Events on Monday, June 2

Books: Poetry

Luis Garcia

Monday 6/ 2 @ Moe's Books

Moe's Books spotlights three elder (and in some cases, local) statesmen of verse. As a young man, Luis Garcia left the... 

The Long Blondes w/ Social Studies

Music

The Long Blondes

Monday 6/ 2 @ Great American Music Hall

Enveloped by disco beats and new-wave synths, Long Blondes frontwoman Kate Jackson's husky voice seems to float above the crowd, reminiscent... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 </em>

Film: Documentary

Note by Note

Monday 6/ 2 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

An ode to music and craftsmanship, Ben Niles' documentary Note by Note details the painstaking craftsmanship required to produce one... 

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

Art

Feudal Echo

Monday 6/ 2 @ 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 6/ 2 @ Electric Works

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

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

Art

Within Two Hands: The Eye of the Collector

Monday 6/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Paul Sietsema

Monday 6/ 2 @ SFMOMA

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

Christopher Brown<em> </em>and Clare Kirkconnell

Art

Christopher Brown and Clare Kirkconnell

Monday 6/ 2 @ John Berggruen Gallery

Christopher Brown and Clare Kirkconnell's concurrent exhibitions at John Berggruen Gallery have sympathetic interests: each artist makes work that quietly reinterprets... 

<em>The Children of Huang Shi</em>

Film

The Children of Huang Shi

Monday 6/ 2 @ Embarcadero Center Cinema

Based on a true story, The Children of Huang Shi follows a group of orphaned children fleeing war-torn China in the... 

Superdrag w/ Birdmonster and DJ Jeff

Music

Superdrag

Monday 6/ 2 @ Bottom of the Hill

Superdrag's "Sucked Out" was one of the prime pop confections of 1996, with cherry-red guitar distortion and John Davis' hoarse vocals... 

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

Art

Quarter Century

Monday 6/ 2 @ Creativity Explored

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

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

Art

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Monday 6/ 2 @ 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>In Collaboration: Early Works from the Media Arts Collection</em>

Art

In Collaboration

Monday 6/ 2 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Hopeless and Otherwise</em>

Art

Hopeless and Otherwise

Monday 6/ 2 @ Southern Exposure

With elections around the corner, many Americans are dreaming of change, but this group of artists remains skeptical, exploring moments of... 

San Francisco International Arts Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

SF International Arts Festival

Monday 6/ 2 @ Various locations

The International Arts Festival situates the Bay Area's creative microcosm in a global context. The calendar is brimming with performances at... 

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

Art

American Symbols

Monday 6/ 2 @ 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>After the Revolution: Contemporary Photography from Tehran and California</em>

Art: Photography

After the Revolution

Monday 6/ 2 @ 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...