February's "queer things to do"

Qthings2Do is created by Holy Titclamps;
this excerpt was re-edited & reposted by SUN of SF.
.............................................................................

For more events, please visit HolyTitclamps.com

[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]

To join Larry-bob's weekly San Francisco
queer announcement list
and get regular updates of SF gay events,
please send email to

sfq-subscribe [at] topica.com

...........................


Thursday-Saturdays through February 5th, 8 pm Teatro Didactico Popular and San Francisco's Mission Cultural Center Presents "What A Crime! Garcia Lorca / !Que Crimen! Garcia Lorca" Federico Garcia Lorca was considered one of the giants of Spanish literature. But in 1936 he became an early casualty of the Spanish civil war when he was assassinated by the Falangist of Francisco Franco's regime. An unjustifiable crime against a brillant poet, playwright, and gay gentleman. The play is based on a study which looks at the duplicity between the Church and the Falangists and the role they played in Lorca's murder.
Blending Lorca's stunning poetry, and juxtaposing it against the harshness of right-wing military reality, Argentinian born playwright Hector Schujman and Bay Area director Jose Luis Leiva create a tapestry of ideas through the use of magical realism. Show Times are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm in the Theatre. $20 for Adults and $10 for Students and Seniors. Groups of five or more receive a 15% discount.)
Show dates are: February 3rd, 4th, 5th
http://www.missionculturalcenter.org


Thursday - Sunday, February 3-6 @ 8pm: Remote by Sara Kraft & Ed Purver AND Meditation on Three Raisins by Mary Armentrout 848 Community Space presents new work by Winter Artists in Residence,=20 including multimedia performance by Sara Kraft and Ed Purver, and new=20 dance theater work by Mary Armentrout. Fri & Sat shows include=20 performances by Winter Performance Intensive Students. Sat & Sun=20 performances include post-show Critical Response feedback sessions.=20 Info/Res: 415-922-2385. $10-15. 848 Community Space, 848 Divisadero Street (at McAllister), San Francisco. **take public transit or leave time for parking** http://www.848.com

[....]



Friday Feb 4, 7 pm: Lillian Faderman reads from Naked in the Promised Land. Free. At A Different Light, 489 Castro.

Friday Feb 4, 7:30-9:30 pm: Live Music, this and every Friday night [except when it's Oral Fixation]. Tonight: Trina Hamlin and Martine Locke. All Ages. At Dolores Park Cafe', 501 Dolores @ 18th st. San Francisco More info Call 415-621-2936
http://www.doloresparkcafe.org

Friday, February 4th, 2005: Urban Erotica; an event of music, art and urban fashion with a sexy twist. It's a party with a fashion show as a special pre-Valentine's treat. Doors open at 9pm, shows at 11pm. Party all night. The event will also host the debut fashion show of G-Unit here in San Francisco, Energie, Miss Sixty, artwork from local artist Christopher Norberg and more. $25 at the door, $20 in advance. Located at Q. 61 Golden Gate Ave, SF. More info at http://www.halogram.net. For more info on the artist, visit
http://christophernorberg.moonfruit.com

Friday, Feb 4TH : The Lexington Club is celebrating its 8 year anniversary and we would love to see you all there. Hosted & Performances by JEN ROE . DJs CARI CAMPBELL & CHELSEA STARR (hot pants) . We'll all be there having a blast and we'll be handing out FREE gifts specially designed and created for you by the fabulous SAHAR! Location: 3464 19th Street, SF

Friday Feb 4, 10 pm-2 am: KARMA presents TeMA...Every Friday Night at El Rio. The Best World Music in the City!! DJ's Garcia ( KARMA, The End-Up) and Suresh (6 Degrees Records) bring you the hottest Salsa, Samba, Desi Beats, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Afrobeat, Hip-Hop, Bhangra, and House! FREE before 10pm, $5 after. Hot Go-Go Dancers. Hookas on the patio. New Outdoor Heaters. All Nations and Persuasions Welcome. For more info go to http://www.elriosf.com or call 415-282-3325. El Rio is located at 3158 Mission St. SF Close to Bart (24th St.) and Muni 14 and 49 (exit at Precita) Also every Friday... ***FREE Oysters on the half shell 5pm-7pm. ***Happy Hour 5pm-9pm All well and draft pints $2.50
http://www.elriosf.com

Saturday Feb 5, 1-3 pm: Thrive: coffee with plenty of open, strong, wonderful HIV+ people to hang out with. $1 donation cups of coffee and occasional homebaked goodies with all proceeds going to the Center. 1st and 3rd Saturdays at the LGBT Center, 1800 Market.

