Things turned violent in Golden Gate Park this weekend, when a party that continued until the early morning hours culminated in a shooting that injured one.

A 19-year-old woman was shot in the leg at 4:41 a.m. Sunday as a party was breaking up in Golden Gate Park near Chain of Lakes Drive, the street the cuts across the park at 41st Avenue in the Sunset and 43rd in the Richmond.

According to San Francisco Police Department spokesperson officer Ablie Esparza, the party in question was "not a sanctioned" event, as "all the parks in San Francisco are closed at nighttime." Per San Francisco's municipal code, Golden Gate Park is closed from use (barring vehicle traffic to cross the park) between midnight and 5 a.m., though San Francisco Rec and Park "may set different hours in a permit, contract or lease." It does not appear that the partiers in this case received such an exception.

Esparza says that the victim and her friends were near the south end of the North Lake when "they heard gunshots." The victim, with the assistance of some of her friends, ran to Irving Street between 42nd and 43rd Avenues, where they summoned police.

The victim was "uncooperative with police," Esparza says. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment of her injuries, which are not considered life-threatening.

Esparza says that police do not have any suspect information, but said, as always, that anyone with information on the case should call SFPD's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 with "SFPD" in the beginning of the message.

Hours after the SCOTUS ruled on DOMA and Prop 8 on Wednesday, effectively making gay marriage legal in the state of California, San Francisco erupted into a giant, well-deserved party. The Supreme Court's ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and that Judge Vaughn Walker's original ruling in Prop 8 stands inspired hordes of people, gay and straight, to celebrate in the Castro, ground zero for gay rights.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion on this one, which you can read in full here, and he was joined by Justices Scalia, Ginsberg, Breyer, and Kagan. When decision was revealed, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced to hundreds of people at the City Hall Rotunda, "Welcome to the people's house! This is a historic day for all of us ... We have struggled for many, many years. I want to thank all of you for sharing this moment. Gosh, it feels good to have love triumph over ignorance, equality triumph over discrimination."

Wednesday's ruling comes just in time. This weekend the annual San Francisco Gay Pride Parade takes the city by storm. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to show up this week to take part in the fabulous festivities.

Below, video of last night's action in the Castro.

Meanwhile, in New York City celebrations unfurled outside the Stonewall Inn, where riots in 1969 jumpstarted the gay rights movement.

Photo by Gerard Livernois.

Republican politicians generally avoid San Francisco like the den of liberal iniquity it is, but the city played host to an unusual collection of Republican luminaries this weekend. The occasion? The nuptials of John McCain's son Jack, who married Vacaville native Renee Swift at a ceremony at Grace Cathedral on Saturday.

Jack is a Navy lieutenant and helicopter pilot and Renee is a captain in the US Air Force Reserve. The good-looking pair met while stationed in Guam, where the groom will be redeployed after the couple honeymoon in Africa.

The couple's rehearsal dinner took place Friday night at the Tonga Room, where failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney stole the show with this gaudy Hawaiian shirt and kukui nut necklace, and, by the looks of things, had way more fun than on the entire Presidential campaign trail.

Photo via @MeghanMcCain on Twitter.

The reception was held later on Saturday at the California Academy of Sciences, where intrepid tweeter and sister-of-the-groom drank white wine and frolicked in front of the T-Rex guarding the museum entrance.

Photo via Meghan McCain on Twitter.

All in all, it looked like a well-planned and lovely weekend in the city, and we can't help but wish the happy military couple the best of luck.

Photo via the bride on Twitter.

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The dearth of creativity and art in San Francisco is apparent and nothing short of horrifying. That is, until now. The fine folks behind Pride-season's GayGlo (remember that?) are back again (finally) and putting on a weekend-long show in honor of the return of Christ (or "Christ"). It's called the Zombie Christ Haunted House and it will be the best thing to happen to Easter since the advent of the Cadbury Egg.

Here's the deal: Brian Busta (aka Chickpea) and some crazy-ass faeries have taken over the old Tower Records space on Market and Noe, and have created a weekend pop-up haunted house. Christ has risen, but this weekend he's coming back as a zombie. A gay zombie, probably. You dig? Early word is that the final setup is brilliant. And if the legacy/aesthetic of GayGlo is any indication (do your homework, twinks), it's going to be way boss.

The haunted house happens on Friday and Saturday from 9pm-midnight. But the big bet is an Easter Day dance party on Sunday from 4pm-7pm (a good rainy Sunday alternative to the party Dolores Park).

If you don't go, you've failed at Easter and hate God. Speaking of, the fete will presumably be critical of Christianity. Just a heads up.

Donations run $10-$20. And proceeds go to LGBT senior housing, counseling, radical queer nuns. If you want to volunteer, go here. If you want more information, go here. If you yearn to have a bitchin' Easter, go here.

Starts tonight (Friday) and goes until Easter Sunday. Next door to Cafe Flore. Hop to it, kids.

