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-- The 2007 'Stache Bash: The regular world now knows what bears have known for a long time: mustaches are kinda cool. This even will show you just how cool they, in fact, are. Burlesque troupe Kitty Kitty Bang Bang and DJ Ross Hogg's hip hop, dancehall, roots reggae, and dub sounds intertwine with a night of 'stache championing. Tonight's bash will feature a mustache pageant, a beer foam retention test, a mustache haiku competition, and much more. Also, some of the proceeds go to charity. The hairy festivities start tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Rickshaw Stop; $10 (sliding scale).

Cris takes some time off the Bonds case to support her lady. No one pulled out a bitch's clump of hair. That's the big news. Oh, and some other stuff happened, ahem: The Club's membership voted tonight on the February 2008 ballot and the June 2008 State Senate primary, and the endorsements are... Prop 92 (Community College Funding) - Yes Props 94 - 97 (Gaming Compacts) - No Prop A (Neighborhood Parks Bond) -...

-- Cinema Soundscapes: This evening of "voice, music and cinematic exploration" features mezzo-soprano vocalist Silvie Jensen and woodwind musician Bodhan Hilas headlining a night of sound oddities and Stephen Parr film such as "A Dream of Wild Horses," (1971) and "“Symphonies in Stone" (1942). Starts at 8:30 p.m. at Oddball Films; $10 (RSVP)

-- The Passion of Anna and Shame : It's an Ingmar Bergman bonanza! The Castro Theatre's tribute to the famous director starts out with these two heavy gems. Anna screens at 7 p.m., Shame at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $6-9.

Destination Turk Street in the TL, our First Lady Maria Shriver is coming to town to celebrate Family Day ("a day to eat dinner with your children"), and in part for "It About WE", some sort of it-takes-a-village altruism awareness program designed "to make [charity] service fun, rewarding and accessible."

-- "Hold Yr Horses": Vowel dismissive DJ Rchrd Oh?! spins electro, no wave, '80s, '90s, hip hop, disco punk, synth pop, and more tonight at this TL dive bar's gipster club night. Music goes from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Aunt Charlie's Lounge, 133 Turk; $3.

-- Marcus Shelby Trio and Faye Carol (and those nails!): Popular, local jazz and blues greats perform two sets together at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m at Jazz at Pearl's, 256 Columbus; $10-$15.

-- Using the garbage and junk-drawer debris from oh-my-God real-life celebrities (!), crafty artist Jason Mercier creates jaw-dropping portraits of A- through D-list notables, which range from Parker Posey to Heidi Fleiss. Celebrity Junk Drawer opens tonight starting at 9 p.m. at 111 Minna Galley (at Second St.); admission is free.

which featured appearances by such San Francisco luminaries as Penelope Houston (Avengers), Jello Biafra, Doris Fish, Tippi & more!! Performances to follow by the Garage Organ Sound of Muffled. (10pm)

Let us begin with an invitation to what will almost certainly be one of the most unique parties in San Francisco history: today (Sunday) at Aunt Charlie's, starting at 4:00 PM, they'll be a commemorating a violent Tenderloin uprising 39 years ago, when the transgender community suddenly resisted police harassment. At the time, the Tenderloin was one of the only spots in the city where trans folks could walk around openly, but it was an ugly scene -- lousy with drugs and hookers and no escape. When a bunch of crooked cops tried to arrest some girls one night at Compton's Cafeteria, the local hangout, a riot broke out, marking the first physical queer resistance to police harassment in US history, three years before Stonewall.