Saturday Feb 5, 4 pm-10 pm: Queer-O-Rama, A Performance Martathon. Featuring Deep Dick Collective, Thea Hillman, Tunesmith, Michelle Tea, Judith Jordan, Heather Gold, Seely Quest, Betsy Salkind, MC Coco Lopez and MC Nafis. At Jon Sims Center for the Arts (1519 mission) http://www.jonsimsctr.org/

Saturday Feb 5, 7 pm: The Pixies on Austin City Limits. KQED TV.

Saturday February 5, 8pm -4am: Turning the Tide: An LGBT benefit for Tsunami Relief. OUTreach SF, a coalition of successful and well-known names in the San Francisco LGBT community and The SF-LGBT Community Center, has assembled a dazzling list of Bay Area outstanding talent and top djs for Turning The Tide, SF-LGBT Community United for Tsunami Relief.
Turning The Tide will be an evening full of entertainment, a silent/live auction, three expert bootblacks, hunky Colt models, a bevy of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a tarot reader, a psychic, food and drinks. And just added is an art show of fifty top-notch emerging artists. LOTS of great art, organized by START SOMA + artist/curator Tim Gaskin.
Performers include Mark Weigle, Veronica Klaus, Kim Kuzma, Blair Shepard, Tita Aida, Krystle Jones, Equinox, Betsy Salkind, Kathleen Antonia and Heklina. And the roster of the djs includes John LePage, David Harness, Matthew Baker, Nikita, DJ Alexander, Liam Shy and DJ Pusspuss. All proceeds from the evening will go to the RWF-CARE Tsunami Relief Fund.
at Terra, 511 Harrison Street at 1st Street in San Francisco. Tickets: $10. http://www.queercares.com/

Saturday, February 5, 8 PM, Sunday, February 6, 2 & 7 PM: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Cabaret: Tongue in Cheek with Special Guest Sharon McNight. Join the men of the chorus in a more intimate and relaxed setting as we present our annual cabaret. This year's show is for adults only as we feature songs of a mature and risque nature. SFGMC welcomes special guest Sharon McNight, an outrageous modern-day Sophie Tucker and Tony Award nominee for Starmites. At ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA. General Admission: $20. Preferred Seating: $25. Luxury Seating (table of 4): $140=20.
Tickets: http://www.sfgmc.org

Saturday Feb 5, 9:30 pm: Tartufi, The Struts, Oh Dark Thirty (from Sacramento). http://www.tartufirock.net
At El Rio, 3158 Mission St. SF

Saturday Feb 5: DRuNK & HoRNY......Together again for the very first time: A NEW PARTY THIS SATURDAY NITE! Lifting off with drunk DJ'S BIG RED, MONKEYBOY & SWINGKIDD... horny go go boys & beer bong shennanigans... slurring co-hosts.... sexy bartenders.... and hordes of screaming, sloshing, staggering superstars..... -Midnight Beer Bong Boy Show with "The Morman Drunk & Horny Dancers" -Live Drunk Murals with Horny Artist - Mark Padilla -DRuNK Specials! Cum Shots, Cape Cods, and Slurra Nevadas. This messy party is made possible with the help from Marvin Miller, Bad & Wrong Santiago, and drunk people like you. After Party: Location TBA, get ur free tix at the bar while they last.... ALL at the NeW GaYs-owned bar in the lower haight (formerly the TOP) - address: 424 Haight Street (at Webster).....so close....yeah!

Sunday Feb 6, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm: Radical Faerie coffee -- Call Telefaerie for information, 415-626-3369. [now at Cafe 16 (formerly Al-Fanous), 3170 16th Street between Guerrero and Valencia.]

