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The Week of April 7th For San Francisco, CA 94109

Massage, Facials & Beauty at re:fresh Spa in San Francisco

Re:fresh Day Spa, San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ Various Times
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ Various Times
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $120.00   Our Price: $60.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Indulge in a luxurious spa treatment at re:fresh, the gorgeous day spa that SanFrancisco.com calls a "rare San Francisco spa haven." Choose from a Deep Tissue Massage, Botanical Bliss Facial, Aloe Valerian Wrap and other lush treatments.  Learn More

The Whole Shebang Walking Tour of San Francisco

Whole Shebang Tour (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ 1:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 - $45.00   Our Price: $15.00 - $22.50*
Rated: 2.8 stars
FOOT's flagship comedian-led walking tour, The Whole Shebang, is actually three fascinating tours squeezed into one three-hour tour. See the best that Nob Hill, Chinatown and North Beach have to offer!  Learn More

Beauty and Relaxation Treatments at Rejouvenance

Rejouvenance (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ Various Times
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ Various Times
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $80.00 - $250.00   Our Price: $40.00 - $125.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
You are invited to leave your stress at the door and replace it with comfort, relaxation, serenity and purity. Rejuvenate and revitalize your life with state of the art beauty treatments in this gorgeous and private Caribbean spa setting.  Learn More

Massage, Facials, Pedicures & More at Barber Lounge

Barber Lounge (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ Various Times
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ Various Times
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $60.00 - $95.00   Our Price: $30.00 - $47.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Barber Lounge is a new hip, full-service salon/barbershop/spa in San Francisco's SOMA district. Catering to both men and women, it offers top products and services—massages, facials, pedicures and much more—housed in a fresh, relaxing loft space.  Learn More

What's Crackin'?: Stand-Up Comedy Show Featuring Ali Wong

Club Deluxe (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Club Deluxe presents What's Crackin'?, a stand-up comedy show headlined by Ali Wong. With her infectious energy, outrageous material, and talent for accents and physical comedy, Ali is one of the most highly touted young comics in San Francisco today.  Learn More

Singer-Songwriter Tim Hockenberry at the Rrazz Room

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $32.50   Our Price: $16.25*
Rated: 3.8 stars
Already well known to local audiences, singer-songwriter Tim Hockenberry has been called "the great American voice" and the "the best singer in the Bay Area." He'll be performing his songs, including material from his new album "Back In Your Arms" (due in May on About Records), with a revolving roster of talented guest musicians which promises to make each show a new and exciting experience.  Learn More

Abe Foxman, Director of the ADL, Speaks about The Myth of Jewish Control

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (Kanbar Hall) (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Apr. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
The esteemed Abe Foxman shows how old stereotypes associated with the most virulent forms of bigotry are resurfacing and becoming dangerously mainstream. Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League since 1987, is a staunch defender of human rights, and advocates forthright and decisive strategies for combating anti-Semitic myths.  Learn More

Spa Treatments at Pampered Day Spa

Pampered (Oakland, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ Various Times
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $75.00 - $145.00   Our Price: $37.50 - $72.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Pampered Day Spa is a relaxing oasis in Oakland (near Lake Merritt) offering a wide variety of spa services for men and women. Choose from facials, massage, or special combination packages. Great as a gift—or treat yourself!  Learn More

Art and Wine Tasting Party in Union Square

ArtPeople at The Crocker Galleria (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ 5:30pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 2.0 stars
WineSocials is hosting an art and wine tasting party at ArtPeople Gallery at the Crocker Galleria. The evening will feature a showcase of international artists, a great selection of unique wines from a variety of boutique wineries and an array of specialty appetizers.  Learn More

Maureen McGovern: A Long and Winding Road Pays Tribute To '60s Musical Icons

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $50.00 - $60.00   Our Price: $25.00 - $30.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Maureen McGovern, the chart-topping and Grammy-winning singer who also appeared in such movies as Airplane! and The Towering Inferno, presents A Long and Winding Road, a concert paying tribute to the musicians and songwriters of the '60s and '70s. The show features songs by Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Randy Newman, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Laura Nyro, Paul Simon, Carole King, and more. McGovern recently recorded an album of the same name.  Learn More

