Arts and Culture

19 Feb 2011

The Party’s Still in LIC: PS1 Saturday Sessions

Among many things, PS1 is well-known for convincing Manhattanites to take the 7 train for over 10 years. You can tell something big is going on: the nervous energy on the subway platform is palpable and fingers trace the purple line on the map to count the stops. They descend

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19 Feb 2011

Get Discovered (And Probably Screamed At) By Tyra Banks

She just has so much wisdom to share! This is it! This is your ticket out of brokeassdom! That is, as long as you’re at least 5’7″ and a female between the ages of 18 and 27. You probably need to possess some kind of unique beauty, too. Oh, and

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18 Feb 2011

Check Out San Francisco Made of Paper Tonight at The Curiosity Shoppe!

Nailed it, Chloe…nailed it. It’s no secret that we residents of San Francisco loooooooove our city.  If we didn’t, we wouldn’t live paycheck-to-paycheck, in, like, the fifth most expensive place in the country.  Yeah, it’s foggy sometimes and flipping over the handlebars of your bike when the wheels get stuck

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17 Feb 2011

FREE Ryan Lee Crosby Show at Sidewalk Cafe on Saturday

There are enough terrible, “I wish I didn’t have ears” wish-causing covers to make me want to swear them off forever (*Cough* Passion Pit’s “Tonight, Tonight” *Cough*). Fortunately, Ryan Lee Crosby is doing his part to make the gesture credible once more. Every day in February, the Boston-based folk troubadour

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17 Feb 2011

Celebrate the 3rd Annual Inner Richmond Pub Crawl

These things never end well. Or they end really well. One or the other. No plans this weekend? Well, you do now. Indulge in a night of fun, friends and debauchery at the 3rd Annual Inner Richmond Pub Crawl. This FREE pub crawl is hosted by 10 different bars all

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17 Feb 2011

FREE Improv All Night at the PIT

The PIT recently became a trend setter. They moved their theater out of the improv district to the east side. Their new space is huge–not only is the theater itself huge, but their waiting room is now a spacious, full size bar. And even more exciting, there are six FREE

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15 Feb 2011

Feist Documentary @ Noise Pop

NEW GIRL CRUSH I never think I’m going to like documentaries. That might make me sound like an idiot but the thing is, when I feel like watching a movie, it’s the one time I’m not trying to learn. I went to school for 20 years. I paid my learning

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14 Feb 2011

Cure the Valentine Blues with Smith Westerns Tonight at Amoeba

Which one is Smith? Got those VD blues (either type)? Cheer yourself up with the dreamy, twinkly, head-noddable pop-rock tunes of Smith Westerns. Pitchfork loves this year’s sophomore effort, Dye It Blonde, from increasingly prolific label Fat Possum, and Pitchfork is never wrong. And since you are unemployed or were busy watching

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