Events on Sunday, July 12

Ice Cream Sunday Ride

Special Event

Ice Cream Sunday Ride

Sunday 7/12 @ 24th and Harrison Sts

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream — and you can certainly eat your fill of the stuff... 

Ongoing Events

San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Festival: Film

Silent Film Festival

Sunday 7/12 @ The Castro Theatre

The Silent Film Festival unspools what is perhaps its most star-driven and diverse lineup for its 14th edition this weekend. Opening... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Sunday 7/12 @ 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... 

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

Art

Galaxy

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Sunday 7/12 @ 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... 

<em>OCEAN + BEACH </em>

Art

OCEAN + BEACH

Sunday 7/12 @ Needles & Pens

Sun, surf, and sand are the guests of honor at Needles and Pens' OCEAN + BEACH. The exhibit brings together 20... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004</em>

Art: Photography

Richard Avedon

Sunday 7/12 @ SFMOMA

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

In the Realm of Oshima

Festival: Performing Arts

In the Realm of Oshima

Sunday 7/12 @ 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... 

Peaches Christ's Midnight Mass: 12th and Final Season

Festival: Film

Midnight Mass

Sunday 7/12 @ Landmark Bridge Theater

It could be a tabloid headline: "Cult-movie host morphs into seven-figure film director." Instead, it's the end to this 12th season... 

<em>This Town</em>

Art

This Town

Sunday 7/12 @ Eclectix Gallery

New York City has its skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty. Los Angeles has its vericose freeway interchanges, the Hollywood sign,... 

Warren MacKenzie: <em>Legacy of an American Potter</em>

Art

Warren MacKenzie

Sunday 7/12 @ Museum of Craft and Folk Art

Trading in glitz and gloss for elegant understatement, American pottery master Warren MacKenzie has spent half a century crafting simple, eminently... 

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

Special Event

Edible Expeditions

Sunday 7/12 @ Conservatory of Flowers

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

A Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki

Film: Animation

A Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki

Sunday 7/12 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

For decades, Hayao Miyazaki's films have amazed and inspired audiences with their unique animation and enthralling storylines. In anticipation of his... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 7/12 @ 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... 

California Extreme: Classic Arcade Games Show

Festival: Fair

California Extreme

Sunday 7/12 @ Hyatt Regency Santa Clara

Whether you were a pinball wizard or your town's own King of Donkey Kong — or you're just of an age... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 7/12 @ 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... 

Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk

Art

Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk

Sunday 7/12 @ Triple Base

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

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

Art: Photography

Robert Frank's The Americans

Sunday 7/12 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

John Baldessari

Sunday 7/12 @ 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... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 7/12 @ 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...