Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Blue Scholars, currently one of the top West Coast independent hip hop acts, bring their "soulful beats, poetic yet political rhymes" and a "dynamic live performance" to Slim's tonight. Bambu and Jern
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Tonight's edition of the weekly Cinema Drafthouse -- The Best of 2009 will feature the incorrigible Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes. 7:30 p.m. // The Independent (628 Divisadero St) // free
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: As part of the Lynne Sachs Retrospective in San Francisco, 10 Short Films by Lynne Sachs (1986 -2010), curated by Stephen Parr, will be screened. 7:30 p.m. // Oddball Films (275
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Over 20 artists will exhibit work ranging from photography, paintings, sculptures, and collage at Guerrero Gallery's April Group Show. 7 to 11 p.m. // Guerrero Gallery (2700 19th St) // free TALK: Amy
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FASHION: Tonight's edition of Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young will include a sneak preview of the upcoming 5th Annual Discarded to Divine event, which showcases this year's designers and their
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Film screening Streets of San Francisco: Filmic Journeys will feature experimental films and videos from the late 1950s to the present, which offer evocative records of individual experiences of San Francisco street
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: The group art exhibition, The Anxiety Show, curated by Christine Kristen, explores the uncertainty and free-floating anxiety that are generated by the current economic crisis, global warming, and war. 8 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LITERARY: World-renowned Mexican poet and environmentalist Homero Aridjis will read from Solar Poems, his collection of poems that "range from the humorous to the poignant, transcending the boundary between life and death." Lawrence
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The San Francisco Film Society presents SFFS Film Arts Forum: Tales from Terror Town, "an appreciation, dissection and dismantling of the popular but misunderstood horror genre and its ties to the Bay
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The Hot 8 Brass Band, straight out of New Orleans, will steam up your cold, rainy night. DJ Concerned will start the night out spinning soul, funk, and hip hop. 8:30
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Akira's latest exhibition of paintings features pop culture icons such as Walt Whitman, Ice Cube, Chuck Norris, Snoop Dogg, Ayn Rand, Guns n Roses, LeBron James, and Andre the Giant. 7
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: SF artist Ian Johnson will be exhibiting his latest drawings and paintings in his solo show, Of The Living Sky, featuring "realistic and highly detailed portraits of great jazz musicians, with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: French filmmaker Chris Marker's lesser-known essay film from 1963, Le joli mai, features spontaneous, on-the-street interviews with Parisians from all walks of life, thanks to the brand-new development of lightweight, synch-sound film
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: "Sons of the Golden Era of Hip Hop," Kidz In The Hall will be tearing The Independent up tonight, along with 88-Keys, Izza Kizza, and Donnis. 7:30 p.m. // The Independent
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: It's the preview night of Scalpel!, a killer comedy featuring wealthy New York socialite and soon-to-be divorceé Jacquelyn Blithers, whose nightmares start coming true after her new face lift. 8 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: In Ukrainian Time Machine, American filmmaker Naomi Uman creates a poignant portrait of the people of Legedzine, a small village near the center of Ukraine, conveyed in diary-like format. 8 to 10
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: It's the first night in the Blue Bear School of Music Showcases, going on through Wednesday. Jack Black's School of Rock was based on Blue Bear. There will be two stages --
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COCKTAILS: The mixologists at Cocktail Lab will re-imagine your favorite drinks of the '80s in a stripped down "ludicrously culinary fashion" at Cocktail Lab 6: 80’s Shades and Switchblades. 10 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Soulfood no.2, the second event in a quarterly music series organized by Griff Williams, Tommy Guerrero and Marc Capelle, is raising money for local charity, MuST (music in the schools today)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Los Angeles-based painter, illustrator, and costume designer Kime Buzzelli is exhibiting her work at Candystore Collective, featuring fantastical portraits of women inspired by "fashion, film, music, make believe, mysteries and voyeurism." 7
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: LA/NYC's High Places new record, High Places vs. Mankind, features "an imaginative and spacious amalgamation of sounds with a unique, almost Caribbean undertone that is as immediate as it is refreshing.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight GAMES: Help Homefrys continue their experiment in connecting people by playing games together in person at Homefrys Game Night. Party games, word games, trivia games, and classic games -- "60 pounds of games"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Watch Michael Jackson's This Is It for free with a two-drink minimum at the Independent's Cinema Drafthouse -- Best of 2009 Movie Night. 7:30 p.m. // The Independent (628 Divisadero St)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: SeaweedSway Sunday presents local choir, Conspiracy of Beards, which is comprised of 30 men performing exclusively Leonard Cohen songs a capella in complex four- to five-part harmonies, and Beards' sister band, Conspiracy
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: In the spirit of dreaming and the dream world, Roots and Wires Sound Dimensional present Dreamplay, an evening of performance art, interactive art installations and soundscapes. All proceeds will benefit Haitian Children.
