Co-presented by Green Apple Books. Introduction by Caden Mark Gardner (co-author of Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema)

New 2k Scan. 

In honor of Corpses, Fools, and Monsters, an incredible new book by Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay that explores the history and future of transness in cinema, the 4-Star is teaming up with Green Apple Books to host a screening on Thursday, November 7 where Caden Mark Gardner will be in person to introduce a film featured in their book. The 1992 docudrama I Am My Own Woman focuses on the true story of trans activist Charlotte von Mahlsdorf set over decades living in 20th century Germany; using both actors and the subject herself to bring her journey to life. The film will be presented in a new 2K scan put together by Elizabeth Purchell (Ask Any Buddy). Copies of Corpses, Fools, and Monsters will be on sale during the event. 

Tunnel Records & Cinema SF present:

Suzanne Ciani

Two Nights at the 4 Star Theater

Suzanne is a five-time Grammy award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer, and neo-classical recording artist who has released over 20 solo albums including "Seven Waves," and "The Velocity of Love," along with a landmark quad LP “LIVE Quadraphonic,” which restarted her Buchla modular performances. Her work has been featured in films, games, and countless commercials as well.

She was inducted into the first class of Keyboard Magazine's Hall of Fame alongside other synth luminaries, including Bob Moog, Don Buchla and Dave Smith and received the Moog Innovation Award. Most recently, she is the recipient of the Independent Icon Award from A2IM.

Suzanne has provided the voice and sounds for Bally's groundbreaking "Xenon" pinball machine, created Coca-Cola’s pop-and-pour sound, designed logos for Fortune 500 companies, and carved out a niche as one of the most creatively successful female composers in the world. A Life in Waves, a documentary about Ciani’s life and work, debuted at SXSW in 2017 and is available to watch on all digital platforms.

Ciani is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a Masters in Music Composition from the University of California, Berkeley.

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DJ set at 7:00 PM by Sounds of Paradise | Lights & Visuals by Zachary Rodell

DOORS at 7:00 PM | MUSIC AT 8:00 PM

Tunnel Records & Cinema SF present:

Suzanne Ciani

Two Nights at the 4 Star Theater

Suzanne is a five-time Grammy award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer, and neo-classical recording artist who has released over 20 solo albums including "Seven Waves," and "The Velocity of Love," along with a landmark quad LP “LIVE Quadraphonic,” which restarted her Buchla modular performances. Her work has been featured in films, games, and countless commercials as well.

She was inducted into the first class of Keyboard Magazine's Hall of Fame alongside other synth luminaries, including Bob Moog, Don Buchla and Dave Smith and received the Moog Innovation Award. Most recently, she is the recipient of the Independent Icon Award from A2IM.

Suzanne has provided the voice and sounds for Bally's groundbreaking "Xenon" pinball machine, created Coca-Cola’s pop-and-pour sound, designed logos for Fortune 500 companies, and carved out a niche as one of the most creatively successful female composers in the world. A Life in Waves, a documentary about Ciani’s life and work, debuted at SXSW in 2017 and is available to watch on all digital platforms.

Ciani is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a Masters in Music Composition from the University of California, Berkeley.

Website | Bandcamp

DJ set at 7:00 PM by Anya (of Loveshadow) | Lights & Visuals by Dennis Keefe

DOORS at 7:00 PM | MUSIC AT 8:00 PM

In 1962, journalist Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and his wife move into a Hong Kong apartment, but Chow's spouse is often away on business. Before long, the lonely Chow makes the acquaintance of the alluring Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk), whose own significant other also seems preoccupied with work. As the two friends realize their respective partners are cheating on them, they begin to fall for one another; however, neither wants to stoop to the level of the unfaithful spouses.

Sunday November 10th

1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

A train in a futuristic landscape takes passengers to a place where they can recapture their memories, a place from which no one has ever returned. This is the premise of a novel by the womanizing sci-fi writer Chow (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), who engages in passionate affairs with a series of intriguing women he meets at the Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong. As Chow's lovers offer him inspiration for his writing, reality blends with fiction, and the past commingles with the future.

