Events on Saturday, November 28
Ricardo Pexoto and Carlos Oliveira
Saturday 11/28 @ Red Poppy Art House
The gentle buzz of syncopated guitars playing Brazilian standards brings about thoughts beachy and serene. So, succumbing to the samba, choro,...
Blowoff feat. DJs Bob Mould and Rich Morel
Saturday 11/28 @ Slim's
Longtime fans might have had an inkling that former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould was anxious to ditch his guitar when...
Saturday 11/28 @ Climate Theater
It's that time of the year, when consumerism comes second only to gluttony and family feuds. Black Friday might be even...
New Riders of the Puple Sage + Moonalice
Saturday 11/28 @ Great American Music Hall
New Riders of the Purple Sage has released its first studio CD in over 20 years. This legendary band's renaissance began...
Ongoing Events
Otto Preminger: Anatomy of a Movie
Saturday 11/28 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater
Director Otto Preminger was a Jewish refugee of Austrian origin whose unflinching independence led to innovations in both storytelling and social...
Saturday 11/28 @ The Independent
Sax-man Karl Denson is one of those do-it-all types, forsaking musical boundaries and expectations at every turn in his career. Many...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ Fraenkel Gallery
Carleton Watkins moved to California in 1851 and soon established himself as one of the most important Western landscape photographers of...
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ Alameda Towne Centre
Pop-up stores, the fashion industry's latest trend to entice consumers during hard times, have been taken up by the art world,...
Saturday 11/28 @ Hypnodrome
The Cockettes, San Francisco's original acid-fried gender-benders, are the honorary fairy godmothers of every queen who has flown a freak flag...
Saturday 11/28 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
YBCA mounts a colorful tribute to the continued influence of the Tropicália movement in Brazilian art. When Lives Become Form explores...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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....
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ Ratio 3
Ara Peterson brings together two bodies of work that both draw on memory and optical illusion to create the colorfully complex...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ Swarm Gallery
Taro Hattori's sculpture and installation work reflect his background in psychology, incisively and wittily capturing the misfires of desire. The title...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ Robert Koch Gallery
Holly Andres reveals only part of the mysterious story behind the lush and saturated images that make up Sparrow Lane. Calling...
Saturday 11/28 @ Coit Tower
Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ Off-Market Theater
Actor and writer Jennifer Jajeh is many things: single, a Christian, and a first generation Palestinian American. She's also incredibly funny....
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ SFMOMA
Marilyn Monroe caught in a moment of intense vulnerability. The line of a model's Dior gown mirrored in the curves of...
Saturday 11/28 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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
Saturday 11/28 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater
WRITTEN BY TONY KUSHNER
DIRECTED BY TONY TACCONE There’s really nothing tiny about...
Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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,...
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ ODC
The ODC Dance Commons is transformed into an old school juke joint every Saturday Night! This Lindy Hop and Blues Dance...
Saturday 11/28 @ Roxie Theater
"As goofy as the glint in George Clooney's eye, The Men Who Stare at Goats...
As It Is Written: Project 304,805
Saturday 11/28 @ 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...
Saturday 11/28 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced...
