Events on Thursday, July 3

Megafaun

Music

Megafaun

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Baby Boomers Fucked Everything</em>

Art

Baby Boomers Fucked Everything

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

American Symbols

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>Savage Grace</em>

Film

Savage Grace

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Landmark Embarcadero

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

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

Art: Photography

New American Fables

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

INsects INsectos

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Creativity Explored

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

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

Art: Photography

The Reggae Scrapbook

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Women Impressionists

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

<em> We Remember the Sun </em>

Art

We Remember the Sun

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

MOVE>SOUND: Soundwave>Series 3

Festival: Performing Arts

MOVE>SOUND

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Various locations

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

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

Art: Photography

Tammy Rae Carland

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Silverman Gallery

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

<em>Frida Kahlo</em>

Art

Frida Kahlo

Thursday 7/ 3 @ SFMOMA

The devastating injuries Frida Kahlo suffered as a teenager during a bus accident actually may have been inspirational — they led... 

<em>The Beast in Me</em>

Art

The Beast in Me

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Ping Pong Gallery

While the infamously grouchy Samuel Johnson averred that those unleashing their brute natures were in fact purging themselves of "the pain... 

<em>Hopeless and Otherwise</em>

Art

Hopeless and Otherwise

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Southern Exposure

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

<em>Soft Underbelly Recognition</em>

Art

Soft Underbelly Recognition

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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 —... 

Victory Gardens 2008+

Festival: Performing Arts

Victory Gardens 2008+

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens</em>

Art: Photography

Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>Brick Lane</em>

Film

Brick Lane

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kiki

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Ratio 3

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

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

Art

William T. Wiley

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet</em>

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Museum of Performance & Design

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

Dale Chihuly

Art

Dale Chihuly

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place</em>

Art: Photography

Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

Thrillpeddlers present Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival

Theatre

Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Hypnodrome

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

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

Art: Photography

Trevor Paglen

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital & Analog Clothing</em>

Special Event

2nd Skin

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Exploratorium

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

Superstition Obstacle Course

Special Event

Superstition Obstacle Course

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Exploratorium

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

<em>Portals</em>: Jen Stark, Anna Fidler, and Jana Flynn

Art

Portals

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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,... 

Leigh Wells

Art

Leigh Wells

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Gallery 16

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

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>'Tis Pity She's a Whore</em>

Theatre

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

Koh Myung Keun: <em>Windows on Nature</em>

Art: Photography

Windows on Nature

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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.... 

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

Special Event

Birth of the Cool

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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®

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>The Art of Lee Miller</em>

Art: Photography

The Art of Lee Miller

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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,... 

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

Art

A Complicated Dominion

Thursday 7/ 3 @ 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>Encounters at the End of the World</em>

Film: Documentary

Encounters at the End of the World

Thursday 7/ 3 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre

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