The intrepid explorer Indiana Jones sets out to rescue his father, a medievalist who has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail. Following clues in the old man's notebook, Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, but they are not the only ones who are on the trail, and some sinister old enemies soon come out of the woodwork.

Monday November 11th

10:00 AM &. 1:30 PM &. 4:30 PM &. 7:30 PM

1972 Academy Award best picture nominee, SOUNDER, with special guest, blues legend TAJ MAHAL!

“Universally moving… one of the most compassionate and truthful of movies…” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "Sounder is an outstanding film. Martin Ritt's masterful direction, an excellent adaptation [from William H. Armstrong's novel], and a uniformly terrific cast make this a film which transcends space, race, age and time.” Variety

Join us for our third FOGCUTTER FILM SERIES as we screen the 1972 classic SOUNDER, nominated for 4 Academy Awards (best picture, best actress: Cicely Tyson,  best actor: Paul Winfield, best adapted screenplay) directed by Martin Ritt (“Hud,” “Norma Rae,” “The Long Hot Summer”) and a Grammy for soundtrack by the legendary TAJ MAHAL, who will help introduce the film, perform a couple of songs live, and take part in a Q and A. 

The evening will begin with our host Robert Mailer Anderson with aGramophone Concert, spinning 78s on a circa 1920’s record player (including tracks from Bessie Smith, Big Joe Turner, "Sugar Chile” Robinson…) at 6:30PM.

At 7pm we will welcome Taj Mahal to the stage to perform, and Robert and Taj will introduce the film.

At 7:30pm we will screen SOUNDER, followed by a Q&A with Robert and Taj.

Free glasses of Napa cabernet from a rare Jeroboam, while supplies last. 

The Best $15 Evening in San Francisco!!!

Neil Young Birthday Celebration:

Live Tribute Set from Skyway Man (Solo) & screening of Rust Never Sleeps

Singer/songwriter Neil Young is sometimes visionary, sometimes flaky, sometimes both at once, but he has never been boring. Indeed, Neil Young has weathered runs of critical and popular ambivalence only to be vindicated by being periodically "rediscovered" by young musicians and fans. He has maintained a large following since the early '70s with music in three basic styles — solo acoustic ballads, sweet country rock, and lumbering garage rock (with some experimental music side trips), all topped by his high voice — and he veers from one to another in unpredictable phases. His subject matter also shifts from personal confessions to allusive stories to bouncy throwaways. A dedicated primitivist, Young is constantly proving that simplicity is not always simple.

Rust Never Sleeps is a concert film shot on Neil Young's 1978 U.S. tour, filmed at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Divided into two segments, acoustic and electric, the film is Young at his best, shown just why the grunge generation holds him in such high esteem, and that not all 60's heroes were burnt out by the mid-70's.

MUSIC at 7:00 PM | MOVIE at 8:00 PM

The Intelligence

Fittingly born at the dawn of the 21st Century, The Intelligence’s brand of art-smarm surf has become a touchstone for with-it rock ’n’ roll of the era. Perhaps a surprising assertion, especially considering their primitive and personal origins, but one cemented by the dedication and continual reinvention fostered by main-brain Lars Aldric Finberg. For all their longevity and prolificacy, The Intelligence is a restless, ever-evolving vehicle for Finberg, showcasing his presumably patented knack for sharp pop songwriting that rides waves from both the past and heretofore unknown.

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Naked Roommate

Oakland’s Naked Roommate have been slinking around the Bay Area lighting up stages, shaking asses & confounding listeners since 2018, when the group - originally just the duo of real-life partners Andy Jordan & Amber Sermeno (both formerly of The World) - self-released a cassette of demos (2018’s “Naked Roommate”). Members Michael “Mig” Zamora & Alejandra Alcala (Blues Lawyer) joined soon after to augment the sound & live band with their proper full-length album “Do The Duvet”, co-released in September of 2020 via UK label Upset! The Rhythm & Trouble In Mind. 2024 finds the lineup expanded even further to incorporate the horn section of Geoff Saba & Jeanne Oss on tenor & alto saxophones as well as percussion & marimba as the band readies their sophomore effort, the dizzyingly ecstatic ”Pass The Loofah”

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Alice Sandahl

On solo debut Bright and Blue, Alice Sandahl (La Luz) excavates with unvarnished vulnerability themes of loss, grief, and hope for the future with keyboard-driven music that combines pop, jazz, and the Great American songbook—Nina Simone meeting Harry Nilsson in a smoky bar anywhere in the world.