Sunday Feb 6, 2 pm - 4 pm: Queer Beats: How the Beats Turned America On to Sex - Regina Marler, author of Queer Beats and Thea Hillman, Kirk Read, Kevin Killian, Catherine French and Joel Tan discuss the Beat generation and their continuing impact on literature today. Main Library, Lower Level, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, 100 Larkin Street (at Grove)

Sunday Feb 6, 7pm: United Genders of the Universe: All ages genderqueer group, East bay meeting. At Pacific Center, 2712 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley.
http://www.unitedgenders.org

Sunday Feb 6 at 8 pm: OutSpoken : local gay TV show on Comcast Channel 11.

Sunday Feb 6, 8 pm: Gay-prov jam -- improv jam for LGBT (and friendly straight) folks. $5 donation, no-one turned away. At Off Market Theater, 965 Mission at 5th.
http://www.cafearts.com/

Sunday Feb 6, doors 7:30 pm, show 8 pm: Heather Gold's "I look like an egg, but I identify as a cookie." Tonight's guest: drag king Fresh! (Barry) White au natural as her fine self. Every show is different, but each night ends with an afterparty in which people get to really meet in an atmosphere that's gotten past the surface. And yes, every one gets fresh chocolate chip cookies. Buy tix in advance:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/698
1-800-838-3006
http://www.subvert.com
email cookie [at] subvert.com to see about volunteering.
Print out the flier image at http://www.subvert.com to receive a free glass of wine when you have dinner at the bistro Cafe Andre at the Rex before the show.
Every Sunday in January + February 2005. $30 General Admission, $50 Reserved front-row, The Hotel Rex, San Francisco, 562 Sutter @ Powell.

Sunday Feb 6, 7:30 pm signup, show 8 pm: K'vetsh queer spoken word event. Features: Rhiannon Argo and MK. Rhiannon Argo is an SF-based writer who has been published in the Junkyard Books' Lowdown Highway Anthology and in her own hand-crafted chapbooks. She will read from her current project: PILL - four inter-connecting stories with an intricate color scheme; including (but not limited to) rusty-RED Buffalos, pretty YELLOW pills, WHITE-white nights and BLUE-suited Sailor bois.
MK is currently a Sexpert in training through Graduate Human Sexuality Studies at SFSU and in production on an MA film project that celebrates the fellow performance event "Gender Pirates" and its creator Sam Davis. He also is legally employed as Hostess/Server/Bartender at Chow Restaurant. Lynnee Breedlove has called MK a "sexy faggot boyfriend,"among other re-claimed derogatories. Alas, he finds little time to enjoy the writing block of "knowledge [that] is truth, but only as it sits on my tongue;"he hopes that his audience takes pleasure in his prose regardless of clarity or identity.
Plus open mike. Hosted by Lynn Breedlove and Tara Jepsen. Open mic sign-up at 7:30, one piece of 5 minutes or less. $1-$3 donation. At Sadie's Flying Elephant bar, 491 Potrero (on the corner of Mariposa) the first Sunday of every month.

Sunday Feb 6, doors 6:30 pm, show about 7:30 pm to midnight: Fishtank Cabaret Night in Oakland, $2-10 donation.
http://www.duckmandu.com/Cabaret_Night.html
The FISHTANK is located at 3405 Piedmont Ave in Oakland, near Broadway, behind the Saw Mill, near MacArthur BART and the Broadway/Auto Row offramp off of 580.

Monday, February 7th, 2005 - 7PM: Lit at the Canvas - 4th Street Writers. This month reading features The Fourth Street Writers, a group of eight feisty women. The theme is...Sex, Lies and Superwomen. Come and listen to erotic stories and tales of deceit about extraordinary women. The Fourth Street Writers are excited to announce that their chapbook, Nearly Naked, has been published and is now available. It was published in December of 2004 by Wordrunner Press of Petaluma. The eight authors are: Betsy Graziani Fashbinder, Lum Franco, Linda Joy Myers, Christie Nelson, Amy Peele, Colleen Rae, Kathy Rueve and Barbara Hodder Toohey. At the Canvas Gallery - 9th Ave and Lincoln, San Francisco

Monday Feb 7, 7 pm: United Genders of the Universe: All ages genderqueer group: At the LGBT Center in San Francisco, Room Q33, 3rd Floor, 1800 Market St.
http://www.unitedgenders.org

Monday Feb 7, 7 pm: The Last Word Poetry Series. Features tba. First Monday of each month. Open reading from 7-7:30, with features following. Hosted by Tim Donnelly, Randy Fingland & Dale Jensen. At Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berekeley.

