Before heading off to Burning Man, join us for the first What’s the Big Idea? Night of the 2009/10 season to celebrate the success of our first ever PUSH PLAY> YBCA Summer Festival and experience the ART in pARTies! Turn up the heat with the world’s greatest Cuban surf rock band, The Cuban Cowboys, the 21st century tribal shimmy of Mezklah, the outrageous acts of Dwayne Calizo and the Voice Factory, and the spellbinding rhythms of Kulintronica. Shake off the chill with the KPFA DJ all-stars Aztec Parrot, Wey South, Black and Kool Kyle as they spin fury and bliss in Gallery 2.

YBCA is a 15-year-old multidisciplinary arts center that anchors the dynamic Yerba Buena Cultural District in downtown San Francisco. YBCA works continuously to break new ground with its programs in visual art, performance and film/video, and to connect our programs to a broad cross section of the community, not just the art elite. Our facilities are comprised of two landmark buildings with 12,000 square feet of gallery space, a 94-seat Screening Room, flexible performance/meeting space and a 750-seat Theater.

Become a Member Choose a membership level: $65 - Basic* $85 - Basic Household* $165 - Discoverer $300 - Groundbreaker $500 - Curators Circle Donor Circle $1,000 - Directors Forum Donor Circle Basic Membership * FREE gallery and Opening Night Party admission * Member discounts on YBCA Performances and Films * Waived handling fees on mail and box office orders * Subscription to YBCA's quarterly newsletter * Members-only ticket specials Image: Kala Opening at YBCA

Soon after the San Francisco Order was founded in 1979, the mission of the Sisters — to promulgate universal joy, expiate stigmatic guilt and serve the community — spread far and wide. Houses can be found across the United States and in several countries around the world.

Dear Friends, Could this actually be a good time for the arts?

Honey Sound System is made up of a hand picked group of disc jockeys, musicians, and designers. We bond on our shared love of timeless sound, iconic imagery, the complete look, indulgent behavior, and most of all, attractive men.

To be a Filipino Poet, Part 1 I’ve often joked that Filipino poets are most Filipino when remembering a magical grandparent or relating sexually to island chains or mangos Resorted to the same punch lines over fancy paella and canned vienna in manila or hilo, of inventing yoyos, shoe fetishists, i love you viruses, Versace mestizo meth spree killer, eating pets growing up in ParaÒaque, i learned to detach emotionally from my pets mama stoking a ferocious blaze with intellectuals & poets rebel salon plotting to end martial law, oust that horny pomaded fucker for love

Details, Details Thursdays and Saturdays Starting at 6pm 2234 Mission St, San Francisco, CA (Lung Shan Restaurant) Cash Only We donate our profits to charity--usually programs that feed the hungry. No reservations--first come, first served. When you arrive, please put your name on the host's list. No need to wait in line--you can go for a drink and return. We'll call your name. Almost all our tables are for parties of four, so it's quite hard to seat large parties together. We can seat parties of two more quickly if they're willing to share with other parties of two.

Contact Philip Milic, the featured tattoo artist in this clip. Visit his site to learn more about his past work and new art studio gallery he just opened in Oakland California.

Putting contemporary art at the heart of community life, innit.