This week, The Monthly Rumpus, The Peanut Butter Plan, Rebecca Solnit at the JCCSF, and Indie Mart at Thee Parkside!
Monday 9/13: It’s the second Monday of the month, which can only mean one thing: The Monthly Rumpus! The September Monthly Rumpus, Where’s Steve? (he’s in New York) features authors Creston Lea, Katie Crouch, Rives, and Daniel Alarcón, music by John Craigie and Shovelman Isaac Frankle, and a performance by San Francisco legend, Chicken John! As always, $10 cheap, 21+, and full of porn-raffle goodness. 7pm @ 3225 22nd Street.
Tuesday 9/14: North Beach has The Beat Museum, but what does the Haight have? Landmarks like the Red Vic serve as impromptu museums of sorts, but now the infamous neighborhood has a paper presence: Jack and Gay Reineck’s Haight Ashbury Guide and Map celebrates its release tonight at the Haight’s favorite local bookstore, The Booksmith. 7:30pm @ 1644 Haight Street.
Wednesday 9/15: This is an idea. A plan. A peanut butter plan. The Peanut Butter Plan aims to provide hungry people with tasty food. Cheap, tasty food. In the form of peanut butter sandwiches. PBP SF is having a sandwich making party in the Duboce Triangle. Get involved through the PBP website and attend this event or create your own! 7:30pm, see website for details.
Thursday 9/16: San Francisco author, Rebecca Solnit, takes over the JCCSF’s Arts & Ideas program tonight for a reading from her newest work, Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas. Tickets $10-20, 7-8:30pm @ 3200 California Street.
Friday 9/17: Get your burlesque on! The Hubba Hubba Revue celebrates its Four Year Anniversary at DNA Lounge with a bedazzled, corseted, and likely intoxicated variety show of pin-up performances, live comedy, and burlesque dancing. Tickets $10-15, 21+ 9pm @ 375 11th Street.
Saturday 9/18: The Iranian Film Festival begins today and spans the weekend with numerous showings at The San Francisco Art Institute. Check the website for a full list of films and times. Tickets $8-100, all day event, all showings @ 800 Chestnut Street.
Sunday 9/19: Indie Mart really needs no introduction, but in case you’ve missed the rise of San Francisco’s biggest street fair/metal concert/local designer/beer drinking/art making hootenanny, here’s the lowdown: Face melting bands play inside and DJ’s spin outside while you wander around Thee Parkside having a drink and snacking on some tater tots. Converge in the crowded beer garden back yard, or wander around the car-free stretch of Wisconsin Street where vendors like SanFranPsycho, Secession, Workshop SF, and Vintage Vantage hawk their wares. This time around, stay after 6 for a surprise band performance and after party. $3 suggested donation, all ages outside/21+ in the bar, 12-6pm @ 1600 17th Street.
