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Featured Review from SF Weekly
September 25, 2012The unGoogleable inheritor of the Trannyshack art-drag scepter is known as Some Thing; each Friday brings a new theme via semi-pun. It could be simple, such as… more at voiceplaces.com
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
February 09, 2012“We love love! We just love it!” scream the awesome queens of Some Thing, the mind-altering weekly friday drag show and party at the Stud. You may detect a hint of… more at sfbg.com
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Wild Style
Tue. 05/07 | 2:00PM @ Contemporary Jewish Museum (map)
It has been thirty years since Wild Style brought the world to its break-dancing knees. Enjoy the classic flick with rare footage of one of the godfathers of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash, pul…more»
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Kristi Yamaguchi's Children's Day Festival in Japantown
Sat. 05/04 | 11:00AM - Sat. 05/04 @ Japantown - San Francisco
In recognition of Japan's national holiday to celebrate children, the JCCCNC presents our annual Children's Day Festival in Japantown. There will be entertainment, food and hands-on craf…more»
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Alice Russell, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet & DJ Carnita, Hard French, The Shotgun ...
Fri. 05/03 | 9:00PM @ Mezzanine (map)
21+ Alice Russell is natural, pure natural talent, a natural presence, a force of nature. Whether on a big stage with her 16 piece band, charming a crowd of 4000 into staying out dancing in t…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
May 01, 2013Before neo-soul Brits Adele and Amy Winehouse invaded our shores, there was Alice. The Suffolk, England native has been belting out full-bodied numbers in Aretha Franklin-style…more at sfbg.com
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San Francisco Performances 2012-2013 Season Paul Taylor Dance Company
Fri. 05/03 | 8:00PM @ Lam Research Theater at YBCA (map)
Program B: Gossamer Gallant For two decades, this quintessential American company has made SF Performances its second home and delighted Bay Area audiences with new work fresh from the New …more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
May 01, 2013In July, Paul Taylor will be 83. He founded his company in 1954. He has danced with Balanchine, Graham, and Cunningham. With Trisha Brown out of the picture, he is the last of the…more at sfbg.com
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May Day 2013
Fri. 05/03 | 8:00AM - Sun. 05/05 | 10:00PM @ CounterPULSE (map)
Performance Festival to Benefit CounterPULSE Come be a part of our 8th anniversary here at Mission & 9th with our annual three-night performance festival fundraiser. Set to coincide with the …more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
May 01, 2013If you live in a northern climate, you understand why May Day celebrations were important. Finally, the ground had warmed enough to plant tomatoes. Enough of a reason to pick up…more at sfbg.com
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MARNIE STERN, SISU, E V Kain
Sun. 04/28 | 8:00PM @ Rickshaw Stop (map)
MARNIE STERN There's little doubt that Marnie Stern lives up to her reputation as "the lady who shreds," but for Marnie, shredding is not enough. After putting out three critically-acclaimed a…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 24, 2013On the cover of Marnie Stern’s new album, Chronicles of Marnia, the artist walks on the beach in a summer dress, silhouetted by a setting sun. This would suggest that inside, one would find…more at sfbg.com
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Presented by: Performer Magazine The Cave Singers, with Bleeding Rainbow
Sun. 04/28 | 7:30PM @ Great American Music Hall (map)
There’s no tomorrow / Set a place at the table If every story is a story about love, what of suffering, surrender, and redemption? Life says they’re in there too. Along with traffic jams and …more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 24, 2013At first listen, the Cave Singers’ music inhabits a place directly related to rotting porches on the edges of mountainous forests. They play folk. Spend a little more time with them, though…more at sfbg.com
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How Weird Street Faire: Weirdi Gras 2013
Sun. 04/28 | 12:00PM @ SOMA (map)
The 14th annual How Weird Street FaireWEIRDI GRAS: A carnival of peace!Sunday April 28, 2013http://www.HowWeird.org/See all the weirdness at hashtag: #hwsfMAKE SURE TO CHECK-IN WHEN YOU GET TH…more»
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
April 24, 2013Theres been a lot of talk lately about the cool kids moving to Oakland. But who needs to be cool when you can be weird? And on Sunday, San Francisco will cook up a strange brew like…more at voiceplaces.com
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 24, 2013Do we love New Orleans so because it reflects a more diverse, wilder, woolier, earlier version of our fair city? Play out your Nola dreams with lunch at the gorgeous SF Jazz Center’s…more at sfbg.com
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Night Light: Multimedia Garden party
Sat. 04/27 | 8:00PM - Sat. 04/27 @ SOMArts Cultural Center (map)
