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Friday Night: Pere Ubu's David Thomas and the Wounded Stag Get Arty at the Shop in Oakland

Romana MachadoWounded Stag with dancer Erica Blue​ David ThomasWounded StagApril 15, 2011@ The Shop Better than: If not nature, Metamucil.Likely the next fine and arty place to hang, The Shop is retooled warehouse space wedged behind a stretch of brown metal fence along a quiet residential street ... More >>

A Merry Crew of Jonathan Richman, Mark Eitzel, and Carletta Sue Kay sing for the Boozy at the Make-Out Room's Christmas Craptacular

Who better to Christmas-cheer you up than the ever-chipper Jonathan Richman?​Parker Gibbs' Christmas Craptacular w/ Jonathan Richman, Mark Eitzel, Marc and the Casuals, Carletta Sue Kay, Los Cenzontles, and othersDecember 22, 2010@ The Make-Out RoomBetter than: Face down in Burl Ives' swimming poo ... More >>

Bruce Brugmann: The No-Fluff Zone

Who better to Christmas-cheer you up than the ever-chipper Jonathan Richman?​Parker Gibbs' Christmas Craptacular w/ Jonathan Richman, Mark Eitzel, Marc and the Casuals, Carletta Sue Kay, Los Cenzontles, and othersDecember 22, 2010@ The Make-Out RoomBetter than: Face down in Burl Ives' swimming poo ... More >>

Reps Etc.

Who better to Christmas-cheer you up than the ever-chipper Jonathan Richman?​Parker Gibbs' Christmas Craptacular w/ Jonathan Richman, Mark Eitzel, Marc and the Casuals, Carletta Sue Kay, Los Cenzontles, and othersDecember 22, 2010@ The Make-Out RoomBetter than: Face down in Burl Ives' swimming poo ... More >>

Reps Etc.

Who better to Christmas-cheer you up than the ever-chipper Jonathan Richman?​Parker Gibbs' Christmas Craptacular w/ Jonathan Richman, Mark Eitzel, Marc and the Casuals, Carletta Sue Kay, Los Cenzontles, and othersDecember 22, 2010@ The Make-Out RoomBetter than: Face down in Burl Ives' swimming poo ... More >>

You, Too, Can Be in Movies!

Snuggle into the Bay Area's strange and sprawling alternative moviegoing scene, where anything goes and audience participation is mandatory

Alice Stuart | Catherine Irwin

All the Good Times | Cut Yourself a Switch

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Deconstructing Hootie

After a lengthy hiatus, the old-timey folkies in the Muskrats want to revive the folk revival

All Booked Up

Itzhak Volansky insists he isn't much interested in books, or the bookstore he owns. That disinterest is one reason McDonald's Books has become an enormous, wonderful, disordered phantasmagoria that attracts a wonderfully eccentric clientele. And who real

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Itzhak Volansky insists he isn't much interested in books, or the bookstore he owns. That disinterest is one reason McDonald's Books has become an enormous, wonderful, disordered phantasmagoria that attracts a wonderfully eccentric clientele. And who real