Events on Monday, April 21

[RESCHEDULED] Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige

Music: Hip-Hop

Jay-Z

Monday 4/21 @ Oracle Arena

Jigga Man and Ms. Mary Jane — the king of hip-hop and the queen of R&B, respectively — go together like... 

Leon Redbone

Music

Leon Redbone

Monday 4/21 @ Great American Music Hall

Leon Redbone is a vaudevillian folk musician who's released more than a dozen albums while maintaining an obscure biography. This old-timey... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Comedy

Point Break LIVE!

Monday 4/21 @ Xenodrome

Point Break LIVE! is like the production of a traveling Shakespearean theatre troupe — only the royal court is a downtown... 

Mingus Big Band

Music

Mingus Big Band

Monday 4/21 @ Yoshi's San Francisco

Charles Mingus' towering compositions combine fierce bop with gospel laments, refined melodies with the noise of the street. It's a sprawling... 

<em>COLORS Past and Present</em>

Art

COLORS Past and Present

Monday 4/21 @ Istituto Italiano di Cultura

In 1991, designers Tibor Kalman and Olivero Toscani, along with clothing label United Colors of Benetton, launched COLORS magazine — a... 

An-My L&ecirc;: <em>Small Wars</em>

Art

An-My Lê

Monday 4/21 @ SFMOMA

An-My Lê's stunning Small Wars and 29 Palms series find the photographer capturing Vietnam War enthusiasts who recreate scenes of battle... 

Gilbert &amp; George

Art

Gilbert & George

Monday 4/21 @ de Young Museum

Gilbert & George, the art-world enfants terribles in natty bespoke suits, celebrate 40 years of having made their lives their work... 

Paul Sietsema: <em>New Work</em>

Art

Paul Sietsema

Monday 4/21 @ SFMOMA

Los Angeles artist Paul Sietsema presents an exceptional body of recent drawings and films in SFMOMA's New Work series. Sietsema straddles... 

Weston Teruya and Michele Carlson: <em>How I Learned to...</em>

Art

How I Learned to...

Monday 4/21 @ Intersection for the Arts

It's a pretty safe bet that elementary schools won't soon be competing with downtown museums and banks for a top architect's... 

<em>After the Revolution: Contemporary Photography from Tehran and California</em>

Art: Photography

After the Revolution

Monday 4/21 @ San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery

Between Azar Nafisi's memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran and Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel (and now animated feature) Persepolis, post-revolutionary autobiography has... 

<em>In Collaboration: Early Works from the Media Arts Collection</em>

Art

In Collaboration

Monday 4/21 @ SFMOMA

San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art was one of the first major museums to establish a department specifically dedicated to media...