Events on Tuesday, April 29

Keith Gessen: <em>All the Sad Young Literary Men</em>

Books: Reading

Keith Gessen

Tuesday 4/29 @ The Booksmith

New York author Keith Gessen makes the jump from criticism to fiction with All the Sad Young Literary Men, a laboriously... 

I'm From Barcelona

Music

I'm From Barcelona

Tuesday 4/29 @ The Independent

IFB mastermind Emanuel Lundgren isn't actually from Barcelona, but the 28 other musicians in his supergroup aren't making an issue out... 

VHS or Beta w/ Tigercity

Music: Electronic

VHS or Beta

Tuesday 4/29 @ Mezzanine

Few are the bands that can appease both the indie elitists crowded around small stages and the electronic-music junkies bouncing around... 

An Evening with Errol Morris feat. <em>Standard Operating Procedure</em>

Film

Standard Operating Procedure

Tuesday 4/29 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

Errol Morris' career got off to an auspicious start when Werner Herzog made good on a promise to eat his own... 

Stiff Little Fingers w/ the Hooks

Music

Stiff Little Fingers

Tuesday 4/29 @ Slim's

More than 31 years into their career, Stiff Little Fingers continue to embody the enduring spirit of punk. Once called the... 

Minus the Bear w/ Portugal the Man and the Big Sleep

Music

Minus the Bear

Tuesday 4/29 @ Bimbo's

Like many technically proficient bands, Seattle's Minus the Bear have a bit of a goofy side. In the past they've cloaked... 

[SOLD OUT] Chris Ware and Art Spiegelman

Special Event

[SOLD OUT] Chris Ware and Art Spiegelman

Tuesday 4/29 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Although Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware were born nearly 20 years apart and work in very different milieus, they have a... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Jellyfish</em>

Film

Jellyfish

Tuesday 4/29 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre

Israeli co-directors Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen have both written children's books and graphic novels, so it's only natural that their... 

Greg Lamarche: <em>Things I Picked up Along the Way</em>

Art

Greg Lamarche

Tuesday 4/29 @ White Walls Gallery

Greg Lamarche is crazy about the letters of the alphabet. It's a fascination that dates back to his years as a... 

Reed Danziger and Liliana Porter

Art

Reed Danziger and Liliana Porter

Tuesday 4/29 @ Hosfelt Gallery

Hosfelt Gallery presents two concurrent solo exhibitions of work by Liliana Porter and Reed Danziger. Porter's trademark tchotchkes star in Fox... 

<em>2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital & Analog Clothing</em>

Special Event

2nd Skin

Tuesday 4/29 @ Exploratorium

With a futuristic, tongue-in-cheek vision, the artists featured in the 2nd Skin fashion exhibit challenge the standard notions of practical clothing.... 

Bay Area National Dance Week

Dance

Bay Area National Dance Week

Tuesday 4/29 @ Various locations

Kicking off with a conga line in the streets of San Francisco, the Bay Area National Dance Week explodes onto the... 

Victor Cartagena: <em>The Invisible Nation</em>

Art

Victor Cartagena

Tuesday 4/29 @ Galería de la Raza

Salvadoran artist Victor Cartagena has worked in the Bay Area for nearly three decades, cataloging heartfelt narratives about cultural displacement, immigration,... 

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

Art

An-My Lê

Tuesday 4/29 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Drama and                    Desire</em>: <em>Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690&ndash;1850</em>

Art

Drama and Desire

Tuesday 4/29 @ Asian Art Museum

On display for a limited time because of the delicate nature of the artwork, this collection is a treasure trove of... 

<em>COLORS Past and Present</em>

Art

COLORS Past and Present

Tuesday 4/29 @ Istituto Italiano di Cultura

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

<em>Point Break LIVE!</em>

Comedy

Point Break LIVE!

Tuesday 4/29 @ Xenodrome

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

<em>Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet</em>

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Tuesday 4/29 @ Museum of Performance & Design

Emerging with a rejuvenated image and collection in March, the Museum of Performance & Design mounts an impressive exhibit chronicling the... 

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

Art

In Collaboration

Tuesday 4/29 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>The Question Is Known: (W)here Is Latin American / Latino Art</em>

Art

The Question Is Known

Tuesday 4/29 @ Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts

Artist Antony Torres curates this powerful exhibition of 30 artists showing paintings, sculpture, and installations exploring Latino identity. Highlights include the... 

Gilbert &amp; George

Art

Gilbert & George

Tuesday 4/29 @ de Young Museum

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

<em> Lautrec in Leather: Chuck Arnett and the Birth of the San Francisco Scene</em>

Art

Chuck Arnett

Tuesday 4/29 @ GLBT Historical Society

June 26, 1964: Life magazine proclaims San Francisco "the gay capital" in its landmark spread, "Homosexuality in America." The cover photo... 

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Tuesday 4/29 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

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... 

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

Art

Paul Sietsema

Tuesday 4/29 @ SFMOMA

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

Annie Leibovitz: <em>A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005</em>

Art: Photography

Annie Leibovitz

Tuesday 4/29 @ The Legion of Honor Museum

Working since the late '70s, photographer Annie Leibowitz has created both iconic celebrity portraits and intimate views of everyday people. She's... 

San Francisco International Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

San Francisco International Film Festival

Tuesday 4/29 @ Various locations

While San Franciscans certainly don't lack for choices when it comes to film festivals, true cinephiles know that the San Francisco... 

<em>The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics</em>

Art

The Way That We Rhyme

Tuesday 4/29 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

American culture always seems poised to pronounce feminism down for the count, when it clearly still has plenty of fighting to... 

<em>Friedlander</em>

Art: Photography

Friedlander

Tuesday 4/29 @ SFMOMA

Over the last half-century, photographer Lee Friedlander has made a career of cataloging America's urban — and increasingly suburban — landscape.... 

<em>Reclaiming Materials: Four Sculptors Recycle</em>

Art

Reclaiming Materials: Four Sculptors Recycle

Tuesday 4/29 @ Sculpturesite Gallery

One person's trash is another person's treasure — or sculpture, as is the case at Sculpturesite's current exhibition of art works... 

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

Art: Photography

After the Revolution

Tuesday 4/29 @ 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...