Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Love it or hate, street art is here to stay. 1:AM SF gallery, Estria, and Montana Colors North America present Don’t Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spraycan, a celebration
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: SF Camerawork celebrates its 35th anniversary with a two-part exhibition. Part 1: San Francisco Plays Itself features the work of artists who have contributed to the cultural make-up of the San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Three of the best indie rock bands from China, Hedgehog, Queen Sea Big Shark, and Casino Demon, are spending 28 days in the U.S. as part of the Sing for China
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: San Francisco's own Ralph Carney, who has performed as sideman for Tom Waits, B-52’s, Oranj Symphonette, and has scored film music for Jim Jarmusch and David Lynch, presents his latest incarnation,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Art Fag San Diego presents a night of dark pop with Cold Cave (Philadelphia/New York) and Veil Veil Vanish. Get your goth on. 10 p.m. // The Knockout (3223 Mission St)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Ghost Ramp blogger and noise pop musician Nathan Williams, aka Wavves, is promoting his new single Beach Demon, which "assaults the monotony of endless suburban sunshine with zigzagging harmonies and a blitzkrieg
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Comedian Mary Van Note will have the Dark Room squirming with her quirky and awkward humor tonight and next Saturday. Tonight's special guests are Caitlin Gill, Emily Heller, and Ray Molina. 10
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Jarringly different from the , this re-telling of deaf-blind Helen Keller has Annie Sullivan speaking only in Japanese throughout the play, which "leads Helen to discover her abilities to communicate reach beyond her
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight DANCE: Come learn the polka at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival's open-air dance party at Jessie Square with Big Lou’s Polka Casserole, who are devoted to reminding audiences that polka was once
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Director Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son) pays homage to classic sci-fi films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner in the acclaimed Moon. Sam Rockwell stars as a solitary astronaut
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Meet local artists as they create original artwork available for purchase at $5 to $50 at Make My Monday. Enjoy the waterfront views and cocktails at the no-host bar (RSVP at mmm@
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Cambodian pop band Dengue Fever journeys to Cambodia in Sleeping Through the Mekong, and explores the history of the vibrant 1960s and 1970s music scene, when Cambodian musicians reinvented Western rock 'n'
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Check out the world's largest touring sneaker hip-hop lifestyle exhibition at Sneaker Pimps World Tour, featuring over 1,500 pairs of rare, limited edition, vintage, celebrity-signed, artist-collaborated sneakers and a collection of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PARTY: For those who'd love the chance to redo their prom experience, the Mishap Prom is your chance. Musical acts include The Missing Teens, Spandex Tiger, R&B Free Jazz Gospel Supreme
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PARTY: Green Zebra is celebrating the launch of their brand new Environmental Action Center and reMake Lounge. Learn about solar lease programs, composting, rainwater catchment, and other sustainable lifestyle techniques. There will also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Terrorbird and Smile! present a stellar night of disco pop. Hailing from NYC, octet The Phenomenal Handclap Band will get the dancefloor moving and sweating. Bay Area faves Bart Davenport, Tempo No
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Poppy folk band Fruit Bats are promoting their latest Sub Pop album The Ruminant Band with a free show at Amoeba this evening, and they're also at The Independent later tonight, along
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Smile! presents an eclectic mix of bands tonight at the Knockout with gothic/dark Chelsea Wolfe, pop/folk Helene Renaut, singer/songwriter J. Irvin Dally, and folk rock/shoegaze Upstairs Downstairs. 9
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Seattle comedian Hari Kondabolu speaks truth to power with confrontational and personal material, along the same lines as his comedic heroes Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor, according to the Seattle Times. KayDee
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight VARIETY: "Backpack Burlesque! Campfire Comedy! Sultry Acts of Nature!," boast the organizers of tonight's Summer Camp-themed Hubba Hubba Revue. Come enjoy a whole line-up of performers at this titillating variety show that won
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: It's your last chance to view the current exhibitions at SF Camerawork. The Summer Exhibition Cool-Down Party features Ersatz Group Exhibition, Leaving A Mark: Cutter Photozine, and The 2009 James D. Phelan
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: This month's Incredibly Strange Picture Show features the zany Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion. Filmed in 2005, Galifianakis' performance at SF's famed Purple Onion is said to still be his
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: It's $3 Movie Night, featuring A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil, an inspirational documentary about environmental innovations that transformed Curitiba, Brazil, into one of the most livable cities in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Jazz quartet Yellowjackets are promoting, Lifecycles, their first album in 15 years, which was recorded in collaboration with high-energy guitar virtuoso Mike Stern and received a Grammy nomination. The five players will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The legendary M-E-T-H-O-D Man, aka "Cheese" from The Wire, joins the equally legendary Redman and Ghostface Killah. 8 p.m. // Mezzanine (444 Jessie St) // $35, 21+, buy tickets COMEDY: Experience a night