On Wednesday, Lucky Peach's "apocalypse" issue hits newsstands. What's a newsstand? No idea. Haven't the foggiest. But you should try to grab an issue of it while you can. Lucky Peach is a welcome addition to the local (and national) food media landscape. And the next issue will be a choice one. Why? Because "apocalypse." And food. And with that, you should check out the release party tomorrow night, featuring Mission Chinese Food grub.

Ticket price, which will run you $35, goes to benefit the San Francisco Food Bank. Included in the cost for tomorrow night's party include: Issue 6 (the "apocalypse" issue), food by and at Mission Chinese Food (imagine that, no line!), drinks by Chandon and Magnolia Beer (*pop* burp), and a slew of food types getting ripped to the tits.

Also, there are like only 10 ticket left. Get on it, kids. Cheers.

What: Lucky Peach at Mission Chinese Food
Date: Wednesday, February 27
Time: 7 to 10 PM
Where: Mission Chinese Food, 2234 Mission (at 19th Street), SF

Although the Burning Man photo policy is a bit odd and borders on draconian -- the reasons, according to the Burning Man Organization are twofold: "To protect our participants so that images that violate their privacy are not displayed, and to prevent companies from using Burning Man to sell products.” -- there is nothing wrong with a few screen grabs of the official Burning Man Webcast, right? Right.

And with that, here are a few images from last night's Burning Man now in progress. Remember you can always watch the action in the desert unfold live.

Noted for being one of the first "homophile" organizations in the United States in 1950, the Mattachine Society were an anarchistic bunch of fun gays who liked to drink while being pinko political. The way things should be, really. Now, in their honor, John Cameron Mitchell brings his noted Mattachine Dance Party -- a smashing road party now touring the states -- from NYC to SF on Saturday with a bash at El Rio. Think disco party meets Radical Faeries meets Hard French. There you go.

Queerty notes:

Three years ago, Mitchell and fellow DJs PJ DeBoy and Paul Dawson (both stars of Shortbus) and multifaceted cabaret performer Amber Martin started the party, which is named for the Mattachine Society, a pre-Stonewall gay-rights group that famously challenged New York’s “no service for homos” rule at Julius in 1966. A hit with gay celebs like Justin Bond and Alan Cumming, and New York hipsters of all persuasions, the Mattachine party stands in opposition to “the metronomic, inorganic kind of thump, thump, thump traditional gay folk music. The fascist body culture. The age phobia. The conformist, sheep-like quality of mainstream gay culture today," says Mitchell.

The ridiculously youthful 49-year-old goes on to reminisce that, “when I grew up, ‘gay’ meant ‘nonconformist’—each person was unique in their own gay way, rather than subscribing to a checklist of gay criteria. Which is part of the Radical Faerie thing too—find your own queerness. Harry Hay, the founder of the Mattachine Society, actually coined the term 'Radical Faerie' in the 1970s."

Mattachine will involve the smooth stylings of Mr. John Cameron Mitchell, (director: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, Rabbit Hole), Amber Martin ('NYC performance queen"), Paul Dawson (Shortbus), PJ Deboy (Shortbus), and of course, San Francisco's very own DJ Carnita (Hard French, Daytime Realness).

When: Saturday, August 18th
Time: 3pm-8pm
Where: El Rio (3158 Mission Street)
Cost: $8, $6 before 5pm

That's what we hear each year the week leading up to Pride, "Are you going to Juanita's?" No questions about that parade along Market Street. No queries about any dyke march. Nary a request to check out the live show at Civic Center. San Francisco Gay Pride is, and always has been for many locals, about going to Juanita More's (in)famous party at the Phoenix Hotel/Chambers. And what a scene it is, overflowing with flesh, perfect music, lots and lots of booze, and more. A lot more. This year, however, the party will be pieced into two locations: the first part at Chamber, in the heart of the Tenderloin, and the second at Jones, an open-air venue just above Geary.

SFist talked to More about why she decided to mix things up. She explains:

"I started thinking about having my annual Pride Party at two venues after the success of my Halloween party at Jones last fall. Over the past eight years the Phoenix / Bambuddha / Chambers space has gone through many changes. I know that it still conjures up images of a 'pool party' — though they haven't let anyone swim in that pool since 2005! The party is BIG. What started out as a little alternative party for my friends and I, has now turned itself into something of a legend with a life of its own. And, I'm proud to be the catalyst to support a different local non-profit each year with this event.

"I was asked when planning the event early this year: "'Do you think last years attendance was a fluke?' I was a little shocked. I feel like I'm on loop on a roller coaster ride; nothing I do is headed to stopping. By adding Jones into the mix, I am creating a completely new feel to the party this year. It's going to be sexy. Sexy...after dark. What I'm planning at Jones is like nothing else I've ever done before. Once night falls at the Phoenix / Chambers space the venue starts pushing everyone out. This year I'm giving my guests somewhere to be pushed out too. And, all for $25 the same price it has always been - bus ride included.

"No matter where this party is, it is my heartfelt goal to make each attendee feel like a guest in my own home."

And with that, we implore you to get tickets to Juanita's party on Sunday, June 24th. Fast. Tickets are still available at Sui Generis (2231 Market) and Retro Fit (910 Valencia), or you can purchase them at both venues when doors open. It goes from 3pm to midnight.

