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Ghostland Observatory
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Thursday Apr 17 (9pm) @ Mezzanine
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Austin's Ghostland Observatory have been gathering steam since 2005, when Aaron Behrens first demonstrated his commanding charisma and impressive vocal range on their debut, delete.delete.i.eat.meat.... View details »
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Taste 2008
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Thursday Apr 17 (7:30–10:30pm) @ Root Division
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Society's relationship with food is fraught with controversy and emotion — what we eat can just as easily be an aphrodisiac as an arch-enemy. Eighteen... View details »
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Metropolis
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Thursday Apr 17 (8pm) @ Red Vic
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While the gorgeous dystopia of Fritz Lang's classic Metropolis practically screams Weimar, the film retains an unsettling quality of being just outside of history. It... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Rilo Kiley
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Thursday Apr 17 (8pm) @ SF Concourse and Exhibition Center
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Rilo Kiley have had to clean themselves up to appeal to a wider audience. Last year's Under the Blacklight transported the indie-rock outfit into much... View details »
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Big Time
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Thursday Apr 17 (7:30pm) @ Rafael Film Center
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Tom Waits fans are a devoted lot, so it's a good bet this one-off screening of the gravel-voiced singer's 1988 musical Big Time will play... View details »
- More Flavor: Discussion
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David Rothkopf
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Thursday Apr 17 (6–7pm) @ World Affairs Center
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In his new book Superclass, David Rothkopf makes a compelling argument: international business leaders — much more than elected politicians — dictate foreign policy and... View details »
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Tim Lee
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Thursday Apr 17 (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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Thursday Apr 17 (11am–8:45pm) @ 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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Gilbert & George
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Thursday Apr 17 @ de Young Museum
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Gilbert & George, the art-world enfants terribles in natty bespoke suits, celebrate 40 years of having made their lives their work in this mammoth exhibition... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Friedlander
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Thursday Apr 17 (11am–8:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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Over the last half-century, photographer Lee Friedlander has made a career of cataloging America's urban — and increasingly suburban — landscape. This survey offers a... View details »
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Enrique Chagoya
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Thursday Apr 17 (11am–5pm) @ Berkeley Art Museum
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The first major museum retrospective of Enrique Chagoya's mixed-media work revels in thorny cultural hierarchies and identity politics. Chagoya immigrated to California from Mexico City... View details »
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Chuck Arnett
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Thursday Apr 17 (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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Annie Leibovitz
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Thursday Apr 17 (9:30am–5:15pm) @ The Legion of Honor Museum
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Working since the late '70s, photographer Annie Leibowitz has created both iconic celebrity portraits and intimate views of everyday people. She's perhaps best-known for her... View details »
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In Collaboration
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Thursday Apr 17 (11am–8:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art was one of the first major museums to establish a department specifically dedicated to media arts. The In Collaboration... View details »
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Drama and Desire
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Thursday Apr 17 (10am–9pm) @ Asian Art Museum
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On display for a limited time because of the delicate nature of the artwork, this collection is a treasure trove of ukiyo-e (literally, "pictures of... View details »
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Victor Cartagena
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Thursday Apr 17 (noon–6pm) @ Galería de la Raza
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Salvadoran artist Victor Cartagena has worked in the Bay Area for nearly three decades, cataloging heartfelt narratives about cultural displacement, immigration, class disparities, identity, and... View details »
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Jeremy Blake
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Thursday Apr 17 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Catharine Clark Gallery
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Through haunting, polychromatic compositions, the late Jeremy Blake's digital-video works sought to unify the realms of painting and film. When Blake rose to fame nearly... View details »
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Deric Carner
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Thursday Apr 17 (6–9pm) @ Ping Pong Gallery
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Armed with a lexicon of vivid symbols and isolated texts, Deric Carner designs placards that displace icons from their native environments. Double Heading is full... View details »
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Whimsy
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Thursday Apr 17 (10am–10pm) @ RayKo Photo Center
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Whimsy, a group show by members of the Bay Area Photographers Collective, manages to be lighthearted without coming off as frivolous. The photos share a... View details »
- Film: Documentary
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Heinz Emigholz
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Thursday Apr 17 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater
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German filmmaker Heinz Emigholz casts his cinematic eye on the wonders of visionary architecture. Each of his documentaries shown tonight profiles a single architect, but... View details »
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Propogations
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Thursday Apr 17 (noon–6pm) @ Johansson Projects
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Paul Hayes' folded-paper-and-wire sculpture Cultivated Momentum hangs from Johansson Projects' ceiling like a recycled-kelp forest, its black squiggles calling fish to mind. Hayes' organic, abstract... View details »
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Feral
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Thursday Apr 17 (noon–5pm) @ The Luggage Store
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In Feral, Monica Canilao and Swoon build a wild, creative world out of layers of urban flotsam and jetsam, fabric scraps, and paper collage. Canilao's... View details »
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The Way That We Rhyme
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Thursday Apr 17 (noon–5pm) @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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American culture always seems poised to pronounce feminism down for the count, when it clearly still has plenty of fighting to do. To that end,... View details »
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Science Fair
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Thursday Apr 17 (noon–7pm) @ Rock Paper Scissors Collective
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Rock Paper Scissors' Science Fair hosts much stranger exhibits than those found in elementary schools' baking-soda-and-vinegar volcano competitions. Guest curator Andrew Thompson has compiled creative... View details »
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After the Revolution
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Thursday Apr 17 (8am–8pm) @ San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
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Between Azar Nafisi's memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran and Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel (and now animated feature) Persepolis, post-revolutionary autobiography has become the privileged site... View details »
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Robert Adler
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Thursday Apr 17 (3–9pm) @ Hyde Street Gallery
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Like '60s cocktail culture and swing dancing before it, burlesque is currently undergoing a revival. Photographer Robert Adler's series Burlesque focuses on the grit behind... View details »
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Neu Wave Feminism
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Thursday Apr 17 (noon–6pm) @ Femina Potens Gallery
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Radical, queer-friendly gallery Femina Potens presents Neu Wave Feminism, a bold collection of subversive works that spotlights feminism's shifting borders. The stripped-down look at female... View details »
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Paul Sietsema
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Thursday Apr 17 (11am–8:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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Los Angeles artist Paul Sietsema presents an exceptional body of recent drawings and films in SFMOMA's New Work series. Sietsema straddles several media within a... View details »
