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Independent
LIVE MUSIC
$12-45; box office 11am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 9:30pm on show nights; 5, 6, 21, 71)
Shows earn street cred at the intimate Independent, featuring indie dreamers (Magnetic
Fields, Rogue Wave), rock legends (Courtney Love, Marky Ramone), alterna-pop (Ima-
gine Dragons, Vampire Weekend) and wacky events like the US Air Guitar Champion-
ships.
Yoshi's
JAZZ, LIVE MUSIC
10pm Tue-Sun, dinner 5:30-9pm Tue & Wed, 5:30-10pm Thu, 5:30-10:30pm Fri & Sat, 5-9pm Sun;
22, 31)
The Fillmore Jazz District was once called 'the Harlem of the West,' and Yoshi's still draws
top global talent like guitarist Leon Redbone, singer Nancy Wilson and Sufi electronica
artist Niyaz - and it throws Black Panther reunions and serves mean sushi besides.
Mezzanine
LIVE MUSIC
415-625-8880;
www.mezzaninesf.com
; 444 Jessie St; admission $10-40;
Powell, Powell)
Beats boom off brick walls at shows by Wyclef Jean, Quest Love, Method Man, Nas and
Snoop Lion (aka Dogg), plus throwback alt-classics like the Dandy Warhols and Psyche-
delic Furs.
Theater
American Conservatory Theater
THEATE
415-749-2228;
www.act-sf.org
;
415 Geary St;
box office noon-6pm
Mon, to curtain Tue-Sun; 38, Powell-Mason, Powell-Hyde)
Breakthrough shows destined for Broadway premiere at ACT's turn-of-the-century Geary
Theater, including Tony Kushner's
Angels in America
and Robert Wilson's
Black Rider
,
with a libretto by William S Burroughs and music by the Bay Area's Tom Waits.
