On Sunday, 10 blocks of Howard Street were blocked off for the 10th Annual How Weird Street Faire - and all the beautiful colorful people came out to play (the more thoughtful ones brought their mothers). See Hanna Quevedo's photo set.Saturday evening brought SF Weekly's Photobooth duo of Jen and Mike Cash to the Cat Club for "Gossip," a night of Adam Ant vs. The Pirates. If you posed for the camera against a red velvet backdrop you may be in their gallery.
Evan JamesFormer Miss Trannyshack Raya Light picking up garbage.33rd Frameline Film Festival: Opening Night
Thursday, June 18th, 2009The Castro Theatre and Terra GalleryReview and Photos by Evan JamesBetter than: Perishing in obscurity in the south of France.
Reeling from the shock of being asked well in advance to write about the Opening Night Gala of the 33rd San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival--alias: Frameline-- I suffered a complete collapse brought about by occupational stress,
Being a cheapskate is easy in this city -- there's plenty of culture to be had for less than the price of a fancy farmer's market cocktail. Below, our picks for a low-budget weekend.Dead Meadow at McLaren Park on SaturdayHex Dispensers @ Annie's (Friday) Loud, fast, and macabre: That seems to be the mantra of Austin's Hex Dispensers,
an underrated act with a Halloween-themed wit and the rapid pacing of a
slasher flick. The band sprints through haunted topics with a
sociopath's smile, its songs s
Photo by Shauna Regan www.shaunaregan.comAlland Byallo (see Sunday)The weekend's here. Time to pull out all the stops without pulling out all the cash. Our picks for time off on the cheap below.Involved, Socially @ Triple Base Gallery (Friday) "Triple Base's 'Involved, Socially' uses video installation, shadowplay, photography, and T-shirts to investigate the artist's process as a collaborative one. The wormholes start to form with stuff like Christine Wong Yap's mail-trading exhibit-within a
Dick JawsThe Mummies do double duty on Saturday nightKowloon Walled City CD Release @ Annie's (Fri.) San Francisco sludgemasters Kowloon Walled City express sonic aggression with oppressive riffage. The rhythm section alone sounds massive enough to pave city streets, steamrolling by with elephantine thrusts of distorted bass and beats that drop like anvils. This heavy load is spiked by sharp outbursts of raging vocals, frontman Scott Evans channeling a weighty Am Rep angst in his hoarse yells
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