Monday Feb 7, 8 pm: Sherilyn's radio show, Rush Hour on the Event Horizon, Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9FM in San Francisco. If you're out of transmitter range you can listen online at http://www.piratecatradio.com/
You can call the studio at (415) 401-7393 if you wanna palaver.

Tuesday, february 8th, 6 pm sharp: the RADAR reading series: a showcase of emerging and underground writers. featuring: Daisy Hernandez, co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism, Juba Kalamka, founding member of Deep Dickollective, Shar Rednour, author of The Femme's Guide to the Universe, Virgin Territory 1 and 2, and the Firecracker award-nominated, Starphkr, and Greg Wharton, publisher of Suspect Thoughts Press, and author of Johnny Was & Other Tall Tales and the editor/co-editor of numerous anthologies including I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage and the Lambda Literary Award Finalist The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Essays on Queer Desire and Sexuality. readings followed by q & a with the audience. hosted by Michelle Tea, who will perhaps bake cookies with a 'mardi gras' feel, in celebration of fat tuesday. either way, there will be cookies. delicious, home-made cookies! ask a question during the q&a, get a cookie. At the main San Francisco public library, downstairs in the latino reading room. all ages * free.

Tuesday, February 8, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Community Forum, Hosted by Conant Foundation on the topic "Internet Sex". Moderated by: Dr. Marcus A Conant. Speakers: To be Announced. Light Refreshments will be served. For more information and to RSVP Please call (415) 255-0806. San Francisco LGBT Center, Rainbow Auditorium, 1800 Market Street.


Tuesday Feb 8, signup 7:30, performance 8 pm: Open mic for Out Musicians. Every Tuesday. Your hosts: Blue and Rodger. At Wilde Oscar's, 1900 Folsom at 15th.

tuesday February 8, 9 pm: Hidden Cameras (from Toronto, Canada, playing their first-ever San Francisco show), Hey Willpower, tba. $10. 21+. At Bottom of the Hill, 17th St. and Texas. http://www.bottomofthehill.com
http://www.thehiddencameras.com

Wed. Feb. 9, 8 pm: The Marsh and Squirrel Lady productions present the Northern California premiere of ANNE FRANK SUPERSTAR - An Exploration and Continuation of Anne Franxploitation. The Show Is written and performed by Betsy Salkind the San Francisco based comic and TV comedy writer. After a sold-out run in Los Angeles, this wickedly satiric comic gem will play for one-night-only. Tickets are $ 8 - $12. Box office reservations: 415/ 826- 5750. At The Marsh, 1062 Valencia St. (btwn. 21 & 22 St.)
http://www.betsysalkind.com
http://www.themarsh.org

Thursday Feb 10, doors 7:30 pm, show 8 pm: Garrin Benfield (with full band, closing show), Spencer Day, and JP Cutler Trio. Tix $10 adv, 12 door. At The Independent, 628 Divisadero St. http://www.theindependentsf.com

Thursday Febuary 10th, doors 8:30 pm, show 9 pm: Benefit for Mr. Nancy Kravitz. Dirty Power (headlining), Western Addiction, Smash Up Derby, Slender. $7 & Up, sliding scale. Bottom of the Hill, 17th St. at Texas. You can also donate at
http://www.mistern.com/

Thursday Feb 10: Glamour Pussies, Dead Hensons (who play songs from the Muppets) 21+, $5. At the Eagle, 12th and Harrison.
http://www.sfeagle.com

Fri 11 February, 7 PM, Sat 12 February, 6 PM, Mon 14 February, 7 PM: The Vagina Monologues. Performers include Sherilyn Connelly and Kara Flynn. All proceeds go to end violence against individuals who have, will, or currently identify as women from birth through all stages of life. Sponsor: Gender Equity Resource Center, OSL, ASUC. $10. http://events.vday.org/2005/College/UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
Venue: Friday and Saturday Dwinelle Hall Room 155, Monday Wheeler Hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley Campus.