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DOORS at 7:00PM | MUSIC AT 7:30 PM

A magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst). While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. When they start playing, they free Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who's been stuck in the game's inner world for decades. If they win Jumanji, the kids can free Alan for good -- but that means braving giant bugs, ill-mannered monkeys and even stampeding rhinos!

With a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission, local musician Dan Lee (Scrabbel, Aislers Set) wrote 6 songs with his hometown of San Francisco as the connecting theme. The songs were recorded in 2023 with the help of Yea Ming (Yea Ming and the Rumors), jazz musician Mike Olmos (trumpet), Sebastian Wang (Director of Korean Percussion at UMD), and Ami Miki Lee (piano). The music also incorporates ambient sounds unique to San Francisco. In a collage of archival footage, home movies, and current images of SF, this collection serves as a love letter to the City by the Bay.

The screening will also include a short live performance with special guests, and an intro and Q&A moderated by Stephen Gong (Executive Director at CAAM)

Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra), the daughter of a strict Indian couple (Anupam Kher, Shaheen Khan) in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton (Keira Knightley), who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

Local baker Francesca of Fear the Feast returns to 4 Star with cake slices inspired by Bend it Like Beckham and their childhood favorite Southeast Asian and British desserts. Expect flavors like cardamom, rose, toffee, and custard — slices will be available to purchase day-of (cash or Venmo) for $12 to ticket-holders while supplies last.

A magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst). While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. When they start playing, they free Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who's been stuck in the game's inner world for decades. If they win Jumanji, the kids can free Alan for good -- but that means braving giant bugs, ill-mannered monkeys and even stampeding rhinos!

Sunday November 17th

10:00 AM & 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM

Draghoula is a 1995 Canadian *masterpiece* about a struggling scientist who morphs into a crossdressing vampire after being bitten by a Transylvanian lab rat. And those details are some of the least weird and wild things you'll see in this film. The maniacal minds down at the MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE know a thing or two about crazy cinema and this may be one of the most insane films they've ever unearthed! A cross between Rocky Horror and The Room, this is a must-see for midnight movie monsters! We'll be screening the official VHS release (yes, we hunted it down on EBAY and paid a handsome fee - but IT WAS WORTH IT). Plus, we'll be giving away vampire fangs to all crossdressers in the audience so get dolled up!

Before the screening, freak out to a set by Bat Noise, a pair of haunted industrial doom jazz deathwave musicians and underground show producers! Having also played as The Floating Corpses, Moira Scar, and V.E.X., Bat Noise is the most freaky elemental and sonic essential mutation of the outfit. Bat Noise is LuLu Gammaray: theremin, synth, samples, vocals, trombone. Roxy Monoxide: tenor sax, floor tom, vocals, FX.

MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE

Piranha Psychotronica and Kafka  X bring you a new experience in cinematic depravity… Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse! Prepare yourself to enter into a world of face-flaying  forgotten and forsaken films… Made-for-TV, Direct-to-Video, VCR games,  and more wiley weirdness than your minds can handle! Commit yourself every 3rd Sunday to … MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE!

Don Cherry Birthday Celebration:

Live Tribute Set from the Samuél Gonzalez Quartet & screening of The Holy Mountain

Don Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist. Beginning in the late 1950s, he had a long tenure performing in the bands of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, including on the pioneering free jazz albums The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1961). Cherry also collaborated separately with musicians including John Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Sun Ra, Ed Blackwell, the New York Contemporary Five, and Albert Ayler.

Cherry released his debut album as bandleader, Complete Communion, in 1966. In the 1970s, he became a pioneer in world music, with his work drawing on African, Middle Eastern, and Hindustani music. He was a member of the ECM group Codona, along with percussionist Naná Vasconcelos and sitar and tabla player Collin Walcott.

