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Damian Jr. Gong Marley
With a special performance by Stephen Marley at The Independent (9 pm) Music Buy Tickets Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley can not, he says, ever remember not performing. Born in 1978 to Bob and Jamaica's former Miss World, Cindy Breakspeare, Damian seems to have been destined for the stage. MORE
Inferno Gallery Artist Reception and Opening
Under the Influence of Anime at Inferno Gallery (varies) Galleries The current flood of animation into the mainstream consciousness has not only affected young viewers but a new generation of artists whose work has been influenced by their proliferation. Featured Artists: Kris Chau, Bill Dunlap, MariNaomi, and Chris Pendegraft. MORE |
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Melvin Seals Rhythm Factory
with Melvin Seals, Bobby Vega, Chris Rossbach at 12 Galaxies (9 pm) Music Buy Tickets Melvin Seals has been a powerful presence in the music industry for over 30 years with a long-established reputation as a performer, recording artist and producer. He has played with legends such as Chuck Berry, Charlie Daniels and Elvin Bishop. MORE
Rasputina
at Great American Music Hall (8 pm) Music Buy Tickets The New York City-based trio Rasputina is led by singer/songwriter Melora Creager, a classically-trained cellist who backed Nirvana on the group's final tour. MORE
Project Sunshine presents
Project Zen: East Meets West A fundraiser to benefit children with life threatening diseases at Bambuddha Lounge (6:30 pm - 9:30 pm) Ball/Gala Please join us for an eclectic evening of entertainment and fun as the volunteers at Project Sunshine bring you a chilled out, funky fundraiser benefiting the opening of Project Sunshine West and the children in our community. MORE
Rogue Pictures invites you to an advance screening of
Unleashed Directed by Louis Leterrier at AMC 1000 Van Ness (7:30 pm) Film Screening Win Tickets This is the story of Danny (Li), a slave who has lived his whole life without any sort of normal human education, with the mind and personality of a young child, with only one lesson learned: how to fight. MORE |
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SF IndieFest Presents
4th SF Documentary Festival "Reality is Magic" - Jean Renoir at Roxie Cinema (1 pm - 11 pm) Film Festival Buy Tickets Reality is Magic at the SF Documentary Festival May 12-22. Stories about whales under Toronto, a nut museum in Connecticut, a mine museum in Cambodia, the mysteries of old snapshots, a 15 year old Southern Baptist sex education activist from Texas, kids who feel no pain, a homeade machine called the Forevertron, refrigerator poetry, the world of Christian rock, and the connection between Elvis impersonators and statues of Buddha. MORE
SF Weekly's Annual Best of San Francisco® Party
at Fluid Ultra Lounge (9 pm) Clubs SF Weekly's annual Best of San Francisco® issue returns on May 11, 2005! This is our biggest issue of the year and marks our 10th year of celebrating the best the Bay Area has to offer in food, entertainment, recreation, and much more. MORE
Darkroom Productions Presents
Crazyface a play by Clive Barker at Fetterly Playhouse (7:30 pm) Performance Arts Written by acclaimed horror icon Clive Barker, best known for his horror films Hellraiser, Candyman, & Nightbreed, Crazyface is the comically macabre adventure of Tyl Eulenspiegel (a.k.a. Crazyface), a nomadic 16th century fool whose world is filled with the bizarre: a sadistic angel, pig farmers, an evil inquisitor, an a homicidal clown. MORE
The Plus Ones, Ex-Boyfriends
at Make Out Room (9 pm) Music Their brand of power-pop and fuzzy rock is more likely to draw comparisons to the Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello and Weezer), it is no stretch to insist that they are one of the most exciting bands to watch in the Bay Area. MORE
Cecil Taylor: All the Notes
Directed by Christopher Felver at Roxie Cinema (6:30, 8:00 & 9:30 pm) Film Cecil Taylor is one of the great liberators of contemporary music. Like Thelonius Monk and Ornette Coleman, Taylor follows in the tradition of Charlie Parker, creating a streaming liberty that is as powerful as any artistic expression in modern culture. MORE
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
at Embarcadero Cinema (12, 1:15, 2:30, 3:45, 5:05, 6:20, 7:40, 9, 10:15 pm) Film Based on the book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, director Alex Gibney (writer and co-producer of The Trials of Henry Kissinger) presents the inside story of one of the greatest business scandals in history. MORE |
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1015 & Subaliciouse Presents
Andrew Weatherall, Radioactive Man, Diplo, Matmos w/ SF Art Institute Presenting 'The Return of Futurism' at Ten15 Folsom (8 pm - 5 pm) Clubs Buy Tickets These two prolific producers have been producing some of the most influential electronic music for the last 15 years. MORE
Club SIX Presents
SFMC Battle #5 at Club Six (9 pm - 4 am) Clubs MC's: Subverse, Infinite, Dublin, Phaoah C, Megabusive, Uptown, Orukusaki, and Wonway. MORE
Ruby Skye 5 Year Anniversary Weekend with TIMO MAAS
at Ruby Skye (9 pm - 5 am) Clubs Buy Tickets Please join Ruby Skye as they celebrate 5 years of amazing memories with world class DJs, captivating cirque style performance art, a multi color argon laser & delicious, delectable surprises. MORE
Season II
Twilight Zone The Plays 2 New episodes every weekend in May at The Dark Room Theatre (8 pm) Performance Arts Buy Tickets There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity -- a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. MORE
