All events on Sunday October 26
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- Ghost World
- Sunday Oct 26 (6:30pm) @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Giveaway
- Terry Zwigoff's sweet and snarky comedy, based on Daniel Clowes' graphic novel of the same name, flew under the mainstream radar during its theatrical release,... View details »
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- 2008 Día de los Muertos Festival
- Sunday Oct 26 (10am–5pm) @ Fruitvale District
- Free
- One of the largest one-day celebrations of Día de los Muertos in the US, this family-oriented event takes over whole blocks of Oakland's Fruitvale district.... View details »
The following events are ongoing.
- Art
- Bay Area Now 5
- Sunday Oct 26 (noon–5pm) @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts More times »
- Giveaway
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' much-anticipated triennial presents a comprehensive view of the city's visual and performing art from the past three years. Visual... View details »
- Art
- Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered
- Sunday Oct 26 (11am–5:30pm) @ Contemporary Jewish Museum More times »
- It's anyone guess as to whether Andy Warhol ever imagined that his silk-screen portfolio Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century would warrant a... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Brought to Light
- Sunday Oct 26 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA More times »
- SFMOMA's new exhibit explores the sublime new worlds that opened when photography was first invented in the early 19th century, exploring the ways it led... View details »
- Film
- I Love Beijing
- Sunday Oct 26 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater More times »
- After being inundated with state-sponsored images of Beijing during the Olympics, Bay Area audiences can get a different perspective during Chinese filmmaker Ning Ying's weekend... View details »
- Art
- Evolutions of a Sacred Space: Dias de los Muertos 2008
- Sunday Oct 26 (noon–5pm) @ Oakland Museum of California More times »
- In honor of Dias de los Muertos, small altars of glowing candles and sugar skulls, large-scale public installations, and processions fill the Oakland Museum of... View details »
- Art
- Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook
- Sunday Oct 26 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA More times »
- The fanciful shapes and feline curves in Paul Klee's figures can sometimes disguise the painter's intellectual rigor, but his forays into the emotional substance of... View details »
- Art
- West, Wester, Westest
- Sunday Oct 26 (noon–6pm) @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery More times »
- Free
- Fecal Face's Chicago correspondent, Ryan Christian, heads west with a talent pool plucked from all over the map — New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, and... View details »
- Art
- Koralie
- Sunday Oct 26 (noon–6pm) @ FIFTY24SF Gallery More times »
- Free
- French street artist Koralie started out wheat-pasting the walls of Toulouse with her signature kimono-clad geishas and has since moved on to decorate the back... View details »
- Film
- Rediscovering the Fourth Generation
- Sunday Oct 26 @ SFMOMA More times »
- In China, the years 1978-1989 were a period of unparalleled change. Deng Xiaoping's policies modernized the economy, and artists, writers, and filmmakers produced a flurry... View details »
- Art
- Jay Nelson
- Sunday Oct 26 (noon–5pm) @ Triple Base More times »
- Free
- For many political dissidents, the creation of "autonomous zones" often represents a significant stepping-stone in the march toward independence from a dominant government. But for... View details »
- Art
- L.A. Paint
- Sunday Oct 26 (noon–5pm) @ Oakland Museum of California More times »
- Oakland Museum of California's Chief Curator of Art, Philip Linhares, ignores the myth of a San Francisco/LA cultural divide and showcases some of SoCal's best... View details »
- Art
- It's Alright
- Sunday Oct 26 (noon–7pm) @ Future Primitive Sound Headquarters / Edo Salon-Gallery More times »
- Free
- Kate Durkin combines stitching, acrylic, and collage to create an imaginative world reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are. It's a whimsical effect that relies... View details »
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- Japanese Tattoo
- Sunday Oct 26 (10am–5pm) @ Asian Art Museum More times »
- Giveaway
- Bushido, the samurai code of honor, has long informed the iconography of traditional Japanese tattooing, making the latter the perfect subject for the October edition... View details »
- Film: Festival
- Envisioning Russia
- Sunday Oct 26 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive More times »
- Commemorating the centenary of Russian cinema, the PFA festival draws from an extensive catalog of films produced at Mosfilm, the most prominent Soviet film-production studio.... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Angry Black White Boy
- Sunday Oct 26 (8pm) @ Intersection for the Arts More times »
- Giveaway
- As suggested by the colliding adjectives in its title, Dan Wolf and Tommy Shepherd's theatrical adaptation of Adam Mansbach's novel of the same name doesn't... View details »
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- International Vintage Poster Fair
- Sunday Oct 26 (11am–6pm) @ Fort Mason Festival Pavilion More times »
- Giveaway
- Beyond the perfectly coiffed Martini & Rossi damsels, vintage posters offer a whole host of tantalizing imagery, from the dark geometry of the Russian constructivists... View details »
- Film: Festival
- DocFest
- Sunday Oct 26 @ Various locations More times »
- The seventh annual DocFest features 60 films from around the world, many of which underscore the organizers' affinity for quirky esoterica and oddball tales. This... View details »
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- BhangraFest
- Sunday Oct 26 @ Various Locations More times »
- BhangraFest is San Francisco's way of vibrantly celebrating one of India's most popular styles of music. Learn the latest moves during dance lessons with Nonstop... View details »
- Art
- Game Over
- Sunday Oct 26 (noon–7pm) @ Giant Robot More times »
- Free
- 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 Robot's latest group show.... View details »
- Music: Festival
- Wonders of Cannabis
- Sunday Oct 26 (11am–10pm) @ Golden Gate Park More times »
- Equal parts Malcolm X and Abbie Hoffman, Dead Prez make hyper-intelligent and unflinchingly combative hip-hop that mixes progressive politics and thug life narratives. A Dave... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- 22nd Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert
- Sunday Oct 26 (2pm) @ Shoreline Amphitheatre More times »
- Back for its 22nd year, the Bridge School Benefit Concert unites socially conscious rockers in the name of a good cause. The Bridge School, which... View details »
- Performing Arts: Opera
- L'Histoire du Soldat and Renard: Tale of the Vixen and the Cock
- Sunday Oct 26 (2pm) @ Oakland Metro Operahouse More times »
- Director Tom Dean teams up with Vau de Vire Society choreographer Shannon Gaines to lend a modern spin to two Stravinsky compositions. The first, "A... View details »
