Events on Monday, May 19

Gigantour 2008 presents Megadeth w/ In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy, and High on Fire

Music

Gigantour 2008

Monday 5/19 @ San Jose State Event Center Arena

Sure, Dave Mustaine quit drinking and is born again, but he hasn't strayed so far from the metal path that he... 

The Bee-In: A Spelling Bee to Benefit SPD

Special Event: Fundraisers

The Bee-In

Monday 5/19 @ Crown Point Gallery

Literary masterminds match wits and twist tongues to raise money for the Berkeley nonprofit Small Press Distribution, whose mission is exactly... 

Clinic w/ Shearwater

Music

Clinic

Monday 5/19 @ The Independent

Since their inception over a decade ago, Liverpool psych-retro-whatever wizards Clinic have been frequently described as "spooky," "cryptic," and "creepy." But... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Flight of the Red Balloon </em>

Film

Flight of the Red Balloon

Monday 5/19 @ Landmark Bridge Theater

Chinese director Hsiao-hsien Hou's glorious response to the 1956 classic The Red Balloon commences with a long, nearly silent scene of... 

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

Art

Paul Sietsema

Monday 5/19 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>The Rape of the Sabine Women</em>

Art

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Monday 5/19 @ SFMOMA

Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation's epic video-opera, The Rape of the Sabine Women, is a sprawling, beguiling exploration of classical... 

Veronica Graham: <em>Bonus Map</em>

Art

Veronica Graham

Monday 5/19 @ CELLspace

Composed of more than 2000 hand-printed cloth swatches, Veronica Graham's sprawling installation Bonus Map takes over CELLspace's wall like cartographic kudzu.... 

<em>Quarter Century: </em>Creativity Explored's 25th Anniversary

Art

Quarter Century

Monday 5/19 @ Creativity Explored

Creativity Explored has long been an outlet for local developmentally challenged adults to express their artistic visions. Now celebrating its 25th... 

<em>Redbelt</em>

Film

Redbelt

Monday 5/19 @ Various locations

Redbelt, David Mamet's latest, is an absorbing foray into the world of mixed martial arts. An unconventional fight film, Redbelt centers... 

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

Art

In Collaboration

Monday 5/19 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art: Photography

After the Revolution

Monday 5/19 @ 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>The Unforeseen </em>

Film: Documentary

The Unforeseen

Monday 5/19 @ Red Vic

For a treatise on suburban sprawl and its impact on the environment, The Unforeseen is surprisingly soft-spoken. Maybe that's because this... 

<em>American Symbols: From Lady Liberty to the Stars and Stripes</em>

Art

American Symbols

Monday 5/19 @ Museum of Craft and Folk Art

Recognized worldwide as a cultural symbol, the American flag is an object that elicits many personal and political emotions and interpretations.... 

<em>Within Two Hands: The Eye of the Collector</em>

Art

Within Two Hands: The Eye of the Collector

Monday 5/19 @ San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design

Peter Voulkos founded the Arts Ceramics departments at both Los Angeles' Otis College of Art and Design and UC-Berkeley in the... 

Alex Lukas and Brian Willmont: <em>Feudal Echo</em>

Art

Feudal Echo

Monday 5/19 @ Park Life

Some may feel that the twin horrors of global warming and terrorism are hurtling humans into a fiery end of days,... 

William T. Wiley: <em>Punball: Only One Earth</em>

Art

William T. Wiley

Monday 5/19 @ Electric Works

Pinball machines have largely been relegated to the scrap yard of nostalgia, but that hasn't stopped William T. Wiley from resurrecting...