NBA Basketball: Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors

Oracle Arena (Oakland, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $48.00   Our Price: $30.00*
Rated: 3.3 stars
It's a clash between Northern California rivals at Oracle Arena, as the Golden State Warriors continue their battle for the playoffs against the Sacramento Kings. Among other intriguing match-ups in this game, the Warriors' Stephen Jackson faces off against his old teammate and friend Ron Artest.  Learn More

San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants - Opening Night Baseball Baseball 2008

AT&T Park (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ 7:15pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Celebrate the San Francisco Giants' first night game when they take on their division rivals, the San Diego Padres, at beautiful AT&T Park. These two NL West powerhouses are always in the thick of the playoff hunt, and this season expects to be no different. After the game, the skies will light up with a beautiful fireworks show!  Learn More

Politicians Behaving Badly in The Government Inspector at A.C.T.

A.C.T. (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $14.00 - $67.00   Our Price: $8.00 - $34.50*
Rated: 1.8 stars
The Government Inspector is one part political parody, one part "Waiting for Guffman"—and scathingly funny through-and-through. This famous ensemble comedy by Nikolai Gogol plays out in a backwater Russian village, where government leaders and local cronies are willing to give a visiting official money, women, and whatever else he wants...but are they even bribing the right man?  Learn More

Facial and Body Therapies from Caramella Skin Couture

Caramella Skin Couture (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ Various Times
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ Various Times
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $110.00 - $120.00   Our Price: SOLD OUT*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Caramella Skin Couture combines traditional European skin and body care with the latest advances in facial therapy and body sculpting. The spa offers a variety of luxurious, effective treatments.  Learn More

West Coast Premiere of Dennis Lehane's Coronado at SF Playhouse

The SF Playhouse (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $38.00   Our Price: FREE - $19.00*
Rated: 3.3 stars
From Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone, comes Coronado, a film-noir ride through the lives and passions of Middle Americans. Complete with shady characters, sex and murder, Coronado taps into that unsettling place where the familiar turns eerie as it explores our connection to our past and future selves.  Learn More

David and Amy Sedaris's Hysterical Comedy The Book of Liz

Custom Stage @ Off-Market (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $12.50*
Rated: 2.9 stars
Custom Made Theatre Co. performs The Book of Liz, a play written by David Sedaris (NPR, Me Talk Pretty One Day) and his sister Amy Sedaris (Comedy Central's Strangers With Candy). It's a wacky and outrageous parable about the adventures of Sister Elizabeth Donderstock, a devoted maker of cheese balls who takes a job as a waitress.  Learn More

Chilling Musical Drama Thrill Me at New Conservatory Theatre Center

New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $34.00   Our Price: $11.00 - $17.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Nathan Leopold was passionate about Richard Loeb, who was passionate about crime and excitement. Thrill Me reveals the series of events in 1924 Chicago that led about-to-be law students Leopold and Loeb to be forever remembered as "The Thrill Killers."  Learn More

The Student Gypsy, A Musical Comedy Spoof from 42nd Street Moon

Eureka Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 7:00pm
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $22.00 - $38.00   Our Price: $11.00 - $19.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Like a Romberg operetta crossed with a zany Marx Brothers farce, The Student Gypsy is Rick Besoyan's 1963 follow-up to his smash-hit operetta-spoof, Little Mary Sunshine. The New York Daily News hailed this musical about a band of gypsies as "fresh, delightfully tuneful, and achingly funny!"  Learn More

Opening Night of Documentary and Activism Film from SFWFF

UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: FREE*
Rated: 2.5 stars
The San Francisco Women's Film Festival (SFWFF) presents its fourth-annual film festival celebrating women in all areas of film. Opening Night will feature documentary films made by women that explore the complexities of identity, globalization and displacement.  Learn More

Comedian Paul Mooney from Chappelle's Show at Cobb's Comedy Club

Cobb's Comedy Club (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:15pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.50   Our Price: $7.50 - $10.25*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Paul Mooney is one of the most dangerous and brilliant comic minds of our time. Having written for prominent comedians ranging from Richard Pryor to Redd Foxx to Dave Chappelle, Mooney is both controversial and hilarious. Don't miss this living legend making his debut on Cobb's stage!  Learn More

