Events on Wednesday, July 1
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Commonwealth Club
Jane Mayer is one of those thorn-in-the-side investigative reporters who give the ruling establishment fits, and the bleeding-heart liberals ammunition to...
Ongoing Events
1939: The Golden Year of Cinema
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ The Castro Theatre
Something must have aligned in the stars in 1939 that made Hollywood sing. Often hailed as one of the Golden Age's...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Cobb's Comedy Club
Mixing intellectual observation with stoner humor and the fruits of a good old-fashioned Bay Area upbringing, comedian Arj Barker is best...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ The Shooting Gallery
Appearances are deceiving in Greg Gossel's art. Although they're far from photorealistic, Gossel's works share as much of an affinity with...
Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ David Brower Center
Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado's work is saturated with a deep affection and empathy for his subjects, who comprise the world's dispossessed...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema
Visual catchphrases borrowed from Lynch, Bergman, and Billy Wilder get a thoroughly modern treatment in the Turkish noir Three Monkeys, a...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Robert Tat Gallery
Mannequins are the ultimate commodification of beauty: a plasticized ideal of body shape and expression crafted for the sole purpose of...
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ New Langton Arts
Entering Pae White's exhibit is a bit like walking into a different time, in another place and culture altogether. This is,...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Conservatory of Flowers
Ever wonder how vanilla extract gets from the bean to the bottle? Or maybe how curries are flavored, from plant to...
