Mission Mission

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Now please enjoy this list of everything I saw while hanging out at Crissy Field for 2 days straight back in 2014.

The film is called Beautiful by Night and it is a tribute to Aunt Charlie’s in the Tenderloin, and it’s screening this Thursday night at the Roxie in the Mission. Here’s some detail:

Don’t miss a historic occasion at a historic cinema- this is a one time only chance to see drag performances at the oldest continuously operating movie theater in San Francisco.

The Tenderloin Museum brings James Hosking’s “Beautiful By Night” to the Roxie Theater on April 7th for a one night only special engagement. “Beautiful by Night” follows three older drag entertainers at the legendary Aunt Charlie’s over the course of one evening. The film, along with show-stopping drag performances from the three ladies, played to a sold out show at the Tenderloin Museum. Don’t miss an encore presentation of this award winning documentary film and photo series. Director James Hosking and cinematographer Vanessa Carr will be in attendance and will lead a discussion with subjects Donna Personna, Collette LeGrande and Olivia Hart, who will also dazzle us with not-to-be-missed drag performances (for the first time ever at the Roxie Theater!).

RSVP and invite your friends and get tickets!

Here’s a trailer:

Goes good with this jam:

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I’m sure by now everyone knows, WesBurger n’ More has been kinda open for a couple weeks, and it’s awesome, and the space is awesome, and the Cauliflower Wedge is a surprise hit… but what you don’t know is, as of tomorrow’s grand opening, there will be a very special burger on the menu for grand opening week only: The Mission Burger.

Here’s Wes putting the finishing touches on a test batch earlier this afternoon:

What’s all on ‘em? Here’s what:

• refried beans
• verde salsa
• cilantro and pickled jalapeno crema
• shredded lettuce
• smashed avocado
• jack

And optionally (and most importantly):

• LENGUA BACON

Full disclosure: Wes is a pal, and he asked me to consult on what exactly a “Mission” burger should be, and I was like, “It should probably be kind of like a lengua super burrito from Cancun at 2:30am.” We both pondered for a second how to implement the lengua part, and simultaneously blurted out, “LENGUA BACON.” (Because, as the old saying goes, great minds think similarly when it comes to matters of lengua.)

Anyway, the lengua bacon is so fucking good. Start lining up now. Grand opening is tomorrow.

Here’s me tucking in:

And here’s a much more pro photo of the thing, on Wes’s computer:

And here’s the lengua bacon in action (be sure to push play):

Sizzlin' lengua bacon 👅👅👅👅👅

A video posted by Allan Hough (@punkgirls) on Apr 5, 2016 at 4:29pm PDT

Keep up the good work, Wes! Thanks for lunch!

By local comics artist Carlos Bergfeld:

Help Bernie here, and get tickets to the new Captain American movie at Alamo Drafthouse here.

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Yummmmm. Homemade by our pal Gareth Spor using pistachio butter, hazelnut butter, cashew butter and blackberry jam, all from Mission institution Rainbow Grocery.

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Now please enjoy all these other toast posts…

With a little help from DJ Purple of course. Watch:

Seriously, how awesome is that, performing YOUR OWN SONG at karaoke? (Great backing vocalist back there too.)

Now please read my review of “Love Both Sides” (the song in question) from a few weeks back.

[Editor's note: This is actually my event, so the Pop's folks let me write the blurb. Please enjoy...]

Sooo, what’s “Berlin-style ping pong night” mean anyway? Well it’s three things…

1. It happens in the evening, in a dark, friendly neighborhood bar, where the booze is flowing and the party vibes are strong
2. There are DJs spinning upbeat danceable jams, both familiar and unfamiliar
3. The ping pong is a little different, played in a social and casual and kinda trippy way that allows 20+ people to take part

Here’s an animated GIF of that last one:

Tonight will be just like that except there’s a lot less room at Pop’s, so the circle is much tighter — and thus it’s much easier to make new friends

Check out this week’s entertainment line up at Pops Bar:

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Local film historian David Enos tells us all about it:

In the movie “Howard the Duck”, Howard and his human girlfriend are in a taxi which turns left at this intersection on 9th Avenue. It cuts away just as they round the corner. If you were to make the same left, you’d find these two side-by-side businesses.

Read on for a couple of important questions and some other startling news.

This show had me at two words “Sean Hayes” (I’m a big Will and Grace fan). I actually didn’t know much about the show going in, so it was fun to learn that the writer David Javerbaum was a head writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and started the twitter account @TheTweetOfGod which has over 2 million followers. Since Brittany couldn’t make it to this one, I turned it into a date night. I mean there is nothing more romantic to me than entertainment about how ridiculous religion can be!

Katie: Okay…the writer has to be an atheist, right?

Garrett: I don’t know, but now I’m even more of an atheist. I thought the show was freaking brilliant.  Sean Hayes was perfect. I don’t think many other actors could pull this off. His energy was so good, he made it really come to life.

K: Totally! Such a difficult show to do. It’s not easy to pull off pretty much a one man show, I mean the two angels roles were so minimal that barely counts. It’s great they kept it to 90 minutes, that format really couldn’t be a minute longer. The story was good for that length of time. Towards the end it was losing some steam, and I feel like the jokes were about to get old. But it kept my attention and it ended right when it needed to end.

G: I think it lost steam for me at a couple different points but not for very long and it picked up each time. I liked that it had a lot of topical and local humor and it was a combination of really specific current topics but with the broader scope of human existence, god and earth and all that fun stuff. And I liked how the actors played off the audience a little bit, making it feel like an improv show…really fun. And “God” even broke character temporarily to mock a group of people walking in late to the show. Awesome.

K:  With a one man show like this, I think that format of interacting with the audience made us feel like they were having a conversation with God. And by bringing in the audience it made us more present. I feel like if that character didn’t bring in the audience I don’t think it would have been as compelling. That format made us feel like we were all hanging out with Sean Hayes having a conversation.

G: Definitely. I would have to say this is the best one man show I’ve ever seen.

The Verdict: This is a really smart show and super entertaining. Must be open minded. The existence of God is always a sticky subject, but this format and acting style was wonderfully silly and successful.

The Drama Talk: The main character (Sean Hayes) doesn’t move much from the couch in the middle of the stage but his energy and range as an actor made this story come to life.  As with all SHN shows the technical aspects of this show, though simple, were amazing. The set never changed but the lighting, sound effects, and use of video were on point.

The Drinks: This is a show that we recommend going into a little loose. We had a couple of classy (expensive, yet strong) drinks before the show at the theater. Then afterward we wanted to take that class down a notch (or 10) and went down a few blocks to one of our favorite dive bars the Tempest.

An Act of God runs through April 17th at the Golden Gate Theater. Tickets are available through the SHN website and range from $75-$150. Right now there are tickets on Goldstar from $55-$70. Also, take note that a limited number of $40 Rush tickets will be available for every performance beginning 2 hours prior to curtain at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre Box Office. Tickets are subject to availability. Cash only. 2 per person.