Who’s in townAlternative-rock singer Amanda Palmer and her band, the Grand Theft Orchestra, appear to promote their new album, “Theatre Is Evil.” [8 p.m., the Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F.]LecturesRobert Kaplan: The author of “The Revenge of Geography” discusses what we possibly can learn about coming conflicts by examining them through geography. [6 p.m., Marines’ Memorial Club, 609 Sutter St., S.F.; RSVP: www.worldaffairs.org]
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This year, San Francisco jazz-cabaret singer Paula West’s winter engagement is an unprecedented eight weeks at the Rrazz Room.Toward the end of her opening-night set last week, she asked her audience of admirers — including local singers Carly Ozard, Denise Perrier, Amanda King, Mike Greensill and Wesla Whitfield — to “tell everybody they better get their butts over here.”West need not plead, however.
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Barbara Richmond and Peggy Ermet proved you can find a great deal of healing if you’re willing to pay it forward. The two Bay Area mothers, who both lost their sons to AIDS, began doing just that back in 1995 when they launched the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation and tossed a lavish musical benefit, “Help is on the Way: That’s Entertainment,” all in an effort to raise revenue for local AIDS services organizations.
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Paula West is as reliable as the main character in her signature tune “The Snake.”
In the clever Oscar Brown Jr. song, when the reptile bites his benefactor, leaving her to die after she has saved him, he tells her: “You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”
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