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Issue 289 |
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Your cultural event guide
Here's a snapshot of our favorite things to do in San Francisco this week. |
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San Francisco
Nov 13-19, 2007
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Surely the irony couldn't be more obvious: the weekend when many locals were taking in alternative-energy demos and lectures on sustainability at the Green Festival, much of the Bay Area's coastline was still swathed in the inky aftermath of the worst local oil spill in nearly a decade. So, before perusing this week's events, see if you can't make a little time to contribute to the clean-up efforts: whether via Craigslist or the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, there are many ways you can help. Get your green on, and spread it.
- Matt Sussman, Managing Editor
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Out of Town
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Go Out of Town by going online. At outoftown.tv, the nightlife might be a little lacking, but Wisconsin's eccentricities shine bright all day. Choose from four scenes and follow our Chicago winner into the infamous House on the Rock, then stumble into Baraboo's Circus Museum to discover the bizarre history of clowning.
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Cion
Zakes Mda is among the pre-eminent chroniclers of South Africa's post-apartheid era.
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PERFORMA 07
The second PERFORMA biennial inundates New York with four weeks of performance art events.
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MORE FLAVOR: Discussion
Naomi Wolf in conversation with Daniel Ellsberg, Lakshmi Chaudhry, and Peter Laufer
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Tuesday Nov 13, 2007 (7:30pm)
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First Congregational Church of Berkeley (2345 Channing Way, 510.848.3696)
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Social critic Naomi Wolf became a household name with her groundbreaking feminist critique, The Beauty Myth. Her latest endeavor, The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, confronts the social ramifications of recent political changes in the United States. Paralleling the recent loss of liberties in America under the Bush Administration with the early stages of the 20th century's worst dictatorships, Wolf questions the current state of America and assesses the risk of compromising our rights. Expect a call to action, because, as Wolf has often said, in a democracy, the defense of liberty is something for which we're all responsible.
- Annie Lo
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MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Del Tha Funky Homosapien w/ Devin the Dude and the Coughee Brothaz
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Tuesday Nov 13, 2007 (9pm)
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Slim's (333 11th St, 415.255.0333)
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With beats beamed down from the Parliament mothership, Del Tha Funky Homosapien's discography is the soundtrack to an intergalactic sock hop. In a genre where even partying can be political, Del's fly-by-night, sly-by-day rhymes pack a punch, even if the closest we get to proselytizing involves chastising the "Style Police" and lessons on how to make a dollar out of 20 cents. His cousin Ice Cube produced his 1991 debut, I Wish My Brother George Was Here, yet the Oakland native's playful jabs sounded G-rated compared to Cube's acerbic assaults. Now that Del's long-awaited fifth official album,The 11th Hour, has found a home on forward-thinking label Definitive Jux, he has even more reason to keep the party going.
- Matt Sussman
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ART
Mike Henderson and William Powhida
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2007 (10:30am–5:30pm)
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Haines Gallery (49 Geary St, 5th Fl, 415.397.8114)
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Haines Gallery's simultaneous exhibition of Mike Henderson and William Powhida is a curious move, given that the artists belong to almost diametrically opposed coteries. Fortunately, this Odd Couple pairing isn't at all distracting and should encourage viewers to draw their own (possibly somewhat tangential) conclusions. Henderson's works prove he's a proud veteran of the Bay Area painting tradition; his canvases boast scraped and gooey impasto surfaces, structured in a vibrant patchwork suggestive of urban forms. Powhida, meanwhile, crafts an arrogant, art-star persona (a self-declared "GENIUS") — brandished with knowing expertise in a series of pieces hilariously casting a Julian Schnabel-esque, over-the-top ego in a Spinal Tap scenario.
- Isaac Amala
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Wooden Shjips w/ Pink Reason and Psychedelic Horseshit
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2007 (7pm)
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Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St, 415.923.0923)
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Riding in on a wave of local buzz and organ fuzz, trance-psych giants Wooden Shjips have become San Francisco's answer to other chuggy motornik disciples such as Finland's Circle. Looking back to the rhythms of early Soft Machine and Terry Riley's all-night organ concerts for inspiration, the Shjips have charted a course across a slew of buy-now-cry-later limited-edition releases in search of the perfect groove. Make no mistake: these guys are also fans of the guitar freakout. But it's the percolating throb of bass, drums, and organ locked together that has butts shaking in tandem with heads banging. Their first single wasn't called "Dance, California" for nothing.
