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Choose your seat wisely: you may spend the evening on the edge of it at performances
ranging from the unbelievable life story of Ram Dass, Harvard psychologist turned '60s
celebrity psychedelic guru, to HBO comedian Marga Gomez' riffs on SF public nudity.
The audience encircles performers, so come early for frontal views; reserved seats occa-
sionally available (tickets $50).
(
415-826-5750;
www.themarsh.org
;
1062 Valencia St; tickets $15-35;
24th St Mission)
29
Amnesia
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Unforgettable nights start at this teensy bar featuring local music acts often playing in
public for the first time, so cheer on hardworking gypsy punk bands and shy rappers. Acts
range from Monday bluegrass jams to Wednesday accordion jazz, plus random readings
and cinema shorts; check the website or just go with the flow.
(
415-970-0012;
www.amnesiathebar.com
; 853 Valencia St; admission free-$10;
5:30pm-2am;
14, 33, 49,
16th St Mission)
30
Make-Out Room
Velvet curtains and round booths invite you to settle in for the evening's entertainment,
which ranges from punk-rock fiddle to '80s one-hit-wonder DJ mash-ups and painfully
funny readings at Writers with Drinks. Booze is a bargain, especially during 6pm-to-9pm
weeknight happy hours - but the bar is cash-only.
(
LIVE MUSIC
415-647-2888;
www.makeoutroom.com
;
3225
22nd St; cover free-$10;
6pm-2am;
12, 14, 49,
24th St Mission)
31
Viracocha
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Shotgun-shack Western home-decor boutique by day, Viracocha hosts oddball song-
writers, shy poets and occasional foraged-food events by night in its downstairs gallery
and back-room vintage library (see website). Bang away on the badly tuned piano - it's
that kind of place - but try not to dribble foraged-mushroom pastries onto 1920s type-
