Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/20: '4:44 Last Day On Earth' FILM: Willem Defoe and Shanyn Leigh star in 4:44 Last Day On Earth, director Abel Ferrara's take on the apocalypse, which is set in Manhattan during the world’s final hours. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/19: SFIFF Opening Night, 'Farewell, My Queen' FILM: The 55th annual San Francisco International Film Festival opens tonight with Farewell, My Queen, Benoît Jacquot’s adaptation of Chantal Thomas’s novel, which portrays the court life at Versailles as seen
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/18: Wild Flag/Carrie Brownstein MUSIC: Portland and Washington, D.C. based quartet of allstar musicians, Wild Flag, including Carrie Brownstein (most recently of Portlandia fame) and fellow former Sleater-Kinney bandmate Janet Weiss, headline the Fillmore tonight, along
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/17: Wanda Jackson MUSIC: Some folks might be at the Warfield (Pulp) or Great American (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) tonight, but lots of others will be at The Regency Ballroom to see the Queen of Rockabilly
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/16: Popscene/The Horrors MUSIC: Didn't get tickets to the sold-out SBTRKT and Godspeed You Black Emperor shows tonight? You're in luck. You can still grab some tickets to see The Horrors and The Black Angels perform
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/15: Elvis Costello & The Imposters MUSIC: There are still some tickets available to see Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Warfield tonight. Attend, and you might get invited up on stage to spin the "Spectacular Spinning Songbook,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/14: Rick Buckner and Tim Cohen MUSIC: Alternative folk fave, Richard Buckner, will be playing an intimate show at Brick & Mortar Music Hall tonight, along with guest Tim Cohen performing a solo set. (9 p.m., Brick &
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/13: Midnite For Maniacs FILM: Midnite for Maniacs presents a triple feature event themed, Growing Up Too Fast (in Japan), which kicks off with a screening of Sofia Coppola gem, Lost in Translation, followed by the S.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/12: Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo MUSIC: Sonic Youth founding member Lee Ranaldo celebrates the release of his first song-oriented studio album, Between The Times And The Tides, with an early set at Amoeba, followed by a show at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/11: Radiohead MUSIC: Amidst a whirlwind of sold-out shows going on tonight (Firehose, Mazzy Star, M. Ward/Jonathan Richman), there are still a handful of tickets left to catch Radiohead down in San Jose, for
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/10: Anne Lamott and Sam Lamott LITERARY: City Arts & Lectures presents Anne Lamott and her son, Sam Lamott, who are continuing the tradition of documenting the first year of their offspring's life. First, Anne published Operating Instructions 19
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/9: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All MUSIC: There are still some tickets available to check out Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, or Odd Future for short, a nine-member hip hop collective from L.A. whom SFist Erick
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/8: Lucky Jesus/'Jesus Christ Superstar' Singalong MUSIC: To keep your Jesus celebration going, queercore indie rock pop band, Lucky Jesus, will be performing at the Make-Out Room tonight, preceding a Jesus Christ Superstar screening and singalong, featuring the soundtrack
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/7: Adobe Books Benefit Variety Show BENEFIT: Sonny Smith, Thee Oh Sees, and The Mallard will be performing at All the Children Sing: Adobe Books Benefit Variety Show, which also features stand-up comedy by George Chen and Anna Seregina,
Arts & Entertainment Tonight Addendum: Berlin-Style Ping Pong Party At Rickshaw Stop By now many of you know about Allan Hough's now famous Berlin-style ping pong party called American Tripps. It is, in a word, spectacular. Loads of festive folks walk around a ping pong
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/6: Swervedriver MUSIC: Mid-90s British grunge-tinged shoegazers Swervedriver are back on tour after reuiniting a few years ago. They take the stage at Slim's tonight, along with guests, Heaven. (9 p.m., Slim's, 333 11th
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/5: Lower Polk Art Walk ART: A whole slew of galleries — 11 to be exact — from the Lower Polk and Tenderloin neighborhoods will be open until 10 p.m. as part of the monthly Lower Polk Art Walk.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/4: Jonah Lehrer LECTURE: Jonah Lehrer of Wired Magazine and Radio Lab fame will be be talking about his latest book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, which shatters the myths of muses and “creative types” and argues
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/3: The Polyphonic Spree MUSIC: Beloved choral "psychphonic" pop rock band The Polyphonic Spree will be at Great American tonight celebrating their 11th year of existence along with the release of their new single "Bullseye." Also featuring
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/2: Christian Cagigal's The Collection PERFORMANCE: After a sold-out opening night, theatrical magician Christian Cagigal continues his 13-day run of The Collection, featuring his "special brand of creepiness." No other details have been provided, since the audience at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 4/1: The Wedding Present Play 'Seamonsters' MUSIC: Veteran British indie rockers, The Wedding Present, will be performing their 1991 album, Seamonsters, in its entirety, along with other classic hits from their career. Also featuring Toquiwa and Zarigani $. (8 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/31: Southern Exposure Art Auction And Fundraiser ART/BENEFIT: Buy some cutting edge art at a live and silent auction of work from over 150 established and emerging artists at The Silver Era, Southern Exposure's annual fundraiser and art auction,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/30: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express MUSIC: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express headline Great American tonight, in support of his latest album, Temple Beautiful, which was inspired by current San Francisco artists while paying tribute to the "history
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/29: SFMOMA Presents Le Le MUSIC: SFMOMA presents a stellar free show tonight featuring the groove-tastic Le Le from Amsterdam (check out their cool video.), along with S.F.'s Forlove and DJs Dials, Sleazemore, Eug, and Dreamweapon.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/28: Stay Gold 6th Anniversary CLUB: The delightfully sexy sounding Stay Gold club night celebrates six years of creating a space that welcomes all kinds of queers, "a body positive, gender neutral zone for people to dance, cruise,
