Readings ART: This month's Root Division art event, Eye of the Beholder, explores the presence of the body in art "through parody, distortion and subversion, giving viewer the opportunity to look at the body
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/10: Queer Women of Color Film Fest, Cal Shakes' 'Titus Andronicus' Shindig, Garrett and Moulton Dance FILM: Tonight kicks off the weekend-long 7th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival at Brava Theater with a presentation themed, "Finger Sucking Good", "[f]rom smoldering glances on the train, to sizzling
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/9: Jonathan Richman at Readers Cafe, Dirty Diaries at YBCA, Black Boots Ink Photo Panel Discussion MUSIC/POETRY: Head over to the beautiful Fort Mason for an intimate poetry reading and music performance as part of the weekly Thursdays at Readers 2011 Poetry Series, featuring the legendary Jonathan Richman
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/8: Loquat, Inu, at The Rickshaw; 'As We Live It' at City Hall; Talk on Nazi-Era Artist, Charlotte Salomon MUSIC: Bay Area faves, Loquat, are playing their first show in eight months at the Rickshaw tonight, with special guests Inu. Spin aptly coins the band's sound as "[s]ugary, sultry vocals" "wrapped
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/7: Sharon McKnight at The Rrazz Room; The Walls Project Performance; 'Slap Shot' Cult Cinema MUSIC: Tony-nominated Sharon McNight, whose voice is "as brassy and beautiful as ever," kicks off gay pride month in a career retrospective, “The First 30 Years ... From Moose Hall to Carnegie Hall,” featuring
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/6: Marcus Shelby Trio Plays John Coltrane, 'The Lazy Gourmet' Book Signing, and 'Rat Scratch Fever' Horror Film MUSIC: As part of Yoshi SF's Impulse Mondays, the Marcus Shelby Trio, featuring Mel Martin and Howard Wiley, will be playing the music off of John Coltrane's two 1965 albums, A Love Supreme
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/5: Michael Scott Moore Reading, Cockettes' 'Vice Palace', and Imagery's Summer Season Benefit READING: Journalist, surfer and author Michael Scott Moore will be at Green Apple Books tonight reading from his latest book, Sweetness and Blood, in which Moore visits unlikely surfing destinations —Gaza, West Africa,
SF News SFist This Weekend Addendum: California Academy of Sciences Penguins + Pajamas Sleepover (For Grownups!) Last year when the California Academy of Sciences hosted some 300 kids at a sleepover event inside the museum, the 8-year-old inside of us felt some twinge of jealousy. We wanted to be
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/3: Arj Barker at Cobb's, Sara Shelton Mann's 'Zeropoint', Nightlife on Other Planets Fashion Show COMEDY: Arj Barker, most notably of Flight of the Concords fame, brings his witty observations and even cleverer delivery to Cobb's this weekend, along with special guest Tony Camin. (8 and 10:15
Arts & Entertainment Tonight Addendum: Benefit for Capp Street Fire Victims On May 13, if you recall, a fire displaced residents of 506 Capp Street. A fundraiser will be held at Tope in North Beach to help them reclaim their lives. Head over to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/2: 'Resistance to the Indignities of Modern Life' Art Show, Another Hole in the Head Film Fest Launch Party, 'Dinner' Salon at CJM ART: Artist Aaron Terry has transformed Ever Gold Gallery into a cave-like installation in an exhibition entitled, Resistance to the Indignities of Modern Life, in which the viewer becomes part of a massive
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight 6/1: SFAC Gallery's 'Aftermath,' Penny Arcade 6th Anniversary, 'Wicked Plants' Book Signing ART: The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery presents Aftermath, celebrating the launch of Bay Area artist Ernest Jolly's new installation, Natural Reaction. The event, which was inspired by recent natural disasters and those
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Veronica Klaus Sings Peggy Lee, Conversation with Tucker Nichols and Daniel Handler, and 'Bruja' at Magic Theatre MUSIC: San Francisco's Veronica Klaus is performing two encore performances of her new show with the Tammy Hall Trio, featuring some of her favorite Peggy Lee songs, both well-known and more obscure. Get
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 5/30: 'Pulp Fiction', Dustin O'Halloran w/ the Magik*Magik String Quartet & Conspiracy of Venus, and Theater Pub FILM: Tonight's the launch of Red Devil Lounge's new Free Monday Movie Night, featuring the ground-breaking classic that gave John Travolta a second shot in the business, Pulp Fiction. Enjoy some popcorn, mojitos,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: If you're a Madonna fan, tonight's Trannyshack Madonna Tribute must be "Just Like a Prayer." Trannyshack superstars Heklina, Exhibit Q., Kim Burly, Miss Rahni, Holy McGrail, Jordan L’Moore, Ambrosia Salad, Lindsay
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: YBCA's Smart Night Out, SF Popfest Slumberland Records Showcase, and 'Into Eternity' ART: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts debuts the first night in their new Smart Night Out series, which will explore the concept of quiet as it relates to contemporary art and performance.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Elizabeth Taylor Memorial, 'Worst Horse' Multimedia Show, and LINES Ballet BENEFIT: Donna Sachet hosts White Diamonds -- Memorial for Elizabeth Taylor, which kicks off at the Castro Theatre with a screening of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a champagne toast, and a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Muybridge in Three Movements, Tracy Morgan, and Project By Project Summer Soiree FILM: SFMOMA presents Muybridge in Three Movements, featuring an evening of dance, film, and conversation inspired by the work of photographer Eadweard Muybridge. The event, which is in conjunction with SFMOMA's Helios: Eadweard
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: SF Popfest, Slow Sex Soiree, and Stay Gold MUSIC: The Bay Bridged and SF Bay Guardian present The SF Popfest, featuring co-headliners The Black Ryder (shoegaze from Sydney, Australia) and Blackbird Blackbird (SF synth-pop), along with LA's White Arrows and Wolf
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Wall Ball Dance Performance, Jake Shears at Books Inc., and Conspiracy of Beards DANCE: Flyaway Productions premiered their new work, WALL BALL/throw yourself in, a "site specific dance for flying hula hoops, balls and jump rope propelling public school activism," at the Sunnyside Elementary School
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: '13 Assassins,' Humorist Roy Blount Jr., and Pecha Kucha FILM: The epic 13 Assassins takes place at the end of the samurai era in 1844, featuring thirteen swordsmen who are enlisted to assassinate a sadistic lord, who rapes and kills with impunity,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: 'Corner Store' Doc at Red Vic, John Sayles at Tosca Cafe, and City Circus Cabaret at Supper Club FILM: The new documentary, Corner Store, which was produced in San Francisco, follows beloved San Francisco corner shop owner and Palestinian immigrant, Yousef Elhaj, as he returns to Palestine to reunite with his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: Hubba Hubba Revue and Bootie are mashing it up tonight, featuring five of the Bay Area's sexiest and sauciest burlesque performers, along with sets by DJ Tripp, guest DJ Billy Jam of