Brow Design, Lash Extensions and More at Exotic Faces Lash and Brow Bar

Exotic Faces Lash and Brow Bar Emeryville (Emeryville, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $70.00 - $275.00   Our Price: $35.00 - $137.50*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Exotic Faces is an environment designed to help restore your mind, body and soul. Whether you want a revitalizing facial, eyebrow design or glamorous eyelash extensions, Exotic Faces does its best to ensure your visit will be a pleasant and memorable experience.  Learn More

Gourmet Dinner and a Show: The Spectacular Teatro ZinZanni

Teatro ZinZanni (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 6:00pm
Full Price: $124.50 - $143.50   Our Price: $78.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Set along San Francisco's historic waterfront, Teatro ZinZanni is a bewitching evening of European cabaret, cirque, divas and madmen, spectacle and sensuality with live music and a gourmet five-course dinner — set in the nightclub of your dreams. Now in its seventh year, Teatro ZinZanni has become a Bay Area entertainment institution.  Learn More

Dinner and a Show: Tony n' Tina's Wedding Dinner Comedy

Swiss Louis Restaurant (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $115.00   Our Price: $57.50*
Rated: 2.7 stars
Be a guest at this hysterical satirical Italian-American wedding, and you won't just see a show — you'll be a part of it! The fun starts with the happy couple's wedding ceremony, then it's time for the all-inclusive reception featuring a family-style pasta dinner, champagne toast, wedding cake, dancing and lots of laughs!  Learn More

Smart, Existential Comedy Luv at Actors Theatre of San Francisco

Actors Theatre San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $30.00   Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Held over by popular demand! Originally staged in 1964 starring Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach and Alan Arkin, and directed by Mike Nichols, Luv was the second longest running comedy of its era. The story takes place on a suspension bridge, where three friends turn their existential woes into neuroses of vaudevillian proportions.  Learn More

San Francisco Women's Film Festival: Film + Art + Party

Varnish Fine Art Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 1.7 stars
The San Francisco Women's Film Festival (SFWFF) presents its fourth annual film festival celebrating women in all areas of film. To celebrate, they're throwing a party at Varnish Fine Art Gallery. Attendees will have the chance to enjoy films and live music, explore the gallery artwork and mingle with filmmakers.  Learn More

August Wilson's Fences at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre

The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $36.00   Our Price: $11.00 - $18.00*
Rated: 3.6 stars
Winner of every major award including the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award, Fences is the second installment of August Wilson's extraordinary ten-play cycle exploring the African-American experience in the 20th century. It is a powerful drama about Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues, who is working as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh.  Learn More

Jeffrey Siegel's "Keyboard Conversations": The Passion and Poetry of Chopin

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (Kanbar Hall) (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $26.00   Our Price: $13.00*
Rated: 3.9 stars
Celebrated concert pianist and conductor Jeffrey Siegel returns with the latest installment in his popular "Keyboard Conversations" series, concerts with commentary designed to entertain and inform. This program, The Passion and Poetry of Chopin, presents the great piano composer's enchanting Waltzes, spellbinding Nocturnes, heroic Polonaises, and the virtuoso Variations on "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, written when Chopin was 17.  Learn More

Award-Winning Travel Writer Jeff Greenwald's Strange Travel Suggestions at The Marsh

The Marsh San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $22.00   Our Price: $7.50 - $11.00*
Rated: 2.6 stars
"Strange travel suggestions," Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. wrote, "are dancing lessons from God." It's those sudden inspirations and unpredictable encounters that make world travel so wild and illuminating. Travel writer Jeff Greenwald (Shopping for Buddhas) brings the hand of destiny into this series of improvised monologues inspired by the vagaries of wanderlust. Audience members spin a Wheel of Fortune, and where it stops, Greenwald's tales begin....  Learn More

StringWreck: Choreographers Janice Garrett & Charles Moulton with Del Sol String Quartet

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $32.00   Our Price: FREE - $16.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
What happens when you take the orchestra out of the pit, put it in the path of four dancers and blur the boundary between music and dance? You get StringWreck—an entertaining and often touching new work of dance theater that turns tradition on its head. Acclaimed choreographers Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton are joined by an internationally recognized leader in new music, the Del Sol String Quartet.  Learn More

