As part of the National Queer Arts Festival, graphic artist and memoirist Alison Bechdel is speaking at Michelle Tea's Radar Reading Series at the SF Public Library tonight! We've been huge fans of Bechdel's , about her relationship with her closeted gay father totally blew our mind with its psychoanalytical depth. Graphic artist Ariel Schrag, whom we also love, is speaking too. Koret Auditorium at the Main Library (100 Larkin x Grove), 6 p.m. more ›

Tuesday night at the Eureka Theater, SF Sketchfest presented an up-tempo, mostly hysterical conglomeration of audio-visual entertainment. Interesting that this was Sketchfest's first-ever video night, when it's exactly the kind of evening you'd think would go by the wayside our YouTube world. (Hell, we've even got a video on YouTube, and we don't own a camera!) more ›

Yep, this week there's only one pick, but don't worry, she'll satisfy you. more ›

Seeing the UCB: A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T. show was, to once again put it in musical terms, like seeing some super group playing a small, intimate theater in an effort to get back to their roots. Why? Because the cast of this show included "SNL" cast members Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch and Horatio Saenz, as well as Will Arnett (Gob from "Arrested Development"!!!! ) and not-as-famous Matt Besser (grandson of an original Three Stooge, Joe) doing improv for over an hour. All this in the tiny and intimate Eureka Theater. The show was frickin' great. more ›