Welcome home! Because you actually are home. You are not at Burning Man. But don't trip, because the hometown will be raging this week, and the BluegrassRave Backroom has channeled it's depression into this unbelievably fucking handy What Where When Guide For If You're NOT at Burning Man. It's just like the What Where When Guide they give you at the gate at Burning Man, but it's for people who didn't go to Burning Man. You may be shocked to find that bars are open, stores are operating regular hours, and even a couple cultural or community events are scheduled the week of August 30 through September 6 -- even though it is during Burning Man! So forget that you're not out sunburnt, filthy, malnourished, and lost for hours at a time... come tear it up at any or all of the Week of Burning Man events listed below.
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BluegrassRave Backroom HOME | ||
El Rio Dollar Day | ||
www.elriosf.com | ||
Two dollars for all well drinks, one dollar for a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. They like to call it "PBR". I like to call it "undrinkable". And then I like to have about ten of those well drinks and forget there was any talk of beer in the first place. El Rio |
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Hubba Hubba Revue @ The Uptown | ||
www.hubbahubbarevue.com | ||
The Hubba Hubba Revue pulls off another weekly burlesque showstopper in Oakland, the soil where them other rappers be getting their lingo from. Hailed by Oakland Magazine as "ground zero for bombshells from the East Bay and beyond," which totally sounds a place you would want to be. Jellyfish Kiss, Blackhoodygrrl, Amelia Mae Paradise, Naughty Nightshade, Joie De Vivre, and Josie Starre grace the stage and then strip, with proceedings hosted by your lovable louses Kingfish & Eddie and Zip the What-Is-It at the Uptown Night Club. The Uptown, Oakland |
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Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop | ||
www.banksyfilm.com | ||
The world's most notorious graffiti outlaw documents his lowbrow art and multiple scrapes with the authorities, in footage which unfortunately does not include his recent nailing of San Francisco and Alcatraz. The Roxie Cinema |
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Live Daily Penguin Feedings | |
www.calacademy.org | ||
People are really big into penguins these days, right? See real live African penguins gobble down their vittles while you pose inside questions to an on-duty marine biologist. California Academy of Sciences |
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Free Bluegrass with Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup | |
www.amnesiathebar.com | ||
Amnesia's Free Monday Night Bluegrass weekly event has that bar in an 11-way tie for first place on the Yelp ratings for "Best Monday Night Bar in the Mission". Jeanie & Chuck's Country Roundup bring their homegrown mix of old-time fiddle and banjo tunes, prison anthems, and old-fashion devil music to the Amnesia stage in a free show for Bay Area bluegrass fanciers. Amnesia |
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Monday Mash 2-Year Anniversary | |
www.theendup.com | ||
Resident DJ Cuervo celebrates two relatively arrest-free years of spinning the weekly Monday Mash at the Endup. David Harness, DJ Taj, Kevin Kind, and Brian Salazar also man the decks for what is without question your craziest gay house clubbing option on a Monday night. The EndUp |
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Bus Stop and The Big Heat Double Feature | ||
www.castrotheatre.com | ||
The Blonde Bombshells Film Festival at The Castro offers 2-for-1 double features throughout Burning Man week! Tonight, it's Marilyn Monroe & Don Murray in Bus Stop, followed by Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin & Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat. The Castro Theater |
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Free Tuesday at SFMOMA | |
www.sfmoma.org | ||
Yep, admission at the SFMOMA is free this one day of the month! Named by Broke Ass Stuart as one of the Best Ways to Score Some High-Class Ass If You're Unemployed, but not using those exact words. Current works feature Paul Klee, a landscape exhibition curated in 1975, and a modern updating of that same exhibition. SFMOMA |
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Slayer, Megadeth, and Testament | |
www.cowpalace.com | ||
The unholy trinity of Slayer, Megadeth, and Testament bring the black arts of satanic speed metal to the Cow Palace on the American Carnage Tour. The carnage will be to your neck vertebrae! Cow Palace |
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Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop | ||
www.banksyfilm.com | ||
The world's most notorious graffiti outlaw documents his lowbrow art and multiple scrapes with the authorities, in footage which unfortunately does not include his recent nailing of San Francisco and Alcatraz. The Roxie Cinema |
