Events on Tuesday, July 8
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Rockit Room
With Poets Picking Poets, local literary powerhouse McSweeney's tries its hand at releasing a poetry anthology, with fascinatingly novel results. In...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Bottom of the Hill
As the first wave of slowcore groups hits pay dirt with reunions and deluxe reissues, it's worth noting that Low are...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Vesuvio Cafe
Kick the Balls is Alan Black's first book, though San Francisco literati might already recognize him from his bartending post...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Great American Music Hall
Despite two albums of joyous indie pop, Omaha's Tilly and the Wall will likely always be known as "that band with...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 12 Galaxies
Little more needs to be said about bass-and-drums trio Big Business beyond the fact that they're the official rhythm section for...
Ongoing Events
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Museum of Performance & Design
Emerging with a rejuvenated image and collection in March, the Museum of Performance & Design mounts an impressive exhibit chronicling the...
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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....
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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,...
Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Hypnodrome
Not to be confused with the Theater of the Absurd, the Theatre of the Ridiculous was the love child of Gay...
Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Silverman Gallery
It should come as no surprise that Tammy Rae Carland's solo exhibition, An Archive of Feelings, draws its title from Ann...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ SFMOMA
The devastating injuries Frida Kahlo suffered as a teenager during a bus accident actually may have been inspirational — they led...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...
Maria Antelman and Tamar Halpern
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Jack Hanley Gallery
While artist Barbara Kruger makes clear that her declarative captions exist in opposition to the slick images with which they are...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Exploratorium
Opening (appropriately enough) on Friday the 13th, the Exploratorium's newest exhibit encourages visitors to test their own superstitions (or lack...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ City Hall
During World War II, Victory Gardens produced almost 40% of America's food supply. In a nod to history, artist and green...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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....
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Exploratorium
With a futuristic, tongue-in-cheek vision, the artists featured in the 2nd Skin fashion exhibit challenge the standard notions of practical clothing....
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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,...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Ping Pong Gallery
While the infamously grouchy Samuel Johnson averred that those unleashing their brute natures were in fact purging themselves of "the pain...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Various locations
Every two years, the Soundwave>Series drops two months of interdisciplinary, multimedia arts programming on the eyes and ears of San Francisco....
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ 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....
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Creativity Explored
From Them! to Mothra, Cold War movie audiences frequently endured attacks from gigantic insects. And while INsects INsectos — the new...
Tuesday 7/ 8 @ Gallery 16
Illustrator Leigh Wells builds collages over discarded reproductions of of great masters. Her new exhibition at Gallery 16 delights in little...
