Events on Saturday, January 10
Saturday 1/10 @ The Fillmore
There's no questioning their cred: not only have Funky Meters men Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, and Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste created some...
Saturday 1/10 @ Bottom of the Hill
The class clowns of the early-'80s SoCal punk scene, Angry Samoans earned a reputation for their under-a-minute songs that sophomorically covered...
Saturday 1/10 @ Million Fishes
There must be something in the city's water supply that keeps getting the kids all riled up over percussive, keyboard-heavy psych...
Ongoing Events
Andy Warhol: Good For the Jews?
Saturday 1/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
It should come as no surprise that monologuist Josh Kornbluth, that most famous of red diaper babies, would run wild with...
Saturday 1/10 @ SFMOMA
Chantal Akerman's films pass slowly, allowing viewers the necessary time to luxuriate in the depth of her work. The Belgian auteur...
Saturday 1/10 @ Coit Tower
Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with...
Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook
Saturday 1/10 @ SFMOMA
The fanciful shapes and feline curves in Paul Klee's figures can sometimes disguise the painter's intellectual rigor, but his forays into...
Saturday 1/10 @ Jack Hanley Gallery
Numerous references and allusions appear throughout Shaun O'Dell's multimedia collages: Zoroastrian symbols, American quilting patterns, ancient Sumerian architecture, the history of...
Saturday 1/10 @ Stephen Wirtz Gallery
As W. heads back to Crawford for good, he leaves behind memories both pathetic and dire — flying size 10s, bungled...
Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party
Saturday 1/10 @ SF Playhouse
We've all wondered just what may have happened between the country's 16th president and his notoriously handsome friends. Now we have...
Saturday 1/10 @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery
Paul Urich, FecalFace.com's first featured artist, returns to his old stomping ground for an exhibition of new work. Driven by the...
Saturday 1/10 @ Cartoon Art Museum
If any two names make underground-comics fans quiver, they are Hayao Miyazaki and the Cartoon Art Museum. Miyazaki has earned global...
Saturday 1/10 @ Rowan Morrison
Deth P. Sun taps into the cartoon worlds of Edward Gorey, Maurice Sendak, and Moomin to create his own illustrated universe...
Saturday 1/10 @ de Young Museum
After popular exhibits on the clothing of Vivenne Westwood and socialite Nan Kempner, the de Young has struck the mother lode:...
Saturday 1/10 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
The initial response to Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux was notoriously mixed. James Agee's superlative-laced review was the exception, as most American...
Saturday 1/10 @ SF Camerawork
South Africans first watched television in 1976, when all media was still controlled by their Nationalist government. Since the abolition of...
Saturday 1/10 @ Hosfelt Gallery
Titration refers to the process in which small, incremental chemical alterations are applied to a solution until a visible change occurs....
Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered
Saturday 1/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
It's anyone guess as to whether Andy Warhol ever imagined that his silk-screen portfolio Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth...
Saturday 1/10 @ SFMOMA
While the dynamic between viewer and art object has traditionally been one of static separation, this major exhibit seeks to investigate...
Saturday 1/10 @ SFMOMA
SFMOMA's retrospective of the great American sculptor Martin Puryear quickly dispenses with woodworking's crafty, small-scale reputation. Monumental in size, Puryear's abstract...
Saturday 1/10 @ Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Museum of California's Chief Curator of Art, Philip Linhares, ignores the myth of a San Francisco/LA cultural divide and showcases...
Saturday 1/10 @ Brava Theater Center
Strong critical reactions are often thought to be signifiers of meaningful art. Well, try this one on for size: Mac Wellman's...
It's Happening All the Time...
Saturday 1/10 @ Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Groupthink might seem antithetical to artistic practice, but Rock Paper Scissor Gallery's first show of the new year assembles an intriguing...
Saturday 1/10 @ 499 Castro St
One of the many transformations that occurs in Gus van Sant's Milk is that of the Castro from a sleepy, working-class...
