Bauhaus
at SF Weekly's Warfield (8 pm) Music
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Bauhaus are the founding fathers of goth rock, creating a minimalistic, overbearingly gloomy style of post-punk rock driven by jagged guitar chords and cold, distant synthesizers. MORE

Proteus: A Nineteeth Century Vision
Written, produced & directed by David Lebrun
at Roxie Cinema (6:30, 8:00 & 9:30 pm) Film
For the nineteenth century, the world beneath the sea played much the same role that "outer space" has played for the twentieth and twenty-first. MORE

The 24th Annual
SF Fall Antiques Show
Benefitting Enterprise for High School Students
at Festival Pavilion (7 pm - 10 pm) Festivals/Fairs
The 24th annual event benefiting Enterprise for High School Students features notable antique dealers from Europe & the US. For sale are items representing all styles & periods. MORE

Masterworks of American Photography
at de Young Museum (9:30 am - 5 pm) Museums
Shortly after the development of photography in France and England at the end of the 1830s, the medium was introduced with great fanfare and enthusiasm to the United States. MORE

One City One Book: Gus Lee in conversation with Oscar Villalon
at San Francisco Main Public Library (6:30 pm) Literary Arts
Join us for an in-depth conversation between Gus Lee and the San Francisco Chronicle Book editor about Lee’s experience growing up in San Francisco and becoming an acclaimed writer. MORE

12 Girls Band
at Masonic Auditorium (Center) (8 pm) Music
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As they build a lasting musical bridge between East and West, Twelve Girls Band from the People's Republic of China, return with Romantic Energy, a vibrant new showcase of abundantly diverse music. MORE

HALLOWEEN ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP
PERFECTO featuring DJ Paul Oakenfold
at Ruby Skye (8 pm - afterhours) Clubs
Experience the Sinful, Carefree, Wild Essence of the Las Vegas strip at Ruby Skye with DJ PAUL OAKENFOLD! Plus special guest DJ Behrouz and RasCue in the Jungle Room (Hip Hop & Down Tempo). MORE

Diplo and DJ Marlboro
Philly crunk meets Brazilian baile funk
at Rickshaw Stop (9 pm) Music
Philly crunk meets Brazilian baile funk, as two of the current day's most dynamic party DJs meet onstage. MORE

Mission Players
Funk-loween
at Boom Boom Room (9:30 pm - 2 am) Music
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San Francisco's Mission Players have established themselves as one of the best live acts around. Their infectious groove melodically, harmonically, and rhythimically blend soul, funk, jazz, and blues. MORE

White Trash
3rd Annual Pre Halloween Party
at Suite one8one (9 pm - afterhours) Clubs
Come bring out your annual trailer park spirit for one night of pure incestuous fun. Unhook your trailers and come on down in your sexiest white trash getup to receive giveaways from LOADED clothing. MORE

Matt & Ben: The Play
at Off-Market Theatre (8 pm) Performance Arts
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From the producers of The Book of Liz and Hedwig and the Angry Inch comes a story about friendship and good will! MORE

The Horrorpops, Roger Miret & The Disasters
Left Alone
at Bottom of the Hill (9 pm) Music
The HorrorPops are a straight up Rock 'n Roll band with their roots buried deep in 80's new wave, old-school punk and 50's rockabilly. MORE

2005 Halloween Horror Film Festival
Shock It To Me!
Revenge of Creatures Features
at Castro Theatre (6:30 pm - 12:30 am) Film
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Shock It To Me! is a three-day Classic Horror Movie Festival celebrating the Cinema Spooktaculars and TV Horror Hosts of the "good old days", and featuring local horror hosts Mr. Lobo, Doktor Goulfinger and the lovely Ms. Monster. MORE

The Pre-Ween Rock Show
Prepare to rock
at Cherry Bar & Lounge (8:30 pm) Music
Featuring Moraga, Consume, Castles in Spain, and Vanessa Van Spall. Formed in early 2005, Moraga has just emerged to start playing San Francisco and other Northern California shows. MORE

There Be Monsters
at Exit Theatre (8:30 pm) Performance Arts
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Filled with absurdist multiple-character monologues, slides, puppets and mechanical creatures, this new work by Carbone presents a passionate excursion into unseen realms. MORE

Broadcast
at Great American Music Hall (9 pm) Music
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Birmingham’s Broadcast transmit radiophonic psychedelia with a sinister, spy movie swing. MORE

