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Tue Sep 30
at Sony Metreon (10am-10pm)Galleries
The Heart Gallery gives a human face to what are all too often just foster care statistics. It gives us the opportunity to tell each child’s story in an intimate and powerful way, and it helps us find permanent families for young people
Wed Oct 1
at SF LGBT Community Center (6:30-7:30pm)Literary Arts
Join us for a special panel and workshop about self-censorship and Bay Area authors. Featured authors include
Mark Abramson, Ali Liebegott, and Felice Newman.
Wed Oct 1
at Center for Sex and Culture (7:30pm)Literary Arts
An army of San Francisco’s revolutionary and passionate writers, musicians, performers and art makers will come together at the San Francisco Center for Sex and Culture to throw a big ass party and benefit for Fran Varian.
Wed Oct 1 - Sun Oct 5
Directed by Ed Decker
at The New Conservatory Theatre (Wed - Sat @8pm, Sun @2pm) Theatre
A delightfully witty comedy of eight boisterous school boys hoping to gain admittance to England’s most prestigious universities. This Tony Award-Winner is a wickedly funny look at history, the pursuit of knowledge, and the utter randomness of life.
Thu Oct 2 & Sat Oct 4
at OmniCircus (8pm)Theatre
This sexy, darkly funny, queer Billy Budd hijacks Melville’s classic tale and slams it into the brutal streets of SF’s Tenderloin. When Billy, a handsome young hustler, picks up cancer-ridden ex-Navy Captain Vere, he celebrates an easy trick: no touching involved...
Fri Oct 3 & Sat Oct 4
at Shotwell Studios (8pm)Theatre
Pull up a barstool and enjoy this world premiere musical comedy celebrating all things furry. Full of jokes, music, and beer, this is not your typical night out at the theater. See you at Big Dipper!
Fri Oct 3 & Sun Oct 5
at Purple Onion (8&10pm)Theatre
New York City stand-up comedian and Frairs Club Roaster Susan Alexander hosts and brings together a VARIETY of stand-up comedians of various backgrounds with hilarious different points of view to San Francisco's legendary Purple Onion.
Sun Oct 5
at Purple Onion (8&10pm)Live Music
Gogol Bordello brings high-energy gypsy punk cabaret to Slim’s on October 5 to benefit Muttville, a nonprofit organization that rescues senior dogs from shelters and finds them happy homes in which to live out their days.
Sun Oct 5
at Stagewerx (7pm)Theatre
Wedding guests are left waiting while the groom’s best friend unveils her “brand new” genitals. In the jungles near Burma, a man attempts to overcome an intense phobia of elephants...
Sun Oct 5
at The Stud (6pm-12am)Theatre
Cabaret De Nude showcases uncensored, risqué and fun performances guaranteed to tantalize and satiate your every naughty desire. Burlesque, Striptease and Erotic Performance Art, with comedy, spoken word, poetry, song and more.
Sun Oct 5
at The Castro (11am-6pm)Community
The Castro Street Fair is a community street celebration that was founded by Harvey Milk in 1974. Hundreds of local artists, vendors, craftspeople, and organizations line the streets and celebrate the diversity of the neighborhood. | This Week's Features |
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Room for Squares Oh boy! It’s National Coming Out Week. Quick. Everybody, let’s all make like Clay Aiken and make a totally astonishing, never-in-a-million-years-would-anyone-have-guessed proclamation. Ready? On three. One. Two. Three. “Yes, I’m gay!” |
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Pinkyswear Oh what a whirl! Since the last time we spoke, the stock market crashed, the world seemed to tumble towards its demise, and I tried my hardest not to get a nasty rash with no avail. After the craziness from Wall Street to Folsom Street, I could barely sit up to make it to my computer screen and send out this message to you! However, as you can tell, I somehow muddles through! |
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The Swankier Sister of the Potrero Hill original Opened in Spring 2008 by the team that brought us Plouf and Chez Maman, Chez Papa Resto is the swankier version of the original Chez Papa Bistrot in Potrero Hill. Located in the newly-renovated Mint Plaza, the resto's large outdoor patio injects some life to what was formerly a sketchy alleyway, and its flavorful burgers (of Chez Maman pedigree) have downtown office workers declaring it their favorite new lunch spot. |
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Funner Than Fun As evidenced by reality TV shows like Life of Ryan and Rob and Big, as well as the proliferation of skate company ads plastered everywhere including MUNI buses, it’s pretty obvious that the skateboarding industry has changed drastically from its beginnings to mainstream commercialdom. Though many have started skating hoping to achieve fame and fortune, there are still people in it for the unadulterated love of skateboarding. Local company YOURSeLF Skateboarding Co. was created for the latter. |
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Youth, Imagination and Transformation The new exhibition at indie arts space Intersection for the Arts predictably foregoes gallery gambits and examines the power of public art to create communal transformation. The concept of public art, at least in the art world, has largely been confined to high-brow ideas of site-specific installations meant to evoke eyebrow-raised reactions. |
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True Romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