Oh! We almost forgot: From 10pm -1am THIS Sunday, June 17th, More will host an after-party at the Clift Hotel featuring The Scissor Sisters. That's right, the wonderful goddamn Scissor Sisters. They'll join her after their concert at The Fox Theater that same night. Stay Gold DJ's Pink Lightning and Rapid Fire will spin. Tickets are $10. Buy them NOW.

PARTY: The folks at Muni Diaries are celebrating their fourth birthday with a free party tonight, thanking "every single person who has ever tweeted, commented, contributed a story, or LOL’d at the ridiculousness of life on Muni." The event will feature 90s hip hop from DJ SMA of DEBASER, free el Jimador margaritas, 4505 Meats chicharrones (while supplies last), and more. (6 to 9:30 p.m., Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street)

MUSIC: SF-based global mashup group Rupa & the April Fishes join forces with bike music tour veterans Shake Your Peace! and bioregionalists Planet Drum for the Bay Rising Tour, in which the bands and crew carry all their gear on bikes and perform using a pedal-powered sound system. (9 p.m., The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street)

FILM: Mission Loc@l hosts its 1st Annual Film Festival, featuring a series of short films up to 10 minutes long, including "a silent dance film, a story about a romantic puppet who gets dumped by his human girlfriend, a profile of a Mission DJ who works at one of SF’s independent radio stations, a look at the Mission’s gangs and much more." (7 to 9 p.m., The Women's Building, 3543 18th Street)

FILM: The new documentary, Hit So Hard, which opens tonight at the Roxie, tells the true story of the "hell-and-back" life of Patty Schemel, the openly gay, hard-hitting drummer of Courtney Love's band Hole during its peak years. Schemel and fellow Hole member Eric Erlandson will introduce both of tonight's screenings, and there will be a Q&A after the 7:15 show. (7:15 and 9:30 p.m., Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street)

POETRY: The annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam, which launched in 1997 as the first poetry slam for teenagers in the country, features the top performers out of hundreds of young writers, emcees, and performers from throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. (7 to 10 p.m., Masonic Auditorium, 1111 California Street)

ART: Celebrate the Inner Sunset at its second Art Crawl, the first of which was hugely successful, featuring art, film, music, food, and much more. (6 to 10 p.m., around the 9th & Irving intersection)

ART/BENEFIT: Buy some cutting edge art at a live and silent auction of work from over 150 established and emerging artists at The Silver Era, Southern Exposure's annual fundraiser and art auction, which draws inspiration from the history-making parties thrown at Andy Warhol's Factory throughout the sixties and early seventies. (7:30 p.m., Southern Exposure, 3030 20th Street)

MUSIC: Head to the Knockout for an afternoon/early-evening show featuring Shellshag, a former SF-based stripped-down veteran punk two-piece who are now based in Brooklyn, along with Street Eater, Neon Piss, and Apogee Sound Club. (3 to 7 p.m., The Knock Out, 3223 Mission Street)

PARTY: Be whatever you want tonight at Poser Party, a costume party in which you embody your costume: "Have fun clowning around with historical figures, cartoon characters, famous actors, fairytale characters, and more!" Also featuring vendors, magicians, and fortune tellers, and prizes. (7 to 10 p.m., 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason Street)

LITERARY: 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.” (7 p.m., SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street)

ART: You can expect the usual big line-up of talented local artists at tonight's Sketch Tuesday, in which you can witness and purchase art being made on the spot. The event will also feature music w/ Sketch Tuesdays resident DJ Pre-K, transparencies visuals by Michael Simpfenderfer. Be sure to also peruse 111 Minna's current exhibition, Neon Knights. (6 to 10 p.m., 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna)

PARTY: Skillshare is having a Spring Break-themed party with lots of dancing, drinks, and the opportunity to meet Skillshare Co-Founder, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, and Community Manager, Danya Cheskis-Gold. (7:30 to 10 p.m., 15 Romolo, 15 Romolo Place)

Although Sam Singer and Jon Handlery has promised to padlock the place on Saturday, the Gold Dust Lounge will be open this weekend... and possibly beyond. Which: WOO HOO! Gold Dust Lounge breaks the news: "Attorney Joe Cotchett of Cotchett, Pitre & MCarthy is telling the Bovis Brothers and Gold Dust Lounge employees that they’re doors will not be padlocked this weekend (as threatened by Sam Singer and Jon Handlery) and Sheriff Mikarimi has no court order to evict. Cotchett say’s that as long as the litigation continues, no judge will put the wonderful Bovis brothers on the street and the GOLD DUST LOUNGE Will CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS USUAL."

What does this mean? It means that Gold Dust Lounge has no set closing date until the courts decide on the Bovis Brothers' lawsuit.

In lieu of an eviction day farewell, they're going to have a celebration on Saturday featuring 10 hours of live music through the entire afternoon and evening! Catherine Hill will also join the band for a sing-a-long, featuring Johnny Z and the Camaros, $1 Vitamin V (Vodka) between 2pm and 3 pm, and more. Be there.

Photo: The Inadvertent Gardener