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--...and as promised, here's the back of the Ed Jew calendar, from reader Jake. Thanks, Jake! Irony alert! Can you guys see the "please contact me if you have problems or if issues concern you" tagline?

(Tony's trips to dangerous countries).

Don't let the grind get you down after the holiday weekend! Here are a few ways to keep the party going around the Bay:

One could hop on the snark wagon and refer to Darfur, the current Third World cause célebre, as the new Tibet or appreciate the 21st Century sensitivity to the non-universality of Christmas, but we are not that "one." The genocide going on in Darfur is pretty shocking and awful, and thus we applaud the efforts of the folks at Distortion 2 Static and Pumpkin Cutter Projects who are putting on The Save Darfur Tour at the Elbo Room (647 Valencia at 17th St) tonight. The entertainment benefiting refugee assistance NGO's includes DJ Haylow, Tic Toc, and hip-hop performers Visionaries, GraySkull and FreeStyle. (9pm)

an inspiring documentary, filmed during the factory takeovers in Buenos Aires, that centers around one auto-parts factory, and of the lives and struggles of the 30 unemployed workers who decide to reoccupy, collectivize, and get it going again. This screening is part of the monthly radical film series, Televising the Revolution, which supports local activism. Tonight's screening is a benefit for the San Francisco Day Labor Program and Women’s Collective. (8pm)

), screening tonight at the SF Art Institute (800 Chestnut St.) for free. This influential Russian film has many elements associated with Russian literature - epic length, existential ennui, depressing locales. A brief plot synopsis: Two disenchanted intellectuals wish to explore the Zone, a mysterious region at the center of which a room, said to offer knowledge of one’s most secret desires, is located. The men hire a stalker for their guide, whose obsession with the Zone takes on religious and mystical overtones. (7:30 pm, 2 hr., 40 min.)