German singer and actress Ute Lemper performs a concert recalling the dark, decadent cabarets of prewar Berlin and the bustling backstreets of Paris. The evening also features a pre-concert discussion titled "The Rise and Fall of Cabaret Culture in Hitler’s Berlin." The event starts at 7 p.m. Saturday with a talk by Peter Susskind; the show follows at 8 p.m.
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When he issued his bubbly, brilliant debut, "Musicforthemorningafter," in 2001, folk-pop singer Pete Yorn wasn’t planning to pen a triumvirate of discs. But looking back on ’03’s "Day I Forgot" and the somber new "Nightcrawler," the singer likens his morning to day to night progression to that of a carefree child maturing into a rational, thoughtful adult.
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Jennifer Lopez may be trying to live a quiet life away from the spotlight, as Scoop! reported Monday … but if her ex-husband gets his way, she might soon find her dirty laundry aired in public for all to read. In two weeks, a court will hear J.Lo’s petition to block her first spouse, Ojani Noa, from publishing a tell-all book about their life together titled "The Unknown Truth: A Passionate Portrait of a Serial Thriller." But J.Lo has asked that the dispute be handled quietly in private arbitration, reports the New York Daily News.
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Comic cowgirl Karen Quest wisecracked — and cracked her whip — to highlight the opening of the Women on the Way Festival, a three-week Mission district event putting the spotlight on a wide of variety female performers. The seventh annual event began over the weekend with circus arts as the theme for the first four shows; this week’s upcoming performances are dedicated to dance, theater and music, while the closing weekend, from Jan. 25 to Jan. 28, focuses on "guided" installations.
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What were all those people doing Saturday morning, standing in line at the box office of an Emeryville multiplex? They were plunking down $18 a head to watch the world-premiere production of Tan Dun’s opera, "The First Emperor," in a high-definition simulcast from New York, with Placido Domingo in the title role.
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Have you ever seen the movie in which George Segal plays a woman in her 12th hour of labor? Better yet, would you want to? Unfortunately, we can’t offer you a screening because such a film has not yet been made (thank goodness).But, "In Character: Actors Acting," a witty little photography exhibit with portraits of famous actors, can certainly give you a taste of what that would look like.
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Just in case you were in denial about the demise of Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz’s four-year relationship, the couple has confirmed what Scoop! divulged on Jan. 3: It’s over.
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Although the dance season has not officially begun yet, you can get an early taste of what’s coming up on Wednesday night, when 10 Bay Area dance artists and companies descend on San Francisco State to perform at "Destination: Dance SF."
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At his next San Francisco concert Tuesday, Lang Lang will perform in the 2,750-seat Davies Hall, rather than in his usual venue, the 900-seat Herbst Theater — clearly indicating his ever-rising popularity. It was in Herbst where I first heard Lang Lang, at his second San Francisco Performances appearance, but the memory is still alive, five years later, in minute detail.
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The second season of the BBC’s No. 1 show makes its way to DVD and a prequel no one needed are among this week’s upcoming DVD releases. DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE SECOND SERIES At the end of the first season of the rebirth of the BBC’s "Doctor Who," Christopher Eccleston exited the show and The Doctor regenerated into David Tennant, who might be familiar to Harry Potter fans; he had a small part in "The Prisoner of Azkaban." How would the show be with such a major change after one season? Pretty darned good.
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