Arts & Entertainment Do This Tonight: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down Free Show Locally-based talent Thao Nguyen and her band the Get Down Stay Down have an indie sound that NPR's All Songs considered called “insanely infectious [and] utterly charming," and SPIN describes as "offbeat, upbeat,
Arts & Entertainment Do This Tonight: Dave Grohl's 'Sound City' Let's face it: none of us thinks about Dave Grohl nearly enough. But the former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman is at it again, this time as the director of a newly
Arts & Entertainment Go To This Thing Tonight: Weegee If you're like us, your personal library is riddled with true crime books and, far more lurid, true crime photo books. Tonight the Jewish Contemporary Museum will review the life, work, and legacy
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Gays And Juanita More In The Castro If you didn't get your fill of young gays and dancing on New Year's Eve, we have the perfect solution for those of you who decided to stay home on Monday night: Booty
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing Tonight: Just Go To A Bar The rain should clear up by 9pm. So, if you're still in the city this evening (challah!), head over to a bar. Any bar. And drink in Christmas Eve. Because, you see, the
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Standup Comedy & Beer At Roxie Theatre Ease you pain away, troubled souls worrying about Instagram using your visage in the next Doritos Locos Taco ad, with some top-notch comedy and free PBR at the Roxie Theatre in the Mission.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing Tonight: Egg Nog & Ugly Sweater Party You know it's that time of year. You know what to do: drag out that fugly sweater from the closet and wear it with pride. And at what better place to where than
Arts & Entertainment Tonight: 'Wish You Were Here - San Francisco Street Snaps' Free party tonight in SOMA featuring food, beer, and the photography of Travis Jensen and his new book, Wish You Were Here - San Francisco Street Snaps. The book, as Jensen puts it,
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Musicians Telling Stories Over yonder in la Mission, check out Beth Lisick's Porchlight: A Storytelling Series. This week it's "Tales from The Green Room" featuring music and tales from musicians. Which ones, you ask? Well, they've
Arts & Entertainment Hi/Lo: Herb Caen Martini Competition vs. Cruising Gays Top bartenders from Bottle Cap, Txoko, 15 Romolo, and Campanula will compete to make an original, Herb Caen-inspired martini made with 3 Olives Vodka. Guests will get to sample all of the competing
Arts & Entertainment Hi/Lo: Bus Station John vs. The Fairmont Hi/lo entertainment options for your evening. First, an acclaimed bear spinning excellent dance tunes on Market Street. Very divey. Very gay. Very boss. Next, a swank social scene at the Fairmont. Very
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Matt Cain At PAWS Gala Founded in 1987 in response to the devastating AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) provides over 800 clients and their 1,000+ companion animals each year with critical services
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Do This Thing Tonight: Sean Vahey & Jake Godby of Humphry Slocombe Humphry Slocombe's Sean Vahey and Jake Godby, churners of ice cream with an edge, will appear in conversation tonight at a boozy salon series. You shouldn't miss it. In addition to concocting dozens
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Bill Murray In Broken Flowers Who doesn't like Bill Murray? No one, that's who. So check out Murray in Broken Flowers along with Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton and Jeffrey Wright. It's a Jim Jarmusch
Arts & Entertainment Do This Thing Tonight: Bambi Lake OK, here we go. Let's do this. Bambi Lake, former performer with the Cockette and Angels of Light, remains a controversial figure in the local queer arts community. Which is putting it mildly.
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Party with SFBG and Drag Queens for Cindy Sherman The SF Bay Guardian will join creative forces with SFMOMA for a rooftop party tonight marking the end of the Cindy Sherman show: "A toast to Cindy Sherman." Details? We have them. Boy,
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Sweeney Todd Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd stands as one of his most popular shows, thanks in large part to that iffy Tim Burton film released in 2007 (which boasted Johnny Depp as the titular barber
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Dance At 1964 Remember those groovy tunes from the mid-'60s? No? Well, neither do we. We weren't born then. However, what with the resurgence of all things non-hippie '60s (due in large part to Mad Men)
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Wine And A Movie At Top Of The Mark Tonight, because it is Tuesday and you are in need of a scenic view, a glass of wine and a movie with Jimmy Stewart in it (in this hypothetical situation, you are your
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Litquake Speakeasy at Public Works Get your 1920s on at a speakeasy party in the Mission care of the fine scribes at Litquake. Hear excerpts of biting authors read by some of your favorite Bay Area writers, including
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Michael Ian Black & Meghan McCain Liberal comedian Michael Ian Black and progressive Republican Meghan McCain joined forces to write a new book delicately titled, America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom. Though, yes, a bit of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Bastille Day Pop-Up Happy Hour Bonsoir: The Mugsy Wine Bar Bastille Day Pop-Up Happy Hour goes down at El Rio tonight in anticipation of tomorrow's big French fete. Organized by Granate Sosno, She focuses on wines made by
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Adieu, Leanne! It is with a crumbling heart that I tell you that, alas, Leanne Maxwell will no longer be editing the arts & entertainment section of SFist. She has gone on to bigger and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/6: Kelley Stoltz/Shana Falana MUSIC: It's a stellar night of indie rock, featuring headliners Kelley Stoltz, who's been dubbed "a veritable godfather to the burgeoning San Francisco under/over-ground," and Shana Falana, a former S.F. indie
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/5: Smokey Robinson at S.F. Symphony MUSIC: Satin-voiced Motown legend, Smokey Robinson, will be performing with the San Francisco Symphony in a one-night-only event featuring his signature hits (hopefully including "Being With You," "Just to See Her," and of
