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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
Mar 25-31, 2008
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San Francisco has long been home to outlaws both sexual and literary, but "double agents" might be a more appropriate title for Victor J. Banis and Ann Bannon. Their pre-Stonewall pulps toed the closet's line while whispering of queer lives beyond their covers. That we now speak of an "LGBT community" and not a "twilight world" is partially due to Banis and Bannon's imaginative reach — something to keep in mind next time you don your rainbow beads at the Pride Parade.
- Matt Sussman, Managing Editor
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SPECIAL FEATURE
2008 Whitney Biennial
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Every two years, New York's Whitney Museum surveys contemporary American art with a sprawling, often-controversial exhibition. This year's Biennial affords 81 artists spaces to display new work or create site-specific installations. Flavorpill sister publication Artkrush speaks with curators Henriette Huldisch and Shamim M. Momin about the exhibition and the current modes of American art.
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READING
Passing on the Pen: Ann Bannon and Victor J. Banis
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Tuesday Mar 25 (6:30–8:30pm)
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GLBT Historical Society (657 Mission St, Ste 300, 415.777.5455)
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If queer lit's tangled roots can be traced to pulp fiction, then Ann Bannon and Victor J. Banis wrote some of the genre's urtexts. Though often published under pseudonyms and accompanied by lurid cover art, Bannon's Beebo Brinker Chronicles and Banis' The Man from C.A.M.P. series were as inspired by their authors' pre-Stonewall lives as they were the product of a paperback industry eager to milk "sexual deviance" for cash. However, Bannon's strong butch Beebo and Banis' swishy secret agent Jackie Holmes flouted literary conventions, which often condemned queer characters to unhappy endings. Tonight, the two icons read from and speak about their landmark '60s novels and latest projects.
- Matt Sussman
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MORE FLAVOR: Discussion
Greil Marcus
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Tuesday Mar 25 (8pm)
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Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (3200 California St, 415.292.1200)
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A combination of erudition and adventure fuels the writing of Greil Marcus, a Berkeley-based critic best known for his explications of American music. Todd Haynes' recent piece of Dylanology (I'm Not There) has Marcus books like The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes and Mystery Train all over it, and the critic's influence extends to any scribe tempted to mention Walt Whitman and Robert Johnson in the same breath. A dedicated chronicler of mythic landscapes, Marcus conjures an unlikely pageant of Americana in his most recent book (The Shape of Things to Come), comprising 9/11, Bill Pullman's face, the punk band Pere Ubu, and other scattered signifiers.
- Max Goldberg
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FILM: Documentary
Fully Flared
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Wednesday Mar 26 (7:30pm)
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Mezzanine (444 Jessie St, 415.625.8880)
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$8 / $5 with RSVP
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Fully Flared, the hotly anticipated skating video four years in the making from directors Ty Evans and Spike Jonze, doesn't disappoint. It's a dazzling display of some of the skating world's foremost talents, including Eric Koston, Mike Carroll, Rick Howard, Guy Mariano, and Marc Johnson, to name a few. The opening sequence — tricks performed on an exploding obstacle course to jaw-dropping effect, a blend of stunts and pyrotechnics set to an M83 song — is mind-blowing and visually stunning. Even if you're not a skater, you'll still know that you're witnessing skate greatness.
- Annie Lo
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There is a complimentary tasting provided by Pearl Vodka from 7-8pm.
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Bob Mould Band w/ Saturna
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Wednesday Mar 26 (8pm)
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Great American Music Hall (859 O'Farrell St, 415.885.0750)
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Like a post-hardcore version of Woody Allen, Bob Mould has settled into an elder-statesman role for artists of every stripe. And though, like the Woodman, nearly every new Mould release is hailed as a return to form, District Line actually is that great stylistic distillation that fans have long been promised. There's nothing in the way of Zen Arcade primordial howling, but who wants angry-young-man from a 47-year-old anyway? Especially when District Line so neatly encapsulates everything Mould perfected afterward, from the streamlined proto-alt-rock of latter-day Hüsker Dü to Sugar's poppy confections. Even his electronic tinges and vocoders are so well integrated that the most nostalgic SST apologist should be happy.
