Events on Wednesday, November 18

Raphael Saadiq w/ Anjulie Melanie and Fiona

Music

Raphael Saadiq

Wednesday 11/18 @ Fox Theater

Raphael Saadiq described his 2002 debut, Instant Vintage, as "gospeldelic" — a funky hybrid of spiritualism, turntablism, and deeply groovy funk.... 

1939: Tog to the Bricks!

Party

1939: Tog to the Bricks!

Wednesday 11/18 @ Le Club

What to do to chase our current economic blues away? Party like it's 1939, of course. Depression Era-chic soiree Tog to... 

Moby-Dick Small Talks: James Gobel, interim chair, Painting/Drawing

Special Event

Moby-Dick Small Talks: James Gobel, interim chair, Painting/Drawing

Wednesday 11/18 @ California College of the Arts

All are welcome to attend these weekly free lectures held Wednesdays at 5 p.m. at the Wattis Institute. Small Talks connect... 

Design: Graduate Program Information Night

Art

Design: Graduate Program Information Night

Wednesday 11/18 @ California College of the Arts

1111 Eighth Street
Info: 415.703.9523, 800.447.1ART Please join us on the CCA campus in San Francisco for an in-depth look... 

Conversation with Hendrick Hertzberg

Special Event

Conversation with Hendrick Hertzberg

Wednesday 11/18 @ City Arts & Lectures

spanJulian Plenti (Paul Banks of Interpol) + I'm in You

Music

Julian Plenti (Paul Banks of Interpol) + I'm in You

Wednesday 11/18 @ Great American Music Hall

According to a Matador press release, the Julian Plenti character originated in 1996, played some NYC clubs, and then "went on... 

Lecture with Sara Cain

Special Event

Lecture with Sara Cain

Wednesday 11/18 @ California College of the Arts

Presented as part of the Painting Lecture Series   Sarah Cain builds layers of materials to connect the practice of painting... 

Ongoing Events

Free Night of Theater

Theatre

Free Night of Theater

Wednesday 11/18 @ Various locations

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

<em>Art & Copy</em>

Film: Documentary

Art & Copy

Wednesday 11/18 @ Roxie Theater

Official 2009 Sundance selection Art & Copy captures an inside look at the real people behind pop culture's most iconic advertisements.... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Holly Andres

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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>Punk Passage: San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981</em>

Art: Photography

Punk Passage

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

Ari Marcopoulos: <em>Within Arm's Reach</em>

Art: Photography

Ari Marcopoulos

Wednesday 11/18 @ Berkeley Art Museum

In his younger years, Amsterdam-born photographer Ari Marcopoulos worked as studio assistant to Andy Warhol and Irving Penn, and their influence... 

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

Art: Photography

Picturing Childhood

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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,... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

<em>She Stoops to Comedy</em>

Theatre

She Stoops to Comedy

Wednesday 11/18 @ SF Playhouse

A Rubik's cube of shifting love allegiances and convoluted gender bending, David Greenspan's She Stoops to Comedy is a breezy, mischievous... 

Carleton Watkins: <em>Discoveries</em>

Art: Photography

Carleton Watkins

Wednesday 11/18 @ Fraenkel Gallery

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

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

<em>Moby Dick</em>

Art

Moby Dick

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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>November</em>

Theatre

November

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

One Day

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

Ara Peterson: <em>Turns Into Stone</em>

Art

Ara Peterson

Wednesday 11/18 @ Ratio 3

Ara Peterson brings together two bodies of work that both draw on memory and optical illusion to create the colorfully complex... 

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

Art: Photography

Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

Moby-Dick

Art

Moby-Dick

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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,... 

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

Wednesday 11/18 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma

Art

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma

Wednesday 11/18 @ 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... 

Unfurling: This Land

Art

Unfurling: This Land

Wednesday 11/18 @ SOMArts

SOMArts Cultural Center’s Main Gallery presents Unfurling: This Land, a group show featuring Mark Bode, Mike Dingle and Isabel Rucker, producing new work...