The 4th Annual
San Francisco Korean American Film Festival
at Presidio Theatre (Various Times) Film
The only festival in the United States that celebrates the Korean American media arts and brings together Korean and Korean American filmmakers. MORE

"Illuminate" official record release party
Live performance by Latrice Barnett
at Duplex (9 pm) Clubs
The New Orleans Electronica Digest wrote a very interesting & cool review of the recent Los Angeles show at King King with Jay-J - check it out. MORE

Strictly Speaking: An Evening with John Cleese
Seven Ways to Skin an Ocelot
at Zellerbach Hall (8 pm) Performance Arts
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Writing his own biography on the Monty Python website, John Cleese describes himself as "the most spiritually advanced, intellectually gifted, and professionally distinguished of the Monty Python group". MORE

Weird America
at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) (7:30 pm) Film
Let's get one thing straight: in this series of singular portraits, "weird" is good. Weird is what happens when you pursue the unique or unusual in a culture of conformity. MORE

Aerosmith with Lenny Kravitz
at Oakland Arena (7:30 pm) Music
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Aerosmith, thought of by many as one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands, are not going anywhere. MORE

Michael Arcega: Getting Mid-Evil
at Heather Marx Gallery (10:30 am - 5:30 pm) Galleries
"Getting Mid–Evil" focuses on implements of power utilized by 1st world countries through military superiority, organized religion, & economic trade. MORE

Stereo
w/Guest DJ Premier
at Fluid Ultra Lounge (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs
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This Thursday, experience DJ Premier at Fluid Ultra Lounge as the volume gets pumped up for Stereo. MORE

Grooverider live in San Francisco
at The Cellar (9 pm) Clubs
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A live set from Prototype, BBC Radio 1, UK Superstar: Grooverider (This UK superstar is synonymous with the origins of drum and bass). MORE

The Bunny Ear 7'' release for Elephone!
Boyskout + Elephone + Condor
Playing in The Fog Presents
at Bottom of the Hill (9 pm) Music
Boyskout kind of sounds like a less accessible Elastica, with a shot of The Clash and a dash of Blondie added for good measure. MORE

The Love Edition
at Bindlestiff Studio (7 pm) Performance Arts
The Love Edition presents 5 tales of love, heartache... The show Includes: "Weirdo Love, That's what they all say, PDA (Private Display of Affliction), Screeching, and Love in the Time of Diarrhea. MORE

Chinese Music and Dance by Peony Performing Arts
at Asian Art Museum (7 pm) Performance Arts
The Hou sisters - Shuang Sabrina and Xiaomu - perform in the tradition of Kunqu Opera (one of nineteen UNESCO-designated masterpieces of "Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity"). MORE

Third Annual Valentine Celebration
Food From The Heart
at The Ferry Building (5 pm - 8 pm) Festivals/Fairs
The public is invited to stroll the candlelight Grand Nave where the merchants and restaurateurs of the Marketplace will offer seasonal hors d'oeuvres for $2.00 each and Slow Food will pour wine ($5.00 per glass) from several wine bars. MORE

True Skool presents
The Big Payback
Ladies First
at The Marsh (8 pm) Clubs
Featuring an All-Star DJ Lineup including Pam the Funkstress, Neta (Ital-Selection Hi-Fi), Backside (KMEL), Jenicyde (Empress Sound), Similak Chyld (Future Primitive Sound), and much more! MORE

The English Beat
Plus special guests
at Boom Boom Room (9:30 pm - 2 pm) Music
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One of the earliest and most important ska revivalist groups, Birmingham's the Beat formed in 1978 (the band had to change their name to The English Beat in the U.S. to avoid confusion with Paul Collins' band of the same name). MORE

First Look New Plays Festival 2006
at Zeum (8 pm) Performance Arts
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The Plays represent the broad spectrum of A.C.T.'s interest in new writing, including plays inspired by the classics, reimagined translations, and truly original work. MORE

5 Year Anniversary show
ArnoCorps, Count Dante & The Black Dragon Fighting Society
at Bottom of the Hill (10 pm) Music
It should come as no surprise that the pioneers of Action-Adventure Hardcore Rock and Roll claim to be The Greatest Band of All Time. MORE

