Star theater reviewer SFist Karen is too modest to tell you about this herself, so it falls to untutored us to pass along the following production by Karen's own troupe, Black Box Theatre, whose mission is to bring theater to the Internet. As part of SF's Free Night(s) Of Theater (details are still being finalized), on Monday, October 30, Black Box Theatre is performing Creature, a new adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, before a live......

Our live music picks for the week of 3/10-3/16. Whether you long to discover new artists, or your hanker for the music you grew up with, San Francisco's venues have something special in store for you this week. If you don't have tickets to see Slint's sold out reunion shows tonight or tomorrow, why not check out some new music? The Futureheads bring their British buzz to Slim's tonight. Their cover of Kate Bush's "Hounds......

...all of which we picked up at Oakland's 24 hour newsstand! Starting with last week's winner, the Weekly -- a genius Photoshop cover of Matty G. reclining on a Getty-like carpet. So genius it's replacing the picture of the car running over the Weekly box (but only for this week!). Photo credit to Darrick Rainey. Mr. Rainey, we shake your hand in congratulations! This illustrates the cover article on "2004: Gonzalez's First Year As Mayor." Surely you remember Matty G's triumphant inauguration – and the scandal that broke out when he allowed hipsters to marry! And those quotes from the New Yorker Matty profile: "Almost everyone in San Francisco knows a small black child who has been shielded from a hail of bullets by Gonzalez." SFist Chesh, you'll be pleased by the fastidious font replications seen here, and SFist Jon, we're sure you'll find the Chron columns shown entirely typical. ("Sports: Bruce Jenkins is on vacation"). You know, after wiping away our tears of laughter, we find that we have nothing more to say about the rest of the paper. Picture of Al-Gore-fat loser Gavin Newsom!!!! Ha!!!! (SFist Jackson, we hope you get home before this issue is yanked from the stands -- it's that good.) On a soberer note, the Guardian. A slew of defensive corrections about last week's coverage of the development freeze in Potrero Hill. There's a protest next Tuesday at 4 pm at City Hall against raising MUNI fares. Annalee Newitz is worked up about the FCC and cable modems. Paul the food critic got a free meal when his chicken was underdone at Foggy Bottom Cafe on Irving and Eighth. Cover article: This year in movies (obscure art-flick edition). The EBX and the weekly of the week (like you don't already know which one it is) after the jump. ...

SFist enjoys going to literary events for a number of reasons, the least of which being that being at an actual book signing or reading makes us realize that these author are "Just Like Us", thus fueling our dreams of quitting our day job and going on book tour. SFist Chesh alerted us to a particularly good one: Rachael Ray is appearing at Sur La Table in Berkeley from 3-5 today (hurry!). A flyer I......