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Issue 298 |
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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
Jan 15-21, 2008
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MacWorld is upon us, but there are plenty of other ways to geek out besides waiting in line for Pope Jobs. Dan Deacon's Popular Mechanics approach to electro-pop and the camera-phone auteurs at ATA remind us that gadgetry ain't always about the slick packaging. Design fetishists, however, can look for inspiration at the Crucible — just don't get singed.
- Matt Sussman, Managing Editor
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Lydia Millet
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Lydia Millet's fiction mixes the fantastic with sharp humor, philosophical digression, and an aching concern for the future of humanity — and all other species. Following the release of her new book, How the Dead Dream, Millet talks about the messianic, the maternal, and what animals can teach us.
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Pandatone
Pandatone's criminally overlooked Happy Together is a stripped-down, post-toytronica masterwork.
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Naples Gets Trashed
Responding to a garbage pileup, the Italian army headed to Naples for cleanup duty.
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READING
Dahr Jamail: Beyond the Green Zone
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Tuesday Jan 15 (7pm)
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The Women's Building (3543 18th St, 415.431.1180)
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After four years as an unembedded reporter in Iraq, Dahr Jamail shares his painful, firsthand observations of the ongoing occupation. While presidential hopefuls talk circles around the war and mainstream coverage is fading, Jamail's Beyond the Green Zone is a rare reminder that daily life in the country is still rife with uncertainty, fear, and disorder. Tonight, Jamail speaks about his time on the ground and candidly discusses the complicated — and at times ugly — reality that the US invasion has helped to create.
- Matt Sussman
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Bardot a Go Go presents Françoise Hardy Birthday Party feat. the Barbary Coasters, Hélène Renaut, and DJ Brother Grimm
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Wednesday Jan 16 (8pm)
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Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St, 415.861.2011)
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Tonight's celebration of Mme. Hardy's 64th birthday fêtes the seminal French pop chanteuse — who influenced everyone from Keren Ann to Stereo Totale — in requisite Gallic style. Folk-pop singer Hélène Renaut delivers delicate guitar melodies and charming ballads, switching between English and her native French on a whim, while fashionable '60s surf-doo-wop sextet (and recent Nancy Sinatra openers) the Barbary Coasters belt out sunny, rocking gems. Before, after, and in between, the Rickshaw's other resident Francophile, Brother Grimm (of the Bardot a Go Go party series), spins yé-yé classics and new musique.
- Connie Hwong
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PERFORMING ARTS: Dance
Circo Zero presents Sol niger
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Thursday Jan 17
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Project Artaud Theater (450 Florida St, 415.626.4370)
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"My sole star is dead — and my constellated lute bears the black sun of melancholia," wrote poet Gérard de Nerval. The dark star that cast its melancholy shadow over the French romantic is also the title of Goldie-winning dancer Keith Hennessey's Sol niger — a circus that shares far more with Antonin Artaud's theater of cruelty than Cirque du Soleil. In Hennessey's bleak allegory for our dark times, trapeze artists get caught in their slack ropes and clowns short circuit their sight gags, while the ringmaster rattles off a list of contemporary injustices. Now that's entertainment.
- Matt Sussman
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MORE FLAVOR: Fashion
Hot Couture: A Fusion of Fire and Fashion
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Thursday Jan 17 (7pm)
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The Crucible (1260 7th St, 510.444.0919)
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Pairing the spectacles of fire and fashion, edgy industrial-art space the Crucible brings new meaning to the word "hot" for its ninth birthday party. Aerialists and fire spinners perform throughout the night, while Bay Area designers bring their wearable art works to the catwalk and artisans demonstrate welding, blacksmithing, and glass blowing. Saturday night's VIP gala ups the ante with a silent auction, a buffet spread, and special performances by avant cellist Zoë Keating (Rasputina) and contortionist Serchmaa Byamba.
