In the world of showbiz, it’s sometimes easy to overlook that the second syllable is short for “business.” That’s not the case with Kim Nalley, who opens a five-week run at the Rrazz Room on Tuesday with “She Put a Spell on Me” featuring the music of Nina Simone. The accomplished jazz singer knows all too well what’s involved in keeping the doors open from her years running the club Jazz at Pearl’s, which was not necessarily the career boost people might think. Read More

AROUND TOWNTheaterSavory circus: The Fury Factory festival welcomes Sweet Can Productions. The circus-arts company presents “Mulchini’s Kitchen,” a family show about the four R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle and rot). [4 p.m., Jewish Theatre, 470 Florida St., S.F.] Read More

In the wake of Jeff Conaway’s death, Dr. Drew Pinsky is speaking out about the actor’s struggle with addiction. According to Dr. Drew, who treated Jeff on “Celebrity Rehab,” the late actor “was a terribly complex case with chronic pain, opiate addiction and severe childhood trauma,” who confronted painful memories of childhood abuse while in treatment. (Jeff’s family consented to letting his doctor publicly discuss his case.) Read More

Oh, dear. Right after we told you how Lindsay Lohan’s friends were insisting to TMZ that she’s clean and sober comes a report that she was “belligerently drunk” at a club in the wee hours of Sunday. After a fellow reveler attempted to snap her picture, a LiLo pal dunked the camera into an ice bucket, according to Radar Online. Read More