Events on Tuesday, January 20
Tuesday 1/20 @ Civic Center
You could buy an expensive plane ticket to Washington, DC, plead with your local representative for a coveted inauguration ticket, and...
Tuesday 1/20 @ Electric Works
Even if you missed this morning's free Civic Center simulcast of Barack Obama's inauguration, you can still join the celebration tonight...
Tuesday 1/20 @ AMC Loews Metreon
Only two months have passed since the national euphoria of the presidential election. Since then, everything seems to have soured a...
Ongoing Events
Tuesday 1/20 @ Various locations
Something funny is happening in our city, and it has nothing to do with Gavin Nusom's hair. Sketchfest returns with 16...
Tuesday 1/20 @ The Fillmore
Of late, the Red Headed Stranger has only made headlines via a string of so-so albums, dubious new-country collaborations (though we...
Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook
Tuesday 1/20 @ SFMOMA
The fanciful shapes and feline curves in Paul Klee's figures can sometimes disguise the painter's intellectual rigor, but his forays into...
Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered
Tuesday 1/20 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/20 @ de Young Museum
After popular exhibits on the clothing of Vivenne Westwood and socialite Nan Kempner, the de Young has struck the mother lode:...
Tuesday 1/20 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/20 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/20 @ SFMOMA
Chantal Akerman's films pass slowly, allowing viewers the necessary time to luxuriate in the depth of her work. The Belgian auteur...
Tuesday 1/20 @ SF Camerawork
South Africans first watched television in 1976, when all media was still controlled by their Nationalist government. Since the abolition of...
Tuesday 1/20 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/20 @ Stephen Wirtz Gallery
As W. heads back to Crawford for good, he leaves behind memories both pathetic and dire — flying size 10s, bungled...
Tuesday 1/20 @ American Conservatory Theater
John Guare is best known for introspective works such as The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation, but...
Tuesday 1/20 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/20 @ SFMOMA
While the dynamic between viewer and art object has traditionally been one of static separation, this major exhibit seeks to investigate...
Tuesday 1/20 @ The Castro Theatre
The Berlin & Beyond Film Festival features the best new cinema from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Showcasing narratives, documentaries, shorts, and...
Tuesday 1/20 @ FIFTY24SF Gallery
Shepard Fairey's Obama poster may have made the cover of Time, but street art giant Ron English's campaign portrait — which...
Tuesday 1/20 @ Hosfelt Gallery
Titration refers to the process in which small, incremental chemical alterations are applied to a solution until a visible change occurs....
Tuesday 1/20 @ Headlands Center for the Arts
The Headlands Center for the Arts' Residency Program has provided a removed perch for California artists, letting them draw on the...
