Events on Sunday, May 31

UNION Design Festival

Fashion/Style: Shopping

UNION Design Festival

Sunday 5/31 @ Hayes Valley Park

In the spirit of the popular Capsule Street Fair, this outdoor market is a carefully curated gathering of local designers and... 

Ongoing Events

In the Realm of Oshima

Festival: Performing Arts

In the Realm of Oshima

Sunday 5/31 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Frequently hailed as the Jean Luc Godard of Japan, Nagisa Oshima has a reputation as one of his country's foremost radical... 

<em>KML Hits Highway 101</em>

Comedy

KML Hits Highway 101

Sunday 5/31 @ Zeum Theater at Yerba Buena Gardens

Leaving the crumbling, blood-splattered Hollywood bungalow of its last production, Pure Shock Value, for the open road, sketch-comedy troupe Killing My... 

<em>Under a Full Moon: 30 Years of Perpetual Indulgence</em>

Special Event

Under a Full Moon

Sunday 5/31 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Clad in their trademark brazier-like wimples and Kabuki-meets-Mardis Gras makeup, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have always carried out their good... 

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

Art

J. MAYER H.

Sunday 5/31 @ SFMOMA

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

Maker Faire Bay Area

Festival: Fair

Maker Faire Bay Area

Sunday 5/31 @ San Mateo Fairgrounds

Science fair meets art studio at the country's largest festival devoted entirely to DIY culture: the fourth annual Maker Faire. This... 

<em>Fuk&uacute; Americanus</em>

Theatre

Fukú Americanus

Sunday 5/31 @ Intersection for the Arts

Acting group Campo Santo cook up an extremely playful take on Junot Diaz's Pulitzer-prize winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar... 

<em>Boleros for the Disenchanted</em>

Theatre

Boleros for the Disenchanted

Sunday 5/31 @ American Conservatory Theater

Motorcycle Diaries screenwriter José Rivera spent a decade ruminating, fidgeting, and fixating on his new play between other projects, but couldn't... 

Ranjani Shettar

Art

Ranjani Shettar

Sunday 5/31 @ SFMOMA

Bulbous wicker material thins to a curly finish; iron lotus chips meekly huddle together like bathing sea lions; a flotilla of... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 5/31 @ 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>Stale Magnolias</em>

Theatre

Stale Magnolias

Sunday 5/31 @ Glama-Rama Salon

Sean Owens' hair-raising tribute to the Southern-fried chick flicks of the '80s — such as Steel Magnolias, Crimes of the Heart,... 

Nick Cave: <em>Meet Me at the Center of the Earth</em>

Art

Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Sunday 5/31 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

In an exhibit that the New York Times labeled "must be seen to be believed," dancer and visual artist Nick Cave... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Sunday 5/31 @ 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

Sunday 5/31 @ 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... 

Shotgun Players: <em>Faust Part One</em>

Theatre

Faust Part One

Sunday 5/31 @ Ashby Stage

The devil has come to roost at the Shotgun Players' Ashby Stage, and the pairing is indeed delicious. Faust Part One... 

Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk

Art

Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk

Sunday 5/31 @ Triple Base

All that glitters isn't gold in Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk's complementary exhibitions at Triple Base — but what shines is... 

William Kentridge: <em>Five Themes</em>

Art

William Kentridge

Sunday 5/31 @ SFMOMA

Although any dutiful curator will point out that William Kentridge's extensive career includes media as disparate as tapestries and puppets, each... 

Conservatory of Flowers presents <em>Edible Expeditions</em>

Special Event

Edible Expeditions

Sunday 5/31 @ Conservatory of Flowers

Ever wonder how vanilla extract gets from the bean to the bottle? Or maybe how curries are flavored, from plant to... 

City Circus presents <em>Kamikaze Heart</em>

Performing Arts: Acrobatics

Kamikaze Heart

Sunday 5/31 @ Brava Theater Center

Imagine Cirque du Soleil merging with a b-boy championship, and you'll have something close to City Circus, a company that brings... 

<em>A Wink and a Smile</em>

Film: Documentary

A Wink and a Smile

Sunday 5/31 @ Red Vic

Even though burlesque has hit the mainstream, thanks to high-profile proponents such as Dita von Teese, it still has the power... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 5/31 @ 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... 

Looking In: Robert Frank's <em>The Americans</em>

Art: Photography

Robert Frank's The Americans

Sunday 5/31 @ SFMOMA

In his introduction to The Americans, photographer Robert Frank's monumental, mid-century portrait of his adopted country, Beat poet Jack Kerouac wrote,... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 5/31 @ 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...