Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: <em>The Bridge</em> We watched the movie on DVD recently, and that was the reaction we had during more than one scene. We also shed a few tears. The movie isn't for the faint of heart,
Arts & Entertainment UPDATE: Cult Alert -- Youth With a Mission "Cult Alert!" flyers garnished lamp posts on Third and Market Streets the other night -- a siren song if ever we've heard one. (It seems like forever since SF's been plagued with a
misc Week Around the -ists Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend's annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what's becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one
SF News It's Got to Be the Morning After We're going to do this a little differently this time around as we don't know who really cares that much about either team right now. Instead, we're going to point out why you
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- KrOB'S Film Farm -- Faust (1994): Jan Švankmajer's version of Faust, using Goethe's and Christopher Marlowe's tales as well as heaps of surrealism, screens tonight at 8 p.m. at Chez Poulet,
misc Week Around the -ists Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily
SF News How's Carole Migden's Driving?: Charges Filed We can't really get ourselves too worked up about the billboards or campaign finance allegations that Mark Leno's tossing around about his rival for the State Senate seat, Carole Migden (sorry) -- but
SF News SFist Blotter Okay, we're kind of scared to say anything about the Your Black Muslim Bakery now, so let's just leave it at the handyman confessed, Chauncey Bailey's source has come out, and the bakery
Arts & Entertainment MANicure Madness We got in the car and headed over to our favorite, most reliable salon, where the instruments are clean, the prices can’t be beat, and there’s always some funny Asian soap
misc Week Around The -ists After the Minneapolis bridge collapse, Bostonist did a little research and found that Massachusetts bridges could use a little help. But Bostonist brightened up considerably when they discovered they could drink themselves silly
SF News Pete Wilson, Local Anchor And Radio Personality We just heard on KGO newstalk 810 that Pete Wilson, the local channel 7 news anchor and afternoon radio talk show host, died last night from complications in what was thought to be
SF News Day Around the Bay -- "Not guilty," says you know who. [Chron, Examiner, ABC 7] -- Beautiful, steel, and glassy Rincon Hill (and its streets) want a little love, too, you know? [RinconHillSF] -- The Cesar Chavez/
SF News Day(s) Around the Bay -- Whole Foods might be in a whole mess of trouble. Federal regulators look over seven years worth of (not-so) anonymous, ethically-questionable financial site postings made by chief executive John Mackey, who apparently
misc Week Around The -ists Banner week for SFist as the site's new editor introduced himself -- hooray for Brock! While the NY Times weighed in on SF's mayoral race, only SFist had the (insert tongue firmly into
SF News Phoebe Halliwell Back In SF As we mentioned, Alyssa was all over this town for All-Star week: promoting her Touch 'Em All fashion line, hosting the celebrity All-Star game, attending All-Star parties where she was sighted by People
SF News Seeing Stars at the All-Star Game We love seeing these games on TV for reasons already spelled out, mainly because it's a great way to show off the city and our little jewel of a park. And while watching
misc In Living Color The proposal calls for the building of a business park, retail stores, luxury hotel, and a movie/TV production studio. The idea of a theme park has been shelved which, sadly, takes away
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV Now, "On the Lot" is a show with a lot of problems. It probably would have been cancelled a long time ago, but since Steven Spielberg is one of the producers, it's been
Arts & Entertainment The SF Jewish Film Festival's On The Way! You've got a wide array of movies to choose from, including movies about Jewish boxers and documentaries from Israel -- but also, the always-fun film festival staples of romantic movies set in Paris
SF News It's All Star Weekend The festivities surrounding the All Star Game, however, are a whole other matter. We're excited for the parties for which we are not invited, the FanFest and the Home Run Derby. Sadly, baseball's
SF News Oh No Ed Jew!: Slumber Party The Chron has the goods on Mr. Jew's lawyers' 138-page response to City Attorney Dennis Herrera's initiation of proceedings to remove Mr. Jew from his board of supes post. In a nutshell, Tapioca
Arts & Entertainment SFist Today It's the Gay Pride Parade! Since you can't watch it on TV anymore anyways, just drag your sorry self out of bed and head anywhere on Market Street between the Embarcadero and Civic
SF News Free BART Tix Okay, we're not sure how this is going to play out, but: apparently BART is giving away free tickets at Justin Herman plaza today at 1:30. (Just in time for the lunch
Arts & Entertainment Frameline: Lez be Friends But the execution ... oh dear. The film is presented as two half-hour sitcom episodes, and the jokes seldom manage to rise above quality. One typical exchange: when a lesbian finds out that her
