wednesday 2

Around town

'Addictions and Acupuncture' American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 555 De Haro; 282-9603 ext 32, www.actcm.edu. 6:30-7:30pm, free. In anticipation of the Great American Smokeout (November 17), American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine offers a lecture on using acupuncture to treat addictions.

Found magazine Lone Surfer Tour 2005 Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia; 626-2787, www.theintersection.org. 7 and 9pm, $5. See 8 Days a Week, page tk.

thursday 3

Around town

Found magazine Lone Surfer Tour 2005 A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, 601 Van Ness; 441-6670. 7pm, free. See 8 Days a Week, page tk.

'New Perspectives on Aging' First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin; womenvisionaries.com. 7pm, $25-40. Activist authors Gloria Steinem, Leda Sanford, Riki Intner, and Roberta Cole speak about the aging process.

Benefits

'Revival Bingo' MCC Church, 150 Eureka; www.thesisters.org. 7pm, $15. Join the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. for their popular bingo night. Proceeds benefit various community non-profits.

Bay Area

'The Power of Change' Rotunda Building, 300 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakl; www.wardrobe.org. 5-7:30pm, $40-50. This fall fashion show includes hors d'oeuvres and an auction. The evening benefits Wardrobe for Opportunity.

friday 4

Benefits

Bay Area

Dolores Huerta St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison, Berk; (510) 597-0171. 7pm, $10-100. Labor activist Dolores Huerta, musician Francisco Herrera, and activist Father Louis Vitale speak to benefit musicians traveling to Georgia to protest the School of the Americas.

Hurricane Katrina poetry benefit Heller Lounge, UC Berkeley, Bangcroft at Telegraph, Berk; berkeleypoetryreview@yahoo.com. 7pm, free. California poet laureate Al Young and members of Berkeley Poetry Review, Cal Slam, and Poetry for the People read to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.

saturday 5

Around town

Orpheus CD/zine release party Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary; www.pocketmyths.com. 8pm, free. Sara Jaffe, Andrea Lawlor, Robin Lewis, Eileen Myles, and other musicians and authors perform and read.

'Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular' Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon; www.ticketmaster.com. 7pm and 10pm, $24. This laser light show features Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon synchronized to a screening of The Wizard of Oz.

San Francisco Clay and Glass Festival Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, Marina at Laguna; 507-9909, www.acga.net. 10am-5pm, $5-7. Browse hand-blown glass jewelry, art, ceramics, and more by California artisans. Through Sun/6.

San Francisco Green Festival San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, Eighth St at Brannan; 255-7296, www.greenfestivals.com. 10am-9pm, $10-15. This expo of new eco-friendly technologies and services features music, speakers, and more. Through Sun/6.

'Stop the War on Reproductive Rights' Dolores Park, Dolores at 18th St; indybay.org/womyn. 1:30-4pm, free. Speakers at this rally to protect reproductive rights include Nancy Manias of Code Pink, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, and Bay Guardian contributors Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo.

'Through the Looking Glass' Regency Center, 1290 Sutter; 276-4021. 8pm, $15-20. This fashion show features works by 18 student designers from The Art Institute of California.

Benefits

An Evening of Wine and Chocolate Suite One8One, 181 Eddy; 1-800-838-3006. 6-9pm, $25-35. Enjoy chocolate by Cacao Anasa, Charles Chocolates, and Scharffen Berger, as well as wine by Quady Winery, Rosenblum Cellars, and others to benefit the Asian American Theater Company.

'Free the Need' Speakeasy Brewery, 1195 Evans; 587-6685, www.freetheneed.org. 2-7pm, $20-25. Enjoy music, food, raffles, and beer to benefit Free the Need.

'Home for the Holidays' African American Arts and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton; 921-8234. 8pm-1am, $15-20 ($35 for both nights). Tonight, catch jazz, pop, and soul music. Tomorrow enjoy gospel music and food. The performing arts festival benefits the African American Celebration Committee's efforts to house displaced Louisiana residents. Through Sun/6.

sunday 6

Around town

San Francisco Clay and Glass Festival Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, Marina at Laguna; 507-9909, www.acga.net. 10am-5pm, $5-7.

San Francisco Green Festival San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, Eighth St at Brannan; 255-7296, www.greenfestivals.com. 11am-7pm, $10-15. See Sat/5.

San Francisco Jewish BookFest Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California; 292-1200. 10:30am-5:30pm, free. See 8 Days a Week, page tk.

Benefits

'Cut-a-thon' Glama-Rama, 417 South Van Ness; 861-4526, www.glamarama.com. 11am-6pm, call for price. Get a great hairdo from Glama-Rama. All proceeds benefit the American Red Cross, the American Veterinary Medical Association, and Oakland to New Orleans.

'Home for the Holidays' African American Arts and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton; 921-8234. 4pm-8pm, $15-20. See Sat/5.

Samputu Ingeli Traditional Rwandan Music and Drumming Women's Building, 3543 18th St; www.saputu.com. 2-5pm, $25. Rwandan music and performance group Samputu Ingeli performs to benefit the Institute of Restorative Justice and the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.

tuesday 8

Around town

'Japan's Roaring Twenties' USF Lone Mountain Campus, rm 100, 2800 Turk; 422-6828. 5:45pm, free. Liza Dalby, Ph.D. lectures on the Western jazz styles that overtook Japan during Emperor Taisho's reign in the 1920s.

Dr. Andrew Weil Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness; 392-4400, www.cityboxoffice.com. 8pm, $18.50. Dr. Andrew Weil, a preventative health and integrative medicine advocate, speaks about his theories.