Events on Sunday, October 19

Capsule Design Festival

Fashion/Style

Capsule

Sunday 10/19 @ Hayes Valley Park

Spanning several blocks in Hayes Valley — including Linden Alley, home to Blue Bottle coffee — the semi-annual Capsule Design Festival... 

Pinback

Music

Pinback

Sunday 10/19 @ Bimbo's

San Diegan duo Pinback eschew style in favor of substance in their endearingly earnest brand of melodic indie rock. Mixing drum... 

Ongoing Events

BhangraFest

Festival: Performing Arts

BhangraFest

Sunday 10/19 @ Various locations

BhangraFest is San Francisco's way of vibrantly celebrating one of India's most popular styles of music. Learn the latest moves during... 

<em> Evolutions of a Sacred Space: Dias de los Muertos 2008 </em>

Art

Evolutions of a Sacred Space: Dias de los Muertos 2008

Sunday 10/19 @ Oakland Museum of California

In honor of Dias de los Muertos, small altars of glowing candles and sugar skulls, large-scale public installations, and processions fill... 

buZ blurr: <em> Two Sides to Every Boxcar </em>

Art

buZ blurr

Sunday 10/19 @ Babylon Falling

Trains may not have the same hold on the popular imagination as they once did, but a recent flurry of films... 

<em> Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook </em>

Art

Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook

Sunday 10/19 @ SFMOMA

The fanciful shapes and feline curves in Paul Klee's figures can sometimes disguise the painter's intellectual rigor, but his forays into... 

Rediscovering the Fourth Generation

Film

Rediscovering the Fourth Generation

Sunday 10/19 @ SFMOMA

In China, the years 1978-1989 were a period of unparalleled change. Deng Xiaoping's policies modernized the economy, and artists, writers, and... 

Koralie: <em>Haiku</em>

Art

Koralie

Sunday 10/19 @ FIFTY24SF Gallery

French street artist Koralie started out wheat-pasting the walls of Toulouse with her signature kimono-clad geishas and has since moved on... 

<em>Game Over: Art of the Gamer Generation</em>

Art

Game Over

Sunday 10/19 @ Giant Robot

Whether they favor 3D first-person shooters or old-school 8-bit technology, video-game junkies can find something to geek out about at Giant... 

<em>The Totoro Forest Project</em>

Art

The Totoro Forest Project

Sunday 10/19 @ Cartoon Art Museum

If any two names make underground-comics fans quiver, they are Hayao Miyazaki and the Cartoon Art Museum. Miyazaki has earned global... 

SF Indiefest presents DocFest

Festival: Performing Arts

DocFest

Sunday 10/19 @ Various locations

The seventh annual DocFest features 60 films from around the world, many of which underscore the organizers' affinity for quirky esoterica... 

<em>Good Breeding</em>

Theatre

Good Breeding

Sunday 10/19 @ Zeum Theater at Yerba Buena Gardens

Robert O'Hara's Good Breeding is a new addition to a rich history of Oresteia adaptations, but it has already generated plenty... 

<em> L.A. Paint </em>

Art

L.A. Paint

Sunday 10/19 @ Oakland Museum of California

Oakland Museum of California's Chief Curator of Art, Philip Linhares, ignores the myth of a San Francisco/LA cultural divide and showcases... 

<em>Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900</em>

Art: Photography

Brought to Light

Sunday 10/19 @ SFMOMA

SFMOMA's new exhibit explores the sublime new worlds that opened when photography was first invented in the early 19th century, exploring... 

MATCHA: Japanese Tattoo

Special Event

Japanese Tattoo

Sunday 10/19 @ Asian Art Museum

Bushido, the samurai code of honor, has long informed the iconography of traditional Japanese tattooing, making the latter the perfect subject... 

<em>West, Wester, Westest</em>

Art

West, Wester, Westest

Sunday 10/19 @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Fecal Face's Chicago correspondent, Ryan Christian, heads west with a talent pool plucked from all over the map — New York,... 

Kate Durkin: <em>It's Alright</em>

Art

It's Alright

Sunday 10/19 @ Future Primitive Sound Headquarters / Edo Salon-Gallery

Kate Durkin combines stitching, acrylic, and collage to create an imaginative world reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are. It's a... 

SF Trolley Dances

Dance

SF Trolley Dances

Sunday 10/19 @ Mission Bay Public Library

Dance is usually presented in the rarefied vacuum of a ballet hall or carefully lit theater, but Epiphany Productions' SF Trolley... 

<em>Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking</em>

Festival: Performing Arts

Envisioning Russia

Sunday 10/19 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Commemorating the centenary of Russian cinema, the PFA festival draws from an extensive catalog of films produced at Mosfilm, the most... 

<em>Ingmar Bergman: The Man Who Asked Hard Questions</em>

Film

Ingmar Bergman

Sunday 10/19 @ CFI Rafael Film Center

The installation Ingmar Bergman: The Man Who Asked Hard Questions explores and celebrates the influential oeuvre of one of the world's... 

Jay Nelson: <em>The Autonomous Zone</em>

Art

Jay Nelson

Sunday 10/19 @ Triple Base

For many political dissidents, the creation of "autonomous zones" often represents a significant stepping-stone in the march toward independence from a... 

Bay Area Now 5: <em>Inside/Outside</em>

Art

Bay Area Now 5

Sunday 10/19 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' much-anticipated triennial presents a comprehensive view of the city's visual and performing art from the... 

<em>Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered</em>

Art

Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered

Sunday 10/19 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

It's anyone guess as to whether Andy Warhol ever imagined that his silk-screen portfolio Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth...