FRIDAY (3/14)

music:
Audion + John Tejada @ Mighty
Mi Ami , Steve Summers , Maxmillion Dunbar @ The Bike Kitchen

6:00 pm INDIE ART SHOW
Yet another art opening, but this one throws a wrench in the gears by offering not just wine and crackers but.... Smores! Also, the art. obvs. Also discounts on vintage/indie clothing, i.e., silk screened hoodies etc. @ Indie Industries Company Store *(2003 Milvia Street @ University, in Berkeley)

7-10p ALL THE SAINTS OF THE CITY OF ANGELS (BOOK LAUNCH)
Not just wine, not just crackers, no no. these people are offering a "picture yourself as a saint" photo booth. @ Community Music Center (544 Capp Street, in the Mission)

7pm ASK A SCIENTIST: PI DAY
Puzzle, Party + free round of drinks for winning team! Mr. Wizard's spirit lives on @ Bazaar Café (5927 California St. at 21st in the Inner Richmond)

6:30 WOMEN AGAINST WAR
A Storm of Roses: Women Against War, A Commemoration & Protest Against the Fifth Anniversary of the War in Iraq features performers Holly Near, Ferron, Anne Bluenthenthal & Dancers, Vicki Noble, Grrrl Brigade, Dance Brigade, Las Que Son Son, Melanie Demore & Mary Watkins and Al-Juthoor Palestinian Folk Dance. The event honors Code Pink, Barbara Lee, Carole Migden, Cindy Sheehan and Grandmothers Against the War. @ Herbst Theatre(401 Van Ness) Cost: $20-25. http://www.dancemission.com/

PLUS: HOTPANTS!






SATURDAY (3/15)

Music:
Beach House, Anaura , Best Wishes @ Bottom of the Hill
The Rabbles , Excuses For Skipping , The Dazzling Strangers @ Hemlock Tavern

9:00 am VINTAGE FASHION EXPO
The semi-annual Vintage Fashion Expo draws historical revivalists and fashion mavens by the hundreds. This clothes horse's paradise features retro attire that dates back as far as the Victorian era, from fin-de-si cle walking suits to perfectly tailored Ratpack-style tuxedo jackets. Also on offer are classy accessories (tortoiseshell frames, leather purses, and cuff links) that can add an unexpected twist to anyone's contemporary wardrobe. While many vendors accept credit cards, keeping cash on hand will serve you well, as will a stern dedication to a limited budget.Early buying takes place on Sat Mar 15 (9-10:30am). @ Nob Hill Masonic.

3pm, 6:30pm A GIRL IS A GUN
Luc Moullet's rarely screened meta-western A Girl Is a Gun (Une Aventure de Billy le Kid) (1971) stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as a long-haired gunslinger who gets into a t te- -t te with Rachel Kesterber's tanned seductress. Moullet named King Vidor's Duel in the Sun as a major influence, though A Girl Is a Gun is considerably more freewheeling than any comparable Hollywood product. The story is so minimalist it almost evaporates; Moullet's subversive psychedelia is a striking counterpoint to Sergio Leone's straighter spaghetti-western celebrations. The film's self-consciously absurd English dubbing adds yet another layer to Moullet's jagged comedy, and makes it a natural fit for SFMOMA's "Non-Western Westerns" series.@ SFMOMA, 151 3rd St

12:00 p.m. HARVEY MILK ACADEMY CARNIVAL
The Not So Silent Auction and Carnival raises funds for the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy's Outdoor Education Program with an afternoon of music, silent auction items and carnival games. The academy is a public alternative elementary school located in SF's Castro District and "dedicated to achieving academic excellence, teaching tolerance and nonviolence, celebrating diversity, and building a strong family-school-community connection." @ Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy (4235 19th St., SF). FREE! http://www.harveymilk.com/

8:00 pm ROLLER DERBY!!!
Carrying on a legacy over half a century old, your San Francisco Bay Bombers return to action, taking on the Brooklyn Red Devils in the 2008 season opening match conducted on a classic banked track. @ Kezar Pavilion in San Franciso's Golden Gate Park. if you sign up for myBART.com you get a 50% discount.

