Events on Monday, November 26

Alix Olson: <i> Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution </i>

Books: Poetry

Alix Olson

Monday 11/26 @ Cody's on Fourth Street

Activist-poet-performer (and Def Poetry Jam veteran) Alix Olson comes to Berkeley on tour with Word Warriors, an anthology she edited to... 

<i>Midnight Cowboy</i> (1969)

Film

Midnight Cowboy

Monday 11/26 @ Artists' Television Access

In a sense, Midnight Cowboy was the Brokeback Mountain of its day. Both films are "gay westerns," in spirit if not... 

BioAesthetics

Special Event

BioAesthetics

Monday 11/26 @ California College of the Arts - San Francisco Campus

As artists increasingly incorporate technology into their practices, and scientists look beyond the academy to frame hypotheses, it's no wonder that... 

Kaufmann / Gratkowski / de Joode

Music

Kaufmann / Gratkowski / de Joode

Monday 11/26 @ Mills College Art Museum

The illustrious Mills College music department hosts an evening of world-class jazz improvisation as part of its ongoing Songlines free-concert series.... 

Ongoing Events

More Brains! Part II: Zombies Both Visceral and Subtle

Art

More Brains! Part II

Monday 11/26 @ Space Gallery

Other than Halloween, few occasions inspire thoughts of the undead like the holiday season — which may explain why Space Gallery... 

Jeff Wall

Art: Photography

Jeff Wall

Monday 11/26 @ SFMOMA

Canadian photographer Jeff Wall's major traveling retrospective charts nearly three decades of work. Renowned as the photographer who "begins by not... 

San Francisco International Auto Show

Festival: Fair

San Francisco Int'l Auto Show

Monday 11/26 @ Moscone Center

San Francisco's steep streets are justifiably famous, but what about the cars that drive up and down them? The 50th Annual... 

Tranny Fest: Transgender Multi-Arts Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Transgender Multi-Arts Festival

Monday 11/26 @ Various locations

San Francisco has long been an enclave for the genderqueer and fabulous, from Coit Tower benefactress Lillie Hitchcock Coit to disco... 

Douglas Gordon: <i>Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from About 1992 until Now</i>

Art

Douglas Gordon

Monday 11/26 @ SFMOMA

The ultimate in one-stop viewing, Scottish multimedia artist Douglas Gordon's cheekily titled installation is a veritable retrospective: the work's title serves... 

Jonathan Callan, Frank Ebert, Armando Miguelez, Julio Cesar Morales, and Gabrielle Teschner: <i>Displaced</i>

Art

Displaced

Monday 11/26 @ John Berggruen Gallery

<i>GROUNDED?</i>

Art

GROUNDED?

Monday 11/26 @ Intersection for the Arts

In celebration of its new home on 14th Street, the innovative Southern Exposure gallery is launching a joint interdisciplinary show with... 

"The There, There"

Art

"The There, There"

Monday 11/26 @ Esteban Sabar Gallery

  Although Gertrude Stein's quip that in Oakland, "there was no there, there," is nearly a century old, the... 

Lucy McKenzie: <I>New Work</I>

Art

Lucy McKenzie

Monday 11/26 @ SFMOMA

Scottish painter Lucy McKenzie is a savvy image-maker, as interested in the history of images as in creating new ones. At... 

R.K.O. Lost & Found

Film

R.K.O. Lost & Found

Monday 11/26 @ Roxie Theater

In the opening moments of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a pair of disembodied lips sings, "I want to go /... 

Charles Chaplin Retrospective

Film

Charles Chaplin Retrospective

Monday 11/26 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

Charlie Chaplin's Tramp is an icon by design, but the bowler hat and mustache only go so far towards describing the... 

<i>The Book Art of Edward Gorey</i>

Art

The Book Art of Edward Gorey

Monday 11/26 @ The Book Club of California

When he wasn't writing and illustrating his own darkly humorous and anachronistic books, Edward Gorey often lent his dexterous hand and... 

Chim: <i>The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)</i>

Art

The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)

Monday 11/26 @ de Young Museum

Until he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while covering the 1956 Suez War armistice, Polish-born David Seymour (also known as... 

<i>after the quake</i>

Theatre

after the quake

Monday 11/26 @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Given the Bay Area's propensity for seismic activity (residents need only think as far back as October 30 for the latest... 

Olafur Eliasson

Art

Olafur Eliasson

Monday 11/26 @ SFMOMA

From the almost primordial rising sun he installed in the Tate Modern to walk-in kaleidoscopes, Danish/Icelandic artist Olaf Eliasson's enormous, experiential... 

Rex Ray

Art

Rex Ray

Monday 11/26 @ Gallery 16

An exhibition of new paintings further cements Rex Ray's status among San Francisco's most prolific artists and... 

San Francisco Jazz Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

SF Jazz Festival

Monday 11/26 @ Various locations

Celebrating 25 years as the leading festival of its kind, the 41-day-long San Francisco Jazz Festival brings together leading lights of...