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Tuesday, February 8. 2011

Liked "Exit Through the Giftshop"?

Than you will love this... An evening celebrating graffiti and unsanctioned art—from local origins to global phenomenon

In recent years street art has grown bolder, more ornate, more
sophisticated and—in many cases—more acceptable. Yet unsanctioned public
art remains the problem child of cultural expression, the last outlaw
of visual disciplines. It has also become a global phenomenon of the
21st century. Made in collaboration with featured artists, Trespass examines
the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art, tracing key
figures, events and movements of self-expression in the city’s social
space, and the history of urban reclamation, protest, and illicit
performance. The first book to present the full historical sweep, global
reach and technical developments of the street art movement, Trespass features key works by 150 artists, and connects four generations of visionary outlaws including Jean Tinguely, Spencer Tunick, Keith Haring, Os Gemeos, Jenny Holzer, Barry McGee, Gordon Matta-Clark, Shepard Fairey, Blu, Billboard Liberation Front, Guerrilla Girls and Banksy,
among others. It also includes dozens of previously unpublished
photographs of long-lost works and legendary, ephemeral urban artworks.

This is an event with editor Ethel Seno, Jack Napier (Billboard Liberation Front), and special guests @ City Lights Bookstore on Thursday February 17th at 7pm.

This post was graciously gaffled from sf.funcheap.com, the BEST website for all your SF cheap entertainment needs!... And by SF I mean San Francisco not Sci Fi... or San Fernando. That would be silly

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Sunday, February 6. 2011

Hipster Watching Season... Didn't you know?

Are you a hipster? Do you enjoy watching hipsters in their natural habitats? If so February is the month to come to
San Francisco and join the festival circuit.

Right now through the 17th of February we have SF Indie
Fest... San Francisco Independent Film Festival plus San Francisco Winter Music
Fest equals 85 indie features, documentaries, shorts and animated films, at
least 40 bands and some riotous parties, including one titled Super Bowl XLV:
Men in Tights and the annual Big Lebowski Party and Roller Disco Party. All the
films at Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St. Music and parties at CellSpace, 2050
Bryant. Ticket prices vary. http://www.sfindie.com/

Next we have NoisePop, Feb. 22nd through the 27th. Concerts
by Yo La Tengo, Kid Koala and dozens of other indie musicians, indie art and
films, discussions of how they’re all intertwined, and workshops on making
videos and remixing songs. My
personal fave is The Stone Foxes at the Independent on the 24th. The shows are going to happen all over
the city and the prices vary so check the website
http://2011.noisepop.com/schedule

All summaries taken from sanfrancisco.about.com

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Wednesday, February 2. 2011

The best of Bowls, a Super Bowl if you will. II

The time has come again for the Great American Holiday known as the Super Bowl. Come February 6th twill be a day full of hot dogs, bean dip, and beer. 'Tis a day where you can be completely and totally embroiled in a sport without moving anything but your thumb. This year there is an epic showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers. Here at the Tortoise we will be showing the game in the Ballroom for your football education. That's right I said it football. You can buy beer and food and settle in without having to worry about tipping a bartender. But if you wanted to venture out in some sort of anthropological expedition to see what sports bars look like on this day of days I have a few that will be up to snuff.

Do the Super Bowl “Bottom of the Hill” style with SuperBowl XLV on several screens, DJs, and chilli! It starts @ 1:00 pm and goes to 7:00 pm and Bottom of the hill is a club @ 1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA. They are not the most serious football fans but it is the 3rd annual Heavy Metal cookoff, yea, the chili will be heavy metal themed and be voted on based on taste and name .

SF IndieFest Presents: SUPER BOWL XLV: MEN IN TIGHTS. It’s the big game
with the big men on the big screen with IndieFest’s SportsSweater
Commentators. The big game gets the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 treatment. We’ve
got a 10×15 screen and a nice bright projector. We’ll be showing all of
the game. All of the commercials. And making fun of all of it. It's @ Cellspace | 2050 Bryant St at 18th, SF CA 94110. Beer/Wine/Soju cocktails/Bloody mary’s for sale. probably some chips or
popcorn as well. 100+ seats plus sofas etc. fun casual spot to watch the
game and have some laughs at pro football’s expense….

The Independent @ 628 Divisadero St. takes the day off from hosting concerts to show the Super Bowl on a 221? screen (that’s 12 feet x 14 feet,
folks). They’ll be serving pitchers of all of their beers on tap
(Lagunitas IPA, Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Widmer Hefeweizen, Stella, Bud
Light) plus a drink special of a Beer and a shot of 3 Roses Whiskey for
$8. Doors at 2:30p, Game at 3:30p. This location will probably be taking the game a little more seriously

Maggie McGarry's @ 1353 Grant Ave between Green St & Vallejo St
We always send people here for
games during the year I can only imagining the epic scene that will
ensue during the biggest football game of the year.

Most of these suggestions were taken from http://sf.funcheap.com/. Look there for more suggestions for the big day or any day of your SF adventure!