Events on Saturday, July 5

<em>Some Like It Hot</em> (1959)

Film

Some Like It Hot

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

You may have rented Billy Wilder's timeless cross-dressing caper a million times, but if you haven't enjoyed it on the big... 

<em>The Gits</em>

Film: Documentary

The Gits

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Uptown Nightclub

In the early '90s, Seattle outfit the Gits were rising stars in the Northwest punk scene — thanks in no small... 

Tormenta Tropical feat. Los Rakas

Music: Hip-Hop

Los Rakas

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Rickshaw Stop

After six months and a few location swaps, the monthly Tormenta party series has finally established itself as a booty-shaking hotspot,... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

American Symbols

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson</em>

Film: Documentary

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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.... 

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

Art: Photography

Windows on Nature

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>Frida Kahlo</em>

Art

Frida Kahlo

Saturday 7/ 5 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art: Photography

The Reggae Scrapbook

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Dale Chihuly

Art

Dale Chihuly

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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> We Remember the Sun </em>

Art

We Remember the Sun

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Jean Cocteau: The Orphic Trilogy

Film

Jean Cocteau: The Orphic Trilogy

Saturday 7/ 5 @ SFMOMA

Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy — Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1949), and The Testament of Orpheus... 

Leigh Wells

Art

Leigh Wells

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Gallery 16

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

Maria Antelman and Tamar Halpern

Art

Maria Antelman and Tamar Halpern

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Jack Hanley Gallery

While artist Barbara Kruger makes clear that her declarative captions exist in opposition to the slick images with which they are... 

Special Event

Dykes on Bikes®

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Fillmore Jazz Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Fillmore Jazz Festival

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Fillmore St btwn Jackson & Eddy Sts

The Fillmore district got a boost with the opening of Yoshi's, but not without a cost: like much of San Francisco,... 

<em>Soft Underbelly Recognition</em>

Art

Soft Underbelly Recognition

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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+

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Berkeley Art Museum

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

SF Film Society presents <em>Hank and Mike</em>

Film

Hank and Mike

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

<em>The Beast in Me</em>

Art

The Beast in Me

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital & Analog Clothing</em>

Special Event

2nd Skin

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet</em>

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>The Art of Lee Miller</em>

Art: Photography

The Art of Lee Miller

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place</em>

Art: Photography

Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

MOVE>SOUND: Soundwave>Series 3

Festival: Performing Arts

MOVE>SOUND

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Various locations

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

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

Art: Photography

Trevor Paglen

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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>Kiki: The Proof Is in the Pudding</em>

Art

Kiki

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Ratio 3

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

San Francisco Mime Troupe: <em>Red State</em>

Theatre

San Francisco Mime Troupe

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Mission Dolores Park

The OBIE and Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe's latest foray into razor-sharp farce, Red State was penned by SFMT head... 

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

Special Event

Birth of the Cool

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Portals

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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,... 

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

Art

Women Impressionists

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Tammy Rae Carland

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Silverman Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

New American Fables

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Creativity Explored

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

Superstition Obstacle Course

Special Event

Superstition Obstacle Course

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Exploratorium

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

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

Art

A Complicated Dominion

Saturday 7/ 5 @ 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... 

Thrillpeddlers present Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival

Theatre

Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival

Saturday 7/ 5 @ Hypnodrome

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