Events on Tuesday, November 10

Afro Punk presents Saul Williams w/ American Fangs

Music: Experimental

Saul Williams

Tuesday 11/10 @ The Independent

Saul Williams walks a fine, marvelous line between poet and punk, setting intricately constructed anti-establishment lyrics to highly syncopated beats and... 

Hans Koch and Fred Frith

Music: Experimental

Hans Koch and Fred Frith

Tuesday 11/10 @ swissnex

While the Bay Area is lucky enough to count experimental music luminary Fred Frith as a local resident (Frith has been... 

Over the Rhine + Katie Herzig

Music

Over the Rhine + Katie Herzig

Tuesday 11/10 @ Great American Music Hall

Over The Rhine:
NO DEPRESSION (USA) "...slow burn ambience, enchanting melodies, languid tempos; themes of affirmation in... 

LIZA DALBY / Hidden Buddhas

Books: Reading

LIZA DALBY / Hidden Buddhas

Tuesday 11/10 @ Berkeley Arts and Letters

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Fine Arts: Graduate Program Information Night

Art

Fine Arts: Graduate Program Information Night

Tuesday 11/10 @ California College of the Arts

Please join us on the CCA campus in San Francisco for an in-depth look at our Graduate Program in Fine Arts.... 

Rough Cuts: Dreaming in Circus

Film: Documentary

Rough Cuts: Dreaming in Circus

Tuesday 11/10 @ The Lab

In November's work-in-progress documentary screening, Darin Basile’s Dreaming In Circus offers a candid and funny portrait of 73-year-old Tony Steele, regarded... 

Ongoing Events

Mark Baugh-Sasaki: <em>Adaptations</em>

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Tuesday 11/10 @ Hayes Valley Park

The work of emerging sculptor Mark Baugh-Sasaki reflects both his San Francisco upbringing  (including an adolescence spent mountain biking through the... 

Tim Roseborough: <em>Here Is The Room</em>

Art

Tim Roseborough

Tuesday 11/10 @ Scenius

Something bad, something very bad, has happened in the nondescript hotel room Tim Roseborough has built in his installation Here Is... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Tuesday 11/10 @ 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... 

<em>Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004</em>

Art: Photography

Richard Avedon

Tuesday 11/10 @ SFMOMA

Marilyn Monroe caught in a moment of intense vulnerability. The line of a model's Dior gown mirrored in the curves of... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Tuesday 11/10 @ Fort Mason Center

Since 1969, the Exploratorium has merged science and fun with its hands-on collection; now, it brings that curatorial savvy outdoors, with... 

Carleton Watkins: <em>Discoveries</em>

Art: Photography

Carleton Watkins

Tuesday 11/10 @ Fraenkel Gallery

Carleton Watkins moved to California in 1851 and soon established himself as one of the most important Western landscape photographers of... 

<em>Then and Now: Photographs by Sebasti&atilde;o Salgado</em>

Art: Photography

Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado

Tuesday 11/10 @ David Brower Center

Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado's work is saturated with a deep affection and empathy for his subjects, who comprise the world's dispossessed... 

<em>November</em>

Theatre

November

Tuesday 11/10 @ American Conservatory Theater

David Mamet is, arguably, a lot of things: a misogynist, a feminist, underrated, overrated. One thing's for certain, though — he's... 

Free Night of Theater

Theatre

Free Night of Theater

Tuesday 11/10 @ Various locations

There may be no such thing as a free lunch but there is such a thing as a free night of... 

<em>There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak</em>

Art

There's a Mystery There

Tuesday 11/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

With everyone atwitter about the October release of the Dave Eggers-penned, Spike Jonze-helmed, and Arcade Fire-filled adaptation of Where the Wild... 

<em>Punk Passage: San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981</em>

Art: Photography

Punk Passage

Tuesday 11/10 @ San Francisco Public Library

The Sex Pistols may have imploded after their notorious final show at SF's now-defunct Winterland Ballroom, but the city's own punk... 

<em>One Day: A Collective Narrative of Tehran</em>

Art

One Day

Tuesday 11/10 @ Intersection for the Arts

An ancient metropolis now home to some eight million residents, Tehran is as complicated, intriguing, and deeply layered as any city... 

<em>Moby Dick</em>

Art

Moby Dick

Tuesday 11/10 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Moby Dick has long been a springboard for grand considerations of everything from transcendental philosophy to racism and political upheaval. Melville's... 

<em>Picturing Childhood: Portraits From The Masters Of Early Photography (1850&ndash;1930)</em>

Art: Photography

Picturing Childhood

Tuesday 11/10 @ Castle in the Air

You can thank the Victorians for the continuing source of horror and fascination that is the photography of Anne Geddes. OK,... 

<em>Wonderland</em>

Art

Wonderland

Tuesday 11/10 @ Tenderloin District

Creative types are often pigeonholed as harbingers of gentrification, and the current wave of gallery openings and other creative endeavors underway... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 11/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Jews on Vinyl is a unique exhibition based on Roger Bennett and Josh Kun's new book: And You Shall Know Us by... 

Holly Andres: <em>Sparrow Lane</em>

Art: Photography

Holly Andres

Tuesday 11/10 @ Robert Koch Gallery

Holly Andres reveals only part of the mysterious story behind the lush and saturated images that make up Sparrow Lane. Calling... 

<em>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Tuesday 11/10 @ de Young Museum

"Wonderful things." So said Howard Carter when the archaeologist was asked what he saw upon peeking into the just-opened tomb of... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Tuesday 11/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

It is said that every one of the 304,805 letters in the Torah corresponds to a soul. CJM visitors both to... 

American Idiot -- The Stage version of Green Day's explosive Grammy-winning album

Theatre

American Idiot -- The Stage version of Green Day's explosive Grammy-winning album

Tuesday 11/10 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

Music by Green Day Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong  Book by Billie Joe Armstrong &... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Tuesday 11/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

It begins with parchment, ink, a hand-sharpened feather quill, and a scribe who states out loud the intention to write a... 

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Tuesday 11/10 @ SFMOMA

How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Tuesday 11/10 @ SFMOMA

How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the... 

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma

Art

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma

Tuesday 11/10 @ Asian Art Museum

In the 19th-century Siam and Burma—two neighboring kingdoms in Southeast Asia—were renowned for their golden-roofed temples, lush gardens, and handsomely adorned... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 11/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Jews on Vinyl is a unique exhibition based on Roger Bennett and Josh Kun's new book: And You Shall Know Us by... 

Tiny Kushner — the West Coast premiere of 5 short plays by Oscar nominee Tony Kushner

Theatre

Tiny Kushner — the West Coast premiere of 5 short plays by Oscar nominee Tony Kushner

Tuesday 11/10 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

WRITTEN BY TONY KUSHNER
DIRECTED BY TONY TACCONE
  There’s really nothing tiny about... 

Moby-Dick

Art

Moby-Dick

Tuesday 11/10 @ California College of the Arts

Reception: Tues., Sept. 22, 6:30–8:30 p.m.   An eclectic group of 32 international artists, including Damián Ortega, Angela Bulloch, Paulina Olowska,...