Events on Thursday, July 3

Leigh Wells
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Leigh Wells
@ Gallery 16
Illustrator Leigh Wells builds collages over discarded reproductions of of great masters. Her new exhibition at Gallery 16 delights in little... View details » View details »
Free
<em>Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzal</em>&egrave;s<em>, Marie Bracquemond</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Women Impressionists
@ 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... View details » View details »
Dale Chihuly
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Dale Chihuly
@ 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,... View details » View details »
William T. Wiley: <em>Punball: Only One Earth</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
William T. Wiley
@ Electric Works
Pinball machines have largely been relegated to the scrap yard of nostalgia, but that hasn't stopped William T. Wiley from resurrecting... View details » View details »
Free
<em>Hopeless and Otherwise</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Hopeless and Otherwise
@ Southern Exposure
With elections around the corner, many Americans are dreaming of change, but this group of artists remains skeptical, exploring moments of... View details » View details »
Free
<em>Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Mid-century</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
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Birth of the Cool
@ 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... View details » View details »
Superstition Obstacle Course
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
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Superstition Obstacle Course
@ Exploratorium
  Opening (appropriately enough) on Friday the 13th, the Exploratorium's newest exhibit encourages visitors to test their own superstitions (or lack... View details » View details »
<em>Frida Kahlo</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Frida Kahlo
@ SFMOMA
The devastating injuries Frida Kahlo suffered as a teenager during a bus accident actually may have been inspirational — they led... View details » View details »
Creativity Explored presents <em>INsects INsectos</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
INsects INsectos
@ Creativity Explored
From Them! to Mothra, Cold War movie audiences frequently endured attacks from gigantic insects. And while INsects INsectos — the new... View details » View details »
Free
<em>2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital & Analog Clothing</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
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2nd Skin
@ Exploratorium
With a futuristic, tongue-in-cheek vision, the artists featured in the 2nd Skin fashion exhibit challenge the standard notions of practical clothing.... View details » View details »
<em>The Art of Lee Miller</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art: Photography
The Art of Lee Miller
@ SFMOMA
Lee Miller's biography reads like a spectacular modernist novel: Roaring-'20s fashion model discovered by Condé Nast; avant-garde muse for Man Ray,... View details » View details »
Amy Stein: <em>New American Fables</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art: Photography
New American Fables
@ 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... View details » View details »
Free
Koh Myung Keun: <em>Windows on Nature</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art: Photography
Windows on Nature
@ 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.... View details » View details »
Free
<em>Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art: Photography
Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens
@ Berkeley Art Museum
After he broke through as an underground filmmaker in 1958, Bruce Conner kept a close eye on the cultural zeitgeist. He... View details » View details »
Tammy Rae Carland: <em>An Archive of Feelings</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art: Photography
Tammy Rae Carland
@ Silverman Gallery
It should come as no surprise that Tammy Rae Carland's solo exhibition, An Archive of Feelings, draws its title from Ann... View details » View details »
Free
Tim Lee
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Tim Lee
@ 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... View details » View details »
Free
<em> We Remember the Sun </em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
We Remember the Sun
@ 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... View details » View details »
Free
Trevor Paglen: <em>The Other Night Sky</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art: Photography
Trevor Paglen
@ 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... View details » View details »
<em>Kiki: The Proof Is in the Pudding</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Kiki
@ Ratio 3
As many LGBT folks are rushing to the altar, this retrospective of the short-lived but influential SF gallery Kiki comes at... View details » View details »
Free
<em>American Symbols: From Lady Liberty to the Stars and Stripes</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
American Symbols
@ 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.... View details » View details »
<em>A Complicated Dominion: Nature and New Political Narratives</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
A Complicated Dominion
@ 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... View details » View details »
Free
<em>Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
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Art & Artifice
@ Museum of Performance & Design
Emerging with a rejuvenated image and collection in March, the Museum of Performance & Design mounts an impressive exhibit chronicling the... View details » View details »
Free
<em>Soft Underbelly Recognition</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Soft Underbelly Recognition
@ 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 —... View details » View details »
Free
<em>Portals</em>: Jen Stark, Anna Fidler, and Jana Flynn
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Portals
@ Johansson Projects
This trio of artists transforms one-dimensional planes of paper into doorways that lead to strange universes. Armed with an X-Acto knife,... View details » View details »
Free
<em>Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art: Photography
Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place
@ 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... View details » View details »
Peter Simon and Roger Steffens: <em>The Reggae Scrapbook</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art: Photography
The Reggae Scrapbook
@ 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... View details » View details »
Free
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
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Dykes on Bikes®
@ 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... View details » View details »
Free
<em>The Beast in Me</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
The Beast in Me
@ Ping Pong Gallery
While the infamously grouchy Samuel Johnson averred that those unleashing their brute natures were in fact purging themselves of "the pain... View details » View details »
Free
Megafaun
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Music: Rock/Pop
Megafaun
@ 12 Galaxies
Akron/Family touring partners Megafaun take inspiration from the Grateful Dead's soaring vocal harmonies, channeled  through bluegrass, Southern rock, and folk. As... View details » View details »
<em>Baby Boomers Fucked Everything</em>
Month_07 Thursday Day_03
Art
Baby Boomers Fucked Everything
@ Southern Exposure
To mark the closing of Southern Exposure's politically charged exhibit Hopeless and Otherwise, the gallery is shooting off a few pre-July... View details » View details »
Free
<em>'Tis Pity She's a Whore</em>
Month_07 Friday Day_04
Performing Arts: Theatre
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
@ 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... View details » View details »
MOVE>SOUND: Soundwave>Series 3
Month_07 Friday Day_04
Art: Festival
MOVE>SOUND
@ Various locations
Every two years, the Soundwave>Series drops two months of interdisciplinary, multimedia arts programming on the eyes and ears of San Francisco.... View details » View details »
<em>Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson</em>
Month_07 Friday Day_04
Film: Documentary
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
@ 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.... View details » View details »
Thrillpeddlers present Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival
Month_07 Friday Day_04
Performing Arts: Theatre
Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival
@ Hypnodrome
Not to be confused with the Theater of the Absurd, the Theatre of the Ridiculous was the love child of Gay... View details » View details »
SF Film Society presents <em>Hank and Mike</em>
Month_07 Friday Day_04
Film
Hank and Mike
@ Sundance Kabuki Cinema
In the vein of "holiday confidential" films like Bad Santa (2003) and Elf (2003), Matthiew Klinck's offbeat buddy comedy Hank and... View details » View details »
Victory Gardens 2008+
Month_07 Friday Day_04
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Victory Gardens 2008+
@ City Hall
During World War II, Victory Gardens produced almost 40% of America's food supply. In a nod to history, artist and green... View details » View details »
<em>TRON </em>(1982) and <em>Brainstorm </em>(1983)
Month_07 Friday Day_04
Film
TRON and Brainstorm
@ The Castro Theatre
The Castro celebrates Independence Day with a double-header of mad scientists and hackers. The Fouth of July bill features genre-founding sci-fi... View details » View details »