Friday Feb 11, signup at 7:30, reading at 8 pm: Queer Open Mic at the Center's Three Dollar Bill Cafe. 2nd and 4th Fridays (except in December). Host Cindy M. Emch with feature Siren's Iris Poetry Tour Featuring: Slam Champs Suzy La Follette & Andrea Gibson. Adding to the mixing pot of spoken word in the city is a new open mike night at the SF LGBT Community Center. Pro grrrl, pro boi, and completely genderqueer in scope, the night aims to combine the raunchy enthusiasm of the Hole in the Wall, the warmth and community of Ashkenaz, the unapologetic queer of the Bearded Lady, the radical politics of Cafe Macondo and the sweet rhythms of El Rio to create a space for spoken word, poetry and performance that is feminist, multi cultural, multi gendered, completely inclusive and dynamic. LGBT Center, 1800 Market at Octavia, first floor cafe.

Friday, February 11, 2005, 8-10 pm BONDAGE & BONBONS: a night of bondage by some of the Leather Community's best! Join us for bondage demos, socializing, scrumptious desserts and wine. It will be an erotic, fun evening for all of our diverse communities--Gay, Straight, Lesbian, Queer, Bisexual and Transfolk. The event is free to members of the Leather Community and their guests. Presented by PerverCity, a group dedicated to celebrating our leather diversity. Also sponsored in part by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. See all about us at http://www.PerverCity.org
More information? Contact Info [at] PerverCity.org Remember the date: Friday February 11, 2005. Feel free to post this information widely. At Center for Sex and Culture, 398 11th Street @ Harrison, San Francisco

Friday Feb. 11, doors 8:30, show 9:30 pm: The Whoa Nellies, Shawna Virago & The Deadly Nightshades, Ethel Merman Experience. $10. +21. At Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market Street.

Satuday February 12: Second Saturdays, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.: Monthly Specialty Improvisation Comedy Classes: Come to just one or participate in them all! February 12th - Improvised Movement (coach t.b.a.) followed by Story-telling with Carla Hatley
March 12th Imrprovised Singing (especially for the 'non-singer') with Joshua Raoul Brody
Classes are FREE as a community service of the BATS IMPROV School of Improvisation of Fort Mason Center. Participants are persons living with life-threatening, chronic disabling illness such as cancer, hep C, HIV/AIDS, kidney disease, etc.
Questions? Contact Jonathan Goldman, the Volunteer Director at LaughingStock [at] improv.org.
At The Gazebo Room at SF's CPMC's Davies Campus (Castro & 14th Sts.)

Saturday February 12, 12:30pm-5 pm: The Beloved Self : a mass self-marriage workshop extravaganza. Hosted by Aya de Leon. adults $25/
youth 21 & under $10.
It's a healing workshop! It's a spectacle! It's a wedding! Don't wait, propose today! for brides of all genders - just show up! Wear what you like! Got guests? Tell them to come around 3:30. La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley. info:
marryyourself [at] yahoo.com
or 510-273-2473

Saturday February 12th at 3pm: Femina Potens fundraiser and reading from the anthology "Without a Net" edited by Michelle Tea. Readings by Michelle Tea, Meliza Banales, Nikki Leine and Sailor Holladay along with raffle prizes from Pirate Tattoo and fancy shmancy hair salons. At Barnes and Noble (2550 Taylor St), get a voucher, buy a "With Out a Net", get it signed by the authors, win a new tattoo, and help support women and transgendered artists. The reading is free so even if you can't buy a book come on out.

Saturday Feb 12, 6:30-8 pm: Fierce Words Tender, women's open mike, This Saturday, and the second Saturday of each and every fabulous month, from 6:30 - 8:00 PM, at Sisterspirit Bookstore, 938 The Alameda, San Jose. Phenomenal, firey, feminist, phat, and above all, fierce, this is a time for any woman to take the stage and strut her stuff! poetry, comedy, music, improv, storytelling, rap...any kind of performance or art is welcome! free of charge, any woman may perform, men are welcomed in the audience.
http://www.angelfire.com/de/fierceness/

