Events on Saturday, January 24

The Tuning Fork: The 9th Annual Edwardian Ball

Party

The Tuning Fork Ball

Saturday 1/24 @ The Regency Ballroom

The gala event in a weekend-long program of Edwardian (and Edward Gorey-ian) festivities, the Tuning Fork Ball gives attending lords and... 

Smokey Robinson

Music

Smokey Robinson

Saturday 1/24 @ Paramount Theatre

Rod Stewart owes him his phrasing. Boy bands owe him their steps. And thanks to Smokey's "Quiet Storm" phase, some of... 

Ongoing Events

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 1/24 @ Coit Tower

Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with... 

SF Sketchfest

Comedy

SF Sketchfest

Saturday 1/24 @ Various locations

Something funny is happening in our city, and it has nothing to do with Gavin Nusom's hair. Sketchfest returns with 16... 

<em>Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art</em>

Art

Irreverent

Saturday 1/24 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Sleek, colorless efficiency be damned; Irreverent presents two sides of the new Scandinavian art. Blending homage to traditional materials and processes... 

<em>Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History</em>

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

The Art of <em>Coraline</em>

Art

The Art of Coraline

Saturday 1/24 @ Cartoon Art Museum

The soon-to-be-released film Coraline, a 3-D stop motion adaptation of Neil Gaiman's children's horror novella, may feature the most disturbed use... 

SF Sketchfest presents Aziz Ansari: The Glow in the Dark Tour

Comedy

Aziz Ansari

Saturday 1/24 @ Punch Line

He may not have the swagger of Kanye, but comedian Aziz Ansari definitely one-ups the rapper on rollerblading skills. Mounting his... 

Noir City: The 7th Annual San Francisco Film Noir Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Noir City 7

Saturday 1/24 @ The Castro Theatre

The Noir Fest is back, with a gritty lineup of double bills designed to recreate a trip to the cinema of... 

Paul Urich: <em>Gone But Not Forgotten</em>

Art

Paul Urich

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

<em> Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook </em>

Art

Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook

Saturday 1/24 @ SFMOMA

The fanciful shapes and feline curves in Paul Klee's figures can sometimes disguise the painter's intellectual rigor, but his forays into... 

Shaun O'Dell: <em>Sound From a Rock</em>

Art

Shaun O'Dell

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

Alec Soth: <em>The Last Days of W.</em>

Art: Photography

Alec Soth

Saturday 1/24 @ Stephen Wirtz Gallery

As W. heads back to Crawford for good, he leaves behind memories both pathetic and dire — flying size 10s, bungled... 

<em>Donnie Darko</em> (2001)

Film

Donnie Darko

Saturday 1/24 @ Red Vic

An incredible soundtrack — for instance, one laden with melancholic tracks from Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Tears for... 

<em>Scott Walker: 30 Century Man</em>

Film: Documentary

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Saturday 1/24 @ Landmark Opera Plaza

The Walker Brothers were one of the biggest pop sensations of the 1960s; Scott Walker's shaggy hair and baritone croon made... 

<em>Wings for Words: New Bookworks from Korea and Japan</em>

Art

Wings for Words

Saturday 1/24 @ San Francisco Center for the Book

The San Francisco Center for the Book adds an international spin to its venerable collection of artists' books with Wings for... 

<em>The Totoro Forest Project</em>

Art

The Totoro Forest Project

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

Deth P. Sun: <em>This Too Shall Pass</em>

Art

Deth P. Sun

Saturday 1/24 @ Rowan Morrison

Deth P. Sun taps into the cartoon worlds of Edward Gorey, Maurice Sendak, and Moomin to create his own illustrated universe... 

Yves Saint Laurent

Special Event

Yves Saint Laurent

Saturday 1/24 @ de Young Museum

After popular exhibits on the clothing of Vivenne Westwood and socialite Nan Kempner, the de Young has struck the mother lode:... 

<em>transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix</em>

Art

transPOP

Saturday 1/24 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

In transPOP, 16 artists reveal and restructure the love/hate triangle between Korea, Vietnam, and the United States. This international survey examines... 

<em>Test Patterns: Recent Video Work from South Africa</em>

Art

Test Patterns

Saturday 1/24 @ SF Camerawork

South Africans first watched television in 1976, when all media was still controlled by their Nationalist government. Since the abolition of... 

Emil Lukas: <em>Titration</em>

Art

Emil Lukas

Saturday 1/24 @ Hosfelt Gallery

Titration refers to the process in which small, incremental chemical alterations are applied to a solution until a visible change occurs.... 

<em>Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered</em>

Art

Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

<em>Rich and Famous</em>

Theatre

Rich and Famous

Saturday 1/24 @ American Conservatory Theater

John Guare is best known for introspective works such as The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation, but... 

Chantal Akerman

Film

Chantal Akerman

Saturday 1/24 @ SFMOMA

Chantal Akerman's films pass slowly, allowing viewers the necessary time to luxuriate in the depth of her work. The Belgian auteur... 

<em>It's Happening All the Time...</em>

Art

It's Happening All the Time...

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

<em>The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now</em>

Art

The Art of Participation

Saturday 1/24 @ SFMOMA

While the dynamic between viewer and art object has traditionally been one of static separation, this major exhibit seeks to investigate... 

Martin Puryear

Art

Martin Puryear

Saturday 1/24 @ 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... 

<em> L.A. Paint </em>

Art

L.A. Paint

Saturday 1/24 @ 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...