Events for January 2006

Aspirin and Authors
Sun, Jan 1 : 1:00PM - 5:00PM

Dirt And Glory: Return of the Golem
Thu, Dec 22 - Sun, Jan 1 : 12/22 - 24 at 8pm, 12/25 at 2pm & 7pm, 12/29 at 7pm, 1/1 at 2pm

Dirt And Glory: Return of the Golem
Thu, Dec 29 - Sun, Jan 1 : 12/29 at 7pm, 1/1 at 2pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra - New Year's Celebration
Fri, Dec 30 - Sun, Jan 1 : Fri & Sat at 8 PM; Sun at 4 PM

Art & Politics: Matt Gonzalez in conversation w/ Sarah Lipson
Mon, Jan 2 : 7:00pm-9:00pm

Ruby's Clay Studio Annual Holiday Show
Thu, Dec 8 - Tue, Jan 3 : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm daily, including Sat/Sun

Fostering Cruelty in Chicken Production
Wed, Jan 4 : 7:00 pm

Bad Standup
Thu, Jan 5 : 8pm-10pm

Cindy Sheehan
Thu, Jan 5 : 7:00pm-8:00pm

Contemporary Art from El Salvador
Thu, Jan 5 : Tu-Fri from 2-7 pm / Sat from 1-5 pm

Dual Resonance-art exhibit
Thu, Jan 5 : Dual Resonance

Happy New Year - Comedy Improv Showcase!
Thu, Jan 5 : 8:00pm

Mavericks' / "One Winter Story" Benefit Art Auction & Film Sneak Preview
Thu, Jan 5 : 6:30pm-10:30pm

Suzanne Onodera
Thu, Jan 5 : 5:30 - 8pm

A Year and a Day
Thu, Jan 5 : 5PM--2AM

Year of the Dog and other Animals
Thu, Jan 5 : 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Comedy For First Frigging Friday of 2006
Fri, Jan 6 : 8:00 pm (doors open 7:30 pm)

Experience Performance Artist Midori
Fri, Jan 6 : 7:00pm-10:00pm

Go. A collaborative monthly arts event series.
Fri, Jan 6 : 6:00pm-8:00pm

Night Game Mixer
Fri, Jan 6 : 5:00pm-9:00pm

Pixelism
Fri, Jan 6 : 6-9 pm

The Purple Friday Show
Fri, Jan 6 : 10:00pm-2:00am

3rd Annual Sustainable Solutions Caravan Convergence
Sat, Jan 7 : 8pm-??

East Bay Improv 2006 Season - First Saturdays
Sat, Jan 7 : 8:00PM

HAPPY - A Capricorn Birthday Party
Sat, Jan 7 : 9:00 PM-2:00 AM

New Beginnings Exhibit
Sat, Jan 7 : 6pm-9pm

There Is Nothing to See
Sat, Jan 7 : 7:30 pm

Tim Pratt Reading & Signing
Sat, Jan 7 : 1:00 pm

Belly Dance / Klezmer Night & Session
Sun, Jan 8 : 9 pm onward

Book Launch: Tumultuous Times of Jesus in the 21st Century
Sun, Jan 8 : 4:00pm-8:00pm

The Funny Femmes
Sun, Jan 8 : 6pm-7:30pm

Qcomedy Showcase
Sun, Jan 8 : 7:30 reception, 8 pm show

Rock & Roll Theatresports Tournament & New Sunday Improv - Opening
Fri, Jan 6 - Sun, Jan 8 :

Velo Rouge Cafe Presents The Ironweed Film Series
Sun, Jan 8 : 6pm-8:30pm

EFF & Meetup @ Net Tuesday
Tue, Jan 10 : 6pm - 9pm

Animal Liberation: History in the Making
Wed, Jan 11 : 7:00 pm

Ask a Scientist - Black Holes
Wed, Jan 11 : 7 pm

The Be Nice Party
Wed, Jan 11 : 6 PM to 11 PM

Kurt Weitzmann, Beth Schumann, Mike Spiegelman perform at Laugh Dammit!
Wed, Jan 11 : 8:00pm-9:45pm

