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Treasure Island Music Festival Preview

With summer in our rear-view mirror and winter barreling down, next weekend’s Treasure Island Music Festival, now in its fifth year running, marks a seasonal last hurrah for those of who crave the energy, chaos, and colorful crowds that tend to go hand-in-hand with dancing outdoors.   read more

Shut Up Little Man! review

Shut Up Little Man! is a documentary account of a series of viral, pre-Internet tape recordings of Raymond Huffmann and Peter Haskett, two raging alcoholics who engaged in hilarious, drunken, verbal (and sometimes physical) brawls in their San Francisco apartment.  read more

San Francisco Silent Film Festival Wrapup

The 2011 San Francisco Silent Film Festival came loaded with potential scene-stealers. A long-lost John Ford film screened. I Am Cuba director Mikhail Kalatozov’s rare 1931 Russian propaganda reject The Nail in the Boot wowed festival-goers with its brilliant photography and editing, accented by the great accompanist Stephen Horne. New restorations introduced many films—including Douglas Fairbanks in Mr. Fix-It—to North American audiences for the first time. And The Matti Bye Ensemble’s accompaniment unforgettably brought out the pounding circus nightmare of Victor Sjöstrom’s classic He Who Gets Slapped....  read more

LCD, Belle & Sebastian and The National Play Treasure Island This Weekend

Also, She & Him, Broken Social Scene, Superchunk, Phosphorescent, Surfer Blood and many more...  read more

Outside Lands Releases 2010 Schedule

San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival is next weekend, butting heads with the midwest Lollapalooza that will tear some festival-goers apart this weekend. Although the full lineup was announced a couple months ago, the schedule has finally gone live on the website complete with personal scheduler so you can map out your San Francisco weekend ahead of time....  read more

Weird Al, Dave Eggers, Conan O'Brien, Many More Performing at SF Sketchfest

If laughter is the best medicine, then the three-week long, star-studded San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival can surely cure anything. The SF Sketchfest has packed its ninth year’s lineup full of comedic heavyweights....  read more

Outside Lands 2009 line-up features PJ, DMB, M.I.A., more

Although several music festivals have struggled this year because of a floundering economy and poor ticket sales, Outside Lands is gearing up with some big names for its second year....  read more

Outside Lands 2008 - Day 3

Above: Little BrotherPhotos taken at Outside Lands 2008 by April Brimer...  read more

Outside Lands 2008 - Days 1 and 2

Above: BeckPhotos taken at Outside Lands 2008 by April Brimer...  read more

Gnarls, New Pornographers play Slow Food Rocks in San Fran

This summer, it seems any place and any reason are game for a music festival. We've had Memorial Weekend Fest in Bend, Ore., Bang on a Can Marathon (N.Y.) and Israel @ 60 (D.C.) most recently. The Wordless Music Series (N.Y.) will be going on through the end of June, and Corndog-O-Rama (Atlanta) this month as well. We are celebrating things with song like never before, and honestly, it's pretty sweet....  read more