events

Events listings are compiled by Sarah Han. See 8 Days a Week for information on how to submit items to the listings.

wednesday 17

Around town

Giant Robot opening party Movida Lounge, 200 Fillmore; 934-8637, www.gr-sf.com. 7pm, free. See 8 Days a Week.

Kinkorama book launch Magnet, 4122 18th St; 285-8885. 7:30pm, free. Erotic writer Simon Sheppard reads from his new nonfiction book, Kinkorama: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Perversion.

Benefits

Benefit for Bands Against Bush El Rio, 3158 Mission; 282-3325. 8pm, sliding scale. This benefit for Bands Against Bush features Canadian Appreciation Party, Convalescent Surprise, and Full Moon Partisans.

'The Road to Hell is Paved with Republicans' Friends Meeting House, 65 Ninth St; 385-5956, www.justicewheels.org. 6-9:30pm, $10 donation. This music, comedy, and politics show features Shrub the Singing CIA Agent, the Deadly Poets Society, Wheels of Justice Bus Tour activists, a George W. Bush joke-telling contest, a Middle Eastern dinner, and screenings of films starring the Ronald Reagan Home for the Criminally Insane; proceeds benefit the Wheels of Justice bus tour.

thursday 18

Around town

'Perpetual Motion Roadshow' Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia; 282-9246. 7:30pm, free. This indie press tour features pulp novelist Joe Meno, artist Tyler Clark Burke, and journalist Todd Taylor.

Benefits

Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador benefit El Rio, 3158 Mission; 282-3325. 7pm. This benefit for CISPES features a video screening of "Revolucion O Muerte," and more.

friday 19

Around town

'Kitchen Sink 5 release party and Cross-Bay Duel: West Bay' Adobe Books, 3166 16th St; 864-3936. 7pm, free. Kitchen Sink, along with other East Bay publications Oaklandish, Hyphen, ReadyMade, and Bitch, celebrates the release of KS5; the Nervous Breakdowns perform.

saturday 20

Around town

'Gimmie Polaroid IV' New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom; 864-2392, gimmepolaroid@yahoo.com. 7pm. Michelle Casciolo of Shady Lane Productions presents the fourth annual Polaroid photography show, featuring works by more than 50 amateurs and established artists.

Benefits

'The Inside of Inside Holiday Benefit Art Sale and Auction' Lab, 2948 16th St; 864-8855. 3pm. This art sale and auction features works by local and international artists to benefit the Lab's upcoming "Inside of Inside" exhibit.

'Luna Sea Theater's 10th Anniversary Show and Save-the-Theater Benefit' Luna Sea Theater, 2940 16th St; 863-2989. 8pm, $10-25 sliding scale. Celebrate the theater's 10th anniversary and help it keep its doors open at this fundraising event featuring performances by B.C. Cliver, Ali Cannon, Robyn Brooks, Celestina Pearl, Phat Fly Girls, Ms. DeMeanor and Big Burlesque, Lindasusan Ulrich, and others; an auction; a gallery installation by Noa Mohlabane; and a meet-the-artists reception.

sunday 21

Around town