MUSIC: Oy! A Jewish Music Festival? In a goyim neighborhood? Yes! Hayes Valley hosts part of the "23rd Annual Jewish Music Festival," featuring New York City's Golem ("This

Photo credit: Sadisco*/Flickr *MUSIC: Alter Der Ruine, W.A.S.T.E., Syndika:Zero, DJ Intoner, Unit 77, Holy Filament, and Mr. Smith bring on the industrial-electro thrashing over in SOMA

*MUSIC: At Yoshi's East Bay, there's a star studded benefit for Christopher Rodriguez. The 8 p.m. shows features such jazz notables as Roger Glenn, John Santos, Narada Michael

*CLUB: This hidden gem of a nightclub is hosting some major funk sounds tonight with its aptly titled party, "Funkonnection." Tonight's double bill features Ninja Tune and UK legend

*FILM: Mothra is playing tonight at the Clay! This 1961 Japanese cult sci-fi classic has a giant moth acting like a big meanie. According to Wikipedia, the B-move is about "

FILM: Always one to bravely peer into the curious world of the straight male teen, Gus Van Sant's latest film, Paranoid Park, tells the exhilarating tale of skateboarders, specifically a teen

* MUSIC: Dig the tunes of Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment--jazz soudns that mash up folk, free improvisation, noise, drum 'n' bass, and rock--while dining on the vile tangy taste

COMEDY: Cruel and unusual sketch comedy troupe Funny But Mean is having a benefit show tonight at the Marine’s Memorial Theatre. All proceeds will go directly to build a well in a

COMEDY: A popular comic among the homoseuxally-inclined male, Margaret Cho returns to her home town to wow, shock, and slap the knees of her adoring and rabid fans. In addition to bringing

*FILM: Director of The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, Lisa F. Jackson, appear in person to screen and discuss her film that documents, according to LS, "the many tens of thousands