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The Carolines, Anaura, Derby, Climber
at Cafe du Nord (8 pm) Music When describing the Carolines music as reminiscent of 1970's-era AM pop-rock radio, it's important to make clear what exactly that means. Mentioning that period can bring back frightening memories of Peaches and Herb or England Dan and John Ford Coley, but the Carolines musical identity is nowhere near that. MORE
Rub A Dub Tuesdays
at Voda (10 pm - 2 am) Clubs No Cover with DJ Mr. E and Wisdom laying down ever so lovely Soul, Hip Hop, Reggae, Reggaeton, and Classic Sounds. MORE
6th Annual Farmer's Market Dinner at Millennium Restaurant
at Millennium (5:30 pm - 9:30 pm) Restaurants Each year, Millennium recognizes the efforts of the local farmers who supply their ingredients throughout the year. Come celebrate their immeasurable contribution to the organic movement at the annual farm dinner! MORE |
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The 11 Year Anniversary of
North Beach Jazz Festival 2005 on Grant Street (8 pm) Festivals/Fairs Buy Tickets "Jazz on Grant" kicks off the NBJF every year with free jazz in more than a dozen clubs, cafes, bars and restaurants. This year the event will kick off at the SF Italian Athletic Club at 7pm with a performance by the Realistic Orchestra. Led by composer/trombonist/bassist Adam Theis, Realistic is made up of players from Theis's "Jazz Mafia" collective. MORE
Femi Kuti
at The Fillmore (8 pm) Music Buy Tickets In 1998, when the eldest son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti finally proved to the ears of the world that he wasn’t a genetic shadow of the Black President and that the planet could count on him, the country was coming out of close to 20 years of military dictatorship. MORE
The 3rd Annual Rare Groove Revival
w/ The Grease Traps, Brown Baggin, SFunk at Rickshaw Stop (8 pm) Music Brown Baggin is a four-piece instrumental jazz-funk/soul-jazz band hailing from Oakland, California. Their style is a happy marriage of the soul-jazz of the late 60’s Blue Note years, the scientific jazz-funk of Herbie Hancock, and the relentless funk of James Brown. MORE
Yo Puta (Whore) - A Film by María Lidón
at Galería de la Raza (7:30 pm) Film Riding a sexy slipstream flowing between documentary and fiction, “Whore” observes prostitution every which way - from the quotidian street hooker to the luxe call girl, from the male gigolo to the supposedly happy S&M practitioner - while suggesting that the line between observer and observed is easily crossed. MORE |
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panache magazine & IMVF presents
Indie Music Video Festival "Sneak Peek 2005 Program" at Rickshaw Stop (7 pm) Music IMVF & Panache Magazine Presents: Indie Music Video Festival "Sneak Peek 2005 Program." Live music by 31 Knots, Boyskout, Hawnay Troof, and The Peppermints. MORE
3rd Annual Planet° Magazine T-Shirt Party
at 111 Minna Street Gallery (5:30 pm) Fashion Come celebrate creative and the enduring style of the world's #1 Fashion Item - 2005 Edition. Wear your favorite T-shirt for a live photo shoot by Paul Trapani. You might just be in the next issue of Planet°. MORE
Tasty Thursdays!!!
at Catalyst Cocktails (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs Grand Opening Party on Thursday, July 28th of "Tasty Thursdays." Free Hpnotiq Shots! Upscale social lounge/Top 40, Club Hits. Great Music! Great Drinks! Great People! MORE
Murderball
at Embarcadero Cinema (12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 7:20, 9:30 pm) Film Played in armored wheelchairs worthy of Mad Max, quad rugby (aka "Murderball") is a no-holds-barred, highly competitive, physically violent sport whose competitors are quadriplegics. MORE
Second Biennial International Juried Exhibition
at Herbst International Exhibition Hall (11 am - 4 pm) Galleries Second Biennial International Juried Exhibition features paintings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, installation art, video art & more. MORE |
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The First Annual AfroFunk Music Festival
at Elbo Room (9 pm) Music Buy Tickets Join us for two electrifying nights of gritty, ripping, Afrofunk and Afrobeat dance music at San Francisco’s Elbo Room July 29 and 30, all to benefit the children of Darfur, Sudan. Three hard-hitting, acclaimed artists will take center stage to raise funds for Save The Children’s Sudan’s Emergency Relief Fund. MORE
Hieroglyphics
Del The Funky Homosapien, Souls of Mischief, Casual and Pep Love) with with Non Phixion, O.C. and Boom Bap Project at The Fillmore (9 pm) Music Buy Tickets he Oakland-based Hieroglyphics are an underground rap collective who, at their best, combine an offbeat sensibility with a strong grounding in battle rhyming, freestyling, and other hip-hop traditions. MORE
Get Worldly
