Events on Wednesday, November 7

Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture: Iona Rozeal Brown

Special Event

Iona Rozeal Brown

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ San Francisco Art Institute - Main Campus

Painter Iona Rozeal Brown has dubbed her artist's process "a3," which stands for "Afro-Asiatic allegory" — a concise moniker for works... 

Jack Rose w/ MV & EE and Mike Bones

Music

Jack Rose

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Hemlock Tavern

MV & EE (Matt Valentine and Erika Elder) orbit spacey folk pop and wailing dirges by dialing up a bearded, neo-hippie... 

Comedy, Darling: Sleepover!

Comedy

Sleepover

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Edinburgh Castle Pub

Is wearing pajamas to a bar kooky in that "only in SF" kind of way? Find out at Comedy, Darling's sleepover-themed... 

Lucifer's Hammer presents Slough Feg w/ Turambar

Music

Slough Feg

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Elbo Room

In the grand tradition of Celtic folk-metal legends Skyclad and Cruachan, Slough Feg fuse Jethro Tull folkiness with NWOBHM. In addition... 

Ongoing Events

<i>Oaxaca: Aqu&#237; No Pasa Nada</i>

Art

Oaxaca: Aquí No Pasa Nada

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Galería de la Raza

In the summer of 2006, Oaxaca — renowned for its legacy of vibrant culture and dazzling celebrations — became the locus... 

<i>after the quake</i>

Theatre

after the quake

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Alyson Belcher: <i>Body of Light</i>

Art

Alyson Belcher

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Robert Tat Gallery

Best classified as falling between 19th-century spirit photography and Edward Muybridge's motion studies, Alyson Belcher's spectral self-portraits add a graceful and... 

Forrest Williams: <i>Porches</i>

Art

Forrest Williams

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Marx & Zavattero

In Williams' latest show, the theme of porches stands for a state of uncertainty, an in-between space that's neither interior nor... 

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

Art

The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

11th International Latino Film Festival

Film

Int'l Latino Film Festival

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Various locations

With Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón entering the upper echelon of the Hollywood elite in recent years, a lot more... 

RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Art

RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Berkeley Art Museum

Like a new-media update on Marcel Duchamp's mustachioed Mona Lisa, the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive's latest show exhibits contemporary artists'... 

<i>Pioneers</i>

Art

Pioneers

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Amid its recent spat of new exhibitions and edgy curation, CCA's marvelous Wattis Institute pays aesthetical tithes to those Bay Area... 

<i>Super Heroes Super Villains</i>

Art

Super Heroes Super Villains

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Creativity Explored

In Creativity Explored's Super Heroes Super Villains exhibition, artists present interpretations of fictional caped crusaders while accompanying texts tell the stories... 

Global Lens 2007

Film

Global Lens

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Roxie Theater

Those seeking solace from American cinema's gratuitous violence and chiseled features will appreciate Global Lens. The annual touring film series showcases... 

Nathan Redwood: <i>Recent Works</i>

Art

Recent Works

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Electric Works

  Nathan Redwood's paintings present a compelling vision of end-times: roughed-up scapes of cloudy thoroughfares paired together with busted Dust Bowl... 

Tranny Fest: Transgender Multi-Arts Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Transgender Multi-Arts Festival

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Various locations

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

Takeshi Murata: <i>Escape Spirit VideoSlime</i>

Art

Takeshi Murata

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Ratio 3

  As the exhibition's sumptuous title would suggest, there's a taste of both the profound and the profane lurking in Takeshi... 

Jamie Vasta: <i>Musn't</i>

Art

Jamie Vasta

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Patricia Sweetow Gallery

Anyone who's been keeping an eye on Patricia Sweetow Gallery during the past year or so must have noticed San Francisco-based... 

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

Art

The Book Art of Edward Gorey

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

The X-Ray Project: <i>Inside Terrorism</i>

Art

Inside Terrorism

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

Artist Diane Covert compiled scores of X-rays and CT scans from Jerusalem's two largest hospitals as a response to the doublespeak... 

Derek Boshier: <i>Magazines</i>

Art

Derek Boshier

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Steven Wolf Fine Arts

  Known for being a part of the '60s London scene, self-proclaimed "populist artist" Derek Boshier draws inspiration from... 

Edward Gorey's <i>Dracula</i>

Art

Dracula

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Cartoon Art Museum

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) remains one of the most admired and emulated illustrators to date, each meticulous shade and line of his... 

Nam June Paik, Alan Rath, Kota Ezawa: <i>The Temporal Moving Image</i>

Art

The Temporal Moving Image

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Haines Gallery

Though born of different generations whose aesthetic movements were fueled by disparate forces, the works of Nam June Paik, Alan Rath,... 

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

Art

Displaced

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ John Berggruen Gallery

San Francisco Jazz Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

SF Jazz Festival

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Driss Ouadahi: <i>Another Place, Another Me</i>

Art

Driss Ouadahi

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Hosfelt Gallery

Hosfelt Gallery presents two new exhibitions that remind us that it is indeed hip to be square — though Düsseldorf-based Driss... 

<i>Sweet Sunny Temper</i>

Art

Sweet Sunny Temper

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Double Punch Toy Store

  With prints, illustrations, drawings, and constructions, this exhibition consists of all the modern girly girl's necessities: long eyelashes, pink nails,... 

<i>A Legacy of Art: The Ted and Ruth Nash Collection</i>

Art

A Legacy of Art: The Ted and Ruth Nash Collection

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Oakland Museum of California

Joan Brown's large, figurative paintings of the local landscape, Wayne Thiebaud's inspired renditions of gumball machines and cafeterias, and Peter Voulkos'... 

<I>The Gun Show</I>

Art

The Gun Show

Wednesday 11/ 7 @ Root Division

As Russian playwright Anton Chekhov noted, a gun introduced in the first act of a play draws attention and builds expectations...