7:00 pm PROGRESSIVE READING TO SAVE RENT CONTROL!
Maybe politics in this country would be in a better place if people drank more, read more, and had more of a good time. A simplistic argument, yes, but it was this philosophy that lifted the Progressive Reading Series off the ground. Tonight, the literati are out in force for intellectual fun and a cause: saving rent control in California. The lineup includes local superstar Amy Tan, punk-rock poet and comedian Bucky Sinister, Lebanese writer Rabih Alameddine, and novelist Jerry Stahl — whose career-igniting memoir, Permanent Midnight (and its 1998 Ben Stiller-starring film adaptation), delves into the harsh yet hilarious realities of drug addiction and television writing. @ The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St


SUNDAY (3/16)

11:am GUERILLA FASHIONISTA GREEN TRUNK SHOW!
Recycled fashion + revolutionary war tactics = guerilla-themed Green Trunk Show. AND: free champagne. Take that man!@ Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission)

5:00 pm IRAQ: FIVE YEARS TOO MANY
Sean Penn and Cindy Sheehan join the Reverend Gregory Stewart and other peacemakers to remember American and Iraqi dead and wounded on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Sponsored by the Iraq Moratorium-SF Bay Area, Unitarian Universalists for Peace and other local peace groups www.iraqmoratorium-sfbay.org @ Unitarian Universalist Church
(Franklin and Geary streets, SF)$5 to $10 suggested. No one turned away for lack of funds.

9:00 pm WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER???
Pub-quiz nights are a dime a dozen, but What's Your Answer? puts a twist on the concept by awarding points for the funniest responses. Accuracy is great, but non-sequiturs, zingers, and enough WTF moments to make up for all those questions that left you blanking on one-hit wonders of the '80s and sports statistics are far better. Sure, with the audience writing the jokes, there's bound to be a few groaners, but with a portion of the cash prize going to a local charity chosen by the winning team, suffering through the duds has extra perks@ Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk St

MONDAY (3/17)

9:30 pm COLMA: THE MUSICAL
Joining the fine company of The Sound of Music and R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet, San Francisco natives H.P. Mendoza and Richard Wong's little-movie-that-could has reached the pinnacle of cult-film status by launching its own sing-along. Energetic and fresh, sweet and honest, Colma: The Musical captures the growing pains of young adulthood and the youthful need to follow your dreams. Channel your inner suburban teen as you belt out the unforgettable lyrics of "Crash the Party" and "Could We Get Any Older?" with Colma residents Billy, Rodel, and Maribel. @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema, 1881 Post St

8:00pm STILL MORE LIBERAL LAUGHS
Laughing Liberally Local 415 celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a "a black guy, a Jew and some other nonspecific white people." Comedians performing include W Kamau Bell of the acclaimed solo show "The W Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour" and Sammy Wegent of SPF7 and Hell to the Chief. LLL415 is a monthly comedy showcase where comedians test out political and social- commentary comedy. @ Make Out Room (3225 22nd St., SF) $8

TUESDAY (3/18)

MUSIC:
Oppenheimer (Belfast Ireland), 60 Watt Kid , Truxton @ Bottom of the Hill
(*** 60 Watt Kid is AWESOME!***)
Ming Ping , The Old Fashioned Way , Goh Nakamura @ Rickshaw Stop

7.30pm PRISON TOWN, USA.
A timely film given that the USA is now the leading nation in the world in incarcerating its citizens (which does not even count the imperial occupation gulags across Iraq or the non-citizen "detention" centers here in the USA).@ the intersection for the arts. here's a link to the INTERSECTION web site: http://www.theintersection.org/prisonproject/ FREE!