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Live Daily Penguin Feedings | |
www.calacademy.org | ||
People are really big into penguins these days, right? See real live African penguins gobble down their vittles while you pose inside questions to an on-duty marine biologist. California Academy of Sciences |
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Daily at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. | ||
The Public Enemy and The Burglar Double Feature | ||
www.castrotheatre.com | ||
The Blonde Bombshells Film Festival at The Castro offers 2-for-1 double features throughout Burning Man week! Tonight, it's James Cagney & Jean Harlow in The Public Enemy, followed by Jayne Mansfield & Don Duryea in The Big Heat. The Castro Theater |
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Motown @ Cat Club | |
www.catclubsf.com | ||
At the Cat Club's Tuesday night weekly they play both kinds of music -- Supremes and Temptations. MysterC and Mr. Washington spin The Spinners and perform The Miracles, with drink specials and no cover. Cat Club |
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QOOL @ 111 Minna | ||
www.qoolsf.com | ||
San Francisco's most infamous weekly Wednesday happy hour QOOL still rages in it's 15th year, with Spesh, Hyper D, Jondi, Mark Musselman, Gil, and Silencefiction handling tonight's spin. Eqspecially qool qats will arrive before 6pm, while there's still no cover. 111 Minna Gallery |
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Booty Call Wednesdays @ QBar | |
www.bootycallwednesdays.com | ||
The one and only Juanita MORE! is celebrating her birthday this week, so this is a Booty Call Wednesday you're not advised to miss. Oh and she will be looking radiant. Dabecy spins the evening away at QBar, with 2-for-1 admissions from 9 'til 11. QBar |
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Bondage-A-Go-Go | |
www.bondage-a-go-go.com | ||
George and Shatter round up the usual gang of sex offenders for their bigger-than-Jesus weekly Bondage-A-Go-Go.. The Trocadero |
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Punk Rock'n'Schlock Karaoke | |
www.maggiemcgarrys.com | ||
KJ Eileen's Punk Rock'n'Schlock Karaoke is a travelling Smithsonian of karaoke content covering all genres from 1980 onward. She takes over Maggie McGarry's every Wednesday, and not a soul makes it out sober or with their dignity intact. Maggie McGarry's |
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Written on the Wind and Madame X Double Feature | ||
www.castrotheatre.com | ||
The Blonde Bombshells Film Festival at The Castro offers 2-for-1 double features throughout Burning Man week! Tonight, it's Rock Hudson & Lauren Bacall in Written on the Wind, followed by Lana Turner, John Forsythe & Ricardo Montalban in Madame X. The Castro Theater |
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Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop | ||
www.banksyfilm.com | ||
The world's most notorious graffiti outlaw documents his lowbrow art and multiple scrapes with the authorities, in footage which unfortunately does not include his recent nailing of San Francisco and Alcatraz. The Roxie Cinema |
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Don Asmussen's Bad Reporter | |
www.sfgate.com/columnists/asmussen | ||
If Don Asmussen doesn't win the Pulitzer Prize for his cartoon on the Wikileaks controversy, then I'm never buying dynamite again. A new Bad Reporter appears every Wednesday and Friday in the print version of the San Francisco Chronicle and on SFGate.com. Asmussen's 2005 Embedded at Burning Man cartoons still deserve recognition as the finest Burning Man satires ever. SFGate.com |
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Live Daily Penguin Feedings | |
www.calacademy.org | ||
People are really big into penguins these days, right? See real live African penguins gobble down their vittles while you pose inside questions to an on-duty marine biologist. California Academy of Sciences |
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Daily at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. | ||
BluegrassRave Backroom HOME | ||
Beverly Hills 9-02-10 @ Triple Crown | ||
www.triplecrownsf.com | ||
The Hills are alive! Today's actual date is 9-02-10! Accordingly, the gods demand a Brenda/Brandon/Tori/Tiffani-Amber theme party with costumes and terrible 1990s hairdos. SisterFantasy presents Beverly Hills 9-02-10, a stroke of considerable genius and a benefit for SaveSarah.org at the Triple Crown. Triple Crown |
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1984 | |
www.sfcatclub.com | ||
Club 1984 has been here doing the 80's since the 80's weren't even the 80's yet. DJ's Dangerous Dan, Melting Girl, Jules, and Damon get radical gnarly with their legendary weekly rager at the Cat Club. Cat Club |
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Stereo Total @ Slim's | |
www.slims-sf.com | ||