- Annie Lo
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MUSIC: Hip-Hop
The Cool Kids w/ Freebass808, the Carps, and Vin Sol
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Thursday Jan 17 (9pm)
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The Independent (628 Divisadero St, 415.771.1422)
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Still rocking their "Black Mags" momentum, Chi-town's Cool Kids return to San Francisco with their addictive old-school beats and smooth-as-molasses flow. Before Chuck and Mikey hit the stage, the Carps, Canada's eclectic soul/garage, rock/hip-hop duo, serve up a repertoire that sounds like an unholy amalgamation between Bloc Party, the Greenhornes, and Bell Biv DeVoe. To sweeten the deal, music-networking site Sonic Living and Mr. Roboto reward early birds with free beer from 8:30-9:30pm — show up in time to catch Vin Sol's ridiculous, brash rhymes and down complimentary brewskis.
- Connie Hwong
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Snag free beer only with RSVP.
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READING
Fray Issue 1: Busted! True Stories of Getting Caught in the Act
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Friday Jan 18 (7pm)
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Booksmith (1644 Haight St, 415.863.8688)
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Fray started as a storytelling blog for writers' true stories about everything from working at KFC to delivering a baby during Super Bowl weekend. All the narratives ended with a question, encouraging readers to respond with their related experiences. A live Fray storytelling series and recordings followed, and now comes a quarterly book series, with each volume focused on a specific theme. The premiere issue, Busted!, contains original artwork and many anecdotes, including an interview with a former narcotics agent, a personal account from a convicted bank robber, and the cautionary tale of a lightweight who couldn't hold his liquor at a frou-frou wine tasting.
- Tanya Feldman
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FILM: Documentary
Joy Division
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Friday Jan 18 (7pm)
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (701 Mission St, 415.978.2787)
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2007 was a banner year for Joy Division retrospectives, with remastered editions of the original albums, Anton Corbijn's striking Ian Curtis biopic, Control, and Grant Gee's eponymous documentary, which offers a treasure-trove of rare footage of the influential Manchester band. Researched by English rock scribe Jon Savage, Joy Division won raves alongside Control at the Toronto Film Festival. The Weinstein brothers have plans for a general release sometime later this year, but rabid fans will want to check out Yerba Buena's preview screenings for the added bonus of a Q&A with Tom Atencio, a close associate of the other members of Joy Division during their New Order years.
- Max Goldberg
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MORE FLAVOR: Shopping
SwapSF presents Sweet! The First Clothing Swap of 2008
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Saturday Jan 19 (noon–3pm)
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CELLspace (2050 Bryant St, 415.648.7562)
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$5 / $10 without clothes to swap
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Hot on the heels of those freshly minted New Year's resolutions, 2008's first clothing swap simultaneously gives you a jump on spring cleaning and helps you keep that promise to de-frumpify your wardrobe. Five bucks and a bag of your castoffs earn you unlimited hunting-and-gathering privileges. And there's a screen-printing and tailoring station so you can revamp even the truly hopeless scraps at the bottom of the pile. Everything from sandals to sweater sets is welcome, with liquid energy supplied by Meth Coffee and liquid courage from Trumer Pils.
- Connie Hwong
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MUSIC: Electronic
Plaid
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Saturday Jan 19 (9pm)
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Mezzanine (444 Jessie St, 415.625.8880)
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Plaid are practically Warp Records' house band, they've been crafting cerebral, glitchy electro for so long. The British twosome has amassed an impressive collection of work, collaborators, and shout-outs during the past 20 years, including a recent gig scoring dystopian anime Tekon kinkurîto. Tonight, Plaid take the stage alongside local ambient knob-twiddler Mr. Projectile, as well as DJ Jason Short, whose microhouse sets are packed with enough clicks, clacks, and bops to get you amped up for the main event.
- Connie Hwong
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Rupa w/ Tom Sway and Kevin Welch
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Sunday Jan 20 (8pm)
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Cafe du Nord (2170 Market St, 415.861.5016)
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A Bay Area native who's lived in India and France, Rupa Marya weaves her rich cultural background through every thread of her music. Her songs are a mélange of nostalgic tones, blending French chansons and Indian ragas with her lilting voice. While she frequently performs with her band April Fishes, this particular set is solo, backed by a guest cellist. Rupa shares the bill with Tom Sway, a storyteller whose songs vacillate between the intimacy of folk and the extravagance of cabaret, and Kevin Welch, a bluegrass musician from Nashville.