- Matt Sussman
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MORE FLAVOR: Party
Broke-Ass Stuart's Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco Release Party
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Thursday Nov 15, 2007 (8pm)
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Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St, 415.861.2011)
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Despite associations with sunshine and good vibes, San Francisco can make for a tough move: deceptively chilly weather, unpredictable street characters, and the deal-breaking price shock for everything from rent to dinner. Newbies can get a major lift simply by perusing a copy of Broke-Ass Stuart's Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco. Hit the streets with a newfound sense of direction (pointing you straight toward a three-buck Vietnamese sandwich). Stuart sniffs out the freshest bargains in an updated volume of his tome, and in the true spirit of the book, a $1 cover at the release party buys you all sorts of delicious treats.
- Max Goldberg
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FILM
3rd I South Asian Film Festival
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Friday Nov 16, 2007
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$9 - 10 individual screenings
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Now in its fifth year, the 3rd I Film Festival screens new and classic documentaries, narratives, and shorts created by South Asians from across the globe. This year's revival highlights include Guru Dutt's seminal 1957 musical Pyaasa, Bollywood's interpretation of the hooker with a heart of gold, and Don, a remake of the Shaft-era classic that combines swashbuckling dance moves and Shah Rukh Khan's famously sculpted cheekbones. Quirkier selections include John & Jane Toll-Free, a documentary about the lives of overseas call-center workers, and Loins of Punjab, a desi comedy set in the Jersey suburbs.
- Connie Hwong
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MUSIC: DJ
The Give-In Benefit for Nyumbani
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Friday Nov 16, 2007 (9pm)
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LoBot Gallery (1800 Campbell St, Oakland, CA, 94607)
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Xiu Xiu fans, ye of plenty faith, take note: Jamie Stewart is back in town with records in tow. He joins Satomi Matsuzaki, the lead singer of Deerhoof, and Yoni Wolf from Why? to form a DJ triple threat at LoBot in West Oakland. All proceeds benefit Nyumbani, a South African support center for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Fingers crossed that Stewart brings along some copies of the much anticipated Xiu Xiu Polaroid Project book, an inventive tour document forthcoming from Mark Batty Publisher.
- Max Goldberg
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ART
Adel Abidin: Abidin Travels
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Saturday Nov 17, 2007
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Triple Base (3041 24th St, 415.643.3943)
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Adel Abidin's Abidin Travels transforms Triple Base Gallery into a mock tourist agency, complete with glossy pamphlets and promotional videos cheerily advertising discount travel deals to a dilapidated Baghdad. While the installation takes a well-aimed punch at recent trends in disaster tourism and the Bush Administration's horrendous blunders, Abidin's dark wit also allows viewers to reflect on the ways in which capitalism dulls horrific realities, turning them into mundane attractions. The artist's previous piece, Common Vocabularies (in which young children learn to pronounce "useful" words such as "abducted," "mass grave," and "suicidal"), similarly underscores the ways in which our culture cordons off the brutality of war.
- Isaac Amala
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An opening reception takes place on Sat Nov 17 (7-10pm).
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MUSIC: Global
Caetano Veloso
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Saturday Nov 17, 2007 (8pm)
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Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium (1111 California St, 415.776.4702)
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The author of some 30-odd albums, Brazilian rock star Caetano Veloso has hardly given an inch since he first emerged as a leading light of the Tropicália movement, along with Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, and Os Mutantes. Early albums like Caetano Veloso and Transa are classic psychedelic pop, though Veloso is too restlessly creative to settle into any one groove for long — indulging everything from chamber music to electronica on his '80s and '90s albums. His latest, a rocker entitled Cê, is as charged-up as anything released this year, and should go a long way toward winning over new devotees. (Devendra Banhart, in particular, has been vocal in his admiration for the artist).
