A reader over at Muni Diaries sent in a few photos of the major track replacement project begun on Friday on the J-Church line at 18th and Church. The work ended around 4 a.m. this morning (hope everybody in the neighborhood got some good sleep last night!), and as Muni tells us, more pieces of the rail improvement project will continue on two as-yet-undetermined weekends at San Jose Ave and 30th Street. more ›

• The Sound of Young America Live: Live public radio featuring Jesse Thorn, Morgan Murphy, Merlin Mann, Danny Hoch, and Bucky Sinister perform le stand-up hot. Zach Rogue (of Rogue Wave) provides the music. It's indie rock and comedy all rolled into one. Ta-da! Oh, and it's part of SF Sketchfest, so you know it's good. Show starts at 8 p.m. at the Eureka Theatre; $10.
• BiFriendly Social: A bisexual coffee klatch for men and women who lean on both sides of the fence. (No, not for you alterafag Manhunter subscribers who claim bisexuality only in effort to entice seemingly straight men, but for authentic bi guys. Wherever they may be.) No set topic, just an old-fashion chat with strangers all juiced up on caffeine. Or whatever. Anyway, it goes from 7:30 p.m.- 10 p.m. at Church Street Cafe (formerly Muddy Waters); free.
• Tonight's Macworld Expo Afterparties: Leave the goatees in the bathroom sink. Please.

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From Lady_K via Contribute page, who found this note on Church Street in front of the Blockbuster near Market -- also, how on earth does that Blockbuster remain open for business? -- she found this detailed 9/11 to-do list, presumably written today: more ›

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Let's see… big event? Check. Lots of people involved? Check? Lots of drunk people involved? Double check. Muni somehow screwing the pooch? Check, check, checkity check. more ›

Remember how effed-up Muni was at last year's Bay to Breakers, with no signs and riders vomiting and drivers getting lost and nobody having any idea how to get anywhere? Yeah, it's probably going to be rough this year, too. (The race is on Sunday, the 20th.) We've got some reasons to be scared, very scared, but also some tips for avoiding the worst of it. more ›

This is not a post we're happy to be writing, and probably not a post you're happy to be reading either. more ›

The SFPD has put out a missing persons bulletin on a local Noe Valley family, who haven't been heard from since last week. more ›

We studied the Doña Tomàs cookbook, of the eponymous Oakland Cal-Mexican restaurant, by cooking a few recipes for a dinner party. more ›

This was the scene at the Church street Muni tunnel yesterday at 4:50 p.m., where 5 Muni trains were at a complete standstill. more ›

Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi..... ....Oh, hello! We were just warming up our voice over here. After we posted about local choral group Volti's world premiere of No More To Hide, a choral work in tribute to same-sex marriage, and after its rave review by left-wing choral blogger Civic Center, we thought we'd go check out their full performance last night at St. Francis Lutheran (the church between the Blockbuster and the Burgermeister on Church Street). The show was organized around the theme of love and commitment, and featured not only the world premiere of No More To Hide but also a setting to song of three sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The chorus's voices were in full throttle and they easily ran through a Rita Dove poem and some e.e. cummings as well. Volti specializes in contemporary choral music written by living composers -- wjhich made for a very nice touch when three or four of the composers came up before each piece and explained the effect he or she was trying to achieve with the work. We particularly enjoyed not only Stacey Garrop's entertaining explanation of her rollicking Millay numbers, but also her mother's beaming expression in the audience. Sweet! A sick soprano and a cantata to celebrate Gavin Newsom after the jump. Picture of Volti from their website more ›