Provocative French Drama: Jean Genet's The Maids, with All-Male Cast

SF Playhouse Stage 2 (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00   Our Price: FREE - $11.00*
Rated: 2.4 stars
Two sisters, Solange and Claire, simultaneously hate and love their employer. Trapped in the confines of Madam's world, their inability to escape draws them into a realm of deep introspection. The action revolves around the eccentricities of power and its resulting loneliness, exploring murder, enslavement and much more. This production is performed by an all-male cast.  Learn More

Little Shop of Horrors: Hit Musical at San Mateo Performing Arts Center

San Mateo Performing Arts Center (San Mateo, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $40.00   Our Price: $20.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Broadway by the Bay presents Little Shop of Horrors. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's over-the-top musical, based on a '60s horror film, tells the story of Seymour, a nerdy florist whose pact with a man-eating plant leads to chaos. The show was turned into a 1986 film, which starred Rick Moranis and Steve Martin.  Learn More

Beach Blanket Babylon at Club Fugazi

Club Fugazi (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 6:30pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 9:30pm
Full Price: $49.00   Our Price: $24.50*
Rated: 3.4 stars
See the best-loved musical comedy revue that has been wowing audiences for more than 30 years: Beach Blanket Babylon! This zany musical spoof of pop culture is world-renowned for its extravagant costumes, huge hats and biting satire.  Learn More

Vampire Tour of San Francisco - The Best of the Bay! Outdoor Events

Vampire Tour of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Explore the Gothic side of San Francisco's Nob Hill with this incredible Vampire Tour, led by Mina Harker, a real vampress. This tour has been delighting Goldstar Events' customers since January 2004!  Learn More

Big City Improv at the Shelton Theater

The Shelton Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
The award-winning Big City Improv performs improvisational comedy in the style of TV's Whose Line Is It Anyway? and they are appearing live at The Shelton Theatre.  Learn More

Shopping! The Musical - A Brand New Musical Comedy Revue

The Shelton Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $29.00   Our Price: FREE - $14.50*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Shopping! The Musical is a new musical comedy revue by award-winning writer Morris Bobrow about everyone's second favorite (in some cases, favorite) activity. Hilarious songs and sketches about the frustrations, annoyances and occasional joys of shopping — how men and women do it, dealing with customers, clerks and store environments, shopping online and on TV and other familiar situations.  Learn More

Facials, Foot Massages and More from Kimberly Skin Care

Kimberly Skin Care (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $50.00 - $95.00   Our Price: $25.00 - $47.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Kimberly Skin Care delivers effective skin care, foot massages and other spa services with a gentle touch. Kimberly has created a warm, inviting space to provide individualized treatments for her clients in a caring manner. Restore and revitalize your skin and spirit through a personal touch from Kimberly Skin Care.  Learn More

San Francisco Architecture Walking Tour: Discover the City's Gems Outdoor Events

Architecture Walking Tour - Galleria Park Hotel Lobby (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ Various Times
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.8 stars
Discover the rich history of San Francisco architecture. Rick Evans' two-hour tour is loaded with secret gems and hidden jewels of the city! In addition to learning about the history of the architecture in the Financial District, you'll also see hidden outdoor spaces, including several rooftop gardens that can only be found on foot.  Learn More

First Draft: Synergy Theatre's New Improv Comedy Show

Off-Market Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
Rated: 2.3 stars
Synergy Theatre and Piano Fight productions present First Draft, a hilarious new late-night improv comedy show. Aided by audience suggestions, a talented team of improvisers will generate a full-length play on the spot. Every show is completely different!  Learn More

Insignificant Others: Love Unfolds In The City

Theatre 39 (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $46.00   Our Price: FREE - $23.00*
Rated: 3.1 stars
This musical, transferring to Pier 39 after a successful run at the Zeum Theater, tells a tale of love and friendship. Five friends move to San Francisco from the Midwest, only to find themselves falling in love with each other, with the city itself, and facing any number of challenges to that love. Sexuality, faith and the ups and downs of love all come together for a rollicking, romantic, magical musical.  Learn More

