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While we were at the symphony last night, our partner in crime mentioned an interesting event coming up tomorrow that we'd thought we'd pass along.

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

As a child, this SFist spent a portion of nearly every summer in our mother's hometown, Rock Springs, Wyoming. Perhaps because of this involuntary desert quality time, we've never really "gotten" Westerns -- to us, they seemed to have nothing in common with the quirky, arid, and occasionally desparing West we knew firsthand. However, , director Wim Wenders' newest film (which opens today at the Embarcadero), freakin' NAILS the West, or at least our West.

Tired of Christmas Carols, Nutcrackers and even alternative holiday shows? Get back to some good ol' new plays by the city's best new-play companies.