Events on Thursday, July 2
Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Roxie Theater
That been-around-the-block moxie; that sultry sophistication; and, of course, those eyes. There are many reasons why Bette Davis was one of...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Cafe du Nord
Butterfly Boucher's sophomore LP, Scary Fragile, has been a long time coming. The Aussie songstress who describes her...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Vessel-no
For the dance-music-minded in SF, underground, smaller-room affairs are often the norm. But size has nothing to do with an epic...
Ongoing Events
1939: The Golden Year of Cinema
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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,...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ SFMOMA
J. MAYER H., a progressive architecture firm based in Berlin, understands all too well the modern compunction to confuse, rather than...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Needles & Pens
Sun, surf, and sand are the guests of honor at Needles and Pens' OCEAN + BEACH. The exhibit brings together 20...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ SFMOMA
In his introduction to The Americans, photographer Robert Frank's monumental, mid-century portrait of his adopted country, Beat poet Jack Kerouac wrote,...
Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema
Visual catchphrases borrowed from Lynch, Bergman, and Billy Wilder get a thoroughly modern treatment in the Turkish noir Three Monkeys, a...
Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ SFMOMA
Bulbous wicker material thins to a curly finish; iron lotus chips meekly huddle together like bathing sea lions; a flotilla of...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Triple Base
All that glitters isn't gold in Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk's complementary exhibitions at Triple Base — but what shines is...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ Conservatory of Flowers
Ever wonder how vanilla extract gets from the bean to the bottle? Or maybe how curries are flavored, from plant to...
Thursday 7/ 2 @ 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...