7:00 pm DOES YOUR VOTE COUNT IN CALIFORNIA?
Panelists Barry Fadem of National Popular Vote, Kathay Feng of California Common Cause and Steven Hill of the Political Reform Program of the New America Foundation discuss electronic voting, the issues facing California, the primary calendar and more. Moderated by Richard Gonzales of NPR. Presented by ITVS as part of its VOTE DEMOCRACY! Campaign. for info: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/votedemocracy/ @ Oakland Museum of California (really close to the lake meritt bart!) Cost: Free!

Wednesday: (3/19)

MUSIC
Black Moth Super Rainbow (rural PA), Lemonade , Maus Haus @ Bottom of the Hill

THURSDAY/March6/

Music:
The Ohsees + The Dodos + Master/Slave @ 12 Galaxies
Old Time Relijun + Wildildlife + Tea Elles @ Hemlock
Why? + Dose One + Cryptacize @ Great American Music Hall

/5pm-10pm/ FIRST THURSDAY ART CRAWL
This being the first thursday of the month, many of SF's art galleries will be throwing open their doors for le public and lavishing art viewers with free food and drink and free access to new exciting art. For info on the art: http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/firstth0208.html. Most people start at 49 Geary, an office building type location, where a a lot of the galleries are located.

/6:00am-6:00pm/ CITY + EAST BAY SIT-IN!
Congest traffic and spread free peace in hopes of ending the war. ALL DAY! Meet your fellow men! Share with your fellow people! This day is a day of generosity, on this day money is dead. anyone interested in spreading peace and having a good time then you are cordially invited. It is time to end this war. dress how you want, act how you want, be who you are and remember: Violence isn’t the answer, Resistance is! come in what ever mind state, just socialize, meet people, & broaden your horizons. if we stand by only ourselves nothing will change, the more people we have the farther our sound will travel. Locations: Haight St. SF, Market St. SF, Powell St. SF, City Hall, SF Telegraph, Berkeley. Clog up the streets with the people & peace.


/6:30pm/ NON-WESTERN WESTERN FILMS
Gunfighter el Topo (the Mole), played by Chilean director Jodorowsky, sets out with his son (played by his actual son, Brontis Jodorowsky) to avenge his dead wife in this Mexican adventure. Upon encountering a terrorized village, el Topo rescues a woman and embarks upon a quest to defeat four mystic master gunfighters. The metaphysical journey that ensues is full of biblical allegory, mysticism, lesbian sex, brutal violence, vengeance, and rebirth, resulting in a surreal, psychedelic Western. Filmed in the stark Mexican desert, El Topo borrows from Leone's spaghetti Western yet presents a bizarre landscape all its own. This restored 35mm print comes from ABCKO films. $5 general, students, and seniors. Double features: films offered on the same date are included in one ticket. @ SFMOMA

7 pm/ SUPER 8 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
kino21 brings together Robert Rich's dark ambient music and Paul Clipson's super-8mm illuminations for an evening of performance cinema in the galleries @ 657 Mission Street. 2nd Floor. $5 Public, $2 Students/Seniors, Free for Camerawork Members. http://www.sfcamerawork.org/


/8:00 pm/ JUNE IN A BOX (OPENING NIGHT!)
Intersection's Resident Theatre Company Campo Santo present a new play with live music inspired by the song El Corrido de June Robles that tells the tale of the real life kidnapping of 9 year old June Robles in the 1930's in Arizona that shocked the nation. Solis, who previously created The Ballad of Pancho and Lucy (2005) with Beth Custer and Campo Santo, unearths this mystery today told through more than 25 characters in memory, song, past and present. Intersection for the Arts is located in San Francisco's Mission District, on Valencia Street, between 15th and 16th Streets. $10-$25/sliding scale. To make reservations for performances, go to http://www.theintersection.org/reservations/reservations.php or call our box office at (415) 626-3311.



