Events on Saturday, November 7

Gama-Go Sample Sale

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Gama-Go Sample Sale

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Rickshaw Stop

San Francisco's own Gama-Go started nine years ago, when three friends began screen-printing t-shirts in a Glen Park basement, creating playful... 

Conversation with John Hodgman

Special Event

Conversation with John Hodgman

Saturday 11/ 7 @ City Arts & Lectures

The points of intersection between the "hip" and "nerdy" circles on the cultural Venn diagram used to be a null set.... 

Fog Rising

Festival: Music

Fog Rising

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Broadway Studios

San Francisco's Summer of Love gave birth to many things: our stereotypical image of hippies; boomer nostalgia; and a whole lot... 

<em>The Shotgun Cabaret</em>

Performing Arts

The Shotgun Cabaret

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Ashby Stage

For one night only, Shotgun Players and SF's own Hubba Hubba Revue team up for two irresistibly raunchy presentations of The... 

Ongoing Events

Taro Hattori: <em>V</em>

Art

Taro Hattori

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Swarm Gallery

Taro Hattori's sculpture and installation work reflect his background in psychology, incisively and wittily capturing the misfires of desire. The title... 

Free Night of Theater

Theatre

Free Night of Theater

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Various locations

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

Devo w/ Reggie Watts

Music: Electronic

Devo

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Regency Ballroom

It may have been 19 years since nerdy new wavers Devo released their last proper album, but when they take their... 

CounterPULSE presents Performing Diaspora

Dance

Performing Diaspora

Saturday 11/ 7 @ CounterPULSE

CounterPULSE's Performing Diaspora Festival gives space to 13 performers who are innovating and experimenting within a range of traditional dance forms,... 

<em>Moby Dick</em>

Art

Moby Dick

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>When Lives Become Form: Contemporary Brazilian Art, 1960s to the Present</em>

Art

When Lives Become Form

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

ODC Theater presents Fauxnique's <em>Luxury Items</em>

Theatre

ODC Theater presents Fauxnique's Luxury Items

Saturday 11/ 7 @ ODC

SF's drag community had its collective breath knocked out of it in 2003 when Fauxnique (aka Monique Jenkinson) was the first... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

<em>I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid To Tell You</em>

Theatre

I Heart Hamas

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Ara Peterson

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Ratio 3

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

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

Art: Photography

Punk Passage

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>Wonderland</em>

Art

Wonderland

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Tenderloin District

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

<em>Spirited Away</em> (2001)

Film: Animation

Spirited Away

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Landmark Clay Theatre

Spirited Away is Hayao Miyazaki's inimitable masterpiece. Traveling with her parents (soon to be transformed into pigs), premonitory and morose ten-year-old... 

KFJC presents Alternative Tentacles' 30th Anniversary Incest-A-Thon

Festival: Music

Alternative Tentacles' 30th Anniversary Incest-A-Thon

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Great American Music Hall

As much as a religion-bashin' atheist like Jello Biafra would hate to hear it: God bless him. The Dead Kennedys founder... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>The Woman in Black</em>

Theatre

The Woman in Black

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Phoenix Theater

Spine-tingling chills abound in The Woman in Black, an old-school ghost story told in classic Victorian style. The tale centers around... 

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

Art: Photography

Holly Andres

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Robert Koch Gallery

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

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Coit Tower

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

John Baldessari: <em>A Print Retrospective</em>

Art

John Baldessari

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Legion of Honor Museum

John Baldessari's turbulent, on-again, off-again love affair with Los Angeles is as inseparable from the story of contemporary West Coast art... 

Thrillpeddlers presents <em>Pearls Over Shanghai</em>

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Ari Marcopoulos

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004</em>

Art: Photography

Richard Avedon

Saturday 11/ 7 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Tim Roseborough

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Scenius

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak</em>

Art

There's a Mystery There

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>The Future Project: Sunday Will Come</em>

Theatre

The Future Project: Sunday Will Come

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Intersection for the Arts

An unlikely, curious, and beautiful patchwork of vignettes ruminating on the future make up the dance-theatre hybrid The Future Project :... 

Carleton Watkins: <em>Discoveries</em>

Art: Photography

Carleton Watkins

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Fraenkel Gallery

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

<em>November</em>

Theatre

November

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>Picturing Childhood: Portraits From The Masters Of Early Photography (1850&ndash;1930)</em>

Art: Photography

Picturing Childhood

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma

Art

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

Moby-Dick

Art

Moby-Dick

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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... 

The Rent Party

Party

The Rent Party

Saturday 11/ 7 @ ODC

The ODC Dance Commons is transformed into an old school juke joint every Saturday Night! This Lindy Hop and Blues Dance... 

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Saturday 11/ 7 @ 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

Saturday 11/ 7 @ SFMOMA

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

Mangos with Chili presents Beloved: A Requiem for Our Dead

Performing Arts

Mangos with Chili presents Beloved: A Requiem for Our Dead

Saturday 11/ 7 @ The Lab

Through elegies of story, song, dance, drag and more, the Bay Area’s notorious performance crew will honor erased, fallen and slain...