- Tanya Feldman
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PERFORMING ARTS: Cabaret/Burlesque
Sex Workers' Art Show
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Sunday Jan 20 (8pm)
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Victoria Theatre (2961 16th St, 415.863.7576)
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Entertainers from all areas of the sex industry — adult-film stars, burlesque performers, gender-bending call girls, and phone-sex operators — take the stage tonight to offer new perspectives on their field. Breaking down the stereotypes that plague the multibillion-dollar business, the cabaret-style show celebrates sexualities of every stripe. The performers have toured the country since 1997 to stimulate discussion on sex workers' identities, educate the public on sex-positive views, and humanize the individuals who choose to work in the world's oldest profession. Dirty Martini's strip teases, Dick-chaser Chris Kraus' readings, and snap queen Kirk Read's performance titillate and elucidate in equal measure.
- Suzanne Niemoth
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READING
Ann Wright and Daniel Ellsberg: Dissent: Voices of Conscience
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Monday Jan 21 (7pm)
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Cody's on Fourth Street (1730 4th St, 510.559.9500)
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As several presidential candidates downplay their initial support for the war in Iraq, it's doubly important to hear from those Washington insiders who weren't misled — or misleading. Ann Wright had an illustrious history with both the military and Foreign Service before sending Colin Powell her resignation letter in March 2003. In the years since, she's become a potent activist, bringing her record to bear on policymakers and conservative bullies (memorably with FOX News anchor Bill O'Reilly last March). In her new book, Dissent: Voices of Conscience (co-authored with Susan Dixon), Wright narrates the stories of several government employees who, like her, said "no" the first time around.
- Max Goldberg
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Castanets w/ Sholi and El Olio Wolof
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Monday Jan 21 (9pm)
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Cafe du Nord (2170 Market St, 415.861.5016)
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Castanets are one of the chattiest percussion instruments, but the music Raymond Raposa records under that name is strictly soporific. Evoking woozy sea shanties and immersive home-recordings, his records travel to the same broke-down palaces as morose singer/songwriters like Leonard Cohen and Sibylle Baier. On the recently released In the Vines (Asthmatic Kitty), Raposa enriches this palette with lush, private orchestrations that resemble paintings for their careful dabs of reverb and perspective-enhancing overdubs. The croaking vocals may not be for everyone, though Castanets' music creeps up on you when you least expect it.
- Max Goldberg
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ART
Caroline Hwang: Salvage
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Tuesday Jan 15 (11:30am–8pm)
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Giant Robot (618 Shrader St, 415.876.4773)
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Reinventing the art of quilting, artist Caroline Hwang brings a selection of quirky new fabric pieces to Giant Robot. Her simple, graphic figures — clad mostly in tube socks and skivvies — ponder existential questions within dark, sometimes absurd scenery, lounging on unkempt beds or foraging for wood in the wilderness. Hwang crafts these colorful and evocative scenes with impressive skill, working cloth in a delicate method that infuses the weighty tableaux with a playful lightness.
- Isaac Amala
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There is an opening reception on Sat Jan 12 (6:30-10pm).
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FILM
There Will Be Blood
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Wednesday Dec 26, 2007
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Various locations
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2007 has been the strongest year cinema has seen in at least a decade, so the following claim is not a mild one: There Will Be Blood is the year's best film. In his previous work (Boogie Nights, 1997; Magnolia, 1999), director P.T. Anderson already exhibited his capacity for bold, sprawling ensembles boasting a political, aesthetic, and psycho-spiritual breadth rarely attained — or even aspired to — in the current US landscape. But this epic about the rise and fall of a '20s oil tycoon (Daniel Day-Lewis) in the unflinching American West distills Anderson's previous bloat to a spare, searing, and wholly unpredictable study of what is currently this country's most defining impulse: Manifest Destiny.
- Lisa Rosman
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