COMEDY: Bay Area comedian Will Franken performs his latest one-man show, Texas Chainsaw Yuletide, in which he'll "employ his manifold, manic, multiple personalities to bring life to characters such as Father McJagger, who shows the children at the orphanage Texas Chainsaw Massacre every Christmas Eve" and "a Missouri-bound, Los Angeles transplant who's unable to get her car started because--she's sitting in the wrong seat." Runs through Thursday.
9:30 p.m. // Eureka Theatre (215 Jackson St) // $15-20
PERFORMANCE: New York City performance group, The Relationship, presents Flow (Winged Crocodile) / The Trains, a play by the late poet Leslie Scalapino, directed by Fiona Templeton, and featuring the work of award-winning dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley. Runs through tomorrow night.
8 p.m. // ODC Theater (3153 17th St) // $15
SOLSTICE: FunCheapSF informs us of San Francisco Zen Center's Winter Solstice Ceremony. Gather in a circle in the courtyard with candles, bow, and chant the Heart Sutra. After that, offer a ‘seasonally appropriate’ comment, or read a short poem relating to solstice, if you like.
6:15 p.m. // SF Zen Center (300 Page St) // free