He also notably co-composed the score for Alejandro Jodorowsky's film The Holy Mountain:

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

MUSIC at 7:30 PM | MOVIE at 8:30 PM

WNP Film Club is a film series at the 4 Star Theater brought to you by Western Neighborhoods Project, your friendly community history nonprofit. Join us in celebrating movies filmed on location in San Francisco, with an emphasis on the west side. Each screening will feature an introduction by WNP’s resident film buffs, John Martini and Chelsea Sellin, who will share some background about the film and its featured locations, including historical images from the OpenSFHistory photo archive. Optional Extra Credit: stick around after the movie to chat with John and Chelsea and indulge your inner film nerd.

We’re watching 1962’s Experiment in Terror on Tuesday, November 19. Director Blake Edwards decided to follow-up his hit, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, with something completely different: a black and white noir thriller. Sisters Lee Remick and Stefanie Powers are terrorized by a stranger, with FBI Agent Glenn Ford racing to keep them safe, all culminating during a real baseball game at Candlestick Park. The random nature of the crime and invasion of privacy feels strikingly modern. Plus! Some great west side locations not commonly featured in movies, a Henry Mancini score, and a strong cameo performance by Karl the Fog.

The program begins at 7:00pm. Tickets sales support both WNP and the 4 Star Theater!

A dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an apartment. There she is discovered by Betty (Naomi Watts), a wholesome Midwestern blonde who has come to the City of Angels seeking fame as an actress. Together, the two attempt to solve the mystery of Rita's true identity. The story is set in a dream-like Los Angeles, spoilt neither by traffic jams nor smog.

From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette).

Henry (John Nance) resides alone in a bleak apartment surrounded by industrial gloom. When he discovers that an earlier fling with Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) left her pregnant, he marries the expectant mother and has her move in with him. Things take a decidedly strange turn when the couple's baby turns out to be a bizarre lizard-like creature that won't stop wailing. Other characters, including a disfigured lady who lives inside a radiator, inhabit the building and add to Henry's troubles.

Friday November 22nd

7:30 PM & 10:00 PM

Peppermint Patty invites everyone to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, even though he's going to see his grandmother; Snoopy decides to cook his own version of a Thanksgiving meal with help from his friends.

In the folksy town of Deerfield, Wash., FBI Agent Desmond (Chris Isaak) inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the similarly cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Lara Palmer (Sheryl Lee) hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette).

Peppermint Patty invites everyone to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, even though he's going to see his grandmother; Snoopy decides to cook his own version of a Thanksgiving meal with help from his friends.

In the folksy town of Deerfield, Wash., FBI Agent Desmond (Chris Isaak) inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the similarly cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Lara Palmer (Sheryl Lee) hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

Henry (John Nance) resides alone in a bleak apartment surrounded by industrial gloom. When he discovers that an earlier fling with Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) left her pregnant, he marries the expectant mother and has her move in with him. Things take a decidedly strange turn when the couple's baby turns out to be a bizarre lizard-like creature that won't stop wailing. Other characters, including a disfigured lady who lives inside a radiator, inhabit the building and add to Henry's troubles.

Ryan Wong

New Country Sounds of Ryan Wong, the latest offering by the Cool Ghoul and multi-hyphenate music man behind Supreme Joy, finds the songwriter charting sonic territories that might at first seem unfamiliar to fans of his past work in the Garage, Psych, and Post-punk genres. But under the wing of storied San Francisco scene scion Sonny Smith (Sonny and the Sunsets), Wong sidles up to a sound that bears a close kinship to the producer’s own playfully country-leaning works. New Country Sounds finds Wong’s boyish lilt exploring deep registers and deeper themes, coupled with unmistakably capital-C Country explorations on both guitar and steel. Wong the writer, however, continues to find himself owing more to Ray Davies than he does to Ray Price. Wong’s natural charm and humor set him apart from today’s crop of selfserious crooners. A laconic slacker sensibility persists throughout, lending Wong’s more winkingly macho moments an ironic distance that comes off cheeky rather than threatening.

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Ryli

Rob / Yea-Ming / Luke / Ian - Debut Single coming soon on Dandy Boy Records!

