• Chris Baio By Matt Crawford
• Amplifier By Misha Vladimirskiy
• Craze - Fabriclive 38 By Aaron Davidson
• Cat Power - Jukebox By Nora Ballard

• Persepolis By Mel Valentin
• The Bucket List By Matt Forsman
• There Will Be Blood By Mel Valentin
• The Best (and Worst) Films of 2007 By SFS Staff

• Bacar By Margaret Meriwether
• supperclub By Tracie Broom
• Top 10 Restaurants of 2007 By SFS Staff
• Namu By Sarah Sung

• Auberge du Soleil by Michelle Sieling
• Forbeadin' by Michelle Sieling
• Best of 2007: Shops by Jialin Luh
• Brown Bear by Aaron Davidson

• Francesca Berrini by Jesse Nathan
• The Fetching Veggie Etchings by Aimee Le Duc
• Seasonal Theater for the Entire Family by Nirmala Nataraj

Your invited to The Wrecking Ball
Before the ODC Theater moves down the street to the magnificent space of Project Artaud Theater, it will open its doors on January 19th for one final extravaganza
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• Sydney White DVD
• SFMOMA
• Nirvana Unplugged DVD
• Bubble Lounge Champagne Tasting!
• The W. Kamau Bell Curve

• Untraceable
• Teeth

• The Blow/Mirah at GAMH
• White Williams with Eats Tapes at Cafe du Nord
• The Edwardian World's Faire at GAMH

• Asian Art Museum

Club Six | Dirty Martini | Duplex | Element Lounge
Fluid Ultra Lounge | Icon Ultra Lounge
Social Fridays | The Cellar

Macworld Conference & Expo is the only event where you can witness cool technology, see demonstrations of the latest products, discover creative tools to inspire your imagination and expand your taste for the digital lifestyle. Macworld 2007 is guaranteed to stimulate your creativity, leaving you refreshed and ready to create, invent, design and achieve your professional and personal goals.

Save the date for the Macworld Conference & Expo attendee party! Mix and mingle with fellow Macworld attendees, speakers and staff as you enjoy live entertainment and the opportunity to win great prizes. Come to network or just relax and rejuvenate before another day at Macworld.

"As many of you should know by now Duplex was sold to new owners this year. This Tuesday we are coming together to party one last time time and to say thank you to Raphael, Sammy & the entire bar staff for allowing us to make Duplex a space where we could promote events that brought our Friends, Family and Community Together."

Still Life with Commentator is an unflinching look at the complexities and illusions of life during wartime. A collaboration between jazz innovator and composer-pianist Vijay Iyer and hip-hop poet and performer Mike Ladd, the unsettling oratorio confronts topics such as surveillance, television news, and the blogosphere.

With The Vandelles, LSD and the Search for God. "Truly out-of-sight, the seven-piece band celebrates the outlaw spirit with spooky, tripped-out variations on Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Western tradition. Live, they swirl and tremble like a lucid dream, banging a gong and shaking their tambourines for rattlesnake effect, jamming until the audience feels engulfed by a sandstorm." - Salt Lake City Weekly

Featuring special performance by Silversun Pickups! In conjunction with Macworld Expo. Space is limited, early arrival suggested.

A Party Celebrating Macworld 2008! A 20,000-square-foot multi-media and live cultural experience complete with mind-blowing 3-D motion art from Rabbit Holes, madcap dancing by Kaytee Gig, critically-lauded bands, DJs and VJs, interactive video and light installations, the magical world of Inflatable Arts...

Ultimate Reality is a collaborative performance by Baltimore's Dan Deacon and Jimmy Joe Roche. It combines an intense musical composition for electronics and drums with a psychedelic montage of Arnold Schwarzenegger films that is projected at a monumental scale. The live energy of the performance has allowed the piece to freely move between art and music venues and grant it a wide audience of appreciation...

Qith Gomorran Social Club, Music for Animals, The Attachments, DJs Fresh Pink and Roscoe 2000 of KALX.

"By day, Aoki runs Dim Mak Records, the small indie label that jump-started the career of the British neo-pop sensation Bloc Party and that has more recently imported such rising European stars as Klaxons, Scanners, Whitey and Mystery Jets. By night he is a wildly popular club promoter and DJ whose venues range from hole-in-the-wall Hollywood after-parties to massive Tokyo "superclubs" and $10,000-a-gig corporate events...

This fantastic new documentary is a perfect complement to Control, the recent fictionalized account of the life of Ian Curtis and his band Joy Division. In 1976 after attending a Sex Pistols concert, four young men from ruined, post-industrial Manchester founded Joy Division. Q&A with Tom Atencio, co-producer and New Order's North American manager.

