Tonight, S.F. punk veterans The Avengers take the stage at Cafe Du Nord with Erase Errata and Carletta Sue Kay, local literati and their friends fill the Red Vic with joy and laughter, and Recology SF presents its San Francisco Dump Artists in Residence exhibition. more ›

Tonight, Carnaval shakes up AT&T Park before the Giants game, Southern Exposure presents performances by two Bay Area Asian-American artists, and Salon's Dave Talbot celebrates the release of his new book, 'Season of the Witch', which he calls his "love letter to San Francisco." more ›

Tonight, French-Chilean musician Ana Tijoux hits the Independent with a full band, Feast of Words literary potluck presents Sister Spit's Cassie J. Sneider and culinary guest Kuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe, and Evolver Bay Area's May Salon features a screening and discussion of the film Edible City. more ›

Tonight, Folk Yeah presents Sweet Chariot and Joseph Childress, author Alison Bechdel will make you laugh and cry with her new book Are You My Mother?, and Swords to Plowshares presents its 4th annual SHOUT! Art by Women Veterans exhibit. more ›

Tonight, artists pay tribute to Surrealism's everlasting influence on contemporary art, YBCA gives Polish director Andrzej Zulawski his proper due, and photographer Julie Michelle and writer William Taylor Jr. showcase their work with a photography exhibit, poetry reading, and music. more ›

Tonight, Wanda Jackson shakes, rattles, and rolls the Regency Ballroom, author S.G Browne celebrates his new book, 'Lucky Bastard', and the club Lost & Found encourages slow dancing with their soft and rare '60s soul vinyl. more ›

Tonight, act fast to get your last minute Radiohead tickets!, learn all about the late civil and gay rights activist Bayard Rustin, or attend a workshop about how to make a living as an independent artist. more ›

City Arts & Lectures presents Anne Lamott and her son, Sam Lamott, who are continuing the tradition of documenting the first year of their offspring's life. First, Anne published Operating Instructions 19 years ago, about the first year of Sam's life, and now the pair have come out with Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son, about the first year in the life of Sam's son, Jax. They'll be taking part in a lively discussion about parenting and grandparenting tonight. Also... more ›

Tonight, Amsterdam's Le Le hits Mighty SF during SFMOMA's free party, Chronicle Books hosts AIGA’s 50 Books/50 Covers exhibition, and Ben Fong-Torres interviews blues-folk legend Maria Muldaur live and onstage at JCCSF. more ›

The delightfully sexy sounding Stay Gold club night celebrates six years of dance fun. Also, Multi-instrumentalist Julie Baenziger of Sea of Bees will light up the Rickshaw Stop. And don't forget the worst days of our lives. more ›

OK, time to warm up those fingers, literary fans! Pop-Up Magazine just announced that Issue Number 6 will be taking place on April 25th at Davies Symphony Hall. Tickets for the event will go on sale next Tuesday, April 3rd at Noon. more ›

Writer, performer, and Sister Spit veteran Ben McCoy will present some new work at the monthly Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck, which is themed “I Am Crime.” McCoy's reading will reference "personal experiences, observations from the city’s darkest corners and most sordid bars, and Iceberg Slim’s gripping novel Mama Black Widow. Also tonight... more ›

Tonight, learn about a group of hard-working musicians who stood in for the bigwigs in the '60s and '70s, party hard with Andrew W.K., or partake in some cutting-edge queer performance. more ›

Tonight's edition of the monthly Communion club will feature The Driftwood Singers, who are in their early 20s and sing folk songs "that could have been written ages ago but were more likely written in the last few weeks," along with Birdhouse, Lauren Shera, and Infantree. more ›

Jolie Holland and guests at Swedish American, big line-up of literati at Beatbox, and free improv at The Alcove Theater. See what's happening tonight before taking on the night! more ›

SFist's own Andrew Dalton will be part of the line-up at tonight's Litquake Valentine event, Love Hurts, in which participants will tackle their favorite "overwrought passages," including picks from Harold Robbins, The Story of O, The World of Suzie Wong, and other delights. more ›

See Paris through rose-colored glasses, learn about why Hitler jokes were prevalent even in Nazi Germany, and hear some skilled storytellers tell randomly themed tales without any scripts or notes. more ›

Avengers play Bottom of the Hill, a former Blair Witch star dishes about the marijuana industry at the Booksmith, and video artists from eight different international cities showcase their work at YBCA. more ›

MUSIC: It's a night of classic '80s new wave at Mezzanine, featuring Tom Tom Club, which was formed by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth (of Talking Heads fame) and The Fixx, whose most memorable hit was “One Thing Leads To Another”. (8 p.m., Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street) more ›

PHOTOGRAPHY: Rayko presents its 5th Annual Plastic Camera Show, featuring the work of local, national, and international photographers who were picked from thousands of entries, including Robert Holmgren, a past best-of-show winner. (6 to 8 p.m., Rayko Photo Center, 428 Third Street) more ›

Tonight, meet some cutting edge female authors at Not Your Mother's Book Club, watch iconic soul and jazz artists from the '60s and '70s on the big-screen at Oddball Films, or experience the soulful sounds of female Bay Area artists live and on-stage at Yoshi's Oakland. more ›

MUSIC: Sunset Promotions and Mezzanine present a night of dubstep and bass with West Londoner Caspa, who was "brought up on a diet of jungle & hiphop," along with guests Antennae and the Ritual Dubstep DJs. (9 p.m., Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street) more ›

One-of-a-kind gifts at Project One Gallery, Holiday Lights Bike Ride through town and a potluck at a secret locale, and The Mother Hips, Kelley Stoltz, and Acacia at Great American. more ›

DRINKING: FunCheapSF has the scoop on 21st Amendment Brewery's annual celebration of Repeal Day with 5-cent beers, a march against Prohibition, a secret speakeasy event (password required!), and the tapping of the cask of Repeal Day IPA. Costumes encouraged! (4 p.m. to Midnight, 21st Amendment Brewery & Restaurant, 563 2nd Street) more ›

TALK: Ben Fong-Torres will be interviewing composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal, one of the most prominent and influential figures in contemporary blues and roots music, with accompaniment by live musical interludes. (8 p.m., Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street) more ›

ART/LECTURE: Visiting artist Stephen Kaltenbach with speak about his lengthy and diverse career most notably "creating conceptual gestures, magazine advertisements, diagrammatic propositions, 'Street Works,' time capsules, and photorealistic paintings," as part of S.F. Art Institute's free Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series. (7:30 p.m., San Francisco Art Institute, Lecture Hall, 800 Chestnut Street) more ›

Classical Halloween at Freight & Salvage, writer/New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik at JCCSF, and costume contest and trick or treating in Nopa. more ›

MUSIC: Male Bonding, whose music is "animated by an infectious, evangelical zeal that reflects their roots in the D.I.Y. indie rock community," takes the stage at the Rickshaw, along with Water (featuring Van of Port O'Brien) and Lilac. (8 p.m., Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street) more ›

PHOTOGRAPHY: Open Show, which organizes live events worldwide featuring the work of photographers, filmmakers, and multimedia producers in high-profile spaces, is celebrating its two-year anniversary with a special print exhibition featuring more than 60 photographers from 25 Bay Area shows. (5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Rayko Photo Center, 428 Third Street) more ›

San Francisco gem Daniel Handler recently penned a clever synopsis of Occupy Wall Street through the voice of Lemony Snicket, entitled "Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance." more ›