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'Sacred Revolution/Sweet
Release' AWARD-WINNING performer and creative spirit Veronica C. Combs weaves a web of sublime talent around her in Sacred Revolution/Sweet Release, her latest production at the Rhino and a headlining performance in the Queer Arts Festival. A troupe of 12 queer women of color explore their psyches during a powerful journey of self-discovery. Confronting and overcoming the negativity that hampers their worldly growth, they create a safe space here for personal stories to be spotlighted in a public performance ritual. A collaboration of liquidFIRE Project, a group dedicated to lesbian women of color and their exploration and reclamation of the power of sexuality and the erotic, the show explores a variety of stage media, including song, movement, storytelling, and poetry, on the road to wild dreams fulfilled. Thurs.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 p.m., 2926 16th St., S.F. $13-$23. (415) 861-5079, www.therhino.org. (Karen Solomon) 'Rainbow Sherbet' Treat yourself to a double scoop of glam at "Rainbow Sherbet," the special Pride edition of weekly drag cabaret TilFriday. Sequins, rhinestones, feathers, dangerously high heels, and gravity-defying coiffures are on display as performers Cockatielia, Sofonda Boyz, Holotta Tymes, Veronica Klaus, and the Bay Guardian's own Manley Lennox – not to mention guest stars and surprise drag celebs – take the stage for a colorful night of entertainment. Literally, folks: the scene'll be more brilliant than a box of Crayolas, with a songbook that includes "True Colors," "Rainbow Connection," "Colors of the Wind," "It Ain't Easy Being Green," and other hyperpigmented classics. Color me excited! 10:30 p.m. and midnight, 1312 Polk, S.F. $5. (415) 309-CLUB. (Cheryl Eddy) 'A Night of Queer Rock
in the Castro' It might be difficult to tear yourself away from the sight of cute people engaging in public sex acts at the Pink Party/post-Dyke March aftermath. But if you can't bear one more second of that pulsing gay beat, stroll down the street to Cafe du Nord, where cute people will be engaging in public rock 'n' roll acts. Headlining the show are San Francisco's beloved pop-punk foursome Pansy Division, but only a foolish, headstrong person would miss the first three bands. The Ex-Boyfriends, featuring veterans of Amscray, Crowns on 45, and Charmless are Pansy Division's more angsty brothers-in-arms, with songs about expired love, addiction, and other torments. Paradise Island is the moody little solo project of Erase Errata singer-trumpeter Jenny Hoysten, who roams from noodly keyboard instrumentals to old-timey ukulele numbers and leans toward the go-to-the-bar-for-a-drink-and-you'll-miss-it end of the set-list spectrum. Openers the Ga-Ga's (pronounced like "gay gaze" but less film theory oriented) are a five-piece all-male tribute band from Los Angeles whose love for the Go-Go's transcends space, time, and gender assignment. 9 p.m., 2170 Market, S.F. $10. (415) 861-5016. (Lynn Rapoport)
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