Guru (Gangstarr)
with Dusted Phonics / DNA Crew
at Red Devil Lounge (8 pm) Music
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Rapper/composer Guru (real name Keith Elam) first rose to prominence as the "lyrical half" of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, one of the first outfits that attempted to fuse jazz with rap. MORE

Queer Eye's Ted Allen and Carson Kressley
at Books Inc. (7:30 pm) Literary Arts
Meet two of the “Fab Five” from Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy!, style expert, Carson Kressley, and food-and-wine expert, Ted Allen. MORE

HotSpot: California on the Edge
at Exploratorium (10 am - 5 pm) Museums
California is home to nearly 7,000 species of plants and vertebrate animals, and about a third of these species are only found within the state's borders. MORE

Kanye West
With special guests Fantasia and Keyshia Cole
at HP Pavilion (7:30 pm) Music
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One of the few truly unique hip-hop artists to revel atop the commercial side of the industry during the early 2000s, Kanye West initially spent most of his time producing flavorful hits for Jay-Z and other top-tier rappers. MORE

!!!, VON IVA, Tussle
at Mezzanine (9 pm) Music
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!! is pronounced by repeating any three repetitive, monosyllabic sounds. Though the possibilities are endless, the most common pronunciations are Chk Chk Chk, Pow Pow Pow, Uh Uh Uh, Etc Etc Etc. MORE

The (International) Noise Conspiracy, These Arms Are Snakes
Nightmare Of You
at Slim's (8 pm) Music
The (International) Noise Conspiracy and Burning Heart Records in associaton with American Recordings present their new album, Armed Love. MORE

Stepping Outside w/ Shitty Role Models
at Club Six (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs
Performances by: The Magnums, The Trend, Landline, and DJ White Heat. MORE

MF Doom
at The Independent (9 pm) Music
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Patterning his persona and logo after the Marvel Comics supervillain Dr. Doom, the man behind MF (Metal Face) Doom's iron mask is actually Daniel Dumile, aka Zev Love X, a member of former Big Apple hip-hoppers KMD. MORE

Piece by Piece
at Red Vic Movie House (7:15, 9:15 pm) Film
Piece by Piece is a groundbreaking film that documents San Francisco’s highly controversial graffiti art movement. MORE

Traditions Unbound
Groundbreaking Painters of 18th-Century Kyoto
at Asian Art Museum (10 am - 5 pm) Museums
Eighteenth-century Kyoto saw the blossoming of an urban culture of richness, diversity, and originality, in which art works of the highest quality were produced. MORE

Early!
at The Tunnel Top (6 pm - 10 pm) Clubs
DJ CareyB and friends serve up heaping helpings of funk-soul-latin-jazz-dub-rock-hiphop & afrobeats for your drinking pleasure. MORE

Not So Silent Night After Party
at Club Six (9 pm - 4 am) Clubs
Featuring Live: Lady Sovereign, Morningwood. Along with DJs Princess Superstar, Death Cab for Cutie, Hot HOt Heat, Mike Relm, Aaron, Omar, party Ben, Disco, Shawn, Nako, and Baby Ryan. MORE

SHAKE FOR THE QUAKE
A Cross-Continental Concert to Benefit South Asia Earthquake Victims
at DNA Lounge (8 pm - 4 am) Clubs
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Featuring Funkadesi (Live Reggae-Indian Band from Chicago), Bobby Friction (BBC Radio One/UK) and DJ Cheb i Sabbah with proceeds to benefit earthquake relief efforts in South Asia. MORE

Stompy's NITTY-GRITTY
at Mighty (10 pm) Clubs
Featuring Stompy house players: Deron and Tasho. With special guests: Justin Long (No Assembly Firm, Dotbleep, Robsoul, Chicago) and Mike Frugaletti. MORE

Explosive compulsive
Opening Reception
at Luggage Store Gallery (6 pm - 8 pm) Galleries
Explosive Compulsive: Reed Anderson (NY), Adriane Colburn (SF) and Jen Liu (NY); three artists who map and explore consciousness, the built environment and the natural world. Mixed media work on paper. MORE

Luce, Megan Slankard, Keith Varon
at Slim's (8:30 pm) Music
With the long-awaited "Never Ending," Luce is back with songs that embrace its trademark penchant for melodic flair, warm vocal tones, and muscular grooves. MORE

Goldenstate, Five a.m., Addison
at Tongue and Groove (6 pm) Music
Goldenstate: No one enjoys being the new kid in town. We do what we need to survive. Some turn to music as an outlet. MORE

Not Even a Mouse
A New Edwardian Thriller
at Theatre Rhinoceros (8 pm) Performance Arts
Mrs. Claus' kitchen is the setting for this dark psychological thriller - where the meek must outwit the villainous while tiptoeing the delicate edge of Edwardian propriety. MORE

The Donnas, Big City Rock
at Slim's (9 pm) Music
Aspiring to nothing more than a good old-fashioned rock & roll party, the Donnas won a cult following and considerable media attention in the late '90s after scoring a record deal right out of high school. MORE

Telegraph Avenue Holiday Street Fair
at Telegraph Avenue (11 am - 6 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Holiday shoppers to the Telegraph business district will be treated to an abundance of cheer, great music fine food, and high quality crafts. MORE

The Dick & Dubya Show: A Repulican Outreach Cabaret
at The Marsh - Berkeley (7 pm) Performance Arts
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Dubya (Amos Glick) and Dick (Ed Holmes) are on a mission: to infiltrate progressive communities and convert every last liberal into card-carrying Republicans. MORE

Mark Morris' The Hard Nut
The "Nutcracker" with a Twist
at Cal Performances (2 pm & 8 pm) Performance Arts
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Mark Morris' hip and heartwarming "re-take" on the Nutcracker tale returns to its favorite holiday home following its sensational London debut last December. MORE

Great Dickens Christmas Fair
and Victorian Holiday Party
at Cow Palace (11 am - 7 pm) Festivals/Fairs
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The Great Dickens Christmas Fair: a timegame adventure into Victorian Holiday partying with hundreds of costumed players in 90,000 square feet of theatrically-lit music halls, pubs, dance parties and Christmas shops on winding lanes. MORE

Gregory Pickup's, Pickup's Trick
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (7:30 pm & 9 pm) Film
A rare record of the crazed post-Haight era in San Francisco, that profiles Hibiscus (Geroge Harris) one of the pioneers of SF’s underground queer theater. MORE

Lunatique Fantastique In Nutcracker Nutz & Bolt
at The Marsh (2 pm) Performance Arts
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Using ballet slippers, a night gown, a baseball hat and other found objects, Liebe Wetzel's Lunatique Fantastique presents the world premier of this new holiday show inspired by the traditional fairy tale. MORE

Light Insight
at Exploratorium (10:30 am) Museums
Let there be light. Sunlight, moonlight, candlelight, firefly light, light bulb light, the light of bioluminescent creatures, even photobacteria, LED’s, EL’s and Lite-Brites. MORE

The Lively Foundation presents the
Festival of Lights
at The Green Room (3 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Celebrating light in the winter holidays: Diwali, Chanukah, the Solstice, Kwanzaa, and Christmas. MORE

Aristide and the Endless Revolution
at Roxie Cinema (6:15, 8:00 & 9:45 pm) Film
"Aristide and the Endless Revolution" is a feature documentary that explores through investigative lenses the events that led to the removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected President of Haiti. MORE

Makoto Aida at Lisa Dent Gallery
at Lisa Dent Gallery (12 pm - 6 pm) Galleries
Featuring work from artist Makoto Aida. 1989 Graduated from painting course, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. 1991 Completed of master degree,Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. MORE