*COMEDY/THEATER: Rejoice, mama's boys of San Francisco. According to SF Weekly, "Judy Gold and award-winning playwright Kate Moira Ryan traveled around the U.S. for five years, interviewing over 50 Jewish women of different ages, ethnicities, and occupations," resulting in the Drama Desk Award-nominated comedy hit, . For those of you who have yet to cut the cord, this show is for you. (Runs until March 23.)

7 p.m. // Marines Memorial Theater [609 Sutter] // $29-$75

FILM: Ryan O’Neal stars in The Driver (1978) tonight. This stylized '70s-era film noir. The real reason to check out this film is to see the formidable Isabelle Adjani and Ronee Blakely (Nashville) together in Walter Hill's minor but entertaining cinema classic.

7 p.m. // Castro Theatre [Castro & Market] // $29-$75

MUSIC: (Very attractive) Afro-Cuban jazz guitarist Gonzalo Rubalcaba takes stale jazz tunes and miraculously makes them sound ultra-fresh again -- a feat that's almost impossible to do with the notoriously dated jazz genre. Catch him tonight and/or tomorrow night over in the Fillmore district.

8 p.m. & 10 p.m. // Yoshi's SF [609 Sutter] // $20, $24

The listed events were chosen by the editors of SFist and brought to you by the 2009 Toyota Corolla.

We were first told of QT's presence while in line for the bathroom (yeah, there's no way we're using those porta-potties). There were musings among those waiting to pee as to whether a drunken reenactment of scenes from Pulp Fiction was in order or if someone should walk up and tell Tarantino that Kill Bill 2 "really sucked." We're not sure if either transpired, as most at our table were trying to play it cool and not act like the big group of fanboys and fangirls that we were. We did note that while he was inside, he seemed quite popular with the ladies.

Tarantino seemed nice enough, although very very sweaty for a cold SF night. SF Weekly has their own take on the celeb spotting here with pics. Alas, we decided to leave our camera at home since we know how pictures taken while drinking can be unflattering/incriminating. Ahem.

Photo from SF Weekly's All Shook Down.

After a local jury found SF Weekly guilty of illegal predatory pricing and awarded the local alt weekly a cool $6.39 million (the verdict subject to "treble damages," which bring the total award to $15.6 million), SFBG Executive Editor Tim Redmond tells the harrowing tale of the five-week trial in his own words:

But the verdict sends a clear signal to small businesses, independent newspapers and the alternative press that a locally owned publication has the right to a level playing field and that a chain can’t intentionally cut prices and sell below cost to injure a smaller competitor.

The trial had been underway for more than five weeks. The Guardian charged the Weekly with violating the state’s Unfair Practices Act, a Progressive-era law that bars a company from selling a product below cost for the purpose of destroying competition.

Evidence produced in the trial showed clearly that the Weekly had been selling ads below cost. In fact, the paper had lost money every year since the New Times chain, now known as Village Voice Media, bought it in 1995.

But wait. It gets better! Redmond goes on to say "Lacey [VVM Editor In Chief] could be heard mumbling 'shit' over and over again." Ouch. Anyway, an appeal is more than certain, a process that "can take years."

Years? Ack. Let's hope that print publishing is still around by then.

In the end, though, this litigiousness all boils down to two important thing: where is the an open-bar celebratory party and is SFist invited?

*FILM: She Done Him Wrong (1933) screens at the Castro Tonight. What's is about? Well, according to CinemaSource, "Lady Lou works as a singer at the Gay Nineties saloon of Gus Jordan, who plays her with diamonds to keep her by his side. She runs afoul of stalwart Salvation Army captain Cummings, who warns her that she''s on the road to perdition. Though Lou herself steers clear of criminal activities, Gus Jordan runs a counterfeiting and white slavery ring. Also, Lou's ex-lover Chick Clark has been sent to jail for stealing diamonds for her. Things come to a boil when Chick breaks prison and goes gunning for Lou." But for all intents and purposes, it's that film where Mae West coos to Cary Grant, ""Why don't you come up some time and see me?" (Which was then changed to "...see me sometime" for her next movie, I'm No Angel.)

CLUB: Tonight's Noise Pop afterparty, intriguingly titled "Italians Do It Better In San Francisco," will be held at...Harlot. Why not? DJ Mike Simonetti spins tonight. We look forward to not remembering what happens tonight come tomorrow morning.

ART: Tonight's "Experimental Film & Video Art Series" over at Varnish Gallery, which happens on the last Wednesday of every month, features strong work by Bay Area women filmmakers. According to SF Weekly, "Terrie Samundra, known for her short film A Short Tale of Xuan; dreamy, glowing, impressionistic work by Vanessa Woods; and Jill Johnston-Price's animations are all curated by Scarlett Shepard, founder of the San Francisco Women's Film Festival." Yay! And you can get dunk off of some of the choicest wines in the Bay Area to boot.

MUSIC: There's no other noise to hear tonight save for the sounds coming from Noise Pop. Check out tonight's schedule here and here.

The listed events were chosen by the editors of SFist and brought to you by the 2009 Toyota Corolla.

Are you exceptional in the visual, performing, film/video/media, literary, or fashion arts? Yes? Well, then, SF Weekly is giving away $2,500 with their Masterminds program to someone like you. Why? Who knows, exactly. But that's a lot of money, kids. (Do you know how long it takes to amass that much cash by swiping and selling new releases at Aardvarks? About four and a half years, more or less.) Behold:

Masterminds™ is a program developed by the SF Weekly to celebrate local artists. Our goal is to honor cutting edge work being done right now in the Bay Area. Any artists demonstrating commitment and a pioneering spirit to their craft are potential Masterminds™. A grant committee selected by SF Weekly’s editorial staff will select the winners.

Their highly-skilled panel of experts will judge that stuff you call your art, coming up with nominees to be featured in a future issue of the print publication. Read more about it here, and best of luck.

Okay, SFBG, your move.

Image credit: Donncha

For a multitude of reason, we're not personally touching this lawsuit. (The main reasons being it's confusing, plodding, doesn't involve Barron Hilton.) But seriously, readers, why are mommy and daddy fighting?

Image credit: Michelle Malkin