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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...

There's no better way to spend a beautiful Sunday morning/afternoon than cruising the picturesque SF Bay! Hornblower Cruises presents a wonderful 2-hour cruise, featuring a delicious brunch and champagne. Learn more...

Rick Evans, whose San Francisco Architecture Walking Tour is a long-running hit on Goldstar, presents his newest tour. The Chinatown Walking Tour is a two-hour journey through this famous neighborhood, presenting fascinating facts about its history and architecture. Covering legendary and obscure landmarks, the tour is designed to fascinate and inform visitors and locals alike. Learn more...

Sample the wines of Napa and Sonoma Wine Country on a full-day tour. The Wine Lover's Tour is a semi-private, semi-customizable tour, which will visit 4 to 6 wineries. Lunch and wine tasting fees are not included in the price. See the More Details section for more information. Learn more...

Thrillpeddlers celebrate the 40th anniversary of the gender-bending drag troupe The Cockettes with this psychedelic musical inspired by sin soaked Old Shanghai and Busby Berkeley movie musicals from Hollywood's Golden Age. Learn more...

Punch Line Comedy Club presents their SF Comedy Showcase. See a lineup of the Bay Area's top stand-up comics, many of whom have appeared on late-night television, Comedy Central, and more. Learn more...

Beautiful Thing is the story of two working class London teenage boys who fall in love, the shy Jamie and the charming and handsome next door neighbor, Ste. The boys' attraction to one another is quickened by Ste's difficult home life and the well-meaning intentions of Jamie's mother. Her love and patience are tested as she finds out the truth about the boys' unexpected relationship. Learn more...

Two couples enjoy an evening of nonsensical conversation in a comedy considered to be one of the classics of absurdist theater. The first play penned by Eugène Ionesco, The Bald Soprano takes place in the home of the Smiths, a traditional London couple who have invited the Martins over for dinner. Their increasingly odd banter is anything but traditional, however. Learn more...

Dan Hoyle's tings dey happen is an award-winning adventure story about the year Hoyle studied oil politics in Nigeria, the "new Middle East" of oil security. Traveling alone through the swamps of the Niger Delta, he befriended militants, warlords, prostitutes and diplomats. Dan plays them all in this solo performance, which just completed a tour of Nigeria, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Learn more...

Funk veterans Confunkshun play at the Rrazz Room. Led by singer/guitarist Michael Cooper, the platinum-selling funk band had eight top-ten R&B hits between 1977 and 1986, including the chart-topping "Ffun" and "Love's Train." They're known for their dazzling vocal harmonies, inventive horn arrangements and infectious on-stage enthusiasm. Learn more...

After winning more awards than any other show at the 2009 SF Fringe Festival, William Bivins' Pulp Scripture brings the Good Book back to life. These stories ripped from the Old Testament include tales of incest, drunkenness, human sacrifice and crowds of horny Sodomites. Pulp Scripture are the Bible stories they didn't teach you in Sunday school. Learn more...

Cal State East Bay presents an original play by one of its faculty members. Influenced both by Shakespeare's Othello and recent events at Fort Bragg, The Iago Syndrome tells the true story of four soldiers who return home from active duty in Afghanistan and, within a matter of weeks, murder their wives. Learn more...

Wallace Roney believes in nurturing young and talented musicians. His current quintet includes Rashaan Carter on bass, Aruan Ortiz on keyboards and 17-year-old Kush Abadey on drums, with Wallace and his brother Antoine on tenor, soprano and bass Clarinet. The infusion of new blood into the band has taken the eclectic Roney Quintet repertoire to fiery new heights. Learn more...

The late Harry Chapin penned over two dozen songs for this progressive musical retelling of the Gospels of Matthew and John, transported to modern day, rural Georgia. Based on the book by civil rights activist Clarence Jordan, Cotton Patch Gospel uses a rousing bluegrass score -- performed by a one actor playing scores of roles, a live bluegrass band and three stunning singers. Learn more...

John Kolvenbach's Mrs. Whitney is the hilarious sequel to his previous play, Goldfish. What happens when a cynic by trade takes to the road in the hopes of reuniting with her one true (albeit messy) love? When her most prized possession leaves the nest, Margaret Whitney reluctantly chooses to follow her heart. Learn more...

Marin Theatre Company presents a comedy about an unlikely couple -- and the end of the world. In Boom, written by Marin native Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Jo answers an ad placed by Jules, who fears the apocalypse is coming and seeks a partner to help him repopulate the species. That he's gay and she hates babies is the least of their problems. Learn more...

Fresh from Broadway, Mamet's new comedy November takes a satirical stab at American politics. President Charles Smith, the most corrupt buffoon ever to sit in the Oval Office, is in the final days of his bid for re-election, but the country is a mess and his poll numbers are low. Toss in a lesbian speechwriter longing to marry her sweetheart on TV, Thanksgiving turkeys awaiting pardon, and a ton of shady back-room scheming and you've got Mamet's latest. Learn more...

Internationally renowned performance artist Penny Arcade presents her show New York Values at the Marsh. A former member of Andy Warhol's Factory and innovator of performance art in the '80s, Arcade takes on bourgeois bohemians and explores the relationships between art, individuality, crime and rebellion in this freewheeling mixture of storytelling, monologues, music and dance. Learn more...

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Asia's oldest symphony orchestra, celebrates their 130th anniversary at Zellerbach Hall. They'll play Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with staggeringly talented young soloist Yuja Wang. The program also includes works by Mussorgsky and Qigang Chen. Learn more...

Stateless weaves a century of German, Jewish and African American history with contemporary hip-hop music, beat-box vocal rhythms and vaudeville. The play is inspired by the true story of co-writer Dan Wolf's family history, beginning with his great-grandfather, who was part of a singing group responsible for one of the most popular songs in German history. Learn more...

A middle-aged couple awakes in a beautiful summer house on a hill, surrounded by trees and glimpses of water. There's just one problem. They can't remember their own names, much less the relationship between them. Their pursuit of memory yields both comic and terrifying results, leaving them adrift on a leaky raft of postmodern anxiety. A suspenseful and mysterious exploration of the deep relationship between memory and identity. Learn more...

Golden Thread Productions presents ReOrient 2009 - The First Ten Years. The annual festival of short plays exploring the modern Middle East celebrates its tenth anniversary with two separate programs and nine total plays. Comedies and dramas feature topics including love, international relations and the clash between the Middle East's modern culture and its ancient traditions. See below for a full schedule. Learn more...