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Fri May 9

Boxer Rebellion Fashion Show

at Red Devil Lounge (8pm) Fashion

The event will feature the work of four local artists, expressing their creativity through the unique medium of men’s and women’s underwear. The designers and models will share the limelight with four up-and-coming San Francisco bands, lending an urban and diverse flavor to the...
Fri May 9

Blow Up 3 Year Anniversary

Featuring Juiceboxxx

at Rickshaw Stop (10pm) Clubs

San Francisco's most explosive clubnight with special guest DJ's all the time. This party happens 3rd Fridays of every month at the Rickshaw Stop. With the DJ's spinning nothing but Indie-Pop-Disco-Electronic, you wont be leaving the dance floor till early...
Fri May 9

Ryan McGinley

Spring and By Summer Fall

at Ratio 3 Gallery (6pm - 8pm) Galleries

Ryan McGinley will present new color photographs that chronicle the summer road trips he has taken across the United States in the past three years. Inspired by images from nudist magazines from the 1960s and early 1970s, McGinley places his naked subjects in unusual and breathtaking situations...
Fri May 9 - Thu May 15

Contempt

at Castro Theatre (see listing for times) Movies

One of Jean-Luc Godard's most acclaimed films, his subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. Michel Piccoli stars as a screenwriter torn between the demands of a proud European director (played by legendary director Fritz Lang), a crude and arrogant American producer (Jack Palance), and his disillusioned wife...
Sat May 10

The 15th annual

KFOG KaBoom!

at Piers 30-32 (4pm) City Events

This year will feature an outstanding fireworks display synchronized to a World Class Rock soundtrack, 3 Foghead favorite artists on the KFOG KaBoom stage, a Children's Stage with continuous performances, and the exciting, fun atmosphere that Fogheads make happen every year...
Sat May 10

The Counterfeit Crochet Project

at YBCA (noon - 5pm) Craft

Participate in The Counterfeit Crochet Project organized by Stephanie Syjuco, a featured artist from The Way That We Rhyme exhibition. Syjuco and friends will teach visitors how to crochet their own luxury brand accessories. The Counterfeit Crochet Project got started when Syjuco posted instructions on her website on how to knit counterfeit luxury accessories in crochet, offering the public a do-it-yourself alternative...
Sat May 10

Tapes 'n Tapes

at The Fillmore (9pm) Music

"Little has changed since The Loon: The band still likes to cover hooks and ballads with dense harmonic interplay, letting guitars fight it out through feedback. But the sound is thicker: Producer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev) pumps up the bass and musses..."
Sat May 10

Jell-o Wrestling

at The Endup (3pm - 7pm) Sports

SF Fog Rugby presents Jell-O Wrestling as the Ladies of the San Francisco Fog return for a third go-around in the jell-o wrestling pool! If you missed the first two wrestling events, this is the time to see first hand the excitement of the lady ruggers!
Fri May 9 - Sun May 11

A Home in Common

at Dance Mission Theatre (see listing for times) Theater

A Home in Common features two exciting Bay Area companies that share a love for blended dance styling. While their choreography differs, both Paco Gomes and Dancers and Printz Dance Project will present highly visceral, athletic work that touches on a wide range of human experiences...
Sun May 11 - Sun Jun 1

No Child...

at Berkeley Rep (see listing for times) Theater

Nilaja Sun shines a light on the struggles—and miracles—of America’s public schools. In an incredible solo show, she plays an entire classroom of children, their teachers, their parents, the principal, the janitor and even a security guard with a metal detector at the front door...
Mon May 12

Augusten Burroughs

at Books Inc. (7:30pm) Literary Arts

A Wolf at the Table is the heart-rending memoir of one man’s struggle to rationalize his turbulent childhood. It is an untapped chapter of Augusten Burroughs’ life, through which he, as a child, fumbles through the space between love and hate...
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