-- Unspeakable (2007): Documentary about the life of Satanic Priest Steven Johnson Leyba, "ordained by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, is known in the underground art world as the 'Father of Sexpressionism.'" (Chortle) Screens tonight at 7:45 p.m., 9:05 at the Roxie New College Film Center; $6. -- The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Local comedian's show, it seems, is "designed to end racism...in about an hour." Praise Jesus. This night o' comedy will......

Hey you kids: get off Wednesday's lawn! Tonight: Nothing says fun like a documentary about a bipolar girl trying to deal with life after her failed suicide attempt! The Film Arts Foundation is screening Learning to Swallow as part of their True Stories: Sneak Previews of New Documentaries series. 7:30 p.m. at the Yerba Buena Center Screening Room, $8. Thursday: The Surround>Sound series wraps up its San Francisco aural experience at the Luggage Store Gallery......

Free to be.... you and Wednesday. Tonight: Cue poignant accordian music, read post in Gallic tones. The Alliance Française is screening L'Affaire Valérie, an award-winning documentary by François Caillat about the legend of a woman who killed a Canadian before disappearing into the Alps. This is the first part of a three-part French documentary series that the Alliance is putting on this spring. $6 ($3 for Alliance members), 7 p.m., 1345 Bush Street (at Larkin).......

Back in the 1970s, everyone was talking about Traffic Commissioner Jerry Levitin. Commish Levitin, a former criminal defense attorney, spent the decade of stagflation reducing or just outright vacating over 200,000 tickets, and giving what sounded like hilarious colloquies from the bench about the injustice of the San Francisco DPT. Loved by the people! Hated by government! So in 1980, when Levitin was preparing to run for a Superior Court judgeship, KRON came out with a report that Levitin had been lowering parking ticket fees for his political supporters. The report was wrong (Levitin had been reducing parking fees for everyone, supporters and detractors alike), but in the meantime, he lost his job at the traffic court and the DPT went back to its red-zone-enforcing ways. At the time, Levitin wrote a play about his experience -- which sat unproduced for the next 15 years as he and his wife moved to Maine to start a B&B and write travel books. Well, after 15 years, the play has finally been staged (with some help from Kamau Bell), at the Shelton Theater. Called "I'd Kill for a Parking Place," it's described as a murder mystery-comedy "written for revenge," starring a beleaguered traffic court commissioner. You know we gotta see this! Our review's after the jump. Thanks to Bruce Pachtman for his support of our coverage!...

SFist made it to the W. Kamau Bell Gets a Haircut Show last Thursday and have to admit that we were a little put off about the false advertising. While we did see cut hair, we did not see an actual hair cut. Instead, that took place off stage during the last hour of the show. Sheesh. What we did see was several comedians, an impressionist, a magician, some slam poetry, cartoon projections, songs about......

Months ago, SFist was invited to attend local comedian Kamau Bell’s Birthday Extravaganza. We didn’t go (stupid cold). The thing was such a raging success, however, that he’s having another one. No, not a birthday, but a comedy extravaganza. In fact, it was such a success, the thing might turn into a monthly extravaganza. Maybe even starting now. ...

For some people, they're birthday consists of phone call from the parents, drinks with friends, and trying to make it through the inevitable office birthday cake. For local comedian W. Kamau Bell, his birthday consists of throwing a comedy extravaganza for himself this Thursday at the Purple Onion. Appearing with Bell are "underground comedy legend and virtuoso piano player" Brent Weinbach, comedian Joe Klocek, Human Beat Boxer D.C, "scratch guitarist" The Genie, and others. Kamau......