On Saturday, June 12 from 2pm-4pm, Richie Unterberger will present “Rock Music in the Cinema,” a program of memorable and odd performances by rock acts in fictional movies from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, in Koret Auditorium at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library at 100 Larkin Street. Included will be clips [...]

On Saturday, May 1 from 2pm-4pm, Richie Unterberger will show rare film clips by San Francisco Bay Area folk-rock and psychedelic rock performers from the mid-1960s through the early 1970s in Koret Auditorium, in the basement of the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library at 100 Larkin Street. Included will be footage by [...]

Haight Ashbury
Editorial By David Wills
The Fair is our totem.
Let it be known.
As it ever was
Self done.
We like it like that.
Ours a Fair
The Haight Ashbury way,
with style
and pith.
I like this place. The Haight has been good to me, and I want to return the favor: I want to relish the exuberance of the neighborhood, to speak [...]

Come discover the volunteer opportunities available in Golden Gate Park–
Everything from park guides, jungle docents, to gardening and park stewardship opportunities.
Where: Conservatory of Flowers, Orchid Room
When: Wednesday, February 10th 10am-2pm
What: Light refreshments, interactive displays, networking, volunteer opportunities.

On Wednesday, February 3 from 7pm-9pm, Richie Unterberger will present rare film clips of women rock and soul performers from the 1950s to the 1980s at the Park Branch of the San Francisco Public Library at 1833 Page Street. Included will be clips by Wanda Jackson, Brenda Lee, Francoise Hardy, the Ronettes, Aretha Franklin, Nina [...]

Gentlemen Broncos, the newest movie by Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre director Jared Hess, plays on January 19 & 20.
The ‘70s grindhouse films return again with Black Dynamite, playing January 21 -23. It allegedly does the ‘70s exploitation thing better than Tarantino and Rodriguez combined.
Spike Jonez adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are plays January [...]

On Wednesday, December 9 from 7pm-9pm, Richie Unterberger will present a program on “Rock’n’Roll, The First Decade: From Elvis to the Beatles” at the Park Branch of the San Francisco Public Library at 1833 Page Street.
Included will be footage from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s of Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Gene [...]

On Thursday, November 19 from 8pm-10pm, Richie Unterberger will discuss White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center at 145 Ninth Street in San Francisco as part of its monthly film series featuring musically inspired films. Rare audiovisual material from throughout the Velvet Underground’s career will be featured, and [...]

When John takes his SF friends to his dead uncle’s remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth of his uncle’s demise and the legend of The Ripper – a murderous [...]

SF Open Studios 2009 Weekend Dates:
Weekend 1: October 10 & 11, 11am-6pm
Bernal Heights, Castro, Duboce, Eureka Valley, Glen Park, Mission, Noe Valley, Portola.
Weekend 2: October 17 & 18, 11am-6pm
Buena Vista, Diamond Heights, Fort Mason, Haight, Hayes Valley, Marina, Mount Davidson, Pacific Heights, Richmond, Sunset, Ocean Beach, Twin Peaks, West Portal.
Weekend 3: October 24 and 25, [...]