Sarah Vowell
at The Fox Theatre (8 pm) Literary Arts
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Author, documentarian, monologist and culture critic Sarah Vowell has a serious following on PRI’s This American Life. MORE

Fallout's 4th Annual Halloween Costume Party
Rock n' Roll, Indie, Punk, New Wave, Soul, Dance Music
at 12 Galaxies (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs
Dance to rock n' roll, indie, new wave, punk, electronic and soul music and whatever else at the last Fallout! After 3 years, we are calling it quits, so come in costume, win a prize and help us send off Fallout with a bang! MORE

Urban Diversion presents
3rd Annual Pirate Ship Party on sea and Land!
at Marina Harbor in Sausalito (6 pm & 8:30 pm) Clubs
Aarrgggh! Join 100+ other Pirates, Wenches and other lost souls as we Party on sea on board a Ghostly Schooner then on land in a Pirate Tent Encampment this Halloween weekend! MORE

Dark Karnaval
The Halloween Party!
at Azul (8 pm - 2 am) Clubs
A night where the scary, the beautiful, and the bad come together... to celebrate the tradition of Halloween! MORE

The Bloodfeast of Cody!
A Halloween Party!
at Lingba Lounge (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs
The Bloodfeast of Cody! Starring: Charlotte the Baroness, Sheik Diabolic, Heather, A-ron. MORE

Dhamaal Halloween Massive
at Club Six (9 pm - 4 am) Clubs
Experience two floors of South Asian Drum'n'Breaks, Folk, Classical plus MCs + live tabla! MORE

Vinyl
at Sweetwater Saloon (9:30 pm) Music
The infectious music of Vinyl blends old-school funk, Latin percussion,reggae and R&B into signature instrumental grooves. MORE

12th Annual
International Vintage Poster Fair
at Fort Mason Center (10 am - 7 pm) Festivals/Fairs
There was a time when streams of advertisements were displayed most effectively through posters, by renowned artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, AM Cassandre, Leonetto Cappiello and so on. MORE

Citizen Cope (Solo)
at Cafe du Nord (8 pm) Music
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Like a cool breeze blowing through the soundscapes of contemporary musical composition, the material composed by Citizen Cope for his RCA debut The Clarence Greenwood Recordings marks a new high point for this compelling and evocative songwriter. MORE

Devendra Banhart & The Hairy Fairy Band
Bunny Brains
at Bimbo's 365 Club (8 pm) Music
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His voice - a quivering high-tension wire, sounds like it could have been recorded 70 years ago - these songs could have been sitting in someone's attic, left there since the 1930's. MORE

Loco Bloco's Nightmare on Capp Street
at 362 Capp Street (8 pm - 11 pm) Clubs
Dance Party with DJs Osiris & Domino spinning Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Salsa, and Dancehall. Plus House of Hallucinations. MORE

Pumpkin Pandemonium
at Pier 39 (12 pm - 5 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Ghoulish and giddy behavior is part of the fun as kids in costume trick or treat throughout PIER 39’s Pumpkin Pandemonium, presented by The San Francisco Examiner. MORE

Wonders of Cannabis
at San Francisco County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers) (11 am - 7 pm) Festivals/Fairs
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Join Ed Rosenthal - the Impresario of Indica, the Sage of Sinsemilla, the Baron of Bud - and the world's leading advocate of medical marijuana rights. MORE

Be Good! Play Nice!
Halloween in the Castro 2005
at Castro District (7 pm - 12 am) Festivals/Fairs
The Halloween in the Castro team has been working hard to ensure that this year, our neighborhood celebration will be a safe and fun event for everyone. MORE

Shocktoberfest!! 2005: "Sissies Stay Home!"
at Hypnodrome (8 pm) Performance Arts
"With the battle cry of "Sissies stay home!" Thrillpeddlers routinely sell out their annual "Shocktoberfest," warns San Francisco Bay Guardian about this year's "Best of the Bay" winning theatre company. MORE

Bat Boy The Musical
at Victoria Theatre (7 pm) Performance Arts
Ray of Light Theatre is proud to present a delicious twist on the modern day musical comedy with the San Francisco Premiere of Bat Boy: The Musical. MORE

STS9
at The Independent (9 pm) Music
Taking a unique perspective on performing, Sound Tribe Sector 9 is not just about the band and the music it makes. It's about creating an environment. MORE