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Issue 313 |
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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
Apr 29-May 5, 2008
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There are few springtime rituals that San Franciscans love more than grouping en masse to sit in the sun or engaging in oddball public activities (often, both at the same time). Saturday's Maker Faire pairs amateur mad professors with the retrofitted staples of an old-time country fair; the How Weird Street Faire, meanwhile, brings the crazies to the streets for a day of costume-clad dancing. And if those gatherings strike you as too much geek or too much freak, you can't go wrong resting on the lawn with a plateful of tacos at Mission Dolores Park's Cinco de Mayo party.
- Axel Anderson
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Four Tet
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The mosaic of Kieran Hebden's musical narrative is one of constant, relentless evolution. From his collaborations as part of Fridge to the ever-mutating sound of his Four Tet moniker and his inspired improvisational playdates with legendary drummer Steve Reid, the UK-based producer/performer re-invents any genre he's exploring.
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Explore Barcelona
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READING
Keith Gessen: All the Sad Young Literary Men
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Tuesday Apr 29 (7pm)
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Booksmith (1644 Haight St, 415.863.8688)
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New York author Keith Gessen makes the jump from criticism to fiction with All the Sad Young Literary Men, a laboriously titled, quick-witted debut novel. Gessen writes about a range of literary and cultural topics as a critic, though he's probably best known as a co-founder of n+1, a scrambled lit journal that aims to inject some fresh life into the American intellectual scene. All the Sad Young Literary Men's characters fit the n+1 profile (thirtyish intelligentsia), but Gessen's understated comic flair buoys the novel's more predictable preoccupations.
- Max Goldberg
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FILM
An Evening with Errol Morris feat. Standard Operating Procedure
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Tuesday Apr 29 (7:30pm)
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Sundance Kabuki Cinema (1881 Post St, 415.346.3243)
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Errol Morris' career got off to an auspicious start when Werner Herzog made good on a promise to eat his own shoe if the young documentarian ever finished his first film, Gates of Heaven (1980). Morris hasn't been especially prolific since then, but he consistently pushes the envelope with eccentric documentaries on subjects from Robert McNamara (2003's The Fog of War) and weird Americana (1982's Vernon, Florida) to a miscarriage of justice (1988's The Thin Blue Line). SFIFF hosts a conversation with the filmmaker after screening his latest, Standard Operating Procedure, which revolves around the soldier who took many of the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs.
- Max Goldberg
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Tickets are only available on a first-come, first-serve basis prior to the screening.
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Akron/Family
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Wednesday Apr 30 (7:30pm)
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Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St, 415.861.2011)
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Akron/Family, a trio of ethereal, hirsute fellows from Pennsylvania via Brooklyn, descend on San Francisco. Their music — crackling alt-folk punctuated by surprising acoustic interludes — seems to issue from a warped gramophone, rather than a bank of speakers. Borrowed sounds, discordant string arrangements, and harmony-heavy vocals create an ambiance similar to that of a religious revival; even the hardest-hearted hipsters may surrender to the fervor.
- Oliver Spall
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Colin Meloy w/ Laura Gibson
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Wednesday Apr 30 (8pm)
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The Fillmore (1805 Geary Blvd, 415.346.6000)
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Decemberists leader Colin Meloy strips away the accordions, melodicas, and Stephen Colbert-trumping sidemen for tonight's solo acoustic performance. Befitting the man who literally wrote the book on the Replacements, Meloy's solo gigs are more freewheeling than his well-honed, full-band shows. On Kill Rock Stars' new compendium Colin Meloy Sings Live!, he picks songs from deep in his back catalog, ambles through Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd covers, and proves himself a master of that trickiest of live arts — onstage banter. And don't forget the tour-only EP of Sam Cooke covers.
- Stephen Gossett
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ART
Inkie Whang: American Debut
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Thursday May 1 (11am–7pm)
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Frey Norris Gallery (456 Geary St, 415.346.7812)
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Korean artist Inkie Whang's large-scale, pixelated landscapes explore the tenuous balance between his traditional heritage and the digital age. In the dozen paintings on display at this Frey Norris show (Whang's first in the US), he renders quaint, rustic scenes — tree-lined ponds, fishing villages, and the like — into vaguely familiar, sometimes distorted impressions. His large canvases are washed in solid colors, with abstract images superimposed like distorted photocopies. The resulting scenes depict ghostly vestiges of nature and old-world living, dissipating under the digital gaze of the 21st century.
