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-- The 2007 Bay Area Rhythm Exchange: Stepology (which we can only hope is very much like "Vibeology") presents tap stars Channing Cook-Holmes (Riverdance, Gangs of New York, Bojangles), John Kloss (Tap Heat), Deborah Mitchell (The Cotton Club, Black and Blue), Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, Bamboozled), Sam Weber (Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood). 8 p.m., Herbst Theatre (SF War Memorial and Performing Arts Center), 401 Van Ness; $19-$22.

Ever misplaced a grocery or to-do list? Your lost note could appear in Lost and Found in the Mission, a play based on true stories salvaged from scraps of papers found around the Mission District. The production, by Boathouse & Co., includes songs, dancing, beat-boxing and mass hallucinations. Tickets are available on a sliding scale ($15-$25), here, show starts at 8pm. Mama Calizo's Voice Factory in the Jon Sims Center for Performing Arts, 1519 Mission St.,SF.

It would be so cool if the conductor replaced his baton with a wiimote at , a concert of video game music. The event features widely known songs from games in the Final Fantasy, Sonic, Zelda, and Mario universes, as well as slightly more dubious selections such as Chronicles of Riddick and Battlefield 1942. We can't say we've ever hummed along to anything from Morrowind, and the omission of Bubble Bobble is UNFORGIVEABLE, but we'll try to control our rage. Curtain goes up May 26, 2007, at 8pm at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

Ask a MacArthur "Genius" - ROVA presents a Q&A with composer John Zorn as part of its Improv 21 series. As well as being a composer and saxophonist, Zorn runs a music venue in NYC and his own label that releases an eclectic range of music, from free jazz to Japanese noise, to klezmer. Subjects for Q&A will be chosen improvisationally and jump-cut from topic to topic, probably including discussion of Zorn's artistic influences, his concepts on the artistic process, his mammoth recording output, and more. SF Performing Arts Library & Museum (401 Van Ness @ McAllister), 7pm.

We're heading down to the Make Out Room (3225 22nd St. b/w Mission and Valencia) tonight for LitPAC and LitQuake's Progressive Reading Series featuring Dave Eggers, Keith Knight, Mary Roach (author of . This is the last of this year's series of monthly literary benefits to support progressive congressional candidates nationwide. 7pm.

We'll tell you about two shows that have little in common except perhaps six degrees of separation.

As we look around the bare walls of our apartment, we're compelled to bring some art into our life with the YBCA's online auction, running until October 13.

This week's offerings represent the Bay Area's diversity. If that's too PC for you, go for the ones with a touch of taboo.

The new hot couple: Wednes-gelina! Tonight: Got apiarian tendencies? The San Francisco Beekeepers are having their monthly meeting tonight at the Randall Museum at 7:30. Past president Stan Williams will be reminiscing about his days in the club. Also -- looks like some unspecified drama on their bee-log!

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Sean Hannity brings his Fox News ventriloquism act (look, Hannity's lips hardly move when Alan Colmes is talking!) to De Anza College's Flint Center for the Performing Arts tonight. Topic: Why godless liberals won't let Steven Williams teach the Declaration of Independence to fifth graders. Unfortunately, it seems tickets are no longer available, but you can tune into KSFO or watch Fox News.