FRIDAY/March 7/

MUSIC:
Pigeons or Panthers + Battlehooch + Casey Chisholm @ The Uptown (oakland)
Honeycut + Sugar and Gold + Her Grace the Duchess @ Great American Music Hall
Heavenly States + Citay + The Boticellis @ Café Du Nord
The Cops + The Fall-Outs + Unnatural Helpers @ Hemlock


/5pm-10pm/ OAKLAND ART MURMUR
Pretty much the same as the SF art walk from thursday, only this one's in oakland, in the general vicinity of Telegraph and 25th. Take bart, walk north, see the crowds, follow them. done. also, when you're done with the art, check out the show at the uptown. http://www.oaklandartmurmur.com/pages/about.php

8:00 pm TAKE A WALK IN HER SHOES
Loco Bloco, The Women’s Building and Mission Girls present our 15th annual International Women’s Day Celebration: Take A Walk In Her Shoes. This year’s event will explore the various relationships women and girls experience as they journey through life. Join us as we present a collection of movement, music, theater and visuals, which reflect on self, family, community and environment. Intergenerational female artists from Loco Bloco, Mission Girls, Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, Precita Center, Columbia Park Boys and Girls Club and other organizations will showcase their talents to provide an insightful view on the struggles and joys of the paths given to and chosen by women and girls. Performances will include stand up comedy from Betty La Bella, an intergenerational Dance of the Diaspora choreographed by Nkeiruka Oruche and a powerful explosion of rhythm from Las Locas (Loco Bloco’s all female bateria). @ The Women's Building (3543 18th Street, SF)


SATURDAY/March 8/

MUSIC:
Atlas Sound + Valet + White Rainbow @ Bottom Of The Hill
French Miami + Drone Hooligan + Street Pyramid @ Edinbourough Castle
Hot Challenge , The Catholic Comb , The Hundred days @ Café Du Nord

/11:30am - 3:30pm/ NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TRAINING!
On March 19, the 5th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq, Direct Action to Stop the War will shut down war profiteers and federal targets all over San Francisco. On March 15, we will shut down the Chevron Refinery in Richmond. This training will help you plug into an exciting week of actions. Training will include strategy and tactics, how to prepare for the actions, what happens if you get arrested, dealing with police violence, quick decision-making, affinity groups, and lots more. Please RSVP and spread the word. http://www.actagainstwar.net/ @ CellSpace, 2050 Bryant Street (between 18th & 19th), San Farncisco

/7:30-9:30/ WITERS WITH DRINKS!
The acclaimed reading series Writers With Drinks is back, with bigger sparkly zooms than ever. This time we feature: Fan Wu (February Flowers), Justin Courter (Skunk: A Love Story), Declan McCullagh, (News.com, Politech), Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz (Words In Your Face, Dear Future Boyfriend), Blake C. Aarens (Herotica 5), Ryan McKee (New Orleans Comedy Festival). Cost: $3 to $5. All proceeds benefit the fight to save rent control and the CSC. @ The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd St. @ Valencia) http://www.writerswithdrinks.com/


(PARA)NORMAL
The San Francisco Ghost Society provides free services concerning the paranormal. We offer confidential investigations that help document supernatural occurrences. We also offer free lecture series to educate the public and share evidence of ghosts. We are happy to announce our next FREE lecture series at the Park Branch Library in the Haight/Ashbury. Four Different One Hour Lectures Will Be Offered! Topics Are: Developing Psychic Skills, Investigation 101
Ghosts of Alcatraz Island, Ghost Evidence of The Bay Area. Pre-Registration Required and Space Will Fill Up Fast! Light Refreshments Will Be Served. For more information and to register please go to: http://www.sfghostsociety.org/html/events.html