- Tanya Feldman
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READING: Poetry
Poetry for Water feat. Dave Eggers, Roger Housden, and Maxine Hong Kingston
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Thursday May 1 (7pm)
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Cowell Theater (Marina Blvd & Buchanan St, 415.345.7575)
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Roger Housden's most recent book contains a quiet, candid kind of hope. Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again presents poetry as a method of inspiring tangible positivity. With his Poetry for Water series, Housden raises money to provide water for impoverished villages in India and Africa ($8,000 is enough to hydrate a community). The first edition features San Francisco's favorite good guy of letters, Dave Eggers, speaking on "The Writing Life." Noted authors Maxine Hong Kingston, Elizabeth Rosner, and Nina Wise also share a few words.
- Nicholas Nauman
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PERFORMING ARTS: Opera
The Little Prince
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Friday May 2 (7:30pm)
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Zellerbach Hall (2100 Bancroft Way, 510.642.9988)
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A worldwide symbol of youthful optimism, The Little Prince — set to music for the San Francisco Opear by British composer Rachel Portman — unearths profound observations concerning the essence of life in simple, precise language. After crashing in the desert, a pilot meets the Little Prince, who tells of the interesting planets he's visited and the beautiful rose he loves. By turns contemplative and wistful, the Prince reminds the pilot of the values that adults (and people in general) seem to have forgotten. With its bright sets and tuneful score, this charming opera captures the poignancy and magic of Antoine de Saint Exupéry's beloved classic.
- Annie Lo
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MUSIC: DJ
Ellen Allien w/ Sascha Funke
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Friday May 2 (9pm–3am)
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Mighty (119 Utah St, 415.762.0151)
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Bpitch Control labelmates Ellen Allien and Sascha Funke take charge at Mighty tonight, globetrotting together in support of Funke's new album, Mango. While Funke's record is a smooth piece of melodic techno, Allien's upcoming disc, out in May, has been descibed as "subtle, mysterious, and minimal." And despite the reserved tone of her studio output, the Bpitch boss-lady's live sets are generally hard hitting. Expect her to turn it up on the decks tonight, while trading off turntable duty with Funke.
- Kristin Miller
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MORE FLAVOR: Fair
Maker Faire
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Saturday May 3 (10am–10pm)
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San Mateo Fairgrounds (2495 S Delaware St, 650.574.3247)
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Engineering savvy and childlike whimsy overlap at the increasingly popular Maker Faire, as scores of techies, crafters, artists, and visionaries erect an imaginative playland for adults and kids alike. With several exhibit halls and an expansive outdoor area, the Faire is so full of entertaining inventions — muffin-shaped vehicles and a laser harp, for instance — that an exploration strategy might be needed to catch it all. Once you've had your fill, check out power-tool drag races, go for a ride on a pedal-powered Ferris wheel, and splurge at the Bazaar Bizarre craft faire.
- Tanya Feldman
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MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Yo Majesty w/ Does it Offend You, Yeah?
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Saturday May 3 (9pm)
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Slim's (333 11th St, 415.255.0333)
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Bringing some real butch fierceness to what's often seen as a boys' club, the Tampa-based female rap trio Yo Majesty confront hip-hop's chauvinist stereotypes with fists flying and spitfire rhymes, backed by electro beats and beefy bass lines that would make J.J. Fad blush. England's Does it Offend You, Yeah? take a similarly aggressive approach, through a crunchy electro lens. Combining industrial, driving rhythms with grinding rock guitars and synth lines, the quartet has been accused of inciting Justice-style dance parties, zealous devotion among fans, Nine Inch Nails-grade raucousness, and instrument destruction during their live shows.