The reigning king and queen of snotty German and French electropop, Stereo Total return to Slim's in support of their new masterpiece "Baby Ouh!" You can verify they are still rockingly adorable with the preview tracks on MySpace. Slim's |
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Daft Punk's Electroma | |
www.daftpunk.com | ||
The SFMOMA lets its hair down on a Thursday night for a screening of Electroma, the surreal robot buddy-movie by French rave-faves Daft Punk. WARNING: This film contains no actual music by Daft Punk! SFMOMA |
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Aly & Fila @ Ruby Skye | ||
www.alyandfila.com | ||
The Future Sound of Egypt takes over Ruby Skye as Eastern trance heroes Aly & Fila play pied pipers to the hottest Egyptian ass in the Bay Area. Alain Octavo brings the glam in a set beforehand. Ruby Skye |
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Sigh Fi: Science Fiction Comedic Shorts | ||
www.writingmanproductions.com | ||
Philly Fringe Festival favorites Writing Man Productions invade The Darkroom to present Sigh Fi, a collection of out-of-this-world short plays involving everyday life in space with aliens. And hey - the SF Fringe Festival begins Sept 8! The Darkroom |
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Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema: The Toshio Hirano Story | ||
www.bhoutdoorcine.org | ||
Free outdoor movies being projected onto giant walls around the Bernal neighborhood. You have got to love that idea. Tonight's films include "Waiting for a Train: The Toshio Hirano Story", a documentary about San Francisco's favorite Japanes cowboy. Various Walls on Cortland St. |
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Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop | ||
www.banksyfilm.com | ||
The world's most notorious graffiti outlaw documents his lowbrow art and multiple scrapes with the authorities, in footage which unfortunately does not include his recent nailing of San Francisco and Alcatraz. The Roxie Cinema |
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and Three for the Show Double Feature | ||
www.castrotheatre.com | ||
The Blonde Bombshells Film Festival at The Castro offers 2-for-1 double features throughout Burning Man week! Tonight, it's Jayne Mansfield & Tony Randall in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, followed by Jack Lemmon & Betty Grable in Three for the Show. The Castro Theater |
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Live Daily Penguin Feedings | |
www.calacademy.org | ||
People are really big into penguins these days, right? See real live African penguins gobble down their vittles while you pose inside questions to an on-duty marine biologist. California Academy of Sciences |
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480 Minutes on BagelRadio | |
www.bagelradio.com | ||
Better than the old show 120 Minutes... about four times better! The degrading sting of being in your cubicle today can be eased considerably with a set of headphones and an internet connection to BagelRadio. Motherfucking DJ Ted will be broadcasting live all day, a labor he lovingly performs every Friday.
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Red Hots Burlesque | |
www.myspace.com/redhotsburlesque | ||
Dottie Lux relentlessly hosts San Francisco's only weekly burlesque revue every single Friday happy hour -- even if it's fucking Christmas. With cheap cover, happy hour specials, and Taqueria Cancun right across the street, you can get drunk, fed, and see acres of tits and ass all for less than $20. Trust me, I do this every week.This week, Dottie welcomes the exquisitely fuckable likes of Alotta Boutte, Francine Dead, Kitty von Quimm, Ruby Vixen, and Sister Kate.
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First Friday Follies | |
www.storkcluboakland.com | ||
Oakland's First Fridays Art Walk will shame any San Franciscan into thinking they live in the crappier of the two cities. And the must-see t&a of the Art Walk is at First Friday Follies, a free monthly burlesque extravaganza at the Stork Club. This month Juicy D. Light & Cupcake welcome Lady Monster, Viva Ennui, Miss Bella Trixx, Ophelia Couer de Noir, Kitty von Quimm, and the rowdiest crowd of scantily-clad sluts this side of the Washoe County women's jail.
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Wierdsville 18: Oddities from the Archives 1970s | |
www.oddballfilm.com | ||
Oddball Film presents an evening of rare and mindblowingly tasteless 1970s gems pulled from their extensive archives. Includes the Saturday morning cartoon "Yuck Mouth Goes to the Dentist", a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Donnie & Marie", 70s trailers, and a couple of actual good short films from the era. Limited seating so . Oddball Film |
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Ghettodisco @ The EndUp | |
www.theendup.com | ||
Fag Fridays may be finished, but DJ Hawthorne is throwing down some next generation kind of shit until the sun comes up tomorrow. And it is fucking free before midnight!
