Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: It's the closing weekend of Boleros for the Disenchanted, written by The Motorcycle Diaries screenwriter José Rivera, which is a love story set in Puerto Rico that spans several generations and is
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Check out the original Inglorious Bastards by Italian director Enzo Castellari, which inspired the partial premise of Tarantino's upcoming version. Incidentally, Tarantino is a very bad speller. The original remains perhaps the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts concludes its 2008-2009 season with Nick Cave Soundsuits Collaboration, which combines the movement of New York-based choreographer Ronald K. Brown and the shimmering Soundsuits of Chicago-based
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight LECTURE: The Commonwealth Club hosts an enlightening discussion with Michael Eric Dyson: Can You Hear Me Now? Known as the "hip-hop" intellectual, Dyson examines issues of class, race and poverty, and political strife.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: It's a night of high-energy indie. So, get up there and shake your skinny butts, hipsters. Passion Pit, Harlem Shakes, and Cale Parks will not let you down. 7 p.m. // Bimbo's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: There's still a few remaining nights of film noir at I Wake Up Dreaming. Tonight's double feature is Women in the Night (8 p.m.), "one of the rarest of 40s B
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: In celebration of Harvey Milk's birthday this past Friday, the Castro is screening both Rob Epstein’s Academy Award-winning 1984 documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Zant's feature film
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PERFORMANCE: StageWright presents Beatboxing Beasts & Cafeteria Feasts, in which fifth graders from Starr King Elementary School have written six original plays inspired by works of visual art at the de Young Museum.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: As part of SFMOMA's Robert Frank Retrospective, Program 3 will be a screening of three of Frank's short films. Keep Busy is a spontaneous, improvised story of a group of people living
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Bring your bike, a cushion/blanket, and a radio for the Disposable Film Festival's first ever bike-in screening (as opposed to a drive-in). Immediately following the movie, there will be a party
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: Be sure to check out the Cartoon Art Museum's fifth annual "Comix for Comics," a pee-your-pants night of hilarity featuring stand-up comedy by Carlos Alazraqui of Reno 911, Mike Meehan, Harmon Leon,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight BEER/LIT: Beer blogger Brian Yaeger of Beerodyssey.com reads from his new latest effort about a cross-country brewery tour; Red, White and Brew, followed by a free beer tasting. Mmm. 7:30
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tonight's Noise Pop Happy Hour boasts Music for Animals, Aim Low Kid, and Audio Out Send. If you haven't checked out any Noise Pop shows, be sure to check out the festival's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART/OPEN MIC: At Pecha Kucha, eight to 12 designers will each present 20 images of their work. This month's theme is change. Like a grownup version of show-and-tell, each person gets 20
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: Head over to "Special Disco Version" to get your tight groove on. Psycho-disco players Hercules & Love Affair ease you into the night, while LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney keeping you dancing 'til
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: In Living Color alum, Tony nominee, and all-around funny guy David Alan Grier takes the stage tonight. Laughter? Will ensue. 8 p.m. // Cobb's Comedy Club (915 Columbus) // $20.50-$25.50
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Theresa Andersson recorded her latest album, Hummingbird, Go!, in a New Orleans kitchen using everything from soda bottles to homemade water vases to her soulful yet sunny voice. Check out the singing
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Theatre of Yugen presents Nikolai Gogol’s Overcoat, where a ghost ("corpse") goes around stealing overcoats. Of course, this Russian lit classic is about much, much more, but we recommend it for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: You muse have energy left to "Rickshaw Stop’s 5th Anniversary Bash," don't you? What if we told you LA/Canadian pop-alt band Dengue Fever will headline the Hayes Valley birthday bash?
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: Jackie Mason, Pontius Pilot, Bacchus, Mother Theresa, Mohamed, Mary Magdalene, Phil Silvers, Satan, and more come together to throw shade at Our Lord and Savior Jesus H. Christ. Conceived by locals Howard
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Tonight's your last night to catch at the Castro Theatre, where the critically-acclaimed Harvey Milk biopic premiered. Really, you should check it out; almost every single San Francisco homo is in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight KARAOKE: While some of us prefer a ballad or ditty from the American Songbook, many of you might prefer punk- and rock-styled karaoke. If so, head over to SoMa for "Mainroom Mondays Big
SF News SFist Tonight MUSIC: If you love when "accordion trills join synthesized, repeating vocals and the boom-boom of a bass kick," and you should, you'll love Tijuana -based Nortec Collective, who are most spectacular. They're muy
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Aw, yeah. You know you want it: "A Jerry Christmas," featuring dead head holiday tunes sure to get you merry and high. Dig? Come listen to Workingman's Ed pay tribute to legends
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The Guaraldi Project performs the score from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" at this concert benefiting Raphael House (a shelter that provides family support service and shelter for homeless families and children in
