Events on Wednesday, June 4

[CANCELED] Errol Morris and Philip Gourevitch: <em>Standard Operating Procedure</em>

Special Event

Standard Operating Procedure

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Commonwealth Club

Though it still struck some as sensational, Errol Morris' documentary about the Abu Ghraib scandal was a success; the book version,... 

Film on Film Series presents Film Gods Shoot Back

Film

Film Gods Shoot Back

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Roxie Theater

1960s musical-theater star Anthony Newley was no Fellini, but that didn't stop the popular British balladeer from convincing Hollywood to back... 

A <em>Blade Runner</em> Bash feat. Beatropolis w/ Grime City Crew, Return to Mono, and DJ Kozee

Music: Hip-Hop

A Blade Runner Bash

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Rickshaw Stop

Ridley Scott's gritty 1982 cyberpunk noir provides the inspiration for this showcase of local electronic acts — though their music is... 

Ongoing Events

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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>Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 </em>

Film: Documentary

Note by Note

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

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

<em>ArtSpan: 30 Under 30</em>

Art

ArtSpan: 30 Under 30

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Varnish Fine Art

Bay Area Now 5 doesn't hit the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts until July, but ArtSpan has the jump on... 

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

Art

Reclaiming Materials: Four Sculptors Recycle

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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>Hopeless and Otherwise</em>

Art

Hopeless and Otherwise

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Southern Exposure

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

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

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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>Within Two Hands: The Eye of the Collector</em>

Art

Within Two Hands: The Eye of the Collector

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Ryan McGinley

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Ratio 3

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

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

Art

Sarah Wagner

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art

Quarter Century

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Creativity Explored

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

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

Art: Photography

After the Revolution

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Park Life

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

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

Film

The Children of Huang Shi

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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... 

Trevor Paglen: <em>The Other Night Sky</em>

Art: Photography

Trevor Paglen

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Berkeley Art Museum

Trevor Paglen photographs what we can't see — and what the government doesn't want us to see. Using a battery of... 

Amanda M. Smith: <em>Candy Garden and Sparkling Sabers</em>

Art

Amanda M. Smith: Candy Garden and Sparkling Sabers

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Jack Fischer Gallery

Little children run amok in Amanda M. Smith's series of exquisitely rendered ceramic reliefs. Set in a vivid world of flattened,... 

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

Art

William T. Wiley

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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>The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics</em>

Art

The Way That We Rhyme

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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>The Rape of the Sabine Women</em>

Art

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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>Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens</em>

Art: Photography

Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Berkeley Art Museum

After he broke through as an underground filmmaker in 1958, Bruce Conner kept a close eye on the cultural zeitgeist. He... 

Karla Wozniak: <em>Road Works</em>

Art

Karla Wozniak

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Gregory Lind Gallery

Karla Wozniak's exhibition of new paintings takes a shot at the endless string of strip malls and billboards that lines nearly... 

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

Special Event

2nd Skin

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Exploratorium

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

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

Art

Christopher Brown and Clare Kirkconnell

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ 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... 

Peter Simon and Roger Steffens: <em>The Reggae Scrapbook</em>

Art: Photography

The Reggae Scrapbook

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Babylon Falling

The Reggae Scrapbook is a love letter from two eternal fanboys to Jamaica's best-known export. Drawing from their memories, publications, and... 

San Francisco International Arts Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

SF International Arts Festival

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Various locations

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

Adam5100: <em>The Heart vs the Mind in a Fight to the Finish</em>

Art

Adam5100

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Rowan Morrison

The graffiti artist Adam5100 may have started out bombing derelict sections of Albuquerque, New Mexico, but he's brushed up on his... 

Christian Marclay:<em> Stereo</em>

Art

Christian Marclay

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Fraenkel Gallery

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

<em>Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Mid-century</em>

Special Event

Birth of the Cool

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Oakland Museum of California

Fashion designer Christian Lacroix put it most directly: "...the history of cool in America is the history of African-American culture." That... 

Special Event

Dykes on Bikes®

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ GLBT Historical Society

Like chrome-and-leather-swathed valkyries rumbling down Market Street, Dykes on Bikes have long been the kickoff contingent of the San Francisco Pride... 

San Francisco Black Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

SF Black Film Festival

Wednesday 6/ 4 @ Various locations

The San Francisco Black Film Festival premiered in 1998 as a one-day event. Ten years make quite a difference: this year's...