SUNDAY/March 9/


/12:00pm/ AMBIENT AUDIO ADVENTURE!
This musical audio tour will guide you through the eastern edge of Golden Gate Park while you hear the stories, encounter the creatures and discover the mysteries that haunt our fair Victorian pleasure garden. To take the tour just stop by 2332 Fulton at Stanyan anytime between 12pm and 5pm on Sunday March 10th. Bring two hours to spare, an exploratory mood, a discman or walkman or mp3 player if you have one (not required, we have tons you can borrow), and a appetite for tea and biscuits! There are so many austere monuments in the park that the small, special, secret memorials hidden between the folds of its hills can be overwhelmed. Where is the feral cat colony? What is in those large green boxes? Who stole the stones from the spanish monastery? Who really assembles here at night? Can I eat that? Why do I feel so unusual? Why did that branch fall? Who is behind me? What is that in the bushes? How did you know that? Are coincidences merely chance events? Or is it somehow all connected? Will I ever make it home? And will my home even be there to return to? You can take the tour any day by downloading it from the website, but this is a special day to showcase and celebrate the tour and to meet and interact with other tour-goers. Go to http://www.theabsurdists.com/ifyouconsider.html for more information!


/5:00 pm/ IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG
In the Year of the Pig is a 1968 documentary film about the origins of the Vietnam War, directed by Emile de Antonio. It was nominated for an Academy award for best documentary. While this isn't a "marxist" film, its implications are profoundly anti-imperialist. It is one of the great documentaries expressing the disgust with the Vietnam war in the U.S. Along with Sir, No Sir!, and Winter Soldier this documentary is an important record of the war and has many revealing parallels to the US invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq . No doubt this film will spark an interesting discussion! watch and discuss with the Revolutionary Film Club! The screening is free, but a collection for the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign will be made. Everyone is encouraged to bring something to drink and to discuss the film afterwards. For the address (at a home in the Castro) and to rsvp, or email: adambrichmond@yahoo.com.


Monday/ March 10/

Music:
Persephone's Bees + The Duke Spirit + The Ting Tings + Hot Tub @ Rickshaw Stop

otherwise, stay home. read a book or something.




TUESDAY/ March 11/


/5pm - 11pm/ WEAR ORANGE
People in San Francisco and neighboring cities will wear orange for a day to symbolize the scope of incarceration. Join Plain Human, a local collaborative group of creators, designers and activists who have friends and family incarcerated in California and National Correctional Institutions, for a reception celebrating a day of community building. @ Intersection for the Arts (446 Valencia St. in SF). To participate, visit http://www.plainhuman.org/ or http://www.theintersection.org/prisonproject/ Free!




WEDNESDAY/March 12

MUSIC: PWRFL POWER, Battlehooch, Capilary Action, Ovens @ Elbo Room


/7:00pm/ CENSORED 2008
Come and meet Peter Phillips, director of "Project Censored",in a discussion of the book, "Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006-2007". @Revolution Books (2425 Channing Way, Berkeley...In the Sather Gate Parking Mall off of Telegraph). http://www.revolutionbooks.org./


/8:30 pm/ RAD MOVIE NIGHT
Screening: Salt of the Earth- Famous McCarthy era documentary about the struggles of striking mine workers in a small town in New Mexico. This film was promptly denounced by future presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, as communist propaganda and was responsible for furthering the careers of both those politicians as well as the blacklisting of the director and many of the actors for almost a decade. We encourage folks to watch and discuss the film and help participate in selection of films to show in the future. @ The Long Haul-3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley CA near Ashby Bart. http://thelonghaul.org./



THURSDAY/ March 13


/7pm/ RADICAL LOVE WORKSHOP
Loving openly and freely in these times, whether you are straight or queer, is a brave political act. We have been conditioned by outdated social norms that limit our perceptions and shackle us to unhealthy cycles of dissatisfying relationships. Yet we also live in a time when we can choose our gender and redefine our sexual identities. Don't we then have the right to decide what kind of relationship best suits our lifestyle? Declare yourself a revolutionary of the heart. Find out how you can expand your potential to love, transform your lifestyle, and together we can threaten the social forces of patriarchy! Wendy is the author of Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships.Wendy is pushing the boundaries on firmly rooted notions in mainstream society on relationships, love, gender, sexual equality, and sexual politics. For more info: http://www.wendyomatik.com or http://www.akpress.org./ Hosted by AK PRESS (674 A 23rd Street (near MLK) $15-10, sliding scale, Everyone welcome