What: Night Light: Multimedia Garden PartyWhen: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8pm–midnight, performances 9pm–midnightWhere: 934 Brannan St. (between 8th and 9th) San Francisco, CA 9…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 24, 2013Disco dancing about diasporas, an opera in shadow, moving crystals, nude hula hooping, a slowed down wave, and a technological cocoon: these are not club names mentioned…more at sfbg.com
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Featured Review from TheBoldItalic
April 20, 2012SOMArts turns its post-industrial warehouse space and bamboo grove into a site to explore luminous artwork through video & live film projections… more at thebolditalic.com
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SF Choral Society & Volti present battle hymns SF Choral Society & Volti present battle hymns
Fri. 04/26 | 8:00PM @ Kezar Stadium (map)
Friday, April 26, 2013 8PMSaturday, April 27, 2013 3PM and 8PMSunday, April 28, 2013 3PMKezar Pavilion, 755 Stanyan Street - San Francisco More than 150 choral singers will be costumed and ch…more»
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
April 24, 2013Finding a place in San Francisco to stage battle hymns was not easy Fort Mason, Fort Point, Pier 70, Theater Artaud, and numerous building in the Presidio were consid-ered but location…more at voiceplaces.com
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 24, 2013Making Love may be a more common theme for dance than Making War. This did not stop Philadelphia-based choreographer Leah Stein, whose small company dances big and not just…more at sfbg.com
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San Francisco Global Vietnamese Film Festival Opening Night Gala
Fri. 04/26 | 7:30PM @ Artist's Television Access (map)
The San Francisco Global Vietnamese Film Festival is a biennial film and video showcase centering Vietnamese filmmakers in Việt Nam and the diaspora—an international vision reflecting a transn…more»
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Future Perfect: Maria Minerva Live & Butterclock Live in the Loft
Sat. 04/20 | 9:00PM @ Public Works (map)
Limited $10 presales here: http://ticketf.ly/11cUcnz Future Perfect + Public Works Present: MARIA MINERVA Live (Not Not Fun / 100% Silk) BUTTERCLOCK Live (Fantasy Records) + Marc…more»
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Hunter S. Thompson’s The Kentucky Derby Multimedia Concert: Almost sold out!
Sat. 04/20 | 7:30PM @ SF Jazz Center (map)
Behind guitarist Bill Frisell’s affable demeanor there’s a steely-willed artist whose creative ambitions span the continent. Since his early days on the Downtown Manhattan scene in the mid-197…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 17, 2013Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell has tackled many an avant-garde project in his 40-plus year career, and his latest foray beckons fans of music, stage, and literature. Bringing life to Hunter S. Thompson’s…more at sfbg.com
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Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Sat. 04/20 | 7:10PM @ The Castro Theatre (map)
SATURDAY APRIL 20 DOUBLE FEATURE! HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH 7:10 John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask bring their ambitious rock musical to the screen, the tale of an "internationally ign…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 17, 2013And now for something completely magical: Peter S. Beagle, author of beloved 1968 fantasy novel The Last Unicorn (among dozens of other works), turns 74 today, and he’ll journey from…more at sfbg.com
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We Are Winning, Don’t Forget: Short works by Jean-Gabriel Périot
Fri. 04/19 | 8:00PM @ Artist's Television Access (map)
Jean-Gabriel Périot in person. Jean-Gabriel Périot, born in France in 1974, has over the past fifteen years perfected an innovative filmmaking approach by focusing on archival editing. Moving…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 17, 2013Jean-Gabriel Périot developed a painstaking approach to making films. By carefully stitching together archival images, both still and moving, he creates political narratives that are poignant…more at sfbg.com
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ODC Theater presents Sheetal Gandhi: Bahu-Beti-Biwi
Fri. 04/19 | 8:00PM @ ODC Theater (map)
ODC Theater presents Sheetal Gandhi: Bahu Beti Biwi Friday, April 19 at 8pm Saturday, April 20 at 8pm Sunday April 21 at 7pm $25 A powerfully rhythmic dance-theater solo that wraps North …more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 17, 2013Deconstructing cultural artifacts is just about today’s lingua franca. Sometimes you might wish that artists left well enough alone. Yet, at its best it shows creative minds at work that are willing…more at sfbg.com
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The 2 Bears
Wed. 04/17 | 10:00PM - Wed. 04/17 | 3:00AM @ 1015 Folsom (map)
Wednesday April 17th 2013 1015 Folsom & blasthaus Present THE 2 BEARS(JOE GODDARD OF HOT CHIP AND RAF DADDY) + Lights Down Low DJsSleazemore & Richie Panic- SL…more»
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Featured Review from Nitevibe