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Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema: Where the Money At? | ||
www.bhoutdoorcine.org | ||
Free outdoor movies being projected onto giant walls around the Bernal neighborhood. You have got to love that idea. Tonight's films include "Where the Money At?", a rap video by 7-year-old Lil Yani addressing the AIG bailout. Various Walls on Cortland St. |
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Strangelove: Sisters of Mercy Night | |
www.tomasdiablo.com/strangelove.html | ||
A hot, dark, and fucked-up time for all, as the industrial/goth grinders behind Strangelove team up to bring you A Tribute to the Sisters of Mercy! Promises to be way better than A Tribute to the Jesus & Mary Chain, who lasted only four minutes before smashing their equipment and walking offstage. Free before 10. Cat Club |
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Sigh Fi: Science Fiction Comedic Shorts | ||
www.writingmanproductions.com | ||
Philly Fringe Festival favorites Writing Man Productions invade The Darkroom to present Sigh Fi, a collection of out-of-this-world short plays involving everyday life in space with aliens. And hey - the SF Fringe Festival begins Sept 8! The Darkroom |
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Don Asmussen's Bad Reporter | |
www.sfgate.com/columnists/asmussen/ | ||
If Don Asmussen doesn't win the Pulitzer Prize for his cartoon on the Wikileaks controversy, then I'm never buying dynamite again. A new Bad Reporter appears every Wednesday and Friday in the print version of the San Francisco Chronicle and on SFGate.com. Asmussen's 2005 Embedded at Burning Man cartoons still deserve recognition as the finest Burning Man satires ever. SFGate.com |
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Some Like it Hot and My Man Godfrey Double Feature | ||
www.castrotheatre.com | ||
The Blonde Bombshells Film Festival at The Castro offers 2-for-1 double features throughout Burning Man week! Tonight, it's Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon in Some Like it Hot, followed by Carole Lombard & William Powell in My Man Godfrey. The Castro Theater |
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Live Daily Penguin Feedings | |
www.calacademy.org | ||
People are really big into penguins these days, right? See real live African penguins gobble down their vittles while you pose inside questions to an on-duty marine biologist. California Academy of Sciences |
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Balsa Man | |
www.balsaman.org | ||
A lot of people make fun of Burning Man, but no one makes funnier fun of Burning Man than the geniuses behind this stunt. Please read every word of their web page, because it's so brilliant. A 36-inch balsa wood exact replica of The Man will be burned at sundown as the climax of a "bring your own art" art festival where every piece of art will be tiny. It will be somewhere at the beach, follow their Twitter feed for the exact location. Ocean Beach |
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SF Mime Troupe's Posibilidad | ||
www.sfmt.org | ||
These guys are back in Dolores Park, rousing rabble and raising a middle one to the establishment with their free brilliant and fabulous satirical medicine shows. This year it's Posibilidad, a musical metaphor for the contemporary plight of American factory workers. Get there early to have the first crack at the guy selling pot brownies and mushroom chocolates. Dolores Park |
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San Francisco Shakespeare Festival | ||
www.sfshakes.org | ||
Chill out on parade grounds in The Presidio watching Shakespeare for free. The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival returns with a mod, 1960s go-go version of Shakespeare's comic caper The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Presidio Parade Ground, Main Post |
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Hot Pink Feathers & Blue Bone Express | ||
www.cafevankleef.com | ||
It's "Burlesque 'n 'Brass" Mardi Gras madness as the Hot Pink Feathers team up with the swinging and sousaphonic Blue Bone Express! With those girls around, it'll be more like Blue Balls Express. Cafe Van Kleef, Oakland |
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The Sex Presleys | ||
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The Elvis-inspired "transgender Sex Pistols" will spit, rattle, and roll on the El Rio backstage, with Atomic Lucy and a solo set from Scott Young of Red Meat. El Rio |
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New Wave City's Pet Shop Boys Tribute | ||
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Heavy petting tonight at the DNA Lounge for San Francisco oldest weekly club that still has "new" in it's name. This week it's a Pet Shop Boys Tribute. The Pet Shop Boys had one hit about 50 years ago, but this thing's still going to have a line around the block to get in. DJ Prince Charming joins residents Skip and Shindog with two floors of 80's dancing that stay tubular 'til 3 a.m.
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kontrol @ The Endup | ||
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The several-days-long party binge at The Endup continues unabated with kontrol, featuring the avant house stylings of DJ's Sammy D, Craig Kuna, and Nikola Baytala (if you're the kind of person who can actually tell when one DJ stops and the next one starts). Special live, in-person sets this week from Roman Flugel and Motor City Drum Ensemble.