Darediablo
at Stork Club (9 pm) Music While their peers often substitute bleeps and clangs for raw groove and genuine innovation, Darediablo succeed on the strength of their stripped-down rock three-piece. MORE
The Old Man and the Sea
at Theatre of Yugen/Noh Space (8 pm) Performance Arts The Old Man and the Sea tells of an impoverished old man, his love for a young man who also loves him, and his trials in bringing in a big fish. MORE |
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club Six Presents
Six turns 6 at Club Six (9 pm - 4 am) Clubs Club Six turns 6 with the Legend of House Jesse Saunders. Also featuring DJs: Hector Morales, Rebecca Watkins, Coup D'Ville, Dusty Crates, Sollace, Blvd, and Ken the Vinyl Archeologist. $5 all night. MORE
Stymie & The Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra
The Get Down at Tongue and Groove (8 pm) Music Stymie moved to San Francisco in 1996 to tap into the energy that had propelled groups like Sly and The Family Stone. He envisioned a massive funk band that would take the city by storm, and began recruiting musicians to join his "Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra. MORE
Opel presents
N:Fuse The Rites of Spring at Paradise Lounge (10 pm - 4 am) Clubs Opel's flagship party, N:Fuse, comes around again just in tome to celebrate the long awaited coming of spring and all that comes with it. Opel welcomes world reknown D:Fuse on the decks, on tour for his debut artist album 'Begin.' MORE
Sunset Promotions Presents
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings w/ Motion Potion at Elbo Room (10 pm) Music Buy Tickets New York’s preeminent underground funk and soul outfit is back! Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings’ newest album "Naturally" (Daptone Records) is winning critical acclaim all over and is laced with the powerhouse vocal stylings of Ms. Jones. MORE
Bejeweled
The San Jose Museum of Art's Second Annual Jewelry Show and Auction at San Jose Museum of Art (11 am- 5 pm) Museums Join SJMA, Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14 deck yourself in enticing jewelry creations. Over the two days, an array of alluring and contemporary styles of original, handcrafted wearable works of art by 20 Bay Area artists will be available for purchase. MORE
Smuin Ballet presents
Frankie and Johnny at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2 pm & 8 pm) Performance Arts Featuring the West Coast premiere of Eliot Feld’s Pacific Dances, choreographed to Hawaiian slack key guitar music, as well as the acclaimed Chants d'Auvergne, set to Joseph Canteloube’s French folksongs. Closing with Frankie and Johnny, Michael Smuin’s passionate mambo ballet. MORE
Student Fashion Association
SFSU Annual Fashion Show at SFSU McKenna Theater (6 pm) Education San Francisco States’ Apparel Design and Merchandising majors are rolling out the red carpet runway and lining it with over 20 lavish lines. Designers are hard at work producing lush eye-catching garments for this year’s production. MORE |
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Albertson's
Bay to Breakers 2005 presented by The Examiner at Howard & Spears Streets (8 am) Festivals/Fairs Albertsons Bay To Breakers is a 12K (7.46 miles) course. From sea level at the Embarcadero the course rises steeply along Hayes Street Hill. Around the 2.5-mile mark runners climb an 11.15% grade between Fillmore and Steiner, bringing them to the highest point in the race, approximately 215 feet above sea level. MORE
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents
United States of Asian America arts festival at SomArts Cultural Center (Gallery) (8 pm) Organizations The 8th annual United States of Asian America festival runs from now through June 18th. The festival, presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, showcases music, dance, drama, art, comedy & more by Bay Area Asian Pacific Islander artists. MORE
For the Kids
A NextAid Benefit in loving memory of Wert Terry at Club Cocomo (12 noon - 2 am) Fundraisers In the long-heralded San Francisco tradition of supporting worthy causes, the house music community is responding to such shocking statistics as the fact that 95% of the 15 million children orphaned by AIDS are living in Africa, and is joining forces to make a difference around the world. MORE
Funk n' Trunk Show
Funky fashion, brunch and beats! SF's hottest talents with wears for men & women at special discounted prices! at Levende Lounge (4 pm - 7 pm) Fashion Dj's and designers will rotate each month so you will never get the Sunday blues. And believe me the "Make your own Bloody bar" cannot be beat! MORE |
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William Laven
War Models at Gallery Sixteen (11 am - 5 pm) Galleries War Models is a series by Bay Area photographer William Laven. In his first exhibition at Gallery 16, Laven presents large scale photographs of unassembled model airplane kits of aircraft flown in the current Iraqi war. These black and white prints touch on the American fascination with symbols of power. MORE
The Snuggle-Ups
Portland General Electro at Make Out Room (9 pm) Music Childhood friends from the small town of Prineville, Oregon, Liam Kenna and Brett Whitman played music together for ten years before setting down their guitars and forming the Snuggle Ups in 2003. The next year they released their debut album on Portland indie label Lucky Madison, combining heartfelt lyrics about love and friendship, often-times their own, with thick electro beats and uber-catchy melodies. MORE |
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