• The Monk by Ann Taylor
• Somewhere in Advance of Nowhere by Nirmala Nataraj
• Yellowjackets by Nirmala Nataraj

• Asian Art Museum

Thu Oct 30

Featuring artists Katy Stone and Yvette Molina. "Tickling Thicket considers the ephemeral thrills and underlying decrepitude of the natural world. Katy Stone's constructions and installations meander and entwine, enveloping their surroundings in a spectacular tangle of Duralar and acrylic paint. A foreboding chill seeps gradually from within these tendrilous masses of lines..."

Thu Oct 30

"If Rhythm Science was about the flow of things, Sound Unbound is about the remix--how music, art, and literature have blurred the lines between what an artist can do and what a composer can create. In Sound Unbound, Rhythm Science author Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid asks artists to describe their work and compositional strategies in their own words..."

Thu Oct 30

"Doug Benson finished in the top six on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" and is a series regular on VH-1's "Best Week Ever." He also makes recurring appearances on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "The Sarah Silverman Program" and has his own half-hour special on Comedy Central..."

Sat Nov 1 - Sun Nov 2

APE is one of the country's largest gatherings of the best in indie comics, offering a venue for exhibitors ranging from self-publishers of minicomics to such large publishers as SLG Publishing, Fantagraphics, Drawn and Quarterly, Oni Press, Top Shelf, and many more. It offers a huge collection of some of the best indie and alternative comics material out there...

Fri Oct 31 - Sat Nov 1

"True Fiction Magazine returns to the Bayfront Theatre for its annual Halloween shows, always two of the most fun shows of the year. A TFM performance is a full evening of spontaneous theatre, as the troupe takes titles suggested by the audience and creates stories that move forward and backward in time, interweave and intersect, until the final resolution...

Sun Nov 2

The annual procession begins at 7pm at 24th & Bryant. Join thousands of fellow processioneers as they wind through the Mission down 24th onto Mission Street to Garfield Park at the Festival of Altars at 8:30pm.

Rendezvous Macabre Pulso Only In Time Do I Become Eternal Tickling Thicket Altared Patricia Looby The Gatherers Sacred Mortal Art Opening & Halloween Party Within This Institution... C3

Gender Pirates with Athens Boys Choir Pre-Halloween Kiss of the Vampire Party Bill Santiago’s The Funny of Latin Dance Teatro Chicana Book Reading & Signing The Romane Event Comedy Show War of The Worlds Ghost Train Coming Doug Benson What Mama Said About Down There That Horrible In Between Place Vampire Lesbians of Sodom Macbeth

Mia Kirshner Teatro Chicana Book Reading & Signing DJ Spooky Rose Aguilar Alternative Press Expo