Encore Judy! The Best of Connie Champagne - A Tribute to Judy Garland

New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $28.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $14.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Only Ms. Connie Champagne can bring to the stage the illusion of the great Judy Garland like no one else. Encore Judy promises to deliver the greatest hits of Judy Garland so beloved of her fans. This will be a nostalgic evening of great music from one of the Bay Area's finest performers: Ms. Connie Champagne.  Learn More

The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol in Concert at Pearl's

Jazz at Pearl's (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $100.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $50.00*
Rated: 0.5 stars
Faye Carol is one of the Bay Area's most creative female vocal stylists, with a husky alto voice honed to a remarkable level of intensity. She's toured with Marvin Gaye, and performed with Ray Charles, Albert King, Charles Brown, Bobby Hutcherson, and more.  Learn More

George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession at The Ashby Stage

Ashby Stage (Berkeley, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $17.00 - $25.00   Our Price: $8.50 - $12.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
One mother, one daughter, one secret.... As much a battleground for women's rights as it was infamous for prostitution, George Bernard Shaw's rich Victorian landscape is rife with deception, defiance and fierce ambition. This classic play argues that the truest outrage is to live one kind of life, but believe in another.  Learn More

Documentary Screening of Power and Passion: The Technology of Org*sm

The Women's Building (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: FREE*
Rated: 3.2 stars
The San Francisco Women's Film Festival presents a screening of the documentary Power and Passion. At the turn of the last century, the electric vibrator became a consumer item at the same time as the toaster, and long before the vacuum cleaner. This film tells story of this simple invention and its relationship to one complex human behavior, the female org*sm.  Learn More

7 Sins: James Judd's Hilarious One-Man Show at Theatre Rhinoceros

Theatre Rhinoceros (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $15.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $7.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Comedian and writer James Judd presents 7 Sins, a collection of hilarious true stories from his life. A hit across the country and on the Canadian festival circuit, the show follows Judd from his childhood (when his mother paid him to watch soap operas while she was at work, then re-enact them for her) through a series of failed jobs (including dot-com journalist and criminal defense attorney).  Learn More

Don Quixote: Charles Dutoit Conducts San Francisco Symphony in Strauss Work

Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $35.00 - $78.00   Our Price: $17.50 - $39.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Famous conductor Charles Dutoit leads the San Francisco Symphony in a program celebrating Spain. Richard Strauss' expansive Don Quixote, based on Cervantes' classic tale of the deluded old knight, is one of the most enjoyable works in the great composer's canon; the program also includes Manuel de Falla's Master Peter's Puppet Show.  Learn More

Guerrilla Rep Presents hotshot, a World Premiere Tragicomedy

Mama Calizo's Voice Factory (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
Rated: 3.1 stars
hotshot goes in for a close up and relentless look into the secret and darkly comic lives of three San Francisco men driven together and ultimately betrayed by their boundless obsessions - for sex, for love and for crystal meth.  Learn More

San Francisco Women's Film Festival Fast Pass: Four Film Screenings

The Women's Building (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $40.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
The San Francisco Women's Film Festival is offering a pass good for up to four festival screenings and events. Films are made by women from around the world; subject matter ranges from the history of the electric vibrator to the world's oldest female basketball team, a coming-of-age story and a look at women filmmakers. See full event description for schedule.  Learn More

Anti-War Drama The Trojan Women at Aurora Theatre Company

Aurora Theatre (Berkeley, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 - $42.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $21.00*
Rated: 2.6 stars
Inspired by Euripides' classic anti-war tragedy, Ellen McLaughlin's The Trojan Women vividly recounts the final moments of Trojan civilization in the aftermath of the city's sacking by the invading Greeks. Queen Hecuba, the slave-concubine Andromache and the mythic Helen, meet in the ruins and together find victory in the female spirit amid the horrors visited upon them by both gods and men.  Learn More

Wayne Shorter Quartet with Special Guests Imani Winds

Nob Hill Masonic Center (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $37.00 - $65.00   Our Price: $18.50 - $32.50*
Rated: 2.4 stars
This one-of-a-kind performance by tenor sax legend Wayne Shorter fuses the Imani Winds — who the Washington Post has called "the future of the once-quaint notion of the wind quintet" — with the improvisational prowess of his virtuosic new quartet: Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade. Don't miss this rare U.S. performance by two remarkable groups.  Learn More