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Silverware

Silverware is ethereal Appalachian sad pop from San Francisco artist Ainsley Wagoner. For fans of Sybille Baier, Weyes Blood, and Joni Mitchell - Silverware revels in a wide palette of vocal textures and sparse, dynamic instrumentation.

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DOORS at 6:30PM | MUSIC AT 7:00 PM

Join us for a very special, rare screening of The Closing of Winterland as we celebrate Fall at The Fillmore!

 Hosted by Bob Barsotti of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation

 It was New Year’s Eve, and the last concert in San Francisco's Winterland Arena. The Grateful Dead celebrated with a four-hour-plus-long party, with guests like John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ken Kesey, and actor Dan Aykroyd, who provided the midnight countdown…

 All ticket proceeds benefit the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation

 The Bill Graham Memorial Foundation was formed in January of 2008 in memory of the music promoter Bill Graham. The Foundation administers grants to support projects in Northern CA focusing on music, the arts and education, as well as social work, and environmental protection. The Foundation also organizes education and outreach programs, exhibitions, events and projects in like-areas which carry Bill Graham’s life story forward and keep his spirit of philanthropy alive.

Bob Barsotti started working for Bill Graham as a stagehand in 1970 while he was still going to Berkeley High School. In 1976 he became the general manager of the Winterland Arena, and for the next 10 years he worked hundreds of shows a year in just about every venue in northern California. In the 1980’s & 90’s he was responsible for all of BGP’s business relating to the Grateful Dead. As the years passed Bob’s specialty became the producing of very large events in unusual spaces, such as the first US Festival in Southern California, the Jerry Garcia Band on top of the mountain at Squaw Valley, California; or the Grateful Dead in the remote mountain town of Telluride, Colorado. In his final years at BGP, Bob became the benefit liaison, helping to raise money and consciousness for many worthwhile causes, primarily in northern California. He is currently the Director of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, and produces music festivals where he lives, at Black Oak Ranch in Mendocino County.

4 Star Theater and (((folkYEAH))) present:

Simon Joyner

Simon Joyner is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. He's been flying under the radar since 1991, releasing music on various independent labels including: Team Love, Jagjaguwar, Sing Eunuchs!, Catsup Plate, One-Hour, Shrimper, Brinkman, Secretly Canadian, and Unread. He is also the co-founder of Grapefruit Records (grapefruitrecordclub.com) and an occasional producer of other people's albums.

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Tony Jay

Headed by Michael Ramos, the former drummer of April Magazine, and current member of Flowertown, Al Harper, and Sad Eyed Beatniks, Tony Jay began recording in 2006 and added a live band in 2017. Perfect Worlds, recorded in Ramos's bedroom and mastered by Mikey Young, features Kelsey Faber, Alexis Harper, and Cameron Baker, with guest vocals by Karina Gill (Cindy, Flowertown, Sad Eyed Beatniks).

Characterized by subtle observation and wry wit ("If my words disarm, it's just my charm"), Ramos's lyrics embody a restlessness coupled with Tony Jay's signature hopeful resignation. "I wonder if the birds will return this year." Here are the daily ins and outs of heartache, isolation, and yearning. But here too is attention, a will to go on even amidst surrender. Tony Jay will "Walk up that hill without you / for the hundred thousandth time." Ideal company for those days when you're not sure you'll ever make it out the door, Perfect Worlds is a welcome reminder that, "You don't have to make decisions/ the grass will continue to grow."

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After 12 years of bucolic bliss, Mr. Fox (George Clooney) breaks a promise to his wife (Meryl Streep) and raids the farms of their human neighbors, Boggis, Bunce and Bean. Giving in to his animal instincts endangers not only his marriage but also the lives of his family and their animal friends. When the farmers force Mr. Fox and company deep underground, he has to resort to his natural craftiness to rise above the opposition.

Wednesday November 27th

• 4:30 PM

• 7:00 PM

After 12 years of bucolic bliss, Mr. Fox (George Clooney) breaks a promise to his wife (Meryl Streep) and raids the farms of their human neighbors, Boggis, Bunce and Bean. Giving in to his animal instincts endangers not only his marriage but also the lives of his family and their animal friends. When the farmers force Mr. Fox and company deep underground, he has to resort to his natural craftiness to rise above the opposition.

