All events on Monday February 04

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Music: Rock/Pop
Black Mountain
Monday Feb 4 (7:30pm) @ The Independent
Giveaway
Black Mountain's eponymous debut, a brazen amalgamation of the most classic sounds of the late '60s and the '70s, proudly brandished all the trappings of... View details »
Black Mountain
More Flavor: Lecture
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Monday Feb 4 (7:30pm) @ Cowell Theater
Referring to himself as a "skeptical empiricist," essayist and scholar Nassim Taleb eschews the universal thinking enforced by Platonic realism. Instead, he focuses on the... View details »
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Art
Douglas Gordon
Monday Feb 4 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA More times »
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 »
Douglas Gordon
Art
Olafur Eliasson
Monday Feb 4 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA More times »
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 »
Olafur Eliasson
Art
The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)
Monday Feb 4 @ de Young Museum More times »
Until he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while covering the 1956 Suez War armistice, Polish-born David Seymour (also known as Chim) rubbed elbows with... View details »
The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)
Art
Lucy McKenzie
Monday Feb 4 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA More times »
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 »
Lucy McKenzie
Film: Animation
Persepolis
Monday Feb 4 @ Various locations More times »
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 »
Persepolis
Film: Documentary
The Films of Emile de Antonio
Monday Feb 4 @ SFMOMA More times »
Giveaway
Though often given short shrift in film histories, the political documentaries of Emile de Antonio played a major hand in shaping the radical discourses that... View details »
The Films of Emile de Antonio
Art
An-My Lê
Monday Feb 4 (11am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA More times »
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 »
An-My Lê
Film: Documentary
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Monday Feb 4 @ Novellus Theater More times »
High-definition television has made watching sports a uniquely eye-popping experience, though the onscreen graphics and exquisite close-ups sometimes obscure a sense of the immersive reality... View details »
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Art
Finders Keepers
Monday Feb 4 (10am–3pm) @ Creativity Explored More times »
Free
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 »
Finders Keepers
Film
African Film Festival
Monday Feb 4 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater More times »
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 »
African Film Festival
Art
Caroline Hwang
Monday Feb 4 (11:30am–8pm) @ Giant Robot More times »
Free
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 »
Caroline Hwang
More Flavor: Festival
San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival
Monday Feb 4 @ Various locations More times »
Despite being so far west of the Mississippi, San Francisco can seem like a bluegrass lover's paradise. The annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is the... View details »
San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival
Film
4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Monday Feb 4 @ Embarcadero Center Cinema More times »
In late-80's Romania, close friends Otilia and Gabita are faced with the urgent problem of Gabita's unwanted pregnancy. Their solution is to seek an illegal... View details »
4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days
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Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Monday Feb 4 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater More times »
With all the media attention surrounding the upcoming presidential election, the war in Iraq, and Britney Spears' latest breakdown, it's easy to forget there is... View details »
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Film
The Battle of Algiers
Monday Feb 4 (7 & 9:30pm) @ Red Vic More times »
Giveaway
Still one of the most incendiary political films ever made, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers now seems as prescient for its brazen mix of... View details »
The Battle of Algiers
Film: Documentary
Black White + Gray
Monday Feb 4 @ Roxie New College Film Center More times »
Sam approaches Robert seeking "somebody to spoil." Robert responds, "you found him." So goes the momentous meeting between iconoclastic curator/collector Sam Wagstaff and some-say-pornographic, others... View details »
Black White + Gray