Audience Picks Winner in Short-Play Competition ShortLived

Off-Market Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
ShortLived is a three-month competition of fully staged short plays by a myriad of writers, where each piece is scored by the audience. The two lowest-scoring pieces are then replaced two weeks later by two new fully staged shorts. The writer whose script receives the highest score will be invited to write an upcoming full-length PianoFight play with a four-week run.  Learn More

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Musical Cinderella at Lesher Center for the Arts

Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $34.00 - $39.00   Our Price: $17.00 - $19.50*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Take a cruel stepmother and two vain stepsisters, add a kindly fairy godmother, a pair of glass slippers and a handsome prince, and you have the recipe for this magical, romantic fairy tale. Cinderella features such beloved songs as "In My Own Little Corner," "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" and "Ten Minutes Ago" by Broadway's legendary songwriting duo, Rodgers and Hammerstein.  Learn More

First Look Festival: American Conservatory Theater Presents Readings of New Plays

Zeum Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.50   Our Price: $5.50*
Rated: 4.0 stars
American Concervatory Theatre presents the First Look Festival at the Zeum theatre, featuring readings of new, never-before-performed plays. Works include War Music, adapted by Lillian Groag from Christopher Logue's epic account of Homer's Iliad, and The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry by Bay Area native Marcus Gardley.  Learn More

A Marriage Unravels in Riches at the Phoenix Theatre

Phoenix Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Award-winning playwright Lee Blessing's Riches depicts an "everything is right" marriage in which everything goes horribly wrong. On a romantic getaway to celebrate their twenty-first wedding anniversary, a seemingly close, happy couple discovers just how far apart they really are.  Learn More

Double Vision Dance: Contemporary Dance Works with Audio-Visual Flair

975howard / The Garage (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Double Vision's co-Artistic Directors Pauline Jennings and Sean Clute will be premiering the tumultuous dance piece "Thicket" and the audio-visual work "Thicket on Fire," as well as other original works by Double Vision dance, music and video collaborators. There will be a reception with music and video installations after the Friday night performance.  Learn More

Flaming Sin: London's Grand Guignol Features U.S. Premiere of Noel Coward Play

Hypnodrome (San Francisco, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $69.00   Our Price: FREE - $34.50*
Rated: 3.0 stars
The Hypnodrome presents Flaming Sin, featuring two plays which opened at London's notorious Grand Guignol in the early 1920s. The bill features the American premiere of Noel Coward's scandalous The Better Half, a skewering of British sexual mores that was lost for 85 years before being recently discovered. Also featured: André de Lorde and Alfred Binet's horrifying The Old Women, or A Crime in a Madhouse, plus an assortment of sensational variety acts.  Learn More

Wine Tasting Party for Single Professionals at California Modern Gallery

California Modern Art Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 2.1 stars
Winesocials.com and The Society of Single Professionals are hosting an evening of wine tasting and fun at the California Modern Art Gallery. This enjoyable and relaxed evening will give you the opportunity to mingle with other single professionals, sample appetizers and taste some unique wines from a variety of boutique wineries.  Learn More

Naked Comedy — Live Stand-Up Comedy at the Clubhouse!

The Clubhouse @ SF Comedy College (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 9:00pm (Ali Mafi)
Full Price: $12.00   Our Price: $6.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
No additives, no preservatives—just good stand-up comedy. This comedy showcase features some of the best comedians in town, including those local favorites from the bigger clubs—without the two-drink minimum of those other clubs. Lineups change every week, so check the Clubhouse website for the latest updates.  Learn More

"Entertainer of the Year" Terese Genecco and Her Little Big Band at Hotel Nikko

Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $35.00   Our Price: $17.50*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Terese Genecco, San Francisco's "Entertainer of the Year" and a favorite of Goldstar members, performs a high-energy, Vegas-style nightclub show with her seven-piece jazz band, the Little Big Band. All the hip cats will be in the house for this weekly late-night extravaganza!  Learn More

