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An evening with
Jeff Beck at SF Weekly's Warfield (8 pm) Music Buy Tickets Jeff Beck isn't your typical guitar legend. His goal, in fact, is to make you forget that he plays guitar. MORE
The Shotgun Players Theatre presents
Frankie & Johnny Director: Christopher White at The Ashby Stage (8 pm) Performance Arts To what extent do we invent ourselves through the stories we tell? What happens to our identities when we lose control of our own stories? MORE |
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James Blunt
Plus The Boy Least Likely To, Sierra Swan at SF Weekly's Warfield (8 pm) Music Buy Tickets His style is a mix of jazz and Northern soul, and comparisons have been made between him and early Elton John. MORE
Video: Recent and Strange
at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) (7:30 pm) Film New and recent work by video artists who are not just outstanding in their field - they're way out. MORE
Black Panther Rank and File
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (12 pm - 5 pm) Museums Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Party, Black Panther Rank and File offers a multifaceted look at one of the 20th Century’s most controversial and inspirational organizations. MORE |
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9th hi/lo Film Festival
Opening Night Party at Brava Center for Women and the Arts (7:15 pm) Film Buy Tickets | Win Tickets The hilo Film Festival - celebrating high concept/low budget cinema! Originally organized in 1997 by the San Francisco production company and comedy collective Killing My Lobster the hi/lo film festival has evolved into a major West Coast showcase for independent low-budget film makers. MORE
The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Deal
A Rock Show at Amnesia (8 pm) Performance Arts Buy Tickets See the Deal sisters grow up loud and fast from budding young punks to almost famous rock stars. MORE
Floetry
at The Fillmore (8 pm) Music Buy Tickets The dynamic duo's incredible success is deeply rooted in their ability to appeal to all ages, races and genres of music lovers. MORE
Petracovich and Estereo
at Mama Buzz (6 pm - 9 pm) Music San Francisco’s Petracovich plays what she calls folktronica: a gentle, intriguing combination of alternative songwriting and the ambient texture of beats and bells. MORE
Opening Day
San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves at SBC Park (1 pm) Sports Baseball is back. Come out to the ballpark and help the Giants kick off the season against the Atlanta Braves, the National League East's perennial powerhouse. MORE |
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Rock Pop Alternative
Thriving Ivory Candy From Strangers & The Love X Nowhere at Bottom of the Hill (9:30 pm) Music Perhaps it is the the present-day musical scene that has catapulted bay area piano rock outfit Thriving Ivory into the forefront. MORE
The 61st Grand National Rodeo
Horse and Stock Show Spring Loaded at Cow Palace (Times Vary) Sports & Activities Themed "Spring Loaded," this year's rodeo promises a week of power-packed, thrilling events, including bull and bronc riding, a horse show, a stock show, a western art and wine show. MORE
Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums with Ms. Carmen Getit
at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center (9:30 pm) Music The Rhumba Bums have been one of the West Coast's most popular, to say nothing of most entertaining and fun bands since composer-pianist-leader Steve Lucky assembled the band back in '94 in the early days of the swing dance revival. MORE
Arnocorps with Destroyer and The WoMentors!
at Red Devil Lounge (9 pm - 1:30 am) Music Buy Tickets ArnoCorps, the world's only Action-Adventure Hardcore Rock and Roll band, is back in San Frantastic as they endeavor to restore integrity to ancient Austrian folklore that has been bastardized by blockbuster Hollywood productions. MORE
Ruthie Foster in concert
an evening of blues, gospel, and folk at Piedmont Piano Company (8 pm) Music Ruthie Foster’s songs are a remarkable hybrid of blues, gospel, roots and folk music rich with honest spirituality and emotion. MORE
Personal Perspectives: Aspects of European 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 |
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A Multimedia synth-art-pop theatrical event!
Ming & Ping, Gold Chains, "barbarasteele" Plus DJ Oonce Oonce (Tigerbeat6 Records) at Rickshaw Stop (9 pm) Music Buy Tickets These Hong Kong-born identical twins make danceable New Wave inspired Electro-pop, and are infamous for their rare and extravagant multimedia live shows. MORE
ArtSFest Spectra Ball '06
A Spectacle of Creativity Benefiting ArtSFest 2006 at The Grand at the Regency Center (8 pm - 2 am) Ball/Gala Buy Tickets A dazzling, spirit-lifting, hip-shaking, awe-inspiring celebration of the Bay Area arts community. MORE
NK7 Presents the Annual
ARIES UNDERGROUND - HAPPY BDAY DJ BASH at Danzhaus-Gingerbread Warehouse (11 pm - 6 am) Clubs With DJs SOLAR, JBIRD, JASON GREER, SEVEN, SOL, SUNWOO, MANCUB, GREG EVERSOUL, DFUNKT, PETER BLICK. MORE
The return of forward-thinking Drum & Bass
SOMA Sessions w/ Paradox [Live PA] + Seba at Hush Hush Lounge (8 pm - 2 am) Clubs Buy Tickets Playing live, PARADOX is a mad breakbeat scientist, working his Amiga, synth, mixer and mic to drive the crowd wild. MORE
Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra
at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center (9:30 pm) Music One of the most spectacular and intriguing of Bay Area music ensembles, Jai Uttal's Pagan Love Orchestra is also the only Hindu jam band around, with reggae bass, hip-hop drums, rock guitar, jazz trombone, Indian tablas, harmonium and flute, and a small choir of voices. MORE
Office workers, don't despair, HELP is on the way!
Just Desserts An original comedy at Shelton Theater (8 pm) Performance Arts San Francisco's 48th Avenue Productions presents an original comedy entitled "Just Desserts!" directed by Frank Gigliotti. MORE
Centro
at Roe Restaurant - Club Prive (9:30 pm - 3 am) Clubs Come together for a scintillating experience brought to you by SF's premiere promoters and DJs. Mingle, Drink and Dance in the elegant surroundings of Roe. MORE Discontinued, overstock or slightly-damaged merchandise on sale at LIMN extra (12 pm - 4 pm) Home & Garden LIMN extra - discontinued, overstock or slighly-damaged modern furniture sale. MORE |
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Tristeza, Trespassers William
at Cafe du Nord (8 pm) Music Known as much for their consistent touring as their prolific output, San Diego's instrumental rock quintet Tristeza formed in 1997. MORE
Vestiti Roupa
A Fun Shopping Experience! at The Canvas (12 pm - 5 pm) Clothes/Accessories Clothing Designers: Rebe, Random Nicole, Pink Elf, Threads by Cho-Cho, My Windup Bird, Ko.Baker Designs, 22 Tykoon, Toys by Veta. MORE
Aftershock!
Voices from the 1906 Earthquake and Fire at Oakland Museum of California (12 pm - 5 pm) Museums Aftershock! brings to life the experiences of the men, women, and children who lived through the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. MORE |
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Fruit Bats, Amandine, Sam Jayne of Love as Laughter
at The Independent (7:30 pm) Music Buy Tickets Eric Johnson has been making experimental and pop-inflected folk-rock with increasing compositional and thematic complexity since Califone/Perishable Records founders Tim Rutili and Ben Massarella prompted him to explore his craft in the mid-'90s. MORE
Peer Pleasure II: Red 76, Temporary Services
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (12 pm - 5 pm) Museums Peer Pleasure II continues our exploration of artist group activity and showcases projects by a whole new set of artist groups working in the U.S. and abroad. MORE |
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