Nancy Ostrovsky w/ Patrick Cress' Telepathy
Wed, Jan 11 : 9:00pm

Private Transits
Thu, Jan 12 : 5:30pm-7:30pm

Crooners & Songbirds Night of Early Cowboy Songs
Thu, Jan 12 : 8 pm

Ecstatic Thursday with Persis Karim and Farnoosh Seifoddini
Thu, Jan 12 : 7:30 pm

GIMME SHELTER's 15th Annual Clothing Drive "Drop Your Drawers"
Thu, Jan 12 : 5:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Jack London Birthday Celebration
Thu, Jan 12 : 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Opening Night Party & Film: Berlin & Beyond Film Festival 2006
Thu, Jan 12 : 6:30pm - 11pm

Peer Pleasure I opening (visual art exhibition)
Thu, Jan 12 : 6 pm - 9 pm

Portrait of the Artist
Thu, Jan 12 : 7-11pm

A Sort of Redux Photo Opening with Toph One
Thu, Jan 12 : 8:00pm-12:00pm

13 Big Western Landscapes by Rudy VanderLans
Fri, Jan 13 : 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Aphrodesia's Gonna Go To Ghana Kickoff Party Pt. 1
Fri, Jan 13 : 8 PM- 12:30 AM

Clearly Marked--solo theatre with S. Bear Bergman
Fri, Jan 13 : 8 pm show, doors 7:30

Control Room at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In
Fri, Jan 13 : 8:00 PM

Fabulandia: Fauna
Fri, Jan 13 : 6:00pm-9:00pm

Freaky Fryday The 13th CoMeDy
Fri, Jan 13 : 8:00 pm (doors open 7:30 pm)

Long Now Presents "Nuclear Power, Climate Change, and the Next 10,000
Fri, Jan 13 :

OPENING : Albert Reyes - WONDERLAND/ Megan Wilson -SPRING
Fri, Jan 13 : 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Queer Contra Dance
Fri, Jan 13 : 7:30-10:30pm

Queer Open Mic: Featuring Dirty Ink Collective
Fri, Jan 13 : 8:00pm - 9:45pm

Touching The Earth Lecture Series
Fri, Jan 13 : 7:30 pm

Atmospheres and Iterations - Art Show and Performances
Sat, Jan 14 : 7:30pm-10:00pm

Contours: A Shakespeare Project
Fri, Jan 6 - Sat, Jan 14 : 8:00pm

The Crucible's Fire Opera "The Seven Deadly Sins"
Wed, Jan 11 - Sat, Jan 14 : Show: 8:30-10PM EACH EVENING

A Dose of Fantasy
Sat, Jan 14 : 7:00pm-9:00pm

Farewell To The Tooth Fairy
Fri, Jan 13 - Sat, Jan 14 : 8:00 pm-9:30 pm

Friction
Sat, Jan 14 : 9:00pm-2:00am

IndieFest Benefit/Launch Party
Sat, Jan 14 : 8p-2a

IndieFest Benefit/Launch Party
Sat, Jan 14 : 8p-2a

Inside Out: New Work by Melissa Hutton & Dennis Mcnulty
Sat, Jan 14 : 8pm to 11pm

Lunada Open Mic Features Aurora Levins Morales & Nicolas Valdez
Sat, Jan 14 : 7:30pm-10:30pm

MFA Selections
Sat, Jan 14 : 6:00pm-8:00pm

Saturday Night Comedy in the Mission
Sat, Jan 14 : 9:30PM and 11:00PM

Spin THIS!
Sat, Jan 14 : 9:30pm-4:00am

Triple Power :: /> KAPOW! <
Sat, Jan 14 : 9:00pm-2:00am

Writers With Drinks goes off the deep end!!!!
Sat, Jan 14 : 7:30pm-9:30pm, doors open at 7:00pm

18th Annual All-California Sacred Harp Singing Convention
Sat, Jan 14 - Sun, Jan 15 : 9:30 am - 3:30 pm both days

Bad Movie Night - Gigli (blame mike spiegelman)
Sun, Jan 15 : 8pm

Big Ugly Review Issue #4 Release Party
Sun, Jan 15 : 6:00-9:00 pm

Diversifying Hip Hop
Sun, Jan 15 : 1 - 4pm

Martin Luther King Musical Tribute
Sun, Jan 15 : 7:30 pm

Martin Luther Kinh Jr. Musical Tribute
Sun, Jan 15 : 7:30 pm

The Perpetual Motion Roadshow - "Romance, Passion, Sex and Poetry"
Sun, Jan 15 : 3:00pm

San Francisco Ocean Film Festival
Sat, Jan 14 - Sun, Jan 15 : 10:00am - 9:30pm

See the Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions
Sat, Jan 14 - Sun, Jan 15 : 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M.