Classical Guitarist Joseph Williams II at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (San Bruno, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Classical guitarist Joseph Williams has performed on radio and throughout the United States, Brazil and Canada. He regularly concertizes as a solo performer, as part of the contemporary guitar duo Toccata, and with other collaborators. Williams has won prizes in ten international guitar competitions.  Learn More

Joyfull Noise Brass Band and Kally Price

Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (Berkeley, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00   Our Price: $6.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Finding inspiration from James Brown, Lee Dorsey, Professor Longhair, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Ray Charles, Joyfull Noise Brass Band fuses these influences into a powerful blast of New Orleans horns, drums and feverish vocals. Kally Price and her band open the program with a mixture of tight swing, sultry jazz and barrelhouse blues from the 1930s and 1940s.  Learn More

Pocket Opera Performs Handel's Xerxes, Concert-Style

Florence Gould Theatre, Legion of Honor (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $34.00   Our Price: $17.00*
Rated: 2.7 stars
San Francisco's acclaimed Pocket Opera presents a concert-style performance of Handel's Xerxes, an opera about the life of the king of Persia, at the Legion of Honor. This is Handel in a lighter than usual vein, but inspired as always. Performers include Aimee Puentes, Karen Carle and others.  Learn More

Guinevere Turner, Actress (Chasing Amy, Dogma) and Writer on The L Word

LGBT Center San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: FREE*
Rated: 2.8 stars
San Francisco Women's Film Festival presents a conversation with Guinevere Turner, co-author of the films Go Fish and American Psycho, and writer for the first two seasons of The L Word. She has cameos in the Kevin Smith films Chasing Amy and Dogma. This program also includes short films by local filmmakers.  Learn More

An Evening with Groucho, Starring NPR's Frank Ferrante

Osher Marin Jewish Community Center (San Rafael, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00   Our Price: $15.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
NPR recently picked Frank Ferrante's award-winning portrayal of Groucho Marx as one of the country's top five solo shows, along with legendary performers such as Hal Holbrook (as Mark Twain) and Lily Tomlin. This fast-paced show highlights classic Marx Brothers routines, songs, stories, dances and hilarious audience interaction.  Learn More

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, With Live Accompaniment by the Club Foot Orchestra

Castro Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 2.8 stars
SFJAZZ presents a live screening of the classic silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at the legendary Castro Theatre, with live accompaniment by the Club Foot Orchestra. The Orchestra, beloved in the Bay Area, are known for their skills accompanying silent films. The film concerns a mad scientist and his faithful servant Cesare, who are at the heart of a series of mysterious murders when the carnival comes to town... or are they?  Learn More

Nosferatu: Classic Silent Film with Live Accompaniment by the Club Foot Orchestra

Castro Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
SFJAZZ presents F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, F.W. Murnau's classic silent film, with live accompaniment by the Club Foot Orchestra, at the historic Castro Theatre. Based loosely on Dracula, this German masterpiece remains chilling today. The ten-piece Orchestra, renowned for their skills in film accompaniment, present their own original score.  Learn More

Rapunzel - The Classic Fairy Tale Come to Life

New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 4:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $15.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $7.50*
Rated: 3.1 stars
The Brothers Grimm's immortal story of Rapunzel comes to life on the stage at the New Conservatory Theatre Center. Children will delight in watching this magical fairytale performed live, complete with long golden hair, a brave prince and an evil witch. For ages 4 and up.  Learn More

Family Musical The Emperor's New Clothes

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts (Berkeley, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $18.00   Our Price: FREE - $9.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences presents The Emperor's New Clothes a musical by Ahrens and Flaherty, the team that created Ragtime and Seussical, performed by a cast of professional adult actors. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's familiar tale, The Emperor's New Clothes tells the story of a 14-year old boy destined to become the next emperor.  Learn More

eighth blackbird: New Music Ensemble Presents The Only Moving Thing

Herbst Theatre at the San Francisco War Memorial Building (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $27.00 - $39.00   Our Price: $13.50 - $19.50*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Acclaimed new music ensemble eighth blackbird presents The Only Moving Thing. They'll be performing Steve Reich's Double Sextet, a work which will see them performing simultaneously live and recorded; they'll also present Lang, Gordon, and Wolfe's singing in the dead of night a combination of music and motion choreographe