- Stephen Gossett
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
José González w/ Mia Doi Todd
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Thursday Mar 27 (8pm)
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The Fillmore (1805 Geary Blvd, 415.346.6000)
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Argentinian-born Swedish singer/songwriter José González is best known for stripping electronic songs to their acoustic essence — his interpretation of the Knife's "Heartbeats" breathes warmth into the original's menacing robo-rock, and his version of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" revels in romantic urgency. However, González's own tunes deserve just as much attention: his second album, In Our Nature, displays an almost religious adherence to delicate, minimalist melodies that highlight his ethereal tenor. Atmospheric folkie Mia Doi Todd, herself a miracle worker with voice and guitar, opens the show.
- Connie Hwong
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PERFORMING ARTS: Theatre
Amor Cubano: In a Bottle, a Tube, and a Small Packet
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Thursday Mar 27 (8pm)
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La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave, 510.849.2568)
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Maceo Cabrera Estévez's multimedia performance Amor Cubano is a sexy, tongue-in-cheek exploration of modern culture's quest for a miracle cure. Plumbing her heritage as a Cuban-American, Estévez creates the character of Barbarita Perales, an ambitious and passionate woman who simply wants to make the world a better place. Her solution is a wonder product that's extracted like plasma from Cubans and exported around the world. The play, written like an earnest infomercial, is the directorial debut of actor Eric Aviles, a Chicago transplant who has appeared in numerous plays in the Midwest and the Bay Area.
- Tanya Feldman
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Admission is $5 - 20 sliding scale for the Thur Mar 27 performance.
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READING
Edward Docx: Pravda
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Friday Mar 28 (7pm)
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Booksmith (1644 Haight St, 415.863.8688)
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London author Edward Docx has snatched the title of "brilliant young writer" from Zadie Smith, and now all eyes are on him. Docx's work draws comparisons to Julian Barnes and Martin Amis for its stylish prose and cynical wit. Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, his second novel, Pravda (titled Self-Help in the UK), tells the saga of the dysfunctional Anglo-Russian Glover family, whose members are spread across London, Paris, New York, and St. Petersburg. The Glovers' secret history is slowly revealed in a story of identity, family, and relationships.
- Annie Lo
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Ray Davies
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Friday Mar 28 (8pm)
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The Warfield (982 Market St, 415.775.7722)
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$39.50
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Let's set the record straight: the Kinks invented indie rock. It might seem like a ridiculous claim, since the band recorded for a major label at the height of the British Invasion. But trace the signature elements of indie rock (earnestness with a wink, quirky pop melodies) back far enough, and you eventually get to the Kinks. Though his music was sometimes overshadowed by a tempestuous relationship with younger brother and bandmate Dave, lead singer Ray Davies is responsible for one of the richest songbooks in rock n' roll. Since being mysteriously shot in the leg in 2004, Davies has released two well-received solo albums, Other People's Lives and Working Man's Café.
- Max Goldberg
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MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Devin the Dude w/ Bun B
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Saturday Mar 29 (9pm)
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Mezzanine (444 Jessie St, 415.625.8880)
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Talking sex, smoke, and Chinese food — sometimes all at once — Houston's Devin the Dude brings laughs and funky beats tonight with tracks off his new album, Waiting to Inhale. A longtime Dre and Snoop collaborator, Devin keeps his lyrics glassy-eyed and dirty-minded. Sharing the stage is Bun B, whose collaborations with the late Pimp C as UGK helped to put Texas on the Dirty South map. II Trill, B's follow-up to 2005's breakthrough Trill, finds the rapper more reflective after his partner's passing, but still maximizing the power of his address book to attract a bevy of A-list guests.
- Regina Bresler
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MUSIC: DJ
Red Dot feat. Tim Sweeney, DJ Kaos, TK Disko, and Conor
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Saturday Mar 29 (9pm–2am)
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Vessel (85 Campton Pl, 415.433.8585)
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"Music takes me where I want to be," goes a line in an old disco song by Musique — and DJ Tim Sweeney certainly understands that transportive quality. As listeners of his Beats in Space radio show know, Sweeney's mercurial and expansive sets feature the sounds of bygone destinations such as the Paradise Garage and the Music Box, while still keeping one ear cocked to the present. The Berlin-based DJ Kaos also mixes old tracks and new cuts, but the results are a little more rough around the edges. Local boys TK Disko and Conor get the journey started.