Women of the World
Sun, Jan 15 : 7:00pm

Youth Speaks Poetry Slam: Brining the Noise for MLK
Mon, Jan 16 : 7 PM

The CJM & JCCSF present tour of San Francisco Center for the Book
Tue, Jan 17 : 7pm

Club Chuckles presents The Modern Problems
Tue, Jan 17 : 9:00pm-12:00am

AIGA + Apple Lecture Series
Wed, Jan 18 : 6:00 PM

Berlin&Beyond Film Festival
Thu, Jan 12 - Wed, Jan 18 : all day

Book Launch for Best Gay Erotica 2006
Wed, Jan 18 : 7:00pm

Out of the Pit: Dog Fighting in Chicago
Wed, Jan 18 : 7:00 pm

Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait
Wed, Jan 18 : check-in: 5:30 PM, program: 6:00 PM

Wallflower, An Art Reception
Wed, Jan 18 : 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Weird America: Derailroaded
Wed, Jan 18 : 7:30

An Evening of Mystery with Rhys Bowen
Thu, Jan 19 : 7 p.m.

Atomik Aztex: Reading and Book Signing with Sesshu Foster
Thu, Jan 19 : 7 -9PM

Bookworks
Thu, Jan 19 : 6:30-8:00

Estonian President Arnold Ruutel
Thu, Jan 19 : Check In: 6:00 PM, Program: 6:30 PM

Famous Last Words, Robert Temple's Ensemble and Dynamic play benefit
Thu, Jan 19 : 9:00pm-1:00am

Future Shock: Unpacking the Creative Process: Instant Coffee
Thu, Jan 19 : 6:30 pm - 8 pm

The Greater Circulation by Antero Alli
Thu, Jan 19 : 7pm and 9pm (two screenings)

Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance Theatre
Thu, Jan 19 : 7:00 pm

In Bed: The Politics of Privacy - A Conversation with Molly Ivins
Thu, Jan 19 : 6:30pm-10:00pm

John Tayman reads from his new book: The Colony
Thu, Jan 19 : 7:00 p.m.

The Kinsey Sicks in I Wanna Be A Republican
Thu, Jan 19 : 8:00pm - 10:30pm

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Thu, Jan 19 : 8PM

Shadowboxing
Thu, Jan 19 : 6-10pm

State of Fear - Amnesty International screening
Thu, Jan 19 : 8:00pm

Art at the Dump with James Gouldthorpe
Fri, Jan 20 : 5pm to 9pm

Buxter Jake's Quality Assortment
Fri, Jan 20 : 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Frigging Fryday Night Comedy
Fri, Jan 20 : 8:00 pm (doors open 7:30 pm)

Hear This!
Fri, Jan 20 : 8:00pm doors 8:30 show

Indie Circus
Fri, Jan 20 : 9:00pm-2:00am

The Modern Problems
Fri, Jan 20 : 9:30

Queer Stuff Comedy Showcase
Fri, Jan 20 : 7:00PM-930PM

QueerStuff Comedy Showcase
Fri, Jan 20 : 7 p.m.