The best thing that can be said for Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is that it knows its audience. If that sounds like faint praise, let me explain. Teenagers in movies often fall into one of two categories: sex-crazed dopes who wind up at a wild keg party or sex-crazed dopes who wind up on the business end of a lunatic’s machete. Rare is the movie that bothers to speak their language, show some compassion for their follies and give them futures not involving the morgue or Stifler’s mom. |
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See It for Simon Pegg, Stay for the Satire Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
In How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, the fictionalized adaptation of Toby Young’s non-fiction book of his time as a contributing writer for Vanity Fair, actor-writer-comedian Simon Pegg plays another narcissistic, self-flagellating, man-child. What connects each character (beyond Pegg, of course), is their painfully awkward, if often hilarious, journey into the adult world of responsibility and a long-term, usually a long-term romantic relationship. |
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Underwhelming is More Like It Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
There’s a moment in Flash of Genius, a “based on a true story” drama, where the lead character, Bob Kearns (Greg Kinnear), the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers who sued major auto manufacturers in the 70s for stealing his ideas, when on the brink of finally winning financial compensation for his invention, consults his family on what to do next. He can accept $30 million dollars, but only if he drops his demand for an apology and due credit for his invention. Having fought so long and at great personal and professional expense, he refuses. It’s a praise-worthy moment, but... |
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In God’s Country Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Religulous may not win many converts, but it poses an age-old question in simple, teasing terms: What if the fundamental tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam amount to nothing more than artful fiction? It’s a question those of great faith might be loath to consider, but it’s hard to fault comedian and professed agnostic Bill Maher for asking. |
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In a world gone blind, what if you were the only one who could see? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Over the years, we’ve seen just about every kind of epidemic imaginable on the big screen. We’ve seen viruses that turn people into flesh eating zombies, viruses that cause near instantaneous internal hemorrhaging, and viruses that turn people in mutant superheroes. In Blindess, we ‘see’ a very different kind of virus; one that merely handicaps everyone in the form of taking away their vision. Exactly how one’s humanity and character is revealed in the face of such tragedy is the thrust of Fernando Meirelles’ (City of God) latest effort. |
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An Uninspired, Conventional Western Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
After the revisionist Westerns of the 70s ran their course, it wasn’t until Clint Eastwood’s 1992 Oscar-winning Western, Unforgiven, that Hollywood began to take the genre seriously. A few misfires, however, left the genre moribund. Last year, however, saw the release of two Westerns, 3:10 to Yuma, a remake of the 1957 film starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, an adaptation of Ron Hansen’s novel starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. |
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Simplicity Equals Complexity Four years after their last LP, Stereolab is back with Chemical Chords, a nod to 60s pop arrangements with layered horns, strings and vibrato guitar providing the backdrop for Laetitia Sadier’s soft French and English delicate vocals. Tim Gane (guitars/keyboards) spoke with SF Station during the band’s New York tour stop. Stereolab will perform at the Fillmore on October 21st and 22nd. |
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Released on Matador Records, 10/28/08 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
When Lou Reed first released his Berlin album in 1973, Rolling Stone referred to it as a “distorted and degenerate demimonde of paranoia, schizophrenia, degradation, pill-induced violence and suicide”. Some 30 years later, the magazine named it one of the 500 greatest albums of all time. |
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Released on Deaf Dumb and Blind, 9/9/08 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Contrary to what the name invokes, this group is not from Japan and they’re not a duo. The group is comprised of Brighton, UK’s David Best (vocals, guitar), Steve Lewis (synths), Matt Hainsby (bass) and Lee Adams (drums). The group are self-proclaimed fans of 70s Krautrock groups and 80s synth-based bands. |
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Released on 4AD, 10/7/08 A lot of things can happen in an NYU dorm room. Grab yourself a couple of fresh-faced teenagers, a vast and ever-expanding metropolis, and a lack of overall guidance coupled with the egotistical invincibility of a young, eager mind. Though, if you happen to be Fred Nicolaus and Daniel Rossen, in lieu of the typical academic and social roommate rivalry and middle of the night oh so alone panic attacks, you begin a musical romance that not only outlasts your college days but also, for your second performance, lands you on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Not too shabby. |
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