Saturday, February 12, 2 shows -- 7 & 9:30 : 10th Annual Love Fest:An alternative valentine's celebration in spoken word & music. Hosted by Aya de Leon featuring Ise Lyfe, Meliza Banales , Shailja Patel, Music by Elena & Samora Pinderhughes. $10 in advance $12 at the door. Door prizes & goodies! for tix: 510-849-256 La Pena 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley. http://www.lapena.org

Saturday Feb 12, 7 pm: Second Saturday Monthly Queer Ballroom Party at Synergy. Schedule: 7pm West Coast Swing lesson! 8pm Rhumba basic lesson with intermediate moves! Donation: *Under 21 FREE! *Over 21 $10 for the night. *Dance Student Discount: Half off for Queer Dance Pass holders; For students in Monday Salsa and Ballroom Dance class Series and Wednesday Swing Dance Students! Fancy attire suggested; Comfortable leather soled shoes recomended! No Partner and Experience needed! These are Lesbian, Gay, BI and Trans All Ages dances open to everyone! Check out http://www.QueerBallroom.com Location: At Synergy School-1387 Valencia at 25th Street (check online for updates on locations).

Saturday, February 12, 2004, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 7:00 PM: Writers with Drinks: A fundraiser for other (http://www.othermag.org) a magazine for people who don't feel represented by mainstream media categories. Other #7 coming in early March! Featuring: Mary Roach, Chris Garcia, Juliette Torrez, Michael Blumlein, Nick Leonard. Admission: $3 to $5 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit other http://www.othermag.org
Location: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and Valencia, San Francisco
http://www.writerswithdrinks.com

Saturday, February 12, 8pm: THE DANCE FLOOR BENEFIT: CounterPULSE (formerly 848 Community Space) presents an epic spectacle of some of the best in Bay Area dance. In a rare and generous coming together, 10 acclaimed dance companies perform to raise funds for a dance floor at the new CounterPULSE, opening in Spring 2005 at 1610 Mission St. Featuring AXIS Dance Company, Joe Goode Performance Group, STEAMROLLER, Dance Brigade, the Erika Shuch Performance Project, Circo Zero, Leslie Seiters=92 little known dance theater, Sara Shelton Mann, Scott Wells & Dancers, The 848 Improv All-Stars & others TBA. At Yerba Buena Forum, 701 Mission St. @ Third. Tickets: 415-978-2787 http://www.YBCA.org

Saturday, February 12th, doors 9 pm, show 10 pm: In Bed with Fairy Butch: Valentine's Day Vavoom! For Gals & Trannies of All Colors & Their Pals! 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission St. at 22nd St. http://www.fairybutch.com

Saturday, Feb 12, 9 pm - 2 am: Vanguard, the monthly discopunk, electro, indie, and no wave dance party . with DJ Donimo and guests. 2nd annual "Fuck the Pain Away" Valentine's Day Party. (Feb. 12 we'll also celebrate the one-year anniversary of the start of SF's "Winter of Love" at City Hall.) A night of discopunk songs of love and lust. This is the closing night of Vanguard, so the promoters can concentrate on Shadowplay, opening Friday Feb 25 at the Stud. No cover. 9pm- 2am. 21+. Happy hour 10-11 pm, with $1 PBRs and $2 well drinks. At Lit, 101 6th St. (at Mission St.) SF. More Info: http://www.geocities.com/club_vanguard

Saturday Feb 12, 9 pm-2 am: Bootie -- monthly mash-up party. with your resident DJs: Adrian, the Mysterious D, Party Ben, Dada. D.I.Y. Pirate Fashion Show! Dress up like a pirate, be in our fashion show, get a free Bootie CD! Midnight mash-up show, starring: Princess Kennedy And Patty O'Furniture, Tristan Shout & Glamamore. Free Bootie mix CD to the first 30 people thru the door! Cherry Bar & Lounge, 917 Folsom at 5th, San Francisco http://www.bootiesf.com/

Saturday, Feb 12, 10 pm-2am: club night: "The Rod" Alchoholics Unanimous meets every 2nd Saturday @ The Rod. A new alterna-queer monthly facilitated by DJ Bus Station John (The Tubesteak Connection) & Jef Leopard (Smut Hut, K-Y). 70's/80's glittersleeze & discocheeze! Heavy cruising & hard hard cocktails! 1st drink free with 5 year sobriety pin (just kidding)! $5. At Underground SF (The Top) 424 Haight Street (btwn Webster & Fillmore)