- Max Goldberg
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Six Organs of Admittance
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Sunday Nov 18, 2007 (4pm)
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Aquarius Records (1055 Valencia St, 415.647.2272)
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With his last album The Sun Awakens, 6 Organs of Admittance (Comets on Fire member Ben Chasny) brought the burbling, dark undercurrents of his peregrinating take on psych folk to the fore. The album's cover art of the sun rising over a craggy peak suggested the dawn of a new age, but its sound was more akin to the rumbling of Mordor's Mount Doom. With a new full-length under wraps, who knows whether we'll see Chasny's sunnier or darker side. Even when he's armed with just an acoustic guitar, as he may well be at this in-store appearance, his music is at its best when it plays off both sides of the coin.
- Matt Sussman
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FILM
Flash Point
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Sunday Nov 18, 2007 (4:50–6:30pm)
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The Castro Theatre (429 Castro St, 415.621.6120)
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Hailed as the next Jet Li, Donnie Yen is renowned throughout Asia for his unique mixed martial-arts fighting style, which combines wushu, jujitsu, and other assorted techniques to full knock-down, drag-out effect. Yen's latest vehicle, Flash Point, showcases his considerable talents as both a screen fighter and choreographer, with intense action sequences and hard-hitting fight combinations that explode off the screen. A charismatic lead, Yen executes the compelling and frenetic moves with a raw power that hits as hard as the punches.
- Annie Lo
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FILM
Sigur Rós Film: Heima
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Monday Nov 19, 2007 (8pm)
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Mezzanine (444 Jessie St, 415.625.8880)
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It's not surprising that Sigur Rós, known for soaring soundscapes that echo the terrain of their Icelandic homeland, should produce a film that's so visually and aurally stunning. In 2006, Sigur Rós returned from their world tour to play a series of free, unannounced concerts at home. Made up of actual concert footage, a handful of new acoustic performances, and interviews with the band, Heima (which means "home" and "homeland" in Icelandic) displays both the band's transportive songs and the place those songs evoke. Sparce yet deeply resonant, the songs and the cinematography explore the beauty of Iceland, its nature, and its people.
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MORE FLAVOR: Discussion
Matthew Diffee and Robert Mankoff in conversation with Steven Winn
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Monday Nov 19, 2007 (8pm)
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Herbst Theater (401 Van Ness Ave, 415.621.6600)
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City Arts & Lectures invites Matthew Diffee and Robert Mankoff from the New Yorker's cartoon department to discuss working in the margins. Diffee has had over 100 cartoons published in the magazine since 1999 — including his famous funny of Che Guevara sporting a Bart Simpson t-shirt — though he's also interested in the other side of success, as demonstrated by the anthology he edited, The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, And Will Never See, in the New Yorker. As cartoon editor for the magazine, meanwhile, Mankoff probably has a different perspective on the selection process. Steven Winn facilitates what promises to be an illuminating repartee.
- Max Goldberg
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ART
Marie-Antoinette and the Petit Trianon at Versailles
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Saturday Nov 17, 2007 (9:30am–5:15pm)
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The Legion of Honor Museum (100 34th Ave, 415.863.3330)
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Celebrity retreats, situated far from the gossip-hungry public, are anything but a new phenomenon. Marie-Antoinette's Petit Trianon at Versailles was just such a pied-à-terre — tantamount to a private Hamptons for the young queen and her very exclusive guest list. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in the 1760s, the château is a simple, sophisticated affair, and comparatively sober next to the decadent, arabesque remnants associated with Louis XVI's reign. The Legion of Honor's exhibition is a gestalt of the Petit Trianon's interior and exterior, displaying the estate's myriad furnishings, sculptures, paintings, and prints. It's a lavish collection that affords a keen look into royal life, shortly before it descended into a bloody revolution.
- Isaac Amala
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PERFORMING ARTS: Theatre
after the quake
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Tuesday Nov 13, 2007
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre (2025 Addison St, 510.647.2949)
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Given the Bay Area's propensity for seismic activity (residents need only think as far back as October 30 for the latest reminder), the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's production of Frank Galati's after the quake couldn't be more, ahem, resonant. Extended through December 2, after the quake skillfully combines two of Haruki Murakami's short stories, from his collection of the same name, about individuals living in the aftermath of the 1994 Kobe earthquake. Galati's script and the Rep's responsive cast and creative staging perfectly capture Murakami's deadpan mix of the mundane and the absurd, while providing a larger commentary on how storytelling helps us through life's shocks and aftershocks, geologic and otherwise.
- Matt Sussman
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