SCENE WINTER 2008: FAVORITE DJs IN THE BAY
Who rocks your socks? Who gets your bodonkakonk twitchin'? Put down your glow sticks & bottled water for a second, and vote for your favorite DJs in the Bay Area! From large venues to tiny dives, from mainstream radio to online treasures...let us know which Bay Area DJs deliver the goods! In return, you will be entered to win guest list privileges at the hottest venues in San Francisco!

The top DJs Of The Bay will be featured in our upcoming special issue, SCENE: The Guardian Guide to Bay Area Nightlife and Glamour,
coming December 17th!
Deadline for entry is 6pm, Sunday, November 30, 2008.

SCENE CAPTURE: THE GUARDIAN AND DISPOSABLE FILM FEST'S NIGHTLIFE VIDEO PROJECT
Do you ever take video footage on your camera or cell phone when you go out? The Disposable Film Fest and SF Guardian are putting together a film showing off your night out in SF and we want your clips! Whether you're getting ready, getting funky, getting carded, getting down, getting buzzed, or getting off...whip out that cam and get it on video! In return, you'll be entered to win guest list privileges at the hottest venues in San Francisco!
No need to add fancy transitions or edits, we'll make it all pretty for you. Just follow these easy steps and if we use your footage, we'll give you a credit...PLUS you could see it premiere at the Guardian's exclusive, industry-only Winter 2008 Scene Celebration and Launch Party!

1. log onto vimeo (if you don't have an account spend 5 seconds, you won't be sorry!)
2. Join the DFF Footage Free For All group
3. upload your footage
4. on your video page, click "Add" on the right, find the DFF/Guardian Scene group and check the box.
5. that's it!

If you have any questions (how to get video off your camera, how to find the group, etc) drop us a line at info@disposablefilmfest.com...if you haven't taken footage yet, bring your camera out with you this weekend, capture some video, and send it to us!

METAFEST 2008: METACAFE'S
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL AND AFTER-PARTY
Join the celebration of some of the most innovative filmmakers around! Metacafe is one of the world's largest video sites, attracting more than 25 million unique viewers each month (comScore Media Metrix). We specialize in short-form original content - from new, emerging talents and established Hollywood heavyweights alike. We're committed to delivering an exceptional entertainment experience, and we do so by engaging and empowering our audience every step of the way. This unique event celebrates Metacafe's Independent Dgital Short-Form Film Festival, with filmmakers and industry professionals in attendance! Screening at 8pm at the Roxie; 10pm FREE after-party at Dalva next door with delicious nosh and drink specials!
November 13 @ Roxie Film Center (3117 16th St btw Valencia/Guerrero) and Dalva Bar (3121 16th St)

3rd ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Presented by the San Francisco Film Society, SFIAF celebrates one of the most fertile, creative and productive forms of artistic, experimental, commercial and industrial media. The Festival will show the powerful Israeli film "Waltz with Bashir," Bill Plympton's latest "Idiots and Angels," and seven shorts programs––always the best way to catch the most styles, genres and topics. Opening the festival is Nina Paley’s award-winning feature, "Sita Sings the Blues," a beautifully animated East-meets-West visual feast that has delighted audiences around the world with its tongue-in-cheek update of the Ramayana. The rest of the schedule includes a mini-retrospective of master animator Gene Deitch, music videos and a free panel discussion. Many of the programs will have guests, including Nina Paley, Bill Plympton and Gene Deitch.
November 13-16 @ Landmark Embarcadero Cinema, One Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
The Tony Award-winning creator of Metamorphoses, Mary Zimmerman, breathes new life into the legend of the 1,001 nights. To save her life, a beautiful bride must spin hypnotic tales of genies, jesters, thieves and kings—winning her freedom by eventually winning her husband’s heart. As he falls under Scheherazade’s spell, Zimmerman enchants the audience as well with her signature style that transforms simplicity into the sublime. Amidst a thousand tales of honor, revenge and humor, only love emerges victorious. The San Francisco Chronicle describes Zimmerman’s work, “Stunningly imaginative, engagingly comic, affecting and invigoratingly immediate…” Performances begin November 13.
SFBG readers click here to save 20% on select performances of The Arabian Nights
November 13 – January 4 @ Berkeley Rep, 2025 Addison St, Berkeley

30 BELOW
Under 30? Save more...and party more! If you're less than 30 years old, enjoy half-price tickets to most shows at Berkeley Rep. See The Arabian Nights Friday November 21st and join the Guardian Hellraisers for 30-Below, the coolest theatre after-party in town for the 20-something crowd. Tickets to the show are priced $13.50 - $18.50 and come with free beer from Firestone Brewery, free wine from Raymond Vineyards, free delicious food, live set by DJ Alabaster, and more.

Click here to save 50% off full price tickets to selected performances of The Arabian Nights!

