-- Aaah! Rosebud: This re-telling of Citizen Kane involves a "an evil sled, competitive curlers, an aspiring diva, and soul-devouring zombies." See, if Wells had jus incorporated those things into Kane, he might have won the Best Picture Oscar. The curtain goes up at 8 p.m. at New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom (at Eighth Street); $20-$25. -- Squaretape, Little Yellow Perfect, and Downtown Harvest: Local synth-rock band, Little Yellow Perfect; Squaretape, whose latest album......

-- hey willpower at Glitterbox: At this "funk punk thrash electro discotheque" (what, no show tunes? Bah), local pop/R&B/dance band performs. DJs Javier Natureboy and Junkyard spin funk, punk, and electro well into the morning hours. At least until 3 a.m., anyway. Starts at 9 p.m. at Cat Club, 1190 Folsom (at Eighth Street). -- Darrell Hammond: SNL comic comes to SF. He goes on at 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. at Cobb's Comedy......

The SFIFF is winding down - only two more days to cram in as much international film as you can! Or are you ready for a quick breather before diving back in? Then take a night off and head out to one of these happenin' events. Not exactly a face-off (these guys play for the same league), but bound to be just as interesting. Marion Nestle and Michael Pollan give a talk tonight on food......

Are you kidding? They'd come to take away our laptop, (and our pleather pants!) if we didn't go see Bruce "Master of Cyberpunk" Sterling speak at CCA (1111 Eighth Street, at 16th and Wisconsin) tonight. Bruce isn't just a noted blogger or author , he's also a founder of the Veridian Design movement, which "Creat(es an) irresistible demand for a global atmosphere upgrade." It's all happening tonight, at 7, in the Timken Lecture Hall.......

You know it's hard out here for a Wednesday..... Tonight: Jump out your own window for this one -- the new Defenestration Journal is throwing itself a launch party with the debut of its first issue. Defenestration Journal features art, fiction, and poetry from SF women, and the launch party will feature readings, drink specials, and a performance by burlesque cheerleader troupe the Cock-Ts. It's free at the Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell (x Van Ness), 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday: The Alliance Francaise (sorry, SFist Ced, we don't know how to code a cedilla in HTML) is screening selections from the 7-hour silent film Les Vampires, with live musical accompaniment. You know, the silent movie with the famous Irma Vep! $7 Alliance members, $10 for everyone else. Movie starts at 7 p.m, at the Alliance (1345 Bush St, between Polk and Larkin). and Friday: Stop by the California College of the Arts for tonight's Small Press Traffic poetry reading: Poets Kazim Ali and Mark Wallace will read their new works. Ali is described as uniting "Near Eastern traditions" with "painterly minimalism" in his work, and Wallace is described as "John Hawkes dreaming of Paul Bowles having a gothic nightmare." Free to CCA students, $5-10 sliding scale, 7:30 p.m. at CCA, 1111 Eighth Street (between 16th and Wisconsin). Picture of what we think is issue 1 of the Defenestration Journal...