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Mogwai: Burning | ||
www.roxie.com | ||
Shit gets trippier than a Pink Floyd laser light show when The Roxie treats us to a late-night screening of Mogwai:Burning, the new concert film from the Scottish experimental noise maestros Mogwai. If the trailer is any indication, your brains will be blown out in a very good way. The Roxie Cinema |
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Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. | |
www.oddballfilm.com | ||
Oddball Film presents America's greatest film comedian in one of his all-time finest (and most dangerous!) works. If you don't go, at least watch the tornado scene, with a score by Orbital. This really is a historically important and good film. Limited seating so . Oddball Film |
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The Front Row @ The Darkroom | ||
www.thefrontrow4.com | ||
Check it out, America -- The Front Row is an all-female comedy group! I'd want to be in the front row for that too. The ladies bring their sketch comedy stylings to The Darkroom stage.
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Back to School @ Ruby Skye | ||
www.rubyskye.com | ||
Sure, Back to School is a spent idea for a club night. But it's the beginning of September, so somebody had to do it! And Donald Glaude, Frenchy LeFreak and Tall Sasha are all outstanding DJs. Four $200 True Religion gift certificates are on the line for naughtiest schoolgirl and best geek/jock/preppie outfits! Ruby Skye |
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Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema: Kevin Epps' The Black Rock | ||
www.bhoutdoorcine.org | ||
Free outdoor movies being projected onto giant walls around the Bernal neighborhood. You have got to love that idea. Tonight's films include an extended sneak preview of "The Black Rock", Kevin Epps' ("Straight Outta Hunter's Point") new documentary about Alcatraz' most notorious black inmates. Various Walls on Cortland St. |
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Live Daily Penguin Feedings | |
www.calacademy.org | ||
People are really big into penguins these days, right? See real live African penguins gobble down their vittles while you pose inside questions to an on-duty marine biologist. California Academy of Sciences |
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Dinner at Eight and Libeled Lady Double Feature | ||
www.castrotheatre.com | ||
The Blonde Bombshells Film Festival at The Castro offers 2-for-1 double features throughout Burning Man week! Tonight, it's Jean Harlow with John & Lionel Barrymore in Dinner at Eight, followed by Spencer Tracy & Myrna Loy in Libeled Lady. The Castro Theater |
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Burning Man Webcast | ||
www.burningman.com | ||
Find out firsthand that it totally sucked this year! Or else share a little communion with your distant partying kindred in Black Rock. BurningMan.com is hosting a webcast of the burn. Twelve O'Clock and The Man |
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T-Dance @ The Endup | |
www.theendup.com | ||
You don't work tomorrow! You have to go to The EndUp! Scheduled to spin the daylight in are DJ's Nikola Baytala, Taj, Nikita, and Brian Salazar who by the way is celebrating his birthday! None of which he is going to remember! All Morning, Afternoon, and Evening |
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STOMPY Sunset Party | |
Actual sunset may look slightly different from the Cafe Cocomo patio. But if you've got a Black Rock jones on, then freaks, raving, and crazy sculpture outfits can pretty much be guaranteed at Stompy. Scheduled to spin the daylight away are DJ Sascha Funke from Berlin and local living legend David Harness. Cafe Cocomo |
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30% Off Everything at Thrift Town | |
While those saps who went to Burning Man are hung over as ass and suffering through the dreaded packup duties, you are down at Thrift Town totally cleaning up! It's a one-day only 30% off everything sale at Thrift Town. Leave no trace, indeed! Today Only |
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Bad Movie Night -- Jaws: The Revenge | |
www.darkroomsf.com | ||
The film that invented the phrase "This time, it's personal"! The Darkroom's weekly Bad Movie Night completely bites this week, presenting Jaws: The Revenge to kick off Shark Month. |
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Dub Mission 13-Year Anniversary Party | ||
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Dub Mission will be outta fuckin' control for it's 13-year anniversary bender. DJ Sep is joined at The Elbo by international reggae dignitaries Twilight Circus Dub Sound System and Yossi Fine. Elbo Room |
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Salsa Sundays @ El Rio | |
www.elriosf.com | ||
The El Rio back patio hosts an afternoon of hot, heavy grinding with salsa dancing and free BBQ. Can't salsa dance? Rosa & David are giving free lessons. No excuses, people. El Rio |
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The Misfits and Platinum Blonde Double Feature | ||
www.castrotheatre.com | ||
The Blonde Bombshells Film Festival at The Castro offers 2-for-1 double features throughout Burning Man week! Tonight, it's Marilyn Monroe & Clark Gable in The Misfits, followed by Jean Harlow in Frank Capra's Platinum Blonde. The Castro Theater |
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SF Mime Troupe's Posibilidad | ||
www.sfmt.org | ||
These guys are back in Dolores Park, rousing rabble and raising a middle one to the establishment with their free brilliant and fabulous satirical medicine shows. This year it's Posibilidad, a musical metaphor for the contemporary plight of American factory workers. Get there early to have the first crack at the guy selling pot brownies and mushroom chocolates. Dolores Park |
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San Francisco Shakespeare Festival | ||
www.sfshakes.org | ||
Chill out on parade grounds in The Presidio watching Shakespeare for free. The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival returns with a mod, 1960s go-go version of Shakespeare's comic caper The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Presidio Parade Ground, Main Post |
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Sunday Sessions @ The Endup | ||
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I was not kidding around earlier when I said "All Morning, Afternoon, and Evening" at The Endup. At this point it becomes Sunday Sessions, and before you know it this becomes Monday Sessions.
