Mission Mission

Our theater reviewers, Brittany and Katie, got the chance to sit down with an actor in the production of the SHN show, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The musical, which opened last night, is based on the 1994 Australian movie of the same name. The film starred a young Guy Pierce, a young Hugo Weaving and relatively young Terrance Stamp.

The touring show now playing at The Orpheum stars Scott Willis as Bernadette, the Terrance Stamp character. Read their interview from El Rio after the jump, and their review of the show next week.

[Scott as Scott, by Katie]

[Scott, center, as Bernadette via SHN]

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And there’s pizza too! The fine folks at the World Dodgeball Society have organized quite an ambitious event, and it’s happening this coming Sunday at some place called Hamilton Pool:

$10 per person lets you sweat it out playing open gym dodgeball in the gymnasium from 2-3pm, then from 3-5pm it’s pool/pizza time. There are 2 water slides, rumors of a cannonball contest, and, if allowed, blow up raft dodgeball. Someone might even lead us in some synchronized swimming flashmob to Macklemore (you may want to brush up by watching the instructional video again).

RSVP and invite your friends!

Apres Garde (for my money the most enjoyable Google Maps Street View photography blog there is) just posted this shot of Dolores Park. I guess this is news in that they usually post shots of places that (to me, I suppose) are far-flung and mysterious and exotic, so for my neighborhood park to show up is a trip.

Somewhere, someone in some far-flung land is looking at this pic and going whoaaaaaaa what a sight! (The way I did at this or this or this or this or this.)

Amazing, the power of darning, right?

[Photos by @rainbowe, whose work we profiled previously]

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Thanks to “global warming,” the Mission will one day be fully submerged in the bay, so we’ll need to head south if we want dry land. Today, Bernalwood published an in-depth look at this startling vision of the future:

It may take centuries for Bernal to attain its island destiny. Yet whenever that future arrives, we, the residents of Bernal Heights, should ourselves be the architects and designers of our shared destiny. Which is why — aided by detailed maps of Bernal Isle created by La Lengua rebel leader Burrito Justice — Bernalwood has created some conceptual mockups to demonstrate how we might leverage Bernal’s prime beachfront location overlooking Mission Gulf… for the benefit of posterity.

Read on for lots more analysis and graphics.

I don’t know if I’ve ever been so offended while laughing out loud at the same time in all my life. Something tells me that if our good buddy Peter Shih took this tongue-in-cheek approach instead of dissing homeless people and “49ers,” he might still be able to live in this city without getting spit on everywhere he goes.

Check out the whole video for a surprise visit by the Tamale Lady (not the mural version), as well as some poignant commentary on gentrification, starring everyone’s favorite albino alligator.

[Link, in case the embedded video above is blowing it]

(Thanks Adam!)

DJ Purple and American Tripps are at it again!

Singin’ & Pingin’ at the venerable Verdi Club on a Friday night! Dance karaoke on the big main stage, two ping pong tables out on the dance floor under the disco ball, cold drinks everywhere you turn!

$6 before 9pm, $8 after! FREE BEER before 9pm too!

Peruse DJ Purple’s songbook here. See photos from Singin’ & Pingin’ at Outside Lands here. RSVP and invite your friends here.

And don’t forget about the…