All events on Tuesday January 29
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Beth Lisick
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Tuesday Jan 29 (7:30pm) @ Moe's Books
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With an impressive list of past and present projects — including spoken word with Sister Spit, a nightlife column on SFGate.com, and popular storytelling event... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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From the Jam
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Tuesday Jan 29 (8pm) @ Great American Music Hall
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Although the band dissolved in the early '80s, the Jam's influence still echoes in the wails, bass lines, and guitar riffs of modern rockers. Blending... View details »
- Music: Hip-Hop
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Mr. Lif
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Tuesday Jan 29 (9pm) @ The Independent
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Mr. Lif and his loudmouth crew, the Perceptionists, are back in town tonight, dropping a bit of Bean-town slang on fans and haters alike. Foregoing... View details »
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- Art
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Douglas Gordon
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Tuesday Jan 29 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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The ultimate in one-stop viewing, Scottish multimedia artist Douglas Gordon's cheekily titled installation is a veritable retrospective: the work's title serves as a perfect description... View details »
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Olafur Eliasson
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Tuesday Jan 29 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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From the almost primordial rising sun he installed in the Tate Modern to walk-in kaleidoscopes, Danish/Icelandic artist Olaf Eliasson's enormous, experiential sculptures and video pieces... View details »
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Lucy McKenzie
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Tuesday Jan 29 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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Scottish painter Lucy McKenzie is a savvy image-maker, as interested in the history of images as in creating new ones. At SFMOMA, McKenzie turns her... View details »
- Film: Animation
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Persepolis
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Tuesday Jan 29 @ Various locations
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Not since Art Spiegelman's Maus has a graphic novel so successfully mined its medium to render universal a fiercely specific political struggle; naturally, fans of... View details »
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Boomerang
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Tuesday Jan 29 (11am–6pm) @ Hayes Valley Market Gallery
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True to its title, Mario Lemos and Laurie O'Brien's intimate exhibit Boomerang traces a parabolic path connecting a wide swath of Bay Area artists, rebounding... View details »
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Tim Lee
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Tuesday Jan 29 (11am–7pm) @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
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Although it's tempting to dismiss Vancouver-based artist Tim Lee's use of comedy-as-conceptual-device as lacking in depth or social concern, to mistake his work for a... View details »
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An-My Lê
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Tuesday Jan 29 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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An-My Lê's stunning Small Wars and 29 Palms series find the photographer capturing Vietnam War enthusiasts who recreate scenes of battle and treading through the... View details »
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Jens Haaning
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Tuesday Jan 29 (11am–6pm) @ San Francisco Art Institute - Walter and McBean Galleries
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Jens Haaning's new exhibit at SFAI is a reminder as to why the Copenhagen native's work has earned critical paeans. His daring conceptual works toy... View details »
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Andrew Moore
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Tuesday Jan 29 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Rena Bransten Gallery
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Andrew Moore's new photographic exhibition contains grand images of colonial and imperial architecture from settings throughout Russia and Cuba. The peeling walls and hollow interiors... View details »
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Finders Keepers
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Tuesday Jan 29 (10am–3pm) @ Creativity Explored
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Following on the heels of SFMOMA's recent Joseph Cornell exhibition, Creativity Explored encourages artists to experiment with assemblage. Like the late, great Cornell, the participants... View details »
- Film
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African Film Festival
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Tuesday Jan 29 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater
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Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive has picked the cream of the NYC-based African Film Festival's crop for this monthlong series. Opening night belongs to Abderrahmane Sissako's... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Rickie Lee Jones
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Tuesday Jan 29 (8:30pm) @ Cafe du Nord
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Rickie Lee Jones once described her upbringing as "lower-middle-class-hillbilly-hipster," a social niche that certainly fostered her solid, heartfelt sound. Combining jazz-inflected pop, blues, and soulful... View details »
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Chuck Arnett
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Tuesday Jan 29 (1–5pm) @ GLBT Historical Society
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June 26, 1964: Life magazine proclaims San Francisco "the gay capital" in its landmark spread, "Homosexuality in America." The cover photo featured the masculine denizens... View details »
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Caroline Hwang
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Tuesday Jan 29 (11:30am–8pm) @ Giant Robot
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Reinventing the art of quilting, artist Caroline Hwang brings a selection of quirky new fabric pieces to Giant Robot. Her simple, graphic figures — clad... View details »
