Droll NPR commentator (who was previously fired for cursing) Sandra Tsing Loh brings her one-woman show, "Mother On Fire," to the Women's Building tonight! For a 9 night run! The show's about her travails trying to find an appropriate school for her kindergarten age daughter in the California school system and ran for 7 months in LA. Here's the one-liner. "I looked at public schools, private schools, parochial schools -- even Baptist school. It turns......

We can't wait for 8 p.m. to get here so we can head down to the Yerba Buena Center For The Arts for the Bay Area premiere of David Dorfman Dance's underground. Dorfman's previous works have been applauded for the accessibility they bring to contemporary dance -- or, as they say, "this is not your father's contemporary dance company." In his (Dorfman's, not your dad's) latest piece, his inspiration is The Weatherman, set to music......

Hey good lookin' -- what you got cookin? Tonight: Check out some new African cinema at the Yerba Buena Center. Tonight's screenings (at 7:30) kick off their monthlong "African Metropolis" festival, featuring movies that highlight the African urban experience. The movies featured, two works by Senegalese director Dijbril Diop Mambety, are set in Dakar -- one about a little girl trying to become a newspaper seller and one about a man trying to redeem his lottery ticket. Thursday: The Balboa presents the Devil Music Ensemble playing the accompaniment to two silent movies, Big Stakes (a Western, at 7) and the dreaded Nosferatu (at 8:45). Or accompany another kind of soundtrack on the east side of the city, as Bitch Magazine throws a karaoke party (starting around 8 p.m.) at the Mint to celebrate the release of its most-recent Fun and Games issue. And Friday: Come celebrate five years of fat dance with Big Moves! Big Moves is dedicated to promoting size diversity in dance, and will premiere two pieces commissioned for its contemporary dance group, Mass Movement. Doors at 7:30, $20 in advance, at CounterPULSE (1310 Mission). Maybe Mission dancer Allan Frias will be there! ...