- Matt Sussman
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MORE FLAVOR: Party
Meatpaper No. 3 Launch Party
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Sunday Mar 30 (6–9pm)
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Serpentine (2495 3rd St., 415.252.2000)
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The Bay Area loves to mix its local, sustainable brand of gastronomy with philosophy and a heaping side of ethical considerations (see: Michael Pollan, Alice Waters), so it's fitting that Meatpaper — a quarterly magazine devoted to the carnivore's dilemma — is based here, alongside permaculture radicals and vegan gourmets. Tonight's celebration honors the publication's third issue, which takes an undercover look at Israel's clandestine pork market and kitchen tests frog-free frog meat. While Tunisian goat balls may not be on the menu, there should be no shortage of good things to eat, courtesy of Slow Club-sister spot Serpentine and a host of other foodie faves. And yes, there will be non-meaty treats, as well.
- Matt Sussman
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PERFORMING ARTS: Comedy
Stand Up for Justice 2008 feat. Paula Poundstone, Aundre the Wonderwoman, Joe Klocek, and Brian Copeland
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Sunday Mar 30 (7pm)
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Cobb's Comedy Club (915 Columbus Ave, 415.928.4320)
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NPR listeners know that public radio holds more than just the charms of Ira Glass. On weekly quiz show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Paula Poundstone ups the hilarity quotient with her dry, quick wit and sharp commentary. Her standup routines, meanwhile, are beloved for her casual, stream-of-consciousness style and wacky sensibility. At this benefit for Death Penalty Focus, an advocacy group dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment, she's joined by a host of local comedic talent, including Aundre the Wonderwoman, Joe Klocek, and Brian Copeland — whose own incisive standup was the precursor to his über-successful solo show Not a Genuine Black Man.
- Annie Lo
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Ora Cogan w/ Gabriel Saloman, Aja Rose, and Leyna Noel
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Monday Mar 31 (6pm)
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Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St, 415.923.0923)
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Fans of Jolie Holland's old group, the Be Good Tanyas, will find much to love in Ora Cogan, a Vancouver-based folk singer whose ballads are tinged with the ghostly grace of an old 78. Her quivering vocals and delicate guitar playing dispense with the freaky embellishment favored among many neo-folkies. Tender and spacious, Cogan's unfussy arrangements represent "roots music" in the best sense. Opener Gabriel Saloman normally makes unwieldy noise with his primary project Yellow Swans, but he takes a more subdued approach tonight when he appears with Aja Rose.
- Max Goldberg
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FILM
Breathless (1960)
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Monday Mar 31 (7:30pm)
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Artists' Television Access (992 Valencia St, 415.824.3890)
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Breathless remains the definitive French New Wave movie, a cinematic shot heard 'round the world that ushered in a fertile era of experimentation and excitement. Jean-Paul Belmondo's listless take on Bogart cool is one of cinema's iconic performances; he plays opposite Jean Seberg, a short-haired American chosen for her good looks and naïve manner. Jean-Luc Godard regards his ingénue with a mix of adoration and suspicion, establishing his enduring preoccupation with les femmes in several elongated bedroom scenes. It's just one of Godard's trademarks on display — others include self-criticism, a tendency for referentiality, and complex love-hate relationships with capitalism, America, and youth.
- Max Goldberg
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ART
Ukranian Citizens and Strangers
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Friday Mar 28 (noon–6pm)
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Queen's Nail Annex (3191 Mission St, 415.648.4564)
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Four Walls founder Julie Deamer organized Ukrainian Citizens and Strangers, an impressive collaboration between nine American and Ukrainian artists. Filled with narratives haunted by memories of an oppressive government, the exhibition explores how a culture might reassess its relationship with the past while attempting to underwrite a hopeful future. Jeff Cain scours Kiev for evidence of "ReConstructivism" — that is, community-built, socially practical structures designed outside the state's mandate. Meanwhile, Tim Hyde, Yuriy Kruchak, and Yuliya Kostevera use objects and architecture to evoke an environment haunted by history and transition.
- Isaac Amala
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ART
At the Movies
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Tuesday Mar 25 (11:30am–8pm)
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Giant Robot (618 Shrader St, 415.876.4773)
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It's not often that Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is spoken of in the same breath as Akira Kurosawa's Rashômon, but for the artists on exhibit at Giant Robot's At the Movies showcase, they're all fair game. The collection brings new meaning to the term "art cinema," with oils, illustration, prints, and other media dedicated to indie flicks, foreign films, art movies, blockbusters, flops, imaginary sequels, and crossovers. Look out for pieces by local favorites David Choong-Lee, Hellen Jo, and Matt Furie.
- Annie Lo
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