A Fatsouls productions
i - level
A journey into synth pop, electro Funk, house and abstract grooves
at Rx (Gallery) (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs
A journey into synth pop, electro Funk, house and abstract grooves featuring resident DJ Said & rotating resident DJ Hideo Kobayashi live on the decks with special guests. MORE

Strange Travel Suggestions
Jeff Greenwald
at The Marsh - Berkeley (7 pm) Performance Arts
"Strange Travel Suggestions," Kurt Vonnegut Jr. once wrote, "are dancing lessons from God." Indeed, it's those sudden inspirations and unpredictable encounters that make world travel so wild and illuminating. MORE

Chinese New Year Parade
Year of the Dog - Lunar Year 4704
at Kearny Street (5:30 am - 8 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by IFEA, the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in the country. MORE

Chinese Community Street Fair
at Grant Avenue (10 am - 4:30 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of San Francisco's exhilarating Chinatown in one of the community's most exciting times of the year. MORE

The Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt
A unique unban adventure game
at Justin Herman Plaza (4:30 pm - 9 pm) Games & Activities
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The Chinese New Year's Treasure Hunt is an exercise in urban sleuthing played on the colorful streets of Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill. MORE

Sex Pistols Experience
plus special guests The Secretions, The Knockoffs, DJ Rick Sylvain (KALX) and DJ Sysko (White Diamonds)
at Studio Z (8:30 pm) Music
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All the way from London, England... Sex Pistols Experience. At last, a hand-picked, look-alike, sound-alike recreation band who are so close to being the Sex Pistols, even John Lydon (aka Rotten) has given them a nod. MORE

Kunst-stoff
As We Close Their Eyes and In-Sight
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (8 pm) Performance Arts
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Local dance sensations Kunst-Stoff, partner with Lighthouse for the Blind to create as we close their eyes, a singular interactive dance experience that invites audiences to "see" with other senses and to think differently about what dance can be. MORE

Valentine's Mix and Mingle Party
For lovers and non-lovers alike!
at The University Club (8 pm - 2 am) Clubs
Urban Diversion's 4th Annual Valentine's Party - It will be our best Valentine's Event yet. MORE

Comic Con Rocks 2006
w/ Goblin Cock (feat. members of Pinback), Pidgeon, Ex-Boyfriends
at Rickshaw Stop (8 pm) Music
Heavy mental with Rob Crow of Pinback!! "One glance at the cover [of Bagged and Boarded] sears this image into your retin. MORE

Carnaval 2006 with Ara Ketu!!
Directly from Brazil! Live in Concert! The Greatest Carnaval Band from Bahia!
at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (7 pm - 12 am) Music
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Riopoint to present the largest indoors Carnival ever produced in San Francisco, featuring top Brazilian band Ara Ketu in exclusive performance. MORE

The 18th Annual
Russian Festival 2006
at Russian Center (11 am - 7:15 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Featuring the world’s greatest vodka tasting bar, lacquer boxes from palekh, Baltic amber jewelry, Russian dancers and singers. MORE

Vestiti Roupa
A Fun Shopping Experience!
at The Canvas (12 pm - 5 pm) Clothes/Accessories
They've brought together the Bay Area's most innovative clothing, jewelry, handbag, and accessory designers in a pleasant café ambiance. MORE

Industry Night
50% off Food!
at Impala (5:30 pm - 10 pm) Restaurants
50% off food and La Pinta Margaritas for all Industry Guests!! Rich with accents from all over Mexico, our food is a health conscious approach to traditional Mexican fare. MORE

Sound Works by Stan Brakhage
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room (7:30 pm) Film
In his body of nearly 400 films, Stan Brakhage developed a profound cinematic language based purely on visual experience. MORE

Giant Robot SF Two-Year Anniversary Show
at Giant Robot San Francisco (12 pm - 8 pm) Galleries
Recent works by 13 artists including Andrew Schoultz, Bwana Spoons, David Choe, Kozyndan, Deth P. Sun, and John Pham, and Jeana Sohn. MORE

Joe Cardillo, The Hobbyists
at Brainwash (7 pm) Music
Over the past two years, Joe Cardillo has been developing a following by winning over fans through playing energetic shows up and down the eastern seaboard both with his former band, Cardinal Direction and recently as a solo act. MORE