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Live Review, 5/11/2012: Roger Waters Takes a Stand for Bleeding Hearts and Artists Outside The Wall

Roger Waters Friday, May 11, 2012 AT&T Park Better than: Every previous Pink Floyd-related tour. No, really. Apparently those epic theatrical extravaganzas mounted by Pink Floyd in the 1970s and '80s -- with their massive film projections and towering marionettes -- just weren't getting Roger Wate ... More >>

Man/Miracle, Titan Ups, The Black Swans, Godwaffle Noise Pancakes, and More

Rachel WilliamsMan/Miracle plays Hemlock Tavern this Friday ​Why is it that short weeks always feel the most traumatizing? It's like our bodies got used to the longer weekend and never quite got back into the routine of workweek. If you're as exhausted as we are, the only cure is good old fashione ... More >>

NYE Roller Disco, Noisy Avon Ladies, Muni Party, Teenage Dance Craze and More

Moncrief SpeaksMuni Party: Ride Muni for free on New Year's Eve​Ticket prices for New Year's Eve events are notoriously jacked up. Save yourself the worry and the cash, and check out our list of cheap, way-cooler options. Here are 10 things to do this weekend in San Francisco for less than the mor ... More >>

The Cost of Seeing Maroon 5 for Free: Your Facebook Soul

This is bullshit.​Yesterday we informed you of a free Maroon 5 show at the Fillmore this Monday -- free, that is, if you pick up tickets at a local AT&T store. (It's a promo for the new Windows phone.) Well, turns out there is a additional cost involved, and we're not talking about Muni fare. ... More >>

Costumed Roller Disco, Bay Area Hip-Hop Debaser, Shannon & the Clams, Grow Up and More

ShockGDance to tracks by Digital Underground and more this Saturday at Debaser​Boo-hoo. It's chilly and raining. But don't cry, everything you want to do this weekend is indoors anyway. So go enjoy all the cheap shows, exhibits, and parties you can pack in. Here's our list of 10 things to do for l ... More >>

Harldly Strictly Bluegrass, AIDS Wolf, World Veg Fest, Castro Street Fair and More

Autumn De WildeJenny and Johnny are among 80 acts at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2010​Hardly Strictly is here! But before you blow your figurative load over the biggest free concert of the year, keep in mind that there are plenty of other fun and cheap events in the city this weekend. Here's our lis ... More >>

Literary Death Match, Techie Picnic, Mixtape Party, Vintage Rock, and More

The Soft White Sixties play Saturday at Thee Parkside​Summer is in full swing, despite those moody grey skies. Take full advantage of it - here's our list of cheap events this weekend under $10. So go explore, S.F. Literary Death Match @ The Elbo Room (Fri.) Competitive reading series Literary De ... More >>

10 Things To Do For Under $10: KISS Cover Love, Screaming Females, World Cupping

Screaming Females play tonight at Hemlock​There seems to be something cheap for everyone this lovely first weekend of June. Art openings, the ultimate underground foodie event, plenty of live music and D.J.s ready to vie for your attention -- and it's all for less than the cost of a quality six-pa ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10: Gastronomic Adventures, Free Comics, Electro-disco Noiseniks

Clipd Beaks​Were those glorious super-warm days of last weekend simply a tease? Are we doomed to a more traditional mid-season S.F. weekend of half-sunny, half-windy days? Well I hate to say it fellow park-dwellers, but if you don't like the weather in our oft-overcast city, perhaps you are in the ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

Gretchen RobinetteBring Your Own Big Wheel (BYOBW)​This weekend there is so much to see: Lebowski fans in their bathrobes; grown-ass adults on their big wheels; ladies on the turntables; and men who want to "Make the Whole World Pay." If you can't find something fun to do on this list for under a ... More >>

What To Do? Our Pick For Tonight's Entertainment

Wednesday (and Thursday) Night OutThe Spits​Though they hail from opposite ends of the American Empire -- rainy Seattle, Washington, and sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, respectively -- The Spits and Davila 666 share a love of raucous punk rock'n'roll and the wild time it often inspires. Last month ... More >>

Fall Dance Picks

Harpoons and Harbingers

This fall, visual artists bite, reflect, and cannibalize.

Stage Sage

Speculating about this season's theatrical experiments.

Other Stage Standouts This Fall

Found in Translation

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company uses the international language of movement to communicate with Chinese collaborators.

Five Classical Music and Opera Events to See This Fall

The Maestro

For S.F. Opera's new music director, conducting is a lot like making love.

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

Windsurf @ Amnesia on Friday​Not all summer music fests require sizable chunks of your paycheck. This weekend, two budget music shindigs blanket San Francisco, championing alternatives to both mainstream music and mainstream admission prices. San Francisco's Doomed and Homo a Go Go are just two of ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

Dear & Yonder​It took five. long. days. to get here, but man, it's finally the weekend. Let's celebrate. We've got a couple of ideas. Dear & Yonder Pt. 1: Art Show‏ @ Mollusk (Friday)We love Mollusk parties, mostly for the fact that they force us to hang out so close to the ocean. And th ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

Japandroids hit the Hemlock Sunday​Being cheap never means being boring in this city. To wit:L.O.W.'s Outdoor BBQ & Pool Party @ Bambuddha Lounge (Friday)We don't want to hear that it hasn't felt like summer this week. Come Friday, Look Out Weekend is bringing a bathing suit-able bash to Bambu ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

MochipetOur hand picked list of events worth your spare time, for the price of your spare change. Zombie Beach Party (Friday)In San Francisco, Zombies never say die. When they're not "killing" people during flash mobs, they're going to the beach--indoors, of course, because the real sun would damage ... More >>

Another Day, Another Green Day Show Annoucement: Uptown Tonight

Get ready to cram into the Uptown tonight, Green Day fans. The punk trio continues its guerrilla tour of the Bay Area this week with a stop at the Oakland nightclub. Tickets are $20 a pop, show starts at 8 p.m. Our clubs editor, John Graham, confides that he hopes Green Day plays at the Hemlock next ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 To Do This Weekend

It's that time again. While we all hold our breaths waiting for some of that economic stimulus package to end up in our personal bank accounts (yeah right), it's all about being cheap...or, ahem, price conscious. We refuse to let you stay home this weekend to cry into your little brother's broken pi ... More >>

222 Club to Close Oct. 1

Last Night: Hopping along with Kepi: The Band at the Bottom of the Hill

Photos: Week on the Street (Part I)

Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/12

From Russia with Love: Auktyon's avant-rock

Caught Up in the Rapture

Danish Garage Rockers Storm the Independent

Mexican six-string superheroes Rodrigo y Gabriela

Club Hide closes

The new Fox Theater, the arty Red Poppy, and the hustlin' Demolition Men

The Bay is looking up in 2008

The Melvins melt your noggin this New Year's Eve

SF Weekly Best Albums of 2007 : John Graham Edition

Punk Royalty Still Reigns Supreme: Naked Raygun and Suicidal Tendencies

Mocean Worker, KALX Matthew Africa, Pam the Funkstress, Ghettodisco

Hear This

Blackalicious 'Barack' Party Pops Up In Oakland Sunday

The Energys: hot-wired Japanese punk explodes in S.F.

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Artbeat

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

Artbeat

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits