Events on Wednesday, July 2

Dead Channels presents <em>Hell's Ground</em>

Film

Hell's Ground

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Hypnodrome

Proving that terror is truly cinema's lingua franca, Dead Channels continues its White Hot 'N' Warped Wednesdays screening series with Pakistani... 

Gilberto Gil

Music: Global

Gilberto Gil

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium

Though Gilberto Gil now splits his time between music and a day job as Brazil's Minister of Culture, he wasn't always... 

International Mandolin Night feat. Mike Marshall

Music: Global

Mike Marshall

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse

The mandolin's been popping up in the Bay Area a lot lately — first with the International Festival of the Mandolins,... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place</em>

Art: Photography

Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Savage Grace</em>

Film

Savage Grace

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Landmark Embarcadero

Biopics are a tough lot. If they follow the arc of their subjects' lives too accurately, they drag, as real life... 

Tammy Rae Carland: <em>An Archive of Feelings</em>

Art: Photography

Tammy Rae Carland

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Silverman Gallery

It should come as no surprise that Tammy Rae Carland's solo exhibition, An Archive of Feelings, draws its title from Ann... 

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

Art

William T. Wiley

Wednesday 7/ 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>Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzal</em>&egrave;s<em>, Marie Bracquemond</em>

Art

Women Impressionists

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

The Reggae Scrapbook

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

MOVE>SOUND: Soundwave>Series 3

Festival: Performing Arts

MOVE>SOUND

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Various locations

Every two years, the Soundwave>Series drops two months of interdisciplinary, multimedia arts programming on the eyes and ears of San Francisco.... 

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

Amy Stein: <em>New American Fables</em>

Art: Photography

New American Fables

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

Superstition Obstacle Course

Special Event

Superstition Obstacle Course

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Exploratorium

  Opening (appropriately enough) on Friday the 13th, the Exploratorium's newest exhibit encourages visitors to test their own superstitions (or lack... 

Victory Gardens 2008+

Festival: Performing Arts

Victory Gardens 2008+

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ City Hall

During World War II, Victory Gardens produced almost 40% of America's food supply. In a nod to history, artist and green... 

<em>A Complicated Dominion: Nature and New Political Narratives</em>

Art

A Complicated Dominion

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Brick Lane</em>

Film

Brick Lane

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Embarcadero Center Cinema

With its sunflower hues poking through England's grime, Brick Lane cleaves to the trajectory of an East-to-West immigration tale. Teenager Nazneen... 

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

Art: Photography

Trevor Paglen

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Birth of the Cool

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

Dale Chihuly

Art

Dale Chihuly

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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,... 

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

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Museum of Performance & Design

Emerging with a rejuvenated image and collection in March, the Museum of Performance & Design mounts an impressive exhibit chronicling the... 

Thrillpeddlers present Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival

Theatre

Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Hypnodrome

Not to be confused with the Theater of the Absurd, the Theatre of the Ridiculous was the love child of Gay... 

<em> We Remember the Sun </em>

Art

We Remember the Sun

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Kiki: The Proof Is in the Pudding</em>

Art

Kiki

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Ratio 3

As many LGBT folks are rushing to the altar, this retrospective of the short-lived but influential SF gallery Kiki comes at... 

Creativity Explored presents <em>INsects INsectos</em>

Art

INsects INsectos

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Creativity Explored

From Them! to Mothra, Cold War movie audiences frequently endured attacks from gigantic insects. And while INsects INsectos — the new... 

Leigh Wells

Art

Leigh Wells

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Gallery 16

Illustrator Leigh Wells builds collages over discarded reproductions of of great masters. Her new exhibition at Gallery 16 delights in little... 

<em>Soft Underbelly Recognition</em>

Art

Soft Underbelly Recognition

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Little Tree Gallery

In the sprawling text that accompanies the show, LA-based curator Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer makes large conceptual claims about Soft Underbelly Recognition —... 

<em>'Tis Pity She's a Whore</em>

Theatre

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ American Conservatory Theater

Passions run hot, and blood flows freely in ACT's riveting production of John Ford's grim, rarely staged 17th-century revenge story. Michael... 

<em>Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens</em>

Art: Photography

Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Berkeley Art Museum

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

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

Special Event

2nd Skin

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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>Hopeless and Otherwise</em>

Art

Hopeless and Otherwise

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Southern Exposure

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

Special Event

Dykes on Bikes®

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Encounters at the End of the World</em>

Film: Documentary

Encounters at the End of the World

Wednesday 7/ 2 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre

In many ways, Encounters at the End of the World is the ultimate Werner Herzog documentary. Set in Antarctica, it (blessedly)...