Events on Thursday, February 26

Howard Zinn's <em>Voices of a People's History</em>

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Voices of a People's History

Thursday 2/26 @ Mission High School Auditorium

Based on the bestselling companion volume to Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Voices of a... 

Noise Pop: Thao Nguyen w/ David Dondero, Sean Smith, and Colossal Yes

Music

Thao Nyguyen

Thursday 2/26 @ Swedish American Hall

Recent SF transplant Thao Nguyen expertly blends indie folk's wistfulness with a bit of blues crunch, while crafting memorable melodies for... 

Noise Pop presents Kool Keith w/ Mike Relm and Crown City Rockers

Music: Hip-Hop

Kool Keith

Thursday 2/26 @ Mezzanine

Kool Keith returns with a big, crazy chip on his shoulder. Stung by the unauthorized release of 2006's Return of Dr.... 

Ongoing Events

Dance

Raw & Uncut

Thursday 2/26 @ The Garage

Raw & Uncut is a live quarterly compendium of all things innovative in modern dance, and tonight's performance brings together themes... 

Fearless: Strand Releasing Turns 20

Festival: Performing Arts

Strand Releasing Turns 20

Thursday 2/26 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

With its commitment to rebellious, controversial, and often unrepentantly queer work, Strand Releasing may very well be the Grove Press of... 

<em>Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art</em>

Art

Irreverent

Thursday 2/26 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Sleek, colorless efficiency be damned; Irreverent presents two sides of the new Scandinavian art. Blending homage to traditional materials and processes... 

J. MAYER H.: <em>Patterns of Speculation</em>

Art

J. MAYER H.

Thursday 2/26 @ SFMOMA

J. MAYER H., a progressive architecture firm based in Berlin, understands all too well the modern compunction to confuse, rather than... 

Jim Gaylord: <em>Cliffhanger</em>

Art

Jim Gaylord

Thursday 2/26 @ Gregory Lind Gallery

The late critic Paul Virilio noted the way in which digital media constantly strive to anticipate an "unknowable" passing event, creating... 

<em>Angry Black White Boy</em>

Theatre

Angry Black White Boy

Thursday 2/26 @ Intersection for the Arts

As suggested by the colliding adjectives in its title, Dan Wolf and Tommy Shepherd's theatrical adaptation of Adam Mansbach's novel of... 

Yves Saint Laurent

Special Event

Yves Saint Laurent

Thursday 2/26 @ de Young Museum

After popular exhibits on the clothing of Vivenne Westwood and socialite Nan Kempner, the de Young has struck the mother lode:... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Thursday 2/26 @ 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... 

Takako Yamaguchi

Art

Takako Yamaguchi

Thursday 2/26 @ Jancar Jones Gallery

New landscapes and seascapes from LA-based painter Takako Yamaguchi combine the stylized organic geometry of Op Art with the sensual smoothness... 

2008 SECA Art Award

Art

2008 SECA Art Award

Thursday 2/26 @ SFMOMA

SFMOMA's biennial award for local talent — bestowed by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) — always highlights... 

<em>Wings for Words: New Bookworks from Korea and Japan</em>

Art

Wings for Words

Thursday 2/26 @ San Francisco Center for the Book

The San Francisco Center for the Book adds an international spin to its venerable collection of artists' books with Wings for... 

Killing My Lobster presents <em>Pure Shock Value</em>

Theatre

Pure Shock Value

Thursday 2/26 @ EXIT Theatre

The local sketch-comedy savants of Killing My Lobster certainly make good on the title of their second full-length play, Pure Shock... 

<em>In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)</em>

Theatre

In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

Thursday 2/26 @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Don't be misled by its parenthetical title — the early 20th-century ancestor of the Hitachi Magic Wand is only one link... 

<em>transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix</em>

Art

transPOP

Thursday 2/26 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

In transPOP, 16 artists reveal and restructure the love/hate triangle between Korea, Vietnam, and the United States. This international survey examines... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Thursday 2/26 @ 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>Galaxy: A Hundred or So Stars Visible to the Naked Eye</em>

Art

Galaxy

Thursday 2/26 @ Berkeley Art Museum

With the financial crisis affecting all spheres of the market, including the art world, it's not surprising that museums are looking... 

<em>Eye of the Puppet: The Case of the Sleepwalking Streetwalker </em>

Theatre

Eye of the Puppet

Thursday 2/26 @ The Lab

The eclectic and talented Adam J. Ansell has directed theatre for over 20 years, and in that time, he's fine-tuned a... 

<em>Warhol Live</em>

Art

Warhol Live

Thursday 2/26 @ de Young Museum

"Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art," Andy Warhol once quipped. Warhol Live focuses on the artist's... 

<em>Test Patterns: Recent Video Work from South Africa</em>

Art

Test Patterns

Thursday 2/26 @ SF Camerawork

South Africans first watched television in 1976, when all media was still controlled by their Nationalist government. Since the abolition of... 

Paul McCarthy: <em>Low Life Slow Life: Part 2 </em>

Art

Paul McCarthy

Thursday 2/26 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Paul McCarthy's career can be described as a movement from liquids to solids. The artist's early performance-based work — which found... 

<em> L.A. Paint </em>

Art

L.A. Paint

Thursday 2/26 @ Oakland Museum of California

Oakland Museum of California's Chief Curator of Art, Philip Linhares, ignores the myth of a San Francisco/LA cultural divide and showcases... 

Theatre

A Delicate Balance

Thursday 2/26 @ Off-Market Theater

Edward Albee is a keen observer of the human condition, and A Delicate Balance is an ideal showcase for his dissection... 

Chantal Akerman

Film

Chantal Akerman

Thursday 2/26 @ SFMOMA

Chantal Akerman's films pass slowly, allowing viewers the necessary time to luxuriate in the depth of her work. The Belgian auteur... 

Lauren Dukoff: <em>Family</em>

Art: Photography

Lauren Dukoff

Thursday 2/26 @ Eleanor Harwood Gallery

Photographer Lauren Dukoff began chronicling the world of Devendra Banhart when the two were still teens. She was the candid and... 

<em>Museum of Broken Relationships</em>

Art

Museum of Broken Relationships

Thursday 2/26 @ Root Division

Croatian curators Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić have an answer to Jimmy Ruffin's pop-charting query, "What becomes of the broken-hearted?" Thanks... 

Yan Pei-Ming: <em>YES!</em>

Art

Yan Pei-Ming

Thursday 2/26 @ San Francisco Art Institute - Walter and McBean Galleries

The large-scale oil paintings and watercolors in Yan Pei-Ming's first West Coast show bear the scars of an ongoing struggle with... 

<em>Equivalents: The Work of Elliot Anderson</em>

Art

Equivalents

Thursday 2/26 @ Gallery 16

In a time when technology often overshadows conventional art forms, the work of SF-based artist Elliot Anderson seamlessly merges the techno-savvy... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Thursday 2/26 @ 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...