Arts & Entertainment Get Your Knit On Hark! Do you hear the hosannas of angels wearing roomy striped ponchos and the clicking of bamboo sticks? That's right -- the hipster goddess of knitting, Debbie Stoller, is in town promoting
misc SFist at SXSW: Part Four -- Subterranean Homesick Blues Sorry to plagiarise the title, but there's something about Austin that makes us think of Dylan, both the good parts and the bad. If Austin were a person, we have a
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: 62 Years and 6500 Miles Between First of all, we want to apologize for having to miss the Asian Am Film Fest screening of the Taiwanese comedy on Tuesday -- we got sick. We're totally going to try
SF News Chron Management to Media Workers Guild: How Shall We Screw Thee? Let Us Count The Ways... The company says the changes are necessary to cut labor costs, reverse the newspaper's financial losses and forestall the possibility of an asset sale. Despite the major changes proposed, the company
Arts & Entertainment Bright, Indeed Unless you're hitting A.C.T. or Berkeley Rep, it's a bit tough to find good theater to go to on a Wednesday night. Right now (and at least
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gourmet de l'Ouest: Andy's The Richmond and Sunset is more than just the place you drive through on your way to the beach--it's home to some great, if overlooked, restaurants. We hope you'
SF News Anthony Tashnick Wins at Mavericks SFist has always taken note that it's pretty hard to go wrong taking pictures and film of surfers. It's also nice to watch nature at it's most
Arts & Entertainment Mavericks! (maybe) I don't want to be caught calling "wolf", but I'm hearing from my friends that the surf contest at Maverick's is going to be held
SF News A Suggestion From Seattlest Our man on the PNW sport beat, Seattlest Seth, has a modest proposal that could be just the thing to turn around the fortunes of the Golden State Warriors, and it has nothing
SF News As the 'Roids Turn You know how in all this steroid hullabaloo, Tony LaRussa has been running around adamantly saying there was nothing going on, nothing happening, and nothing to see? Well, it turns out there was.
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jason Blalock Jason Blalock combined inspiration from an old SFist fav, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, and his shock and awe-induced state from encountering the Raider Nation, and turned this all into art. Jason'
Arts & Entertainment Because It's Everyone's Dream to Have a Convicted Felon For a Boss NBC announced Wednesday that Mark Burnett will produce a "The Apprentice" spin-off series that will feature Martha Stewart. Production is scheduled to begin in March, after her release from the
SF News Drugs Are Bad, Mmmmkay Seems Dan Siegel, member of the lame-duck Oakland School Board and likely candidate for Jerry Brown's job, had "less than an ounce" of marijuana discovered in his checked
SF News Butt-wielding Buttheads at the Chron This just slipped into our inbox from a mole at the Chron. It was forwarded to the all-staff mailing list by none other than Sharon Stone's former paramour and glurgy
SF News Smoke 'Em If You Golf 'Em Funny little thing about this law, though- it actually calls for the banning of smoking in every city park except one, the public golf course. Turns out that a high percentage of golfers-
Arts & Entertainment Creative Commonists It's good to be a nerd. At least that's how SFist feels after hanging out at the Swedish American Hall, taking full advantage of the open bar, nodding our
SF News Take Action for Tsunami Relief Two dear friends of SFist wrote in to let us know about local tsunami relief events. Your Waitress wants photobloggers and everyone else to know that HiMY SYeD, Toronto native and current Bay
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV This Week Now that we've finally gotten that good time over with and those pesky Holidays are at last behind us, we can get back to the things that are really important. Like
SF News Let the Court Cases Begin Hearings began Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court on the legality of Same-Sex Marriage. On one side is the City of San Francisco, representing twelve plaintiffs who filed suitafter the California Supreme
Arts & Entertainment Put On Your Yarmulke, Here Comes Hanukkah The big event happening is the annual lighting of the Bill Graham Menorah at Union Square. The fun starts at 5 p.m. and lasts 'til 6 p.m., so for those
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Thanksgiving TV This Week Television has become as a much of a Thanksgiving staple as turkey, cranberries, and drunken uncles. Let's face it: when you've just eaten a week's worth of
Arts & Entertainment So That's How they Make Cameron Diaz Ugly Not geeky enough? If your Wednesday (next) is free (SFist has book club, sorry), check out "The Making of Shrek 2" presented by the SF Bay Area Chapter of the ACM.
SF News Disenchantment in the Streets It wouldn't be San Francisco if people weren't deluded into thinking anyone cared what we say. Which is why protest events have been long planned in response to this
SF News Going Cheney at the School Board The SF school board, never known for its collegial atmosphere, reached new Dick Cheney levels of incivility at last Wednesday's meeting (.pdf agenda), where school board member Heather Hiles (at left)
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Idol The line starts at 6 a.m. today, but it's unclear whether you should have camped out last night or should expect to camp out tonight (bring a jacket and keep
