Events on Friday, May 9

The Glitch Mob w/ Flying Lotus, Lazer Sword, and Shane King

Music: Electronic

The Glitch Mob

Friday 5/ 9 @ Club Mighty

The Glitch Mob's productions unearth the secret family tree that links early Timbaland, the laser-guided bass of Ghislain Poirier, Autechre's chop-shop... 

Northern State w/ the Trucks and the Hot Toddies

Music

Northern State

Friday 5/ 9 @ Cafe du Nord

Tonight's all-lady lineup features some of the best emerging talent from both coasts. NYC's Northern State have drawn comparison to the... 

Ongoing Events

Enrique Chagoya: <em> Borderlandia </em>

Art

Enrique Chagoya

Friday 5/ 9 @ Berkeley Art Museum

The first major museum retrospective of Enrique Chagoya's mixed-media work revels in thorny cultural hierarchies and identity politics. Chagoya immigrated to... 

<em>Redbelt</em>

Film

Redbelt

Friday 5/ 9 @ Various locations

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

Atmosphere

Music: Hip-Hop

Atmosphere

Friday 5/ 9 @ The Grand Ballroom

Minneapolis' veteran duo Atmosphere (aka Slug and Ant, the backpacker's Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff) draw a die-hard crowd of indie... 

Gareth Moore

Art

Gareth Moore

Friday 5/ 9 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Vancouver artist Gareth Moore takes hold of the reins at the Wattis, presenting the ninth solo exhibition in the gallery's ongoing... 

<em>Uncharted: Imaginary Landscapes </em>

Art

Uncharted

Friday 5/ 9 @ Hayes Valley Market Gallery

Like intrepid cartographers, the nine artists featured in this exhibit navigate land and space from many angles. Their interpretations range in... 

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

Art

The Question Is Known

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

How I Learned to...

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

Feudal Echo

Friday 5/ 9 @ Park Life

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

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

Art

Within Two Hands: The Eye of the Collector

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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... 

<em>Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg</em>

Art: Photography

Protest in Paris 1968

Friday 5/ 9 @ Berkeley Art Museum

Forty years after Paris' famous May 1968 protests, the true meaning of the uprisings is debatable — but that's not for... 

<em>The Little Prince</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

The Little Prince

Friday 5/ 9 @ Zellerbach Hall

A worldwide symbol of youthful optimism, The Little Prince — set to music for the San Francisco Opear by British composer... 

Sarah Wagner: <em>Nuclear Family</em>

Art

Sarah Wagner

Friday 5/ 9 @ Patricia Sweetow Gallery

Sarah Wagner turns out delicate textile sculptures that resemble tangled roots and vines. Her faux-plant shapes sprout from the gallery's cement... 

Robert Adler: <em>Burlesque</em>

Art: Photography

Robert Adler

Friday 5/ 9 @ Hyde Street Gallery

Like '60s cocktail culture and swing dancing before it, burlesque is currently undergoing a revival. Photographer Robert Adler's series Burlesque focuses... 

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

Art

Quarter Century

Friday 5/ 9 @ Creativity Explored

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

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

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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>The Rape of the Sabine Women</em>

Art

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Friday 5/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Friedlander</em>

Art: Photography

Friedlander

Friday 5/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Graduation</em>

Film

Graduation

Friday 5/ 9 @ Landmark Opera Plaza

Combining the mischief of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the solidarity of The Breakfast Club, and the edgy bank... 

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

Art

Paul Sietsema

Friday 5/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

Ryan McGinley: <em>Spring and by Summer Fall</em>

Art: Photography

Ryan McGinley

Friday 5/ 9 @ Ratio 3

Ryan McGinley's metier is youth. The often smiling, and more often nude men and women cavorting in his photos are like... 

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

Art

Reclaiming Materials: Four Sculptors Recycle

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

Victor Cartagena

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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,... 

<em>COLORS Past and Present</em>

Art

COLORS Past and Present

Friday 5/ 9 @ Istituto Italiano di Cultura

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

Lacey Jane Roberts: <em>The Master's Tools (Decay Goes Both Ways)</em>

Art

Lacey Jane Roberts

Friday 5/ 9 @ Little Tree Gallery

Little Tree Gallery has now been fortified, thanks to Bay Area artist Lacey Jane Roberts' handwoven barbed-wire fence. Even though every... 

<em>Contempt </em>(1963)

Film

Contempt 

Friday 5/ 9 @ The Castro Theatre

Jean-Luc Godard's 45-year-old masterpiece Contempt is still a conundrum. Coming off a run of shoestring gems, the French New Wave icon... 

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

Art

In Collaboration

Friday 5/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

Duke Ellington's <em>Queenie Pie</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Queenie Pie

Friday 5/ 9 @ Oakland Metro

Queenie Pie, jazz giant Duke Ellington's final large-scale work, receives the royal treatment from the Oakland Opera Theater. Ellington's muse was... 

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

Art

American Symbols

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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.... 

Gina Borg

Art

Gina Borg

Friday 5/ 9 @ Jancar Jones Gallery

Bay Area artist Gina Borg's small works on canvas and paper are a gratifying addition to Jancar Jones' snug new gallery... 

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

Special Event

2nd Skin

Friday 5/ 9 @ Exploratorium

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

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

Art

The Way That We Rhyme

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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... 

Gilbert &amp; George

Art

Gilbert & George

Friday 5/ 9 @ de Young Museum

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

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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... 

<em>The Dhamma Brothers</em>

Film: Documentary

The Dhamma Brothers

Friday 5/ 9 @ Red Vic

It's difficult to imagine a Buddhist meditation retreat in a maximum-security prison, but at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama,... 

Inkie Whang: <em>American Debut</em>

Art

Inkie Whang

Friday 5/ 9 @ Frey Norris Gallery

Korean artist Inkie Whang's large-scale, pixelated landscapes explore the tenuous balance between his traditional heritage and the digital age. In the... 

<em>Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors </em>(1964)

Film

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Friday 5/ 9 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is Russian director Sergei Parajanov's eccentric take on the Romeo and Juliet story. Set in a Carpathian... 

Christian Marclay:<em> Stereo</em>

Art

Christian Marclay

Friday 5/ 9 @ Fraenkel Gallery

Christian Marclay pioneered the turntable as a musical instrument in the late '70s, scratching out experimental sounds with vinyl found in... 

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

Art

Veronica Graham

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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.... 

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

Art: Photography

Annie Leibovitz

Friday 5/ 9 @ 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... 

Curatorial Industries presents <em>Self-Storage</em>

Art

Self-Storage

Friday 5/ 9 @ Self Storage

Duchamp had his suitcase-sized monographs. Warhol, his yearly time capsules. Taking its inspiration from Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Chronofile — an epic... 

<em>The Memory Thief</em>

Film

The Memory Thief

Friday 5/ 9 @ Red Vic

The identity of every modern Jew is in some way built upon the memory of the Holocaust. As the generation of...