Sunday February 13, 5:30pm: Cocktail and A Cabaret Presents: Love & Lust, Lust, Lust! Cabaret, A Benefit for the Tsunami Relief Fund. Two Different & Unique Cabaret Shows. Leanne Borghesi & Musical Sensation-Houston Allred, Anita Cocktail & The Lusty- Diamond Daggers, (Doors open at 4:45p.m. for seating, cocktails, Horsdevors & raffle tickets) Parking at the New Mission Bartlett Garage on 21st Street between Bartlett and Valencia. Sunday Parking FREE on most streets. Tickets: $40.00 - Cabaret Table Seating (Only 114 tickets available!) $20 donation from your ticket price will go directly to the Tsunami relief fund. To purchase your tickets mail your check or $$ to: Love & Lust, Lust, Lust Cabaret- 1130 Capuchino Ave. Burlingame, CA 94010. Questions contact: Party Productions at 650.280.8477. Email: anitacocktail [at] sbcglobal.net
At Community Music Center -- 544 Capp Street, San Francisco 94110

Sunday, Feb. 13. 7:30 pm: Get your pre-Valentine love juices flowin' to benefit the Gender and Sexuality sections of the People's Library at the Long Haul! Ooh-la-la! A sexy, sumptuous dinner at 7:30 followed by a closed-mike erotica reading at 8:30. Yowza! Also, guests are encouraged to bring radical gender books to donate to the Long Haul library. The Long Haul is at 3124 Shattuck Ave., two blocks east of the Ashby BART. (510)540-0751 http://thelonghaul.org

Monday February 14, Reception at 7:30 pm, show at 8 pm:
QComedy presents Monday Night Gay Comedy. Hosted by Dolores Trevino. With Betsy Salkind, Curtis Dunn, Alana Devich, Beck Mankowski, Julie Potter, Marti MacGibbon, and Bridget Schwartz. Sliding scale $8-$15. At the SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market St. San Francisco.
http://www.qcomedy.com

Monday February 14: Marga Gomez performs "Marga Gomez: The Complete First Season - Live!", her cheeky retrospective of her myriad acclaimed one-woman shows, with a bit of her popular stand-up thrown in for good measure. At the San Jose Repertory Theatre. http://sjrep.com/plays/pop_gomezclinton.php

February 11-March 13, 2005: West Coast premiere of the play "Well" by Lisa Kron (of Five Lesbian Brothers.) Directed by Leigh Silverman. Featuring Lisa Kron and Jayne Houdyshell. Special night: Out with A.C.T. -- Wednesday, February 23, 8pm: Meet Lisa Kron and the rest of the cast of Well at a complimentary post-show reception! Join us for the Bay Area's hottest night out for gay and lesbian theater goers. Mention "Out With A.C.T." when purchasing your tickets!
Tickets: $11-$68. Call 415.749.2228 or visit http://www.act-sf.org
At American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary Street, San Francisco

Wednesday, February 16 at 7 PM: The Center/Books Inc Book Club. This month's book: "The Confessions of Max Tivoli" by Andrew Sean Greer. Meets the 3rd wednesday of each month. At the Three Dollar Bill Cafe at the LGBT Center, 1800 Market St. (@ Octavia).

Wednesday, Februry 16, 7:30 pm signup, 8 pm show: SMACK DAB : an open stage hosted by Kirk Read and Larry-bob Roberts. Making the Castro safe for performance again. Featured performers: Mattilda and Kerry Kegger. Bring five minutes of words, music, comedy or miscellany. Bring your charm and magic and cheerful can-do attitude. Or just come and watch and cheer folks on. All ages and genders will be welcomed and adored. Please respect the five minute limit so more people have a chance to participate. Musicians, one song please. All happening at Magnet, the gay men's neighborhood health center, 4122 18th Street between Castro and Collingwood. Free. http://www.magnetsf.org

Wed. Feb. 16, 7-12 pm: Rock For Relief: Singer/Songwriters unite for Tsunami Orphan Benefit. all proceeds go to Unicef (Children's Emergency Fund). Jackie Strano, Judea Eden, Shelley Doty, Mokai, more TBA. cause-music.com and sirvideo.com presents. 21 y.o. and over. $10-? El Rio, 3158 Mission St. @ Cesar Chavez

