As part of its upcoming literary arts festival, Litquake is throwing a big and-- dare we say it-- bad Between the Bridges opening night to-do this Friday October 6 at 8 p.m. The rockin' fun will be at the Regency Center Grand Ballroom, 1290 Sutter Street (Van Ness at Sutter). And we've got two tickets to give away! ...

We are SO all over the upcoming Litquake Opening Night at the Regency Center, Friday, October 6. Written word and music kept us sane in our dork formative years, and continue to sustain us. While we used to hope those dork years were behind us, we have learned to embrace it. We can't think of a better way to celebrate and acknowledge these two cherished forces than Between the Bridges, a homage to literature with a fabbo lineup of Bay Area musicians. It's a known fact that almost all writers listen to music, now it's our turn to find out what writers musicians READ and in some cases, incorporate into their work as inspiration. ...

Saturday: We're strapping ourself into a corset and heading to the Great American Music Hall for The Gilded Bat, the sixth annual Edwardian Ball. Part gothic ball, part evil cabaret, there will be music, burlesque, and ballroom dancing. Friend of SFist Jill Tracy will be performing at 9:15, so don't be late! Buy tickets here. Sunday: We're hitting the Palace of Fine Arts to watch the public auditions for San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. "Ninety-five......

Last week was a spooooky one in SFist, and Halloween isn't until today. But scary stuff is going down: a few months ago, the Terminator knocked on our door. When he found out that we weren't Sarah Connor, he left us with an incomprehensible explanation of the State Propositions. SFist Rita (our own Reese), clears everything up. Then, as soon as our panic subsided, we hear that SF Mike is partial to public thongs!......

...late! Last week the Guardian left the Weekly in the dust -- and we left the Express out of it, much to the irritation of certain New Times employees. Let's see how this week shakes out, shall we? Hello, medical marijuana! SFist Jackson explained the pot supply chain to us at the Ha-Ra one Saturday afternoon, and though we like Ann Harrison just fine, we wish she'd tapped him for some (ahem) secondary research.......

With Anne Rice only writing for God and "gothic" becoming synonymous with crazy teen killer, those of us who like our music how we like our coffee are left twisting in the dramatically flattering wind. Fear not, as Jill Tracy is here to deliver us. Equal parts performance artist, evil MC, filmmaker, musician, and bad-ass icon, Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra will be at the Hypnodrome all weekend as part of the Thrillpeddlers'......