Shotgun Wedding II
Fri, Jan 20 : 8 - 10pm

Sizzle Presents Gender Enders
Fri, Jan 20 : 8:00pm-10:00pm

Springer-Croke Hangs Pit Bulls at City Hall Reception
Fri, Jan 20 : 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening of Andy Diaz Hope's Work
Fri, Jan 20 : 5:00pm-8:00pm

thank you..have a nice day..
Fri, Jan 20 : 9-9pm

Two Rooms by Lee Blessing
Fri, Jan 20 : 8:00pm-10:15pm

Voices of Patriots: Why Are We In Iraq?
Fri, Jan 20 : 8:00pm-9:30pm

Atmospheres & Iterations - Trance Dance & Art
Sat, Jan 21 : 9:00pm to 12am

CA Rare Fruit Growers Annual Scion Exchange
Sat, Jan 21 : noon - 3pm

Compostmodern 2006
Sat, Jan 21 : 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

ELYSEUM: Sexy and Sublime KickOff FunRazor
Sat, Jan 21 : 8:00pm to 1:00am

JP Long and Jung Han Kim:Opening reception
Sat, Jan 21 : 7pm-11pm

La lucha sigue, CISPES vive!
Sat, Jan 21 : 8pm-1am

A Night of Fandango Jarocho
Sat, Jan 21 : 7:30PM - 10:30PM

ROMP Awareness & Fundraiser
Sat, Jan 21 : 4-6:30 pm

The Sixth Annual Edwardian Ball
Sat, Jan 21 : Doors and show at 8:00pm

Speaking Pacific - A Poetic Fete
Sat, Jan 21 : 1:00 - 4:00 pm

826 Valencia presents: Writing and Publishing Your Memoir
Sun, Jan 22 : 6pm-9pm

Bad Movie Night - Russ Meyer Gratuitous Breasts Night
Sun, Jan 22 : 8pm

Jason Webley, Brass Menagerie, One Man Banjo
Sun, Jan 22 : Promptly at 9 pm

The Law Project, Heather Gold's new interactive comedy
Sat, Jan 21 - Sun, Jan 22 : 8:00pm-10:00pm

The Pirates of Penzance
Thu, Jan 19 - Sun, Jan 22 : Thu-Sat at 8pm, Sat-Sun at 2pm

Qcomedy Showcase
Sun, Jan 22 : 7:30 reception, 8 pm show

Will Franken At San Francisco Sketchfest
Wed, Jan 18 - Sun, Jan 22 : 8:00pm-10:00pm

Announcing The Non-GMO Project
Tue, Jan 24 : 6:00 pm

Have-You-Seen-Me?-STiTUTE
Tue, Jan 24 : Doors @ 9pm; Show @ 10pm

No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
Tue, Jan 24 : Check in: 5:30 PM, Program: 6:00 PM

TrannyshackSTiTUTE
Tue, Jan 24 : 12 midnight

Art Reception for Tom Schultz and Felix Macnee
Wed, Jan 25 : 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Asian American Stand-Up Comedy Showcase
Wed, Jan 25 : 8:00pm-9:30pm

California Egg Industry Documentary
Wed, Jan 25 : 7:00 pm

Feature Attraction, An Art Reception
Wed, Jan 25 : 5pm to 7pm

road show : writers share stories about place
Wed, Jan 25 : 7 -9PM

road show : writers share stories about place
Wed, Jan 25 : 7 - 9 PM

The Romane Event
Wed, Jan 25 : 7:30pm-10:00pm

A Second Final Rest: The History of San Francisco's Lost Cemeteries
Wed, Jan 25 : 5:45 p.m.

Comedy Royale!
Thu, Jan 26 : 8:30pm

A Green Party for Peace (Correction)
Thu, Jan 26 : 8 p.m.-closing

A Green Party for Peace (Second Correction)
Thu, Jan 26 : 8 p.m.-closing

Sex and Aging with Joan Price
Thu, Jan 26 : 7:00 pm

Sheldon Siegel Reading
Thu, Jan 26 : 7 p.m.

Take Me For A Ride...Cute Girl!
Thu, Jan 26 : 8:00pm - 10:00pm

2nd Pleasure's Edges Series
Fri, Jan 27 : 8:00 pm

Chinese New Year
Fri, Jan 27 : 9pm-6am

f- - - anonymity
Fri, Jan 27 : 9:00pm - 2:00am

Frigging Friday Night Comedy
Fri, Jan 27 : 8:00 pm (doors open 7:30 pm)