- Connie Hwong
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MORE FLAVOR: Fair
Ninth Annual How Weird Street Faire
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Sunday May 4 (11:11am–5:55pm)
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Howard & 2nd Sts
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$10 suggested donation / $5 with costume
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This year, the ninth-annual How Weird Street Faire changes locations and introduces an extensive nighttime component, but retains its very San Francisco commitment to peace, unity, and dance music. Along with an eclectic array of craft, food, and fake-fur hot pants purveyors, this year's event features thumping daytime DJ sets from Burning Man mainstays Space Cowboys and Opulent Temple, chilled-out house grooves from local label Om, and hip-hop-inflected bhangra beats from Surya Dub and Non Stop Bhangra. And when the sun goes down, the DJs whisk their decks into four local clubs, keeping the music spinning and the party going till last call.
- Connie Hwong
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Little Wings w/ the Skygreen Leopards and Hotel Alexis
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Sunday May 4 (9:30pm)
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Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St, 415.923.0923)
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Little Wings progenitor Kyle Field is a bard of the beach — his lazily strummed chords and drifting verses are evocative of an endless summer. Field recycles many of his own melodies and lyrics ("Look at What the Light Did Now" has several incarnations), making his songbook seem like a living, breathing entity that's inseparable from the man himself. The Skygreen Leopards conjure a woodsier vibe. They're one of the best-known groups to emerge from Jewelled Antler, a local music collective responsible for innumerable CD-Rs of psychedelic folk-pop recorded in natural settings.
- Max Goldberg
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MORE FLAVOR: Food/Wine
Cooks with Books feat. Mario Batali
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Monday May 5 (noon)
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Il Fornaio (1265 Battery St, 415.986.0100)
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No culinary luminary warms the hearts and kitchens of America more than Mario Batali, the red-haired Italian pastaphile with a penchant for affable wisecracks and a succulent sausage. His Food Network phenomenon, Molto Mario, made him a celebrity; Iron Chef cemented his reputation; and now a literary career catapults Chef Batali into the realm of epicurean superstardom. His new book, Italian Grill, brings his trademark pizzazz to the hot, hot world of grilling. At this one-of-a-kind event, join Mario for a scrumptious meal, and get a copy of the only book that should come with a bib.
- Nicholas Nauman
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Laura Veirs w/ Liam Finn
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Monday May 5 (9pm)
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Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th St, 415.621.4455)
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Portland singer/songwriter Laura Veirs has a deadpan vocal delivery just a shade lighter than Liz Phair, but whereas Phair's break-up songs were blunt articles of faith, Veirs wraps her own in gorgeous natural metaphors and lush indie-pop production. Her lyrics have grown more and more literary with each album, and better-known musicians like Death Cab for Cutie continue to sing her praises. Opening, New Zealander Liam Finn honed his chops touring with his father Neil's beloved band, Crowded House. The younger Finn shares his dad's love of Beatles-esque pop, but with a smart brashness befitting his 24 years.
- Max Goldberg
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FILM
Jellyfish
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Tuesday Apr 29
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Landmark Lumiere Theatre (1572 California St, 415.267.4893)
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Israeli co-directors Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen have both written children's books and graphic novels, so it's only natural that their first feature, Jellyfish, possesses the matter-of-fact combination of the magical and the ordinary that kids take for granted. Batya encounters a lost child who mysteriously emerges from the sea; aging Malka grouses helplessly at her Filipina aide, Joy; and newlyweds Michael and Keren's bond threatens to unravel after a seemingly minor series of events. Through it all weaves the sea, whose power contrasts wildly with the lack of control these characters exert over their own lives.
- Lisa Rosman
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Greg Lamarche: Things I Picked up Along the Way
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Tuesday Apr 29 (noon–7pm)
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White Walls Gallery (835 Larkin St, 415.931.1500)
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Greg Lamarche is crazy about the letters of the alphabet. It's a fascination that dates back to his years as a graffiti artist in Boston in the early '80s, when he was known for his tags' super-clean outlines, as well as for Skills, his popular Xeroxed zine of graffiti culture. Since then, he's branched out into collage and commercial design, but all of his work reveals an ongoing obsession with fonts and typography. Lamarche's current show at White Walls features eye-popping patterns of text cut from found paper that sing with raw energy.
- Jeanne Storck
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