The year is 1965, and the residents of New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England, inhabit a community that seems untouched by some of the bad things going on in the rest of the world. Twelve-year-olds Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) have fallen in love and decide to run away. But a violent storm is approaching the island, forcing a group of quirky adults (Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray) to mobilize a search party and find the youths before calamity strikes.

In the 1930s, the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European ski resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). Zero, a junior lobby boy, becomes Gustave's friend and protege. Gustave prides himself on providing first-class service to the hotel's guests, including satisfying the sexual needs of the many elderly women who stay there. When one of Gustave's lovers dies mysteriously, Gustave finds himself the recipient of a priceless painting and the chief suspect in her murder.

When a beautiful first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max (Jason Schwartzman), who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father (Bill Murray) of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned (Owen Wilson), a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane (Cate Blanchett), a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston).

When a beautiful first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max (Jason Schwartzman), who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father (Bill Murray) of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned (Owen Wilson), a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane (Cate Blanchett), a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston).

In the 1930s, the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European ski resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). Zero, a junior lobby boy, becomes Gustave's friend and protege. Gustave prides himself on providing first-class service to the hotel's guests, including satisfying the sexual needs of the many elderly women who stay there. When one of Gustave's lovers dies mysteriously, Gustave finds himself the recipient of a priceless painting and the chief suspect in her murder.

After 12 years of bucolic bliss, Mr. Fox (George Clooney) breaks a promise to his wife (Meryl Streep) and raids the farms of their human neighbors, Boggis, Bunce and Bean. Giving in to his animal instincts endangers not only his marriage but also the lives of his family and their animal friends. When the farmers force Mr. Fox and company deep underground, he has to resort to his natural craftiness to rise above the opposition.

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned (Owen Wilson), a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane (Cate Blanchett), a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston).

The year is 1965, and the residents of New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England, inhabit a community that seems untouched by some of the bad things going on in the rest of the world. Twelve-year-olds Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) have fallen in love and decide to run away. But a violent storm is approaching the island, forcing a group of quirky adults (Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray) to mobilize a search party and find the youths before calamity strikes.

When a beautiful first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max (Jason Schwartzman), who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father (Bill Murray) of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

THE RICHMOND WINTER PROM

featuring music from

Uncle Chris

Uncle Chris is a six-piece collective born in the practice rooms of the University of San Francisco. Since 2018, they have been playing at various house shows and local venues around the city, bringing friends and strangers together for nights full of storytelling and improvisational spirit. Uncle Chris's sound is defined by a melodic saxophone, a soulful female vocal lead, and complex yet subtle conversations between the guitar and bass.

In 2019, the band released their debut single, "Green Eyes," which generated over 3.5 million streams on Spotify. Later during the 2020 lockdown, the band was able to channel their creative energy into producing and ultimately releasing two more albums, which seamlessly blend the complexities of jazz with the accessibility of indie pop, and are a testament to the band's unique sound and artistic vision.

Their third project, "Moon" is set to release on September 28th, 2024.

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Country Risqué

Country Risqué is America’s riskiest country band: classic honky-tonk, modern values. Formed by singer-songwriters Miles Gordon and Daniel Bromfield who met in Eugene OR in 2012 and upon finding themselves in San Francisco decided to combine their love of country music into a band with a clear and simple credo. Country Risqué performed its first show in February 2022, with their debut album Doe-Eyed Loverboys & Saints produced by the legendary Sonny Smith (of Sonny & the Sunsets) out now on Rocks in Your Head Records. Defined by the coffee-and-chocolate contrast of Miles Gordon’s rich, formally trained vocals and romantic lyrics with Bromfield’s dark humor and deadpan singing style, Country Risqué explores queer love and disillusionment in the language of classic tear-in-my-beer honky-tonk music. Country Risqué has grown its numbers since its inception and currently features Richard Moog on lead guitar, Tomas Georgiou on drums, Forest Reid on the lap steel, and Oscar Garcia on bass.