Join The Crucible as we celebrate our Ninth Anniversary with a blazing showcase of wearable art from Bay Area designers, awe-inspiring fire performances, aerial artistry, and fire arts demonstrations.It's conflagration on the catwalk with models strutting incendiary creations from over twenty designers, and some of Oakland's finest firefighters joining them on the runway.

The hottest Drum n' Bass and Dubstep in SF!

Sun Rings-the longtime collaboration between the Kronos Quartet and composer Terry Riley, the father of the minimalist movement-brings the sights and sounds of the heavens to vivid, multimedia life. Co-commissioned by NASA, this evening-length work of 10 "spacescapes" includes sounds harvested from the farthest reaches of our solar system: deep-space lightning, crackling solar winds, and other cosmic events. The combined forces of the Stanford Chamber Chorale and images by eminent visual designer Willie Williams complete this memorable performance.

Everyone knows comedians have "issues," but thankfully help is on the way when comedian/writer/producer Jonathan Katz returns to the couch for two rare evenings of comic therapy with guest patients Bob Odenkirk, Maria Bamford, Andy Kindler, Eugene Mirman and his animated son, Ben, played by Jon Benjamin. They may not end up feeling better about life, but you will.

"Fantasma was his creative and commercial breakthrough, a kaleidoscopic, genre-hopping joy ride through contemporary musical history that became Cornelius' first American release when it was reissued by Matador a year later. 2002's Point took Cornelius's sound in a more streamlined yet abstract direction..."

"Om is a duo formed by the rhythm section of the disbanded stoner-doom metal band Sleep, Al Cisneros on vocals and bass and Chris Hakius on drums. Their music is similar in structure to Tibetan chanting and is rich in rhythm and melody. Their music and lyrics lift off at the beginning and slowly mutate giving a feeling of evolution inside each song."

10,000 square feet of free clothes shopping at SF's only temporary autonomous clothing store!

Few can contest Devendra Banhart's position as one of the most fascinating, unpredictable, and inspiring artists of his generation. Banhart's music has been classified as indie folk, psych folk, Naturalismo, and New Weird America. With his new album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, he continues to surprise and delight an ever-increasing audience of fans and critics alike.

Let The Beats Control Your Soul and come out to Ruby Skye for Mindcontrol. Dual CD Compilation Release Tour on Star 69 Records Celebrating the birthday of Ruby Skye's resident DJ Ben Seagren.

Based on the true story of an Indian witchcraft trial that took place in 1930 in New York State. A volatile mix of sexual longing, opposing cultures, art and prejudice, the play builds to its explosive denouement with a quiet yet devastating subtlety.

This month Black Market brings Dirtybird recording artist, Christian Martin to the East Bay. He will be playing at Club Oasis alongside Detroit's Patrick Russell, who has a release out in February on the French label, Circus Company. Get your bloc weekend started off right and come catch a couple of East Bay debuts from two very talented artists.

Featuring Ajaxx (92.7), audio 1 spinning the latest and greatest mashups and hip hop.

"Filaments & Derivatives" - an evening of new works by little seismic dance company (Katie Faulkner) and spoon (Jane Schnorrenberg & Kegan Marling) exploring with subtlety and wit the distances between power and surrender, inspiration and invention. In collaboration with filmmaker Benjamin Goldman and composers Jacques Poulin-Denis and Robert Huntington.

A unique way to experience Golden Gate Park, a strange way to spend an afternoon. This audio tour of Golden Gate Park begins at Fulton and Stanyan, just at the northeast tip of the park, and proceeds to weave its way down into the park's depths. You will be navigated by your guide down hillsides, through fields, into caves and across ravins while you hear the stories, encounter the creatures and discover the mysteries that haunt our fair park.

Starring Bob Odenkirk, Tim and Eric, Michael Showalter, & Zach Rogue (of Rogue Wave). A writer, director and performer, Michael Showalter first came to prominence as a member of the MTV cult classic sketch show The State. Along with fellow State-ers David Wain and Michael Ian Black, he performs in Stella, which had a critically-acclaimed run on Comedy Central.

The freedom march usually culminates with a rally and celebration at Bill Graham Civic Center Auditorium. The Rally Celebration serves as the main venue for participants to hear from inspirational speakers and musical guests, to be entertained by talented special performers, and fellowship with one another around the legacy of Dr. King.

The life and music of jazz great Chet Baker is the subject of this poignant, fascinating documentary by noted photographer Bruce Weber. Interviews with family and friends, clips from his television appearances, and Baker's short-lived movie career in the 1950s, are splendidly intercut with rare recording sessions.