This week, enjoy performance and visual art, literary events, garage rock, or bar refreshments for a good cause.
Monday Oct. 8
Mustache Aid
Club Deluxe hosts a benefit for beloved bartender and musician Lee Burik, who was brutally attacked in September. Bar proceeds will help pay his medical and dental expenses.
- WHEN: 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.
- WHERE: Club Deluxe, 1151 Haight St., S.F.
- PRICE: Donations requested
- INFO: (415) 552-6949, www.sfclubdeluxe.com
Tuesday Oct. 9
Dave Eggers, Daniel Clowes
Litquake presents local literary luminary and philanthropist Eggers in conversation with famed “Ghost World” graphic novelist Clowes.
- WHEN: 8 p.m.
- WHERE: Z Space, 450 Florida St., S.F.
- PRICE: $15
- INFO: (415) 626-0453, www.litquake.org
Wednesday Oct. 10
Helen Frankenthaler: Color and Texture
The noted abstract expressionist showcases multitextured works on paper as part of SF Art Gallery Week.
- WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays; 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays; closes Jan. 10
- WHERE: Meyerovich Gallery, 251 Post St., S.F.
- PRICE: Free
- INFO: (415) 421-7171, www.meyerovich.com
Thursday Oct. 11
Kevin Simmonds
The writer-musician closes a two-day run of his mash-up poetry installation-performance piece “ORIENT: a new anthropology,” which addresses Asian-Black relations.
- WHEN: 8 p.m.
- WHERE: The Garage, 715 Bryant St., S.F.
- PRICE: $10 to $20
- INFO: (415) 518-1517, www.brownpapertickets.com
Friday Oct. 12
Thee Oh Sees
San Francisco’s rowdiest garage band is promoting its new album “Putrifiers II.” The bill also includes Sonny Smith, Sic Alps and The Mallard.
- WHEN: 8:30 p.m.
- WHERE: Great American Music Hall, 259 O’Farrell St., S.F.
- PRICE: $15 to $40
- INFO: (415) 885-0750, www.gamh.com
Grand Birds of the Philippines
Artist and endangered bird conservationist David Tomb opens his mixed-media exhibit.
- WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. reception; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; closes Nov. 10
- WHERE: Electric Works, 1360 Mission St., S.F.
- PRICE: Free
- INFO: (415) 626-5496, www.sfelectricworks.com
Yoga Rave
The evening of yoga, music, dance and meditation includes music by Argentina’s “The So What Project!,” circus performances, chants, massages and more.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. to midnight
- WHERE: Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, Marina Boulevard and Buchanan Street, S.F.
- PRICE: $20 to $30
- INFO: yogarave.org/us/
Saturday Oct. 13
Stew and the Negro Problem
The Tony Award-winners — from the musical “Passing Strange” — describe their cabaret-soul-pop act as “Afro-Baroque.”
- WHEN: 8 p.m.
- WHERE: Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St., S.F.
- PRICE: $30 to $40
- INFO: (415) 292-1233, www.jccsf.org
