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Roller Disco Costume Party

Alcohol + Roller Skates + Costumes = Pre-Halloween wipeout

Saturday, October 23 – 8pm ($10 or $5 in costume)

SF IndieFest presents their annual wild and crazy Roller Disco Costume Party at CELLspace. Skate rentals and tunes provided by Black Rock Roller Disco who put on huge roller discos at Burningman each year. IndieFest bears no responsibility for alcohol-impaired roller skating wipe outs! Free if you have any 2010 DocFest ticket stub.

Cell Space – 2050 Bryant Street (btwn 18th St. & 19th St.) – Mission District / Potrero Hill

(Muni: 12, 27, 33, 53)

Perry Man’s 31st Annual Exotic Erotic Expo

Daytime expo with sexy exhibits, burlesque & erotic art

Friday, October 22nd – 4pm to Midnight ($20)

Saturday, October 23rd – Noon to 6pm ($20)

The Exotic Erotic Expo is a festive and entertaining two-day event that occurs before the Ball at the same location as The Ball – The Craneway Pavilion. It has stimulating live performances, plus exclusive previews of the Ball. It has sexy exhibits, lots of fun n games, adult stars, and many special features – Orgasmic Bingo, 3-D adult theater, human petting zoo, panel discussions on first amendment rights, wine and vagina pairings (yes they are serious!) and more. The expo dress code is casual, age limit is 18 & over, and the price is super-reasonable … only $20. So – even if your husband/wife won’t let you come to the Ball,

we’ll see you both at the Expo

Craneway Pavilion – 1414 Harbour Way South – Richmond, CA

The Stone Foxes

Bluesy rock at the Bottom of the Hill

Friday, October 22nd – 10pm ($10 adv / $12 door)

It’s not just great song writing, warm guitars, a nut-tight rhythm section, and the occasional blues harp riffs that make The Stone Foxes’ second album, Bears & Bulls, so good; the Bay Area four-piece consisting of brothers Shannon and Spence Koehler, Aaron Mort, and Avi Vinocur have captured something else on this recording that makes the whole thing huge, and very, very cool.

Opening: the swaggering and sexy rock of The Soft White Sixties and The Real Nasty

Bottom of the Hill – 1233 17th Street, San Francisco – Potrero Hill

Muni: 22

KUNST-STOFF & LEVYdance World Premiere

Greek shadow theater and postmodern dance

Sunday, October 24 – 8pm ($18)

For this world premiere, renowned choreographer Yannis Adoniou draws inspiration for Greek Rebetiko music, a genre similar to the blues and Fado as it was born out of sorrow, desire and the yearnings of oppressed people seeking to adjust to a new life in a new country. Using elements of Greek folk and postmodern dance, darkness and song, Adoniou, vocalist Catherine Clambaneva and shadow theater artist Leonidas Kassapides excavate their homeland’s history to create a work that captivates the senses, set to an original score by acclaimed Greek film composer Minos Matsas.

“You’ll leave with renewed faith that ‘experimental’ really can mean brave.” – SF Weekly

ODC Theater – 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, California 94110

BART: 16th Mission St.

Long Now Seminar: How Language Shapes Thought

Album release show for dreamy, yet unkempt, post-punk prince

Tuesday, October 26 – 7:30pm ($10)

Do the languages we speak influence the way we think? Is there intrinsic value in human linguistic diversity? Join us as Stanford cognitive linguist Lera Boroditsky re-invigorates this long standing debate with data gathered in experiments with speakers from all over the world.. Seminar hosted by Stewart Brand.

The Cowell Theatre @ Fort Mason – Fort Mason Center, Pier 2 San Francisco, CA 94123

“Powderwhore” Ski Film Night

Unbelievable footage of the world’s top telemark skiers

Thursday, October 28 – 7pm ($10)

Powderwhore is putting together their most ambitious backcountry ski flick yet. A strange “El Nino” year forced us to climb further, dig deeper and flat out try harder in order to create a film worthy of “A Powderwhore Production”. Mission accomplished. “TeleVision” is our continuing tradition of filming the top telemark skiers (free heel skiing) in the world playing in untracked powder mixed with big lines, humor, flight time, spills, and all the required deep face shots of a good ski porn. Watch the Film Trailer. $10 admission, Free beer from 6pm to 7pm and 20% off everything in the store.

Sports Basement – 1590 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94103

BART: 16th Mission St.

9th Annual San Francisco DocFest

60 documentary films over two weeks at the Roxie Theater

October 14th to 28th (Most screenings $11)

With over 60 films spanning twelve countries around the world, the ninth annual San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (DocFest) is a two-week extravaganza of unconventional and highly engaging non-fiction films and videos.

How to Enter: Choose any film screening from 10/21 to 10/28 to attend – include the film, day and time in your email – Complete Film Schedule

Roxie Theater – 3117 16th Street (@ Valencia) San Francisco – Mission District

(BART: 16th Street – Mission)

Archetypes On Film

Film screening and lecture on universal symbols in film

Thursday, October 21 – 7pm ($10)

Movies entertain us and reflect our modern lives and can also tell us who we are and how to reach our goals. Join Archetypal Consultant Julienne Givot for a talk on archetypes in the modern perspective (like the addict, the advocate, the judge, the wounded healer, etc…) followed by a guided showing of a recent popular film that illustrates the archetypal “Hero’s Journey”.

Historic Flood Building – 870 Market Street Suite 975 San Francisco, CA

BART: Metro Powell Station/Downtown. J, K, L, M, N, S, T