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Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema: The Professor | ||
www.bhoutdoorcine.org | ||
Free outdoor movies being projected onto giant walls around the Bernal neighborhood. You have got to love that idea. Tonight's films include "The Professor", a documentary about a former President of Liberia living downtrodden in the slums of New York. Various Walls on Cortland St. |
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Live Daily Penguin Feedings | |
www.calacademy.org | ||
People are really big into penguins these days, right? See real live African penguins gobble down their vittles while you pose inside questions to an on-duty marine biologist. California Academy of Sciences |
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50% Off All Clothing at Thrift Town | |
While those saps who went to Burning Man are crusty and stuck in traffic all day, you are down at Thrift Town totally cleaning up! It's a one-day only 50% off all clothing sale at Thrift Town. Leave no trace, indeed! Today Only |
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8th Annual Cowgirl-palooza | |
www.elriosf.com | ||
Saddle up to El Rio's 8th annual Cowgirl-palooza for good friends, good whiskey, and good lovin'. It's like Madcat for redneck gals with guitars. With 77 El Deora, Wicked Mercies, The Bootcuts, The Evangenitals, Los Train Wreck, and lots more that mommas don't wanna let their babies grow up to be. With free BBQ and rampant weed-smoking! El Rio |
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The EndUp Labor Day Marathon | |
www.theendup.com | ||
You know it is still going on from yesterday! DJ Cuervo, Ladyhouse, Jim Hopkins, and some other sick motherfuckers conspire to keep the sixty-plus-hour EndUp Labor Day Weekend Marathon jamming nonstop. You may look a little worse for the wear, but it's not like you're on the Playa and haven't had a shower or a decent meal in a week. It's only been like two or three days.
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Tommy | ||
www.castrotheatre.com | ||
Tommy doesn't know he's not at Burning Man! Spend your holiday Monday at Tommy's Holiday Camp rocking with The Who and Ken Russell. Ex-girlfriends of mine can tell you that I still carry a pretty unhealthy preoccupation with the scene with Ann-Margaret and the baked beans. The Castro Theater |
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Hubba Hubba Revue @ The Uptown | ||
www.hubbahubbarevue.com | ||
The Hubba Hubba Revue pulls off another weekly burlesque showstopper in Oakland, the soil where them other rappers be getting their lingo from. Hailed by Oakland Magazine as "ground zero for bombshells from the East Bay and beyond," which totally sounds a place you would want to be. Miss Scarlet, Sparkly Devil, Monifa, Red Velvet, Viva Ennui, Ophelia Couer de Noir, and Ladybug & Crow grace the stage and then strip, with proceedings hosted by your lovable louses Kingfish & Eddie and musical guestsThe Reinhardt-Ons at the Uptown Night Club. The Uptown, Oakland |
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San Francisco Shakespeare Festival | ||
www.sfshakes.org | ||
Chill out on parade grounds in The Presidio watching Shakespeare for free. The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival returns with a mod, 1960s go-go version of Shakespeare's comic caper The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Presidio Parade Ground, Main Post |
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SF Mime Troupe's Posibilidad | ||
www.sfmt.org | ||
These guys are back in Dolores Park, rousing rabble and raising a middle one to the establishment with their free brilliant and fabulous satirical medicine shows. This year it's Posibilidad, a musical metaphor for the contemporary plight of American factory workers. Get there early to have the first crack at the guy selling pot brownies and mushroom chocolates. Dolores Park |
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