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David Bazan
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (9:30pm) @ Bottom of the Hill
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When King of the Sad Sacks David Bazan hung up his beloved Pedro the Lion moniker, armies of sensitive indie rockers wept. But cheer up... View details »
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Michelle Tea
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (7pm) @ Modern Times Bookstore
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Author/activist Michelle Tea visits Modern Times to rep It's So You, her new anthology of essays by bold, stylish women. Boasting contributions from... View details »
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Our Dumb World
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (7–9pm) @ Rockit Room
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The Onion's "articles," ranging from thought-provoking to absurd, have at times been misinterpreted as legitimate news reports. Having recounted a farcical view of history in... View details »
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Richard Hawley
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (9:30pm) @ Cafe du Nord
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Although Richard Hawley's resume is heavy on the Britpop — he was the guitarist for the Longpigs and Pulp — his solo work finds the... View details »
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RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Berkeley Art Museum
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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' provocative reconfigurations of existing... View details »
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Nothing Moments
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ Silverman Gallery
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Proving that even "nothing" takes a lot of effort to create, four organizers, 37 visual artists, 38 writers, and nearly 30 designers offer a multi-city... View details »
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Jamie Vasta
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Patricia Sweetow Gallery
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Anyone who's been keeping an eye on Patricia Sweetow Gallery during the past year or so must have noticed San Francisco-based Jamie Vasta's work tucked... View details »
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Forrest Williams
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Marx & Zavattero
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In Williams' latest show, the theme of porches stands for a state of uncertainty, an in-between space that's neither interior nor exterior. It proves to... View details »
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Alyson Belcher
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (11am–5:30pm) @ Robert Tat Gallery
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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 eerie contribution to the... View details »
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Dracula
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Cartoon Art Museum
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Edward Gorey (1925-2000) remains one of the most admired and emulated illustrators to date, each meticulous shade and line of his drawings maintaining a darkly... View details »
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GROUNDED?
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 @ Intersection for the Arts
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In celebration of its new home on 14th Street, the innovative Southern Exposure gallery is launching a joint interdisciplinary show with its neighbor, the revered... View details »
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Rex Ray
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (9am–5pm) @ Gallery 16
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An exhibition of new paintings further cements Rex Ray's status among San Francisco's most prolific artists and designers. Gallery 16's show... View details »
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"The There, There"
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 @ Esteban Sabar Gallery
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... :p> Although Gertrude Stein's quip that in Oakland, "there was no there, there," is nearly a century old, the phrase's longevity underscores Oakland's... View details »
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Big Ideas, Small Works
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Sculpturesite Gallery
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Big-ticket American art sometimes seems to come in one size only: extra-large. Such scaling can be subversive, but all too often it seems like yet... View details »
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Ruth Asawa
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Rena Bransten Gallery
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Despite the obvious differences in their work, Ruth Asawa's fabric sculptures inspire comparisons with the late Georgia O'Keefe. Both evoke the natural world while refusing... View details »
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Civil Twilight
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Electric Works
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Electric Works' new group show serves as the perfect prelude to the year's end. Civil Twilight addresses the opposing forces of destruction and transition, mirroring... View details »
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The Little Show
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Swarm Gallery
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The war against super-sized burgers and palatial McMansions has a new front, and it is defended by more than toy soldiers. Swarm Gallery, known for... View details »
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Apocalypse Now
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
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Politically engaged duo Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla have become a major presence on SF's art scene this fall with their co-curated exhibition at CCA... View details »
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Diva
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre
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... genre-bending thriller, Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva (1982) was among the first French films to herald the Cinéma du Look — the glossy, style-conscious movement... View details »
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Ingmar Bergman
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater
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Whether they're set in a plague-ravaged medieval landscape or in a stifling island summer home, Ingmar Bergman's films place humankind's uncertainty in the face of... View details »
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Paper! Paper! Paper!
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Wednesday Dec 12, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Market Street Gallery
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The Market Street Gallery's latest group show explores the potential of that most humble of mediums: paper. Twenty-five local artists salute the two-dimensional form through... View details »
