Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Peck the Town Crier will perform his unique fusion of "P-Funk-era party jams, old school boogie woogie, hand drum grooves, and marching band music," with support from Roy G Biv & The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC/ART: The Spare Room Project presents a night of music by Monarch Duo, who "follow each other through complex musical landscapes that interweave influences from Cuba, Spain, and Eastern Europe," with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: 941 Geary's inaugural exhibition, Flotsam's Wonder World, features artist Mike Shine, who has transformed the gallery into an art "opera" complete with films, music, carnival tent, games, and over 200 mixed media
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Ray of Light Theatre kicks off their 10th Anniversary Season with the West Coast premiere of Jerry Springer The Opera. The opera, which was awarded "Best Musical" honors by all four major
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: The 8th Annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Exhibition 2010 is upon us, and tonight's event is the Artists Reception and A Date with Barbie. Dress as your favorite Birthday Barbie or Ken
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Montage artist Winston Smith, who has created some of punk rock’s most lasting and iconic symbols, will be exhibiting select retrospective works spanning thirty years at Deep Dimension in his first
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight BURLESQUE: Bombshell Betty and Fromagique present Sci-Fi Burlesque, featuring robots, aliens, space cowgirls, time travelers, and much more, along with Star Trek and Star Wars acts. 9 p.m. // Elbo Room (647 Valencia
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LECTURE: City Arts and Lectures presents Jonathan Franzen In conversation with Mark Breitenberg. Often writing about the geographical and cultural landscapes of the Midwest, Franzen's books utilize "multifaceted plots where the intensely personal
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Immerse yourself in the deep, dark twang of Texas indie rockabilly/folk (or something like that) with Thrift Store Cowboys and Warren Jackson Hearne, with SF's The Slow Poisoner. 8:30 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PERFORMANCE:The fabulous Bambi Lake will be performing live at the Roxie in conjunction with the screening of the 1973 documentary Pickup's Tricks, featuring the Cockettes and their founder Hibiscus, the Angels of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Fecal Face Dot Com, the premier and inexhaustible arts and culture site, are having their mammoth 10 Year Anniversary Show tonight. The exhibit at the Luggage Store Gallery features some of SF's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artists Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs present Morph Traits, an exhibition of 44 drawings that are the result of a collaborative exercise between the two that started in 1991. The Morph Traits
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: KCRW, Americano at Hotel Vitale, and Om Records present Soundcheck, a free outdoor show featuring a stripped down set by Brooklyn's Si*Se, who have a Latin, downtempo, and soul vibe. Space
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: "High-NRG" electronic band Extreme Animals present a mash-up of live music, video, staged theatrics, and "global meltdowns" as they "delves into the world of tween culture and the current obsession with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: With a description like, "Part swampy juke joint brawlers, part smooth Philly warehouse doo-wop crooners, a sprinkling of wild-eyed, demon-haunted art hustler, and a hint of punky kindergarten playroom Pollyannas," you can't
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Keyboardist, vocalist, composer, and songwriter, Salvador Santana, whose father is Carlos Santana and grandfathers were blues pioneer Saunders King and the internationally celebrated violinist and mariachi bandleader Jose Santana, has proven to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Mario Wagner, who recently relocated to S.F. from Cologne, Germany, will exhibit his first San Francisco solo show, Observed by Clouds. "Utilizing imagery from the 1950s and 60s, Wagner’s
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artists Jennifer Judd-McGee and Mati McDonough celebrate the bold, graphic punch of vintage board games in Spin, in which they've incorporated elements from the old games like winding pathways, typography, colors, characters,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Update: This event is actually on September 30, not August 30. Sorry for the confusion. LECTURE: Award-winning artist/author Eric Drooker will give a slide lecture on the new book, Howl: A Graphic
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The folks behind Everything Is Terrible! present 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift, "a full length mashup of oddities that include cat massaging, magic crystals, 90's internet prophesies, and the cutest form of evil to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PARTY: Hayes Valley Farm celebrates their new greenhouse plaza with Dusker, an end-of-summer celebration, featuring a design exhibition and tours by Studio12Architecture and Rebar, a live music mix, multi-screen visuals, and much more.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts celebrates the myth of the vampire and how it will never die with Rare Vampire Films. The films include Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark -- a "badass
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Inspired by the lives of women such as Andrea Yates and Susan Eubanks, The Penny Dreadful Project uses expressionist, experimental, and politically charged theatre to intimately explore the tragedy and state of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LITERARY: A line-up of local literati will be featured at The Microscopic Giant, including Tracy Jones, April Wolfe, Steven Gray, Charlie Getter, and Glynn Washington, host of NPR's Snap Judgment. There will also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Nathan Richard Phelps' solo show, Absolute Subjectivity, consists of stunning, intricate linework that forms floral or geometric “Mandela-like” patterns. The title of the show comes from a Buddhist concept of non-duality
