Events on Sunday, December 20
Ongoing Events
Christmas Ballet, 2009 Edition
Sunday 12/20 @ Novellus Theater
Despite what Clara and the sugar-plum fairies might have you think, The Nutcracker isn't the only holiday dance event around. A...
Sunday 12/20 @ Cartoon Art Museum
Somewhere between madman and uncanny visionary, cartoonist Andy Ristiano creates comics as exhilarating for their bold flourishes of color as for...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ Dance Mission
Sweet Can's performers throw their ridiculously athletic bodies across a simple stage, dangle gracefully from silken strings, and dance with a...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ Ashby Stage
Shotgun Players take a bow this season with Bertolt Brecht's beloved The Threepenny Opera. Written in 1928 but still as relevant...
Sunday 12/20 @ Zellerbach Hall
You'll notice something odd beneath all the tulle and sequins adorning The Hard Nut's dancers: the pirouetting Sugar Plum Fairies are...
Sunday 12/20 @ Curran Theatre
Throughout The 39 Steps, Patrick Barlow's quick-witted adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's classic spy movie (originally a 1915 novel by John Buchan),...
Sunday 12/20 @ Adobe Bookshop
In an ironic twist, SF expat Toban Nichols only started showing here after he moved to LA, despite recognition in just...
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Otto Preminger: Anatomy of a Movie
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale
Sunday 12/20 @ Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center
Sue Daly was just looking for a way to sell her adorable, nature-inspired jewelry when she decided to organize a fair...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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....
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ The Castro Theatre
If all you want for Christmas is a little foul play and maybe a corpse or two, then head over to...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ The Legion of Honor Museum
Adorning royal personalities from the Duchess of Windsor to Daisy Fellowes and a cabal of Hollywood beauties, Cartier was the standard bearer...
Sunday 12/20 @ Off-Market Theater
Before David Sedaris found fame as an author and regular voice on NPR, he had to get a "real job" —...
As It Is Written: Project 304,805
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ SFMOMA
On January 18, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's...
Sunday 12/20 @ Elbo Room
Now 15+ years strong, DUB MISSION is one of the longest-running dub & reggae parties in the U.S., and the world....
Aurelia's Oratorio -- EXTENDED!
Sunday 12/20 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater
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VICTORIA THIERRÉE CHAPLIN
Sunday 12/20 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the...
Sunday 12/20 @ 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...
Sunday 12/20 @ Roxie Theater
In Search of Beethoven has brought together the world's leading performers and experts on Beethoven...
