Events on Wednesday, July 16
Wednesday 7/16 @ Omni San Francisco Hotel
Malalai Joya recently turned 30, but she shows no sign of tamping down her quest for a free and fair Afghanistan....
Wednesday 7/16 @ The Independent
You've heard him countless times — a particular organ swell, a sweet tease of the ivory, a syrupy slide on guitar....
Wednesday 7/16 @ The Booksmith
Both a history of hypochondria and a memoir of living with it, Jennifer Traig's Well Enough Alone limns the ridiculous and...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Bottom of the Hill
For over 20 years, Kepi Ghoulie has made a career out of writing catchy punk-rock songs. After Groovie Ghoulies disbanded in...
LA Plays Itself and Sex Garage
Wednesday 7/16 @ Artists' Television Access
Those who caught William E. Jones' v.o. last year at the Pacific Film Archive might recognize particular streets, warehouses, and knowing...
Ongoing Events
Wednesday 7/16 @ San Francisco Art Institute - Walter and McBean Galleries
Judging from countless references to "Summers of Love," enthusiastic rock 'n roll movies, and a psychedelic exhibition at the Whitney, Americans...
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Wednesday 7/16 @ Landmark Embarcadero
The father of gonzo journalism and a '60s-counterculture icon, Hunter S. Thompson revolutionized American prose with his drug-fueled, first-person narrative style....
Wednesday 7/16 @ Frey Norris Gallery
With a Zen-like touch, Korean artist Koh Myung Keun creates photo sculptures that turn images of nature into luminous magic lanterns....
Wednesday 7/16 @ Robert Koch Gallery
Amy Stein's twisted fables are a far cry from anything Aesop ever wrote. Unlike the tales of ancient storybooks, Stein's photographic...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Hamburger Eyes Photo Epicenter
Ted Pushinsky has chronicled the streets of San Francisco with his 35mm camera for almost three decades, capturing everything from brawls...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Root Division
Ethnic identity in this country is fluid enough that it's difficult to parse the similarities and differences between, say, three neighbors...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Various locations
Every two years, the Soundwave>Series drops two months of interdisciplinary, multimedia arts programming on the eyes and ears of San Francisco....
Wednesday 7/16 @ Berkeley Art Museum
After he broke through as an underground filmmaker in 1958, Bruce Conner kept a close eye on the cultural zeitgeist. He...
Maria Antelman and Tamar Halpern
Wednesday 7/16 @ Jack Hanley Gallery
While artist Barbara Kruger makes clear that her declarative captions exist in opposition to the slick images with which they are...
Wednesday 7/16 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/16 @ The Lab
Mariah Johnson's installations re-envision household order as natural phenomena, draping and wrapping bed linens over chairs, walls, and floors in ways...
Wednesday 7/16 @ The Legion of Honor Museum
Impressionism has more than its fair share of great names: Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet, and the list goes on. Less often...
Wednesday 7/16 @ The Shooting Gallery
A collection of who's who in the alt-comic and street-art scenes adorns the walls tonight in a portrait series by photographers...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Iceberger Gallery
Jennifer Merrill's cut-paper constructions ape medical illustrations, but her body-part diagrams, cutaway views, and bold colors depict emotional life, rather than...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Silverman Gallery
It should come as no surprise that Tammy Rae Carland's solo exhibition, An Archive of Feelings, draws its title from Ann...
Let Us Now Praise San Francisco
Wednesday 7/16 @ Marx & Zavattero
When James Agee and Walker Evans chronicled the plight of sharecroppers in the Depression-plagued South, their epic prose and images eventually...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Exploratorium
Opening (appropriately enough) on Friday the 13th, the Exploratorium's newest exhibit encourages visitors to test their own superstitions (or lack...
Wednesday 7/16 @ San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
When 19th-century wildlife artist John James Audubon cataloged the birds of North America, he painted the creatures in pristine environments. With...
Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival
Wednesday 7/16 @ Hypnodrome
Not to be confused with the Theater of the Absurd, the Theatre of the Ridiculous was the love child of Gay...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Exploratorium
With a futuristic, tongue-in-cheek vision, the artists featured in the 2nd Skin fashion exhibit challenge the standard notions of practical clothing....
Wednesday 7/16 @ de Young Museum
Although the California Academy of Sciences is across the street, it's the de Young that's currently filled with swarms of jellyfish,...
Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place
Wednesday 7/16 @ SF Camerawork
Alan B. Stone's crisp black-and-white photography tells two tales of Montreal. One concerns the changes Stone's hometown underwent during mayor Jean...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Various locations
The Wackness is the sort of movie whose most redeeming qualities are least likely to be advertised in its trailers. About...
Wednesday 7/16 @ 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...
Lauren DiCioccio and Aliza Lelah
Wednesday 7/16 @ Jack Fischer Gallery
Lauren DiCioccio and Aliza Lelah stitch up sublime social commentary. DiCioccio stretches muslin over copies of the New York Times and...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Creativity Explored
From Them! to Mothra, Cold War movie audiences frequently endured attacks from gigantic insects. And while INsects INsectos — the new...
Wednesday 7/16 @ Museum of Performance & Design
Emerging with a rejuvenated image and collection in March, the Museum of Performance & Design mounts an impressive exhibit chronicling the...
Wednesday 7/16 @ City Hall
During World War II, Victory Gardens produced almost 40% of America's food supply. In a nod to history, artist and green...