SAN FRANCISCO GREEN FESTIVAL 2008
We’re celebrating what’s working in our communities—for people, business and the environment. Here, green means safe, healthy communities and a strong local economy. Join us at the nation’s premier sustainability events, where you will see the best in green. Enjoy more than 125 authors, leaders and educators; great how-to workshops; cutting-edge films; fun activities for kids; organic beer and wine; delicious vegetarian cuisine and diverse live music. A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America.
Visit the Guardian's booth for fun contests and giveaways, and to learn more about innovative green initiatives implemented by our partners, Temple Nightclub / Prana Restaurant!
November 14-16 @ San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center,
635 8th St at Brannan

A WITCH'S BREW
A benefit for the SF Ghost Society! You could win a ghost hunt! Enjoy psychic readings, sexy burlesque, free food...plus a host of vendors, exciting raffles and more! With live music by Nomy Lamm, 5 Cent Coffee, The Slow Poisoner, Marie La Faux, and T&A. $5 cover, 21 and over. 3pm - 8pm.
November 15 @ El Rio,
3158 Mission at Precita

SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE: BARE CHEST BINGO!
Join the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the 2009 South of Market Bare Chest Calendar Men at San Francisco’s most unique, wild & crazy monthly charity event ever! Feeling brave? We are having an amateur bare chest contest and you could win $100! SF’s longest running unique charity event that combines comedy, music, gambling and of course the antics of the Sisters. Come and join the fun, raise money for charity and have a chance to win cash or prizes – each bingo averages over $4000 in cash and prizes that are given away. You could be the lucky sinner!
Our beneficiary is AIDS Emergency Fund and Positive Resource Center. Don’t miss this bingo and the opportunity to meet the Calendar Men, get autographs and win big bucks!
Tickets online or by calling (800) 838-3006. Tickets may also be purchased in person at Café Flore located at 2298 Market (Market & Noe). Join us early in the Vet’s canteen for food and beverages.
November 19 @ Green Room, 401 Van Ness at McAllister

HELLRAISER HAPPY HOUR: ROETHLISBERGER: THE WIN BENEATH MY WINGS
Join the Guardian Hellraisers as we watch the Pittsburgh Steelers kick the Cincinasty Bengals' asses! We're bringing the 2008 Hellraiser Happy Hour season to a close with a big screen, ice-cold beer specials, and some of the tastiest wings in town! 5:30pm - 8pm. 21 and over, no cover charge!
November 20 @ Kezar Pub, 700 Stanyan at Waller

Best MUNI: 7 Haight, 33 Stanyan, 71 Haight-Noriega

GUARDIAN ARTS SERIES:
THE KITE-RUNNER: A THEATRICAL READING
In conjunction with the exhibition Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul, Matthew Spangler and student actors from San José State University present a staged reading of The Kite Runner, the best-selling novel by Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner was adapted as a stage play and directed by Professor Spangler as a full-length theatre production at San José State University in March 2007. 7pm performance.
In 2003, Afghanistan announced the discovery of several museum boxes in the presidential bank vault in Kabul. Inside were priceless artifacts, hidden during the chaos of civil war by a group of selfless Afghan heroes. Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul showcases these extraordinary artworks and tells the amazing story of their discovery and rescue. For details, visit online.
November 20 @ Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin at McAllister

10th ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO HIPHOP DANCEFEST
Celebrate the most vibrant contemporary dance styles! FOUR BIG SHOWS with two entirely different performance programs (Program A - Fri 11/21 8pm & Sun 11/23 1pm + Program B - Sat 11/22 8pm & Sun 11/23 7pm) featuring 22 companies from around the globe! MASTER CLASSES with visiting performers Flawless (London) and Popin Pete (of the Electric Boogaloos, NY) - Sat 11/22 1-4pm at City Dance Studios, SF. VIP/PERFORMER PARTY with complimentary food and drink, Sat 11/22 after the show in the lobby (21+). DOCUMENTARY SCREENING of "Everything Remains Raw" Sun 11/23, 3:30pm screening; 4:30pm Q&A with filmmaker Moncell Durden.
November 21-23 @ Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon at Bay

GUARDIAN ARTS SERIES: MAGIC THEATRE: EVIE'S WALTZ
Magic Theatre is proud to present a new play by Carter W. Lewis, directed by Magic’s Artistic Director, Loretta Greco. Gloria and Clay are living every parent’s nightmare – their son has been suspended from school for bringing a gun. As they wrestle with their predicament, an unexpected visit form their son’s girlfriend turns their backyard barbecue into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Timely and tense, Evie’s Waltz is quintessentially an American play: the scale of heart, hope and will these characters reveal is tied to our super-sized American spirit.
Tickets are available to fit every budget. For more information and tickets, please call 415.441.8822 or visit online.
Now through December 7 @ Magic Theatre, Fort Mason Center, Bldg D