February 17-21: International Bear Rendezvous. http://www.bosf.org/woof/ibr

Thursday, February 17th, 8:00 - 10 p.m, (Doors open at 7:30 p.m.): 5 Funny Females Comedy Show at 50 Mason_SF Comedy Club: With Jen Kober, MC Susan Alexaner, and more. Admission: $7 (No Drink Minimum)/GREAT PRICE/ Weekend show is $10! Raffle: Great prize given away at the end of the show! Where: 50 Mason, SF Comedy Club (50 Mason Street @ Eddy) near Powell St. Bart. http://www.50masonlounge.com

Thursday Feb 17, 9 pm: Mark Weigle, Whoa Nellies. Opening party for International Bear Rendezvous. 21+, $5. At the Eagle, 12th and Harrison. http://www.sfeagle.com

Thurs Feb 17: Ani Difranco plays with special guest Andrew Bird. Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa http://www.lbc.net http://www.righteousbabe.com

February 18-21, 10 am-8 pm: Under One Roof is pleased to invite you to our "Food Fit for a Queen" blowout sale featuring 30 pallets of donated gourmet food items from the Fancy Food Show just held this week at Moscone Center. Located at 2344 Market St (between Detour Bar and Copy Central), there is parking nearby and you can even pull your car up to load up! Sale hours: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. All sales proceeds will benefit our 37 HIV/AIDS service organizations so come join in the fun and don't forget -- tell ALL your friends!!


Friday February 18, 6:30-8 pm: San Francisco Bisexual Discussion Group: The Bay Area Bisexual Network (BABN) has created a new drop-in, mixed-gender, peer-led support group for bisexuals and our partners to discuss a wide range of topics affecting us in our daily lives. Please note, this is not a professionally led group and should not be used for counseling purposes. Also, this is not a "pick-up" group - we're gathering to talk, not to cruise. Date: the 3rd Friday of each month Time: 6:30-8:00 pm (doors open 5:50) Cost: $3-$5 donation requested; no one turned away for lack of funds Location: San Francisco LGBT Center, 1800 Market (at Octavia), check the lobby board for room number Contact: Shelli at group [at] babn.org

Friday Feb 18, Sign up starts at 6:45pm/show is 7-9pm: TRANSLATE: A trans youth open mike. A space for trans/qenderqueer youth (25 and under) to express themselves through poetry, spoken word, music or other similar performances. All Allies are welcome to attend. FREE COFFEE! For more information contact Brooklynne or Courtney at 415-865-5625 or email: Brooklynne [at] youthgenderproject.org
Threedollarbill Cafe @ The LGBT Center,

Friday, February 18, 6-9 PM: Bear Walk: This special event is a reception for the exhibiting artists in the show "Hairy Bodies", and a presentation of Nick Dong's jewelry on live hairy bodies! Dong's handcrafted metal objects are both elegant and absurd, with decadent and obscure utilitarian functions that open discussions and convey concerns for our culture and living condition. At The Lab, 2948 16th Street near Mission. http://www.thelab.org

Friday February 18th at 8pm: "Sizzle" is back again. Sizzle is a monthly night of open mic erotica, erotic film screenings, burlesque, drag performances, spoken word, music, and hip hop. This installment of Sizzle features Sugar High Glitter City along with spoken word performance by Suzy LaFolette and Andrea Gibson from Flagstaff Arizona, music by Chris Pureka, and burlesque by Big Bottome Burlesque and last but not least an erotica open mic. $3 - $5 at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds. So come read the smuttiest of the smutt at Femina Potens, 465 South Van Ness near 16th St.

Fri. Feb 18: Ani Difranco plays with special guest Andrew Bird. The Warfield http://www.ticketmaster.com

Friday, February 18, through Sunday, February 20 Join Q-Force for the next Wildwood Work Weekend! Time: 6:00 pm/evening departure on Friday, leaving Wildwood around noon on Sunday (other departure/arrival times may be negotiable) Place: Wildwood Retreat Center, near Guerneville To RSVP: