events

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

wednesday 28

Authors

Laurie Fox Books Inc, Laurel Village, 3515 California; 221-3666. 7pm. The author reads from her latest book, The Lost Girls.

Bay Area

Kim Wong Keltner Diesel, a Bookstore, 5433 College, Oakl; (510) 653-9965. Noon. The author reads from her novel, The Dim Sum of All Things.

thursday 29

Around town

Faulkner Fox A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, 601 Van Ness; 441-6670. 7pm. The author reads from her memoir, Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life.

Project Censored City Lights, 261 Columbus; 362-8193. 7pm. Peter Phillips and the Project Censored crew celebrate the release of Censored 2004.

Bay Area

Elaine Brown Mills College, Student Union, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakl; www.mills.edu/ETHS/blackhistory.2004.html. 7pm, free. The former leader of the Black Panther Party and current director of political affairs for the National Alliance for Radical Prison Reform speaks about her work.

friday 30

Around town

Digital Independence Conference San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth St; 356-8383, ext 253, digitalindies.com. 6:30pm. The opening-night event for this conference features a keynote address followed by a reception. Through Sun/1.

Barry Gifford 111 Minna; 495-7242. 5:30pm, free. Author Barry Gifford discusses all things noir in literature and film with Eddie Muller; Cara Black moderates.

saturday 31

Around town

Digital Independence Conference San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth St; 356-8383, ext 253, digitalindies.com. 9:30am-9pm. Today's conference activities include various plenary sessions.

'Feria Urbana' Canvas Gallery, 1200 Ninth Ave; www.feriaurbanasf.com. Noon-5pm, free. This bimonthly urban fair features clothing, jewelry, home accessories, artwork, and more by local artists and designers.

Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show Cow Palace, Geneva and Santos; 404-4111. 9am-5pm, $5-10. This annual dog show features nearly 2,000 dogs and more than 135 breeds. Through Sun/1.

'Poet's Cafe' SOTA Theater, San Francisco School of the Arts, 555 Portola Dr; 695-5700. 7:30pm, $5. San Francisco School of the Arts' Creative Writing Department presents this event featuring poetry readings, DJ Dr. Aqua, a fashion show, and more in celebration of its new literary journal, Umlaut.

Spark Generators II release party Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission; CAR-TOON. 3-5pm, $2-6 museum admission. This release party for comic anthology Spark Generators II features artists Michael Jantze, Keith Knight, Andrew Farago, Chris Lanier, Larry Luna, Paul Madonna, Jesse Reklaw, and Andy Ristaino.

Bay Area

'Groundhogfest' Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 444-6174. 8pm, $5. This indie comics and local music event features artists Eli Bishop, Anthony Hon, Hellen Jo, Derek Kirk Kim, Joe Sayers, and Fred Noland and live music by Audrye Sessions, Fight Like Fight, the Skyflakes, and Cast of Thousands.

Screening of Viva Chile Mierda! La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 849-2568. 4:30pm, $14. This event features a screening of the documentary about the life of Chilean revolutionary poet Fernando Alegría, Viva Chile Mierda!

'Whatever Happened to the '60s? What Now?' Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building, 126 First St. West, Sonoma; (707) 938-0988, www.the-conversation.org. 7pm, $28-30. Social activists and '60s luminaries, including Wavy Gravy, gather for a discussion; a concert with Country Joe McDonald and the '60s All-Star Band follows.

Benefits

'Music, Word and Dance: In Celebration of Langston Hughes' Presentation Theatre, University of San Francisco, 2350 Turk Blvd; 422-5488. 8pm, $15-30. This benefit for Voices of Our Nations Art Foundation features host Barbara Rogers, Ledisi, Eddie Gale, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Al Young, devorah major, Elmaz Abinader, Tony Khalife, Diem Jones, Corey Action Harrison, and others.

sunday 1

Around town

'Celebrating Black History Month Honoring People Important to the Fillmore District' First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin; 776-4580. 1:30pm, free. Willie Brown speaks at this Black History Month event honoring Daniel Collins, Frederick Douglas Haynes Sr., Verneta Hills, Dave Johnson, Geraldine Johnson, and Mary Helen Rogers. Other highlights include live music by Greg Cole and the Touch of Class Choir and a photographic exhibit.

Digital Independence Conference San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth St; 356-8383, ext 253, digitalindies.com. 8am-5pm.

Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show Cow Palace, Geneva and Santos; 404-4111. 9am-5pm, $5-10. See Sat/31.

Bay Area

'African American Women in California History' Oakland Museum of California, 10 10th St, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. 2pm, $5-8 museum admission. Professor Shirley Ann Wilson Moore discusses her new book, African American Women Confront the West: 1600-2000.

Benefits

'Behind Every Terrorist – There Is a Bush' Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness; 392-4400. 7pm, $9-22. This humorous benefit variety show for the international inquiry into 9-11 features Will Durst, Bill Santiago, Rene Kicks, Drew Dellinger, and others who question the U.S. government's role in, and reaction to, 9-11. See 8 Days a Week.

Bay Area

'White Elephant Sale Preview' White Elephant Sale Warehouse, 333 Lancaster, Oakl; (510) 547-4907. Noon-4pm, $15. This preview sale features art, books, clothing, shoes, jewelry, household goods, linen, children's items, and more; proceeds benefit the Oakland Museum of California.

monday 2

Around town
Ken Auletta Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness; 392-4400. 8pm, $18.50. The columnist discusses his work in conversation with author David Remnick.

tuesday 3

Around town

Lion dance performances Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin; 581-3500. Begin at 11:30am, continue throughout the day, free. Lion dancers perform to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.