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New AgainIf the phrase “antiques show” conjures up

memories of forlorn afternoons sitting on

Grandma’s loveseat watching PBS, think

again. Old is the new hip, and to prove it,

SF native and international fashion celeb

Derek Lam is hosting this year’s SF Fall Antiques Show. Enter the oldest-running

event on the West Coast through architect

Andrew Skurman’s 20-foot pagoda. Expect

a wonderland of furnishings, ceramics,

jewelry, textiles, fine arts, and more—all of

them from museum and private collections.

Even if an heirloom Chinese tapestry isn’t

on your must-have wishlist, an old-world

feast for the eyes is always worth the trip.

Oct. 28–31; Fort Mason Center, Marina

Boulevard at Buchanan Street, 415-989-

9019, sffas.org —CHLOE DALEY

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Mill Valley Film Festivalcafilm.org/mvff

SF DocFestsfindie.com

Hot Chip at the Warfieldgoldenvoice.com

Halloween Costume Walkbgf.org

LovEvolution Festivalsflovevolution.org

Italian Heritage Paradesfcolumbusday.org

Treasure Island Music Festivaltreasureislandfestival.com

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Offbeat film, slapstick humor, and your guide to the creepiest Halloween haunts. EDITED BY ALLISON MCCARTHY

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REEL NEWS

A vant-garde film can certainly feel like a world of hidden gems that most of us will never find. Fortunately, the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive goes all out this fall in celebration of Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San

Francisco Bay Area, 1945-2000 (UC Press), a voluminous book that distills everything you’d ever want to know about this genre, culled from 10 years of research. Consider this your avant-garde education, not to mention your duty as a resident of a bohemian city. To complement the Oct. 15 book release, BAM/PFA will host a six-month film series of rare 10- to 20-minute films, grouped according to theme or era and shown in one- or two-hour clusters. While most of the fun goes down across the bay, San Francisco Cinematheque will copresent a selection of flicks at venues like SFMOMA, the Victoria Theater, and Artists’ Television Access. To top it off, there’s also a gallery exhibition showcasing arti-facts of the nonmoving image variety—original movie posters, film stills, and flyers. Film series through March; gallery exhibit Oct. 6–April 3; bampfa.berkeley.edu —ALEX BIGMAN

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BET THE RAUNCHIf one is to learn anything about Judd Apatow’s career, it’s that sick, slapstick

humor really sells. Counting Superbad,

Knocked Up, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin

among his successes, the seasoned

writer/director/producer proves that

vulgarity, gratuitous nudity, and awkward

adolescent moments will get you

everywhere in Hollywood. This month,

see a different side of Apatow as he sits

down with Dave Eggers for a City Arts

& Lectures conversation. Be prepared

to hear about his role in Get Him to the

Greek and Apatow’s new compilation of

his favorite authors, called I Found This

Funny (McSweeney’s). Highbrow, meet

lowbrow. Oct. 7; Herbst Theatre, 401 Van

Ness Ave., 415-392-4400, cityarts.net

—ALLISON MCCARTHY

Arabian NightAs a ballet, Scheherazade—spun from

the Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic stories

of 1,001 Nights—is usually a grand,

classical affair full of treacherous

sultans and bejeweled seductresses.

But Alonzo King’s sinewy and erotic

modern choreography is actually a

much more appropriate vehicle for

these ancient tales. If the masterful,

athletic dancers of his LINES Ballet

aren’t enough to make you sit up, the

live score by renowned tabla master

Zakir Hussain and vibrant costumes

by couturiere Colleen Quen surely will.

Oct. 14–24; YBCA Novellus Theater,

700 Howard St., 415-978-2787,

linesballet.org —KELLY MENDEZ

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CliffhangerFor months, the only way to hear Adam Haworth Stephens’ solo material was to go to a Two Gallants show and see it happen by chance. Finally, the San Francisco native has a full-length album of his own. The recently released We Live on Cliffs achieves an intimacy to which Two Gallants—Stephens’ well-established indie-rock project with Tyson Vogel—cannot comfortably ven-ture. With an unwavering lyrical center and vocals that assume a rare magic under strain—all neatly hemmed by seasoned producer Joe Chiccarelli, who has worked with indie giants like The Shins and The White Stripes—We Live on Cliffs generates a number of electric moments that clearly demon-strate what all the buzz is about. Album release show Oct. 2; The Independent, 628 Divisadero St., 415-771-1421, theindependentsf.com —ALEX BIGMAN

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NEPTUNE SOCIETY COLUMBARIUMWalk through the Neptune Society

Columbarium, which holds the

remains of many prominent locals.

You may feel a touch on your back

or shoulder. 1 Loraine Court

QUEEN ANNE HOTELThe Queen Anne Hotel was home

to Mary Lake and her School for

Girls in the 1890s. She died of

heartbreak after the school was

closed. Spend the night in room

410 (her old office) and see if she

tucks you into bed. 1590

Sutter St., 415-441-2828,

queenanne.com

CURRAN THEATERLook in the large lobby

mirror at the Curran

Theater for the ghost of an

employee who was killed there in

the 1920s. 445 Geary St., 415-551-

2000, shnsf.com

STOW LAKEWalk around Stow Lake after dark,

and look for the ghost of a woman

whose child may have

drowned there in the

1900s. Stow Lake

Drive, between

Martin Luther King

Jr. and John F.

Kennedy drives

PRESIDIO’S ABANDONED ARMY HOSPITALSneak under the fence at the

Presidio’s old army hospital, and

listen for the footsteps of dead

soldiers. 1801 Wedemeyer St., north

of 15th Avenue —A.M.

CHEAP CHILLDitch the costume party for an authentic spine-tingling experience. The challenge: An All Hallow’s Eve game of truth or dare at SF’s most haunted places.