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Double Helix Peace Treaty

DHPT is guided by instinct in pursuit of that which is fun and/or interesting - only that.

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and acoustic record store sets from

The Richmond Revue

Daniel Bromfield, Miles Gordon, Matt Caracciolo and Mitch Rocket converge as an acoustic songwriter round-table / band called the Richmond Revue.

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Freight Train Lady

Freight Train Lady sings country-fried folk songs from the wind and waves of the north coast.

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DOORS at 5:00PM | MUSIC UNTIL 11:00 PM

Prom attire highly encouraged!

A new lecture / film / slideshow that attempts to tell the entire history of North American music in ninety minutes!

Mississippi Record label and store founder Eric Isaacson will guide you through this whirlwind presentation of archival film, sound clips and images.

It's the story of how the powers that be try to control music and people throughout history finding ways to work outside puritans, corporations and tech lords' systems despite these social engineers' best efforts.

About the presenter -

  Eric Isaacson founded the Mississippi Records store and label in 2003. The label has released over 360 records and 160 cassettes. Eric has toured with presentations like this one for the past eleven years, performing over two hundred shows in over forty different countries. 

Throwin’ Bo’s presents:

Twain

“There is nothing remarkable about my life that is necessary to know in order to appreciate the songs,” says Matthew Davidson of Twain. He describes the project as “a modern folk-opera of indefinite length consisting of songs and images from my life, a self-caricature of the musician and writer Matthew Davidson.”

Twain made his label debut with Rare Feeling in 2017. The album was aptly hailed by NPR as “at once human and otherworldly,” by Consequence of Sound as “devastating, delicate, meditative,” and by Uproxx as “cosmic folk, bright and sparkling, but with all the caterwauling and rough bits that the most stoic traditionalist might desire.” 

Following the beloved release, Twain played Newport Folk Festival and toured alongside artists including Buck Meek, Langhorne Slim, and Courtney Marie Andrews. Davidson is a former member of The Low Anthem and Spirit Family Reunion and a contributor to Big Thief, whose latest album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You features Davidson’s distinct contributions on six songs. 

Of the the most recent Twain album title Noon, Davidson explains, “Noon is where I am, more-or-less, in my natural life span and in my creative life span. I picture noon being at the very bottom of a bowl, the resting point of a pendulum. Not the apex of an arc, or the crest of a hill.

Looking back from this point in my life, I can see all of the hurt and confusion I’ve helped create on the way to my own noon. To borrow a phrase from Elena Ferrante: I don't have any sympathy for the person I was then.  Arriving at noon for the first time in my life, I sense everything reversing and the possibility to change and cure and heal is real for the first time. 

This album is a prayer from noon for the rest of the day. The song “The Magician” is about that. The song “The Priestess” is about an agent who helps with that. The fact that the music I’ve made has put literal gas in the literal tank is a fact that I never take for granted. It feels like magic to me, the closest thing I’ve figured out to practicing magic.”

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Esther Rose

Everything clicks on Safe to Run, the fourth album from singer, songwriter and perpetual searcher Esther Rose. It’s the quiet culmination of years spent fully immersed in a developing artistry, and presents Rose’s always vividly detailed emotional scenes with new levels of clarity and control. As with previous work, her songwriting transfigures the chaos and uncertainty of a life in progress, but here she sharpens the pop elements and attaches unshakably catchy hooks to even the darkest stretches of the journey.

After spending her formative years in Michigan, Rose relocated to New Orleans and got her start in music there while awash in the unparalleled energy of the city’s scene. Over the course of her first three records, an infatuation with traditional country gradually evolved into a more distinctive style and increasingly personal material. 

Rose’s music traced her changes as she moved through stages, studios, and home addresses, and she eventually left NOLA for New Mexico where the two year writing process for Safe to Run unfolded. Making the transition to this new environment after spending the better part of a decade building a life somewhere else demanded looking around and taking stock. All the heaviness, sweetness, levity, and self-discovery that had led up to that point began funneling into new songs that moved slower in order to dig deeper, taking on the intricate hues of a desert horizon as they came together.

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DOORS at 7:00PM | MUSIC AT 8:00 PM

$20 ADVANCE | $25 DOOR