Cheb i Sabbah, Autobots, Janaka Selekta + MC Colonel, A:Dubl, Adam Ohana and more at Ten15 Folsom (10 pm - 6 am) Clubs Dhamaal’s Janaka Selekta and Get Freaky’s An-ten-nae collaborate to bring together the All-stars of the Beat Driven World Music and the Breaks Community for another explosive night at super club 1015 Folsom. MORE
Non Stop Bhangra 6
at Polo's Blue Cube (9 pm - 3 am) Clubs Continuing to grow, Non Stop Bhangra finds its' new home at Polo’s Blue Cube. With the desire to celebrate the desi driven beats of Bhangra, Non Stop is so much more than just the typical club night. MORE
SLICK Presents
5 Days of Fetish The New Blood at All over town (7 pm - late night) Adult From the suggestive to the explicit, from the educational to the applied, from the be-all to the end-all, Slick aims to hit you both coming and going, six ways from sideways, from the high and mighty to the down and dirty. MORE
Boxcar Bertha
at Exit Theatre (8:30 pm) Performance Arts Boxcar Bertha is a one-woman play based on the legendary depression era hobo, feminist, prostitute and social activist, Bertha Thompson. MORE |
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Bayennale 2005
The Bay Areas first International Biennial at Jack London Square (11 pm - 4 pm) Galleries The 2005 Bayennale is slated to take place in over 40 venues throughout the Bay Area July 22- August 7, 2005. The festival was instigated by California artist Lowell Darling and London artist Bill Allen, and has been organized by a volunteer committee. MORE
Pernice Brothers / Jim White
Royal Gun at Great American Music Hall (9 pm) Music Buy Tickets Formed after the 1997 breakup of singer/songwriter Joe Pernice's alt-country group the Scud Mountain Boys, the Pernice Brothers did an about-face from the lush '70s country sound of their final album, Massachusetts, and came up with the lush orchestrated pop of 1998's Overcome By Happiness. MORE
Chillin
at Mezzanine (8 pm - 2 am) Fashion Chillin' brings you: 60 fashion designers, 60 painters/photographers, 60 filmmakers/Microcinema International. Music by: DJ Johanson, Kerowak, DJ Shon, Russell Vargas, Laron, Dirtyhertz, Dave Madix and Taj. MORE
Stomp
at Golden Gate Theatre (5 & 9 pm) Performance Arts Buy Tickets The dance of the street continues finding new beats in an always lively performance. Powerful, artistic and passionate, Stomp was and continues being the top urban style dance performance nation-wide. MORE
Regretrosexual
Written and Performed by stand-up comedy favorite Dan Rothenberg at Phoenix Theatre (8 pm) Performance Arts Written and performed by stand-up comedy favorite Dan Rothenberg, Regretrosexual offers a singular look at the complexities of contemporary romance. MORE
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2 pm & 8 pm) Performance Arts Mistaken identities abound in this romantic Gilbert & Sullivan comic operetta about two Venetian Gondoliers. MORE |
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Rock the Bells
2005 SF Bay Area Hip Hop Festival at Mighty (1 pm - 9 pm) Clubs Buy Tickets Featuring live performances by: Busta Rhymes, Method Man, Redman, Ghostface and Raekwon, Guru, Q-Bert, Dead Prez, MC Supernatural, Zion I, Equipto, and Crown City Rockers. Also featuring a massive indoor/outdoor festival complete with stages showcasing all elements of Hip Hop culture, traditional vendor booths, multi-media experience, core sports exhibitions, and surprise performances. MORE
San Francisco Marathon
The Runner's Retreat, Experience it at Justin Herman Plaza (5:20 am) Sports Festival The Bridge is Back! Marathon runners now cross the Golden Gate Bridge at Mile 5 of the course. Don't miss your chance to cross the Golden Gate this summer! Includes: a Full Marathon; Half Marathon; a Progressive Marathon; 5K Fun Run walk; Cause to Run. MORE
Killing My Lobster & The Wonderful World of Science
at The Ashby Stage (7 pm) Performance Arts Designed for all species-for every atom and Eve - Killing My Lobster & the Wonderful World of Science is a collection of comedic vignettes for the chemically-minded and the periodically tabled. MORE
Los Gatos Shakespeare Festival
at Oak Meadow Park (8 pm - 11 pm) Performance Arts This year's shows are "Two Gentlemen of Verona"; "King Lear"; and "That Rascal Scapin." MORE |
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Help is on the Way XI: The Music of Jule Styne & Harold Arlen
at Palace of Fine Arts (8 pm) Music Win Tickets Help is on the Way XI will be a centennial celebration of the music of Jule Styne and Harold Arlen, two of America's best loved Broadway and Hollywood musical composers ("Funny Girl," "Gypsy," "Peter Pan," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "The Wizard of Oz" and many more). MORE
AfroSolo Arts Festival XII
at San Francisco Main Public Library (10 am - 5 pm) Performance Arts The AfroSolo Theatre Company celebrates its twelfth annual, AfroSolo Arts Festival, a celebration of African American artists giving voice to the Black experience, August 1 through September 17, 2005, at three venues in San Francisco, CA. MORE |
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