To celebrate the release of their collaborative album Planetarium, Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister will play a limited run of very special dates, accompanied onstage by strings and brass, this summer. Planetarium unites Stevens’ vocals, McAlister’s beats, Dessner’s guitar performance, and Muhly’s instrumental compositions in a far-reaching

  Story Time with the Golden Gate Dolls is a gourmet experience of decadent proportions with plenty of circus tricks, aerial artistry and theatrical shenanigans to dazzle and delight. Our dinner meets circus meets nightclub brings the mystery of masterpiece theatre and the allure of the Golden Gate Dolls, putting

This post was made possible by the Summer with the SF Symphony concert series.  Incredible shows are happening this July. Amazing music & movie magic at the Symphony this Summer!  The live musical scores and screenings of some of the greatest films every made is an incredible treat to see.  The musical guests who

By Hannah Harkness While I don’t claim to be an expert on Alien conspiracies and I wouldn’t consider myself a paranoid tinfoil hat wearer that knows the truth about everything, I have a theory that even the biggest skeptics don’t disagree with me on. If aliens are on earth and

OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY EMPEROR NORTON’S BOOZELAND THE TENDERLOIN’S NEWEST HISTORIC DIVE.  HAPPY HOUR NOON – 7PM Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken is taking over the world. Two locations just opened in Los Angeles and there are plans to open the franchise in China and South America. Sorry, folks…it’s not in the

The long-awaited return of Brooklyn’s Beach Fossils, Somersault showcases a band in bloom. Charting into new musical territory with a refined songwriting style, it’s an album that captures flashes of life in New York grounded in personal experience. The band’s self-titled 2010 debut established a sound that was both minimal and

By Jonas Barnes When I first laid eyes on “The Exorcist“, I shit my pants. Was it fear or was it the fact that I was a 6 year old? I guess we’ll never know the answer to that question. It did, however, set off a chain of events that

Sushi pizza, sushi breakfast, sushi donuts, and a restaurant that serves sushi in a cup is the natural evolution of this newly minted hell we have found ourselves in.