April 17, 2013You won’t find Goldilocks here as The 2 Bears take over the stage at 1015. The 2 Bears is the DJ name of duo Joe Goddard of Hot Chip and Raf Daddy, a match made in funky…more at nitevibe.com
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 17, 2013I don’t need caffeine. My computer just starts playing “Work” by the 2 Bears at 7am, complete with rising organ, a pulsing groove, and motivational chorus: "We’ve got to work harder, for the…more at sfbg.com
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Fuzz Box Presents Night Beats, Cool Ghouls, Primitive Hearts, Big Drag
Wed. 04/17 | 9:00PM @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall (map)
Night Beats The Night Beats are an American Psychedelic, Garage and Soul group based out of Seattle, Washington. The group consists of Lee Blackwell (Lead Guitar, Vocals), James Traeger (Drum…more»
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Featured Review from thebaybridged
April 17, 2013Oakland trio Primitive Hearts are now streaming their debut LP, High & Tight, on their Bandcamp page. Most of Primitive Hearts’ tracks remind me of ’50s and ’60s bubble-gum pop songs at…more at thebaybridged.com
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 17, 2013Seattle’s Night Beats has all of the fixings of a good psych-garage act; the lo-fi recordings, the raspy vocals with punctuated yelps, and the noisily manipulated guitar. But the band, which…more at sfbg.com
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Bad Religion, The Bronx, Polar Bear Club
Wed. 04/17 | 8:00PM @ The Regency Ballroom (map)
The music has the furious beat and driving buzz saw guitars of classic punk rock, but when a vocal chorus cuts in, it is surprisingly harmonious and emotionally evocative, reminiscent of The B…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 17, 2013Mixing aggressive guitar riffs with politically-savvy lyrics and harmony-laden vocals — which the band refers to as “oozin’ aahs” in its liner notes — Southern California’s Bad Religion has been…more at sfbg.com
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Widowspeak, SISU
Sun. 03/31 | 8:00PM @ The Chapel (map)
Widowspeak Widowspeak is an American band comprised of Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas, known for its dreamy, western-tinged take on rock and roll. The outfit formed in 2010 and released…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
March 27, 2013Eudora Welty once said, “Every story would be another story, and unrecognizable if it took up its characters and plot and happened somewhere else.” It is no surprise then…more at sfbg.com
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Daedelus
Sun. 03/31 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Daedelus Daedalus Alfred Darlington (born Alfred Weisberg-Roberts) is a producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a part of the groups The Long Lost and Adventure Time. He is also a fo…more»
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Featured Review from Nitevibe
March 27, 2013Ninja Tune veteran and master, Daedelus, comes to one of the city’s most prominent venues for a real concert. Daedelus, aka Alfred Weisberg-Roberts, a Cali local dawg, who has…more at nitevibe.com
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
March 27, 2013“The Willy Wonka of music.” That’s how one clever Internet commentator labeled LA beats producer Alfred Darlington, a.k.a Daedelus. It’s a fitting moniker — the dapper Darlington (often sporting…more at sfbg.com
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Hunky Jesus Contest
Sun. 03/31 | 3:25PM @ Mission Dolores Park (map)
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the kabuki-inspired cross-dressing nuns-of-fun, host their 34th Easter Sunday in the Park on March 31, 2013 at Dolores Park.There’s a family…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
March 27, 2013Once you’re done sleeping through the church hours, the best thing to wake up to would be the annual Easter celebration in Dolores Park. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are hosting…more at sfbg.com
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
March 27, 2013Get up early and take part in the 91st annual Easter Sunrise Service at the Mount Davidson cross. Civic leaders including Mayor Ed Lee as well as clergy and music ensembles traditionally…more at voiceplaces.com
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Sister Spit: The Next Generation
Sun. 03/31 | 2:00PM @ San Francisco Public Library (map)
Join us for the kickoff tour of Sister Spit featuring DavEnd, Daniel Levesque, Ali Liebegott, Cristy C. Road, Michelle Tea, Texta Queen and special guests Tamara Llosa-Sandor and Kirk Read.
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Heartless Bastards, with Jonny Fritz
Sat. 03/30 | 8:00PM @ Great American Music Hall (map)
Brimming with confidence and creativity, "Arrow" sees Heartless Bastards pushing their distinctive sound forward with their most eclectic, energetic collection thus far. The album – the Austin…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
March 27, 2013Nashville’s Jonny Fritz has been writing, recording, and touring for the better part of a decade, and looks to be breaking into his own this year after recent stints opening for the…more at sfbg.com
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