Events on Wednesday, November 25

Del tha Funky Homosapien w/ Bukue One, Serendipity Project, and Hopie Spitshard

Music: Hip-Hop

Del tha Funky Homosapien w/ Bukue One, Serendipity Project, and Hopie Spitshard

Wednesday 11/25 @ Great American Music Hall

With beats beamed down from the Parliament mothership, Del tha Funky Homosapien's discography is the soundtrack to an intergalactic sock hop.... 

Richard Bean & Sapo + Manzo + Machala

Music: Global

Richard Bean & Sapo + Manzo + Machala

Wednesday 11/25 @ Slim's

In the annals of Bay Area music, Malo's "Suavecito" will no doubt go... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The House of the Devil</em>

Film

The House of the Devil

Wednesday 11/25 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre

Ti West's homage to the trashy occult-horror films of the early '80s requires something rarely asked of contemporary horror-film audiences: patience.... 

Carleton Watkins: <em>Discoveries</em>

Art: Photography

Carleton Watkins

Wednesday 11/25 @ Fraenkel Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Punk Passage

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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>She Stoops to Comedy</em>

Theatre

She Stoops to Comedy

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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... 

<em>Moby Dick</em>

Art

Moby Dick

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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>One Day: A Collective Narrative of Tehran</em>

Art

One Day

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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 11/25 @ Ratio 3

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

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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... 

Sing-Along <em>Sound of Music</em>

Film

Sing-Along Sound of Music

Wednesday 11/25 @ The Castro Theatre

When The Sound of Music was first released, some critics regarded the 1965 box-office smash as too sweet for its own... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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 11/25 @ 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>Art & Copy</em>

Film: Documentary

Art & Copy

Wednesday 11/25 @ Roxie Theater

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

<em>Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans</em>

Film

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Wednesday 11/25 @ Landmark Embarcadero

For anyone who has written off Nicolas Cage as the debt-saddled has-been who squandered the gifts so apparent in Leaving Las... 

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

Art: Photography

Ari Marcopoulos

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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>Then and Now: Photographs by Sebasti&atilde;o Salgado</em>

Art: Photography

Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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... 

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 11/25 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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

Moby-Dick

Art

Moby-Dick

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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,... 

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma

Art

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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... 

DEFAMATION

Film

DEFAMATION

Wednesday 11/25 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: NR Runtime: 93 mins.
What is anti-Semitism today, two generations after the Holocaust? In his continuing exploration of... 

Unfurling: This Land

Art

Unfurling: This Land

Wednesday 11/25 @ 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...