House of Burlesque
Fri, Jan 27 : 9pm door/10pm show

A Night in Tunisia with MC Rai
Fri, Jan 27 : 9:00pm-2:00am

Plug-In/Mash-Up: Experimental music mashed w/video art
Fri, Jan 27 : 9:00P

Print Release Party for Michael Christian's 'Flock'
Fri, Jan 27 : 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Salon de la Californie
Fri, Jan 27 : 5:30 - 7:00pm, Free

Start the Year with Art at Precita Eye Friday Night Social Club and
Fri, Jan 27 :

Yvon Chouinard
Fri, Jan 27 : 7:30 pm

9.8th Fighting Kite Brigade
Sat, Jan 28 : 2pm-till it's really friggin cold

Aphrodesia's Gonna Go To Ghana Kickoff Paty
Sat, Jan 28 : 8:30 PM- 4 AM

Art SF presents:Welcome Home
Sat, Jan 28 : 8:00pm-1:00am

Bringing Back the Love! Love Parade Benefit
Sat, Jan 28 : 10pm-6am

Comedy Show
Sat, Jan 28 : 9:00 PM

Experimental Accordion and Such: Andrea Parkins + Smirkers
Sat, Jan 28 : 9 pm

The Nekyia presents: Spectacle & Bacchanalia
Sat, Jan 28 : 9:30pm-1:00am

Richmond Art Center Winter Reception
Sat, Jan 28 : 2:00 - 5:00 pm

Sex Worker Performance, Film and Politics
Sat, Jan 28 : 8 PM

Year of the Dog: book reading and signing
Sat, Jan 28 : 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Bad Movie Night - The Astounding She Monster
Sun, Jan 29 : 8pm

DeMaio Studio and Gallery Open Studio
Sun, Jan 29 : 5pm-10pm

Emperor Norton I: A new Musical that's Right as Reign
Fri, Dec 2 - Sun, Jan 29 : Fri & Sat @ 7:30pm; Sun @ 3pm

The Green Beat Songwriter Showcase
Sun, Jan 29 : 7:00 - 9:30 pm

MacHomer
Tue, Jan 24 - Sun, Jan 29 : 8pm Tue - Fri; 7 & 10pm Sat; 2pm Sun

New Yipes: Readings by Bruce Andrews and Brandon Downing
Sun, Jan 29 : 7-9PM

The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2006
Fri, Jan 27 - Sun, Jan 29 : 8:00pm

SF Sunday Comics
Sun, Jan 29 : 7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Theatricality of Poetry, Story & Memory A Well of Voices and Experiences
Sun, Jan 29 : 12.30 - 2.30pm

Whore College-Scarlot Harlot: Performance /Lecture
Sat, Jan 21 - Sun, Jan 29 : 8 PM

Women on the Way Festival
Thu, Jan 12 - Sun, Jan 29 : 8pm except Sunday Jan 15 at 7pm

Al's Comics Eviction Party
Mon, Jan 30 : 7:00pm-12:00am

Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain, and Europe in a New Century
Mon, Jan 30 : Check In: 6:00 PM, Program: 6:30 PM

Independent Exposure - 11th Season Premiere
Mon, Jan 30 : 8pm

Special Writers With Drinks taping
Mon, Jan 30 : 7:00 pm to around 8:10

Sheherezade (a night of 12 ten-minute plays, reviewing 2005)
Mon, Jan 30 - Tue, Jan 31 : 8:00 p.m.

Sorry State of the Union SpeakOut!
Tue, Jan 31 : 5:00pm-8:00pm

Splinters...and Other F-Words
Fri, Jan 20 - Sat, Feb 11 : 8:00 pm

Killer Joe by Tracy Letts
Thu, Jan 12 - Sun, Feb 12 : various

Burn This
Sat, Jan 14 - Sun, Feb 19 : Wed-Sat at 9pm, Sun at 2 pm

D*Face
Thu, Jan 26 - Sun, Feb 19 : Thurs-Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2 pm

The Maids
Fri, Jan 27 - Sat, Feb 25 : 8:00

Rock & Roll Theatresports Tournament & New Sunday Improv Format
Fri, Jan 20 - Sun, Feb 26 : 8:00 p.m. (doors open 7:30) for Fri/Sat; 7:00 for Sunday Shows

Theater District by Richard Kramer
Fri, Jan 27 - Sun, Mar 5 : Wed-Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2 pm