Events on Wednesday, July 22

Nick Laird: <em>Glover's Mistake</em>

Books: Reading

Nick Laird

Wednesday 7/22 @ Moe's Books

The premise of Nick Laird's newest novel reads like a pitch for a new Woody Allen film: David Pinner, a thirty-something... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Soul Power</em>

Film: Documentary

Soul Power

Wednesday 7/22 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

Soul Power documents the Zaire '74 all-star concert that set the stage for Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's legendary Rumble in... 

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

Festival: Film

Midnight Mass

Wednesday 7/22 @ 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... 

Rebecca Martinez: <em>Beauty Challenged</em>

Art: Photography

Rebecca Martinez

Wednesday 7/22 @ Robert Tat Gallery

Mannequins are the ultimate commodification of beauty: a plasticized ideal of body shape and expression crafted for the sole purpose of... 

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

Art

John Baldessari

Wednesday 7/22 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 7/22 @ 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>OCEAN + BEACH </em>

Art

OCEAN + BEACH

Wednesday 7/22 @ Needles & Pens

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

<em>The Cresting Wave: San Francisco Underground Comix Experience</em>

Art

The Cresting Wave

Wednesday 7/22 @ Electric Works

Along with the Grateful Dead, the Cockettes, and Augustus Owsley Stanley III, underground comix were one of the freakiest things to... 

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

Special Event

Edible Expeditions

Wednesday 7/22 @ Conservatory of Flowers

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

<em>Humpday</em>

Film

Humpday

Wednesday 7/22 @ Landmark Embarcadero

Don't let the doltish title dissuade: Humpday is a truly astute comedy of manners. Herein lies the basic setup behind Kelly... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Wednesday 7/22 @ 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>Hunted and Gathered: Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

Hunted and Gathered

Wednesday 7/22 @ Modernism

Walter Benjamin, reflecting on book collecting, wrote: "Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos... 

<em>10x10x10: An Invitational Exhibition </em>

Art: Photography

10x10x10

Wednesday 7/22 @ San Francisco City Hall

San Francisco is often described by its square mileage (7x7), but the city's Art Comission Gallery and PhotoAlliance have expanded those... 

<em>The Fall</em> (2006)

Film

The Fall

Wednesday 7/22 @ Red Vic

In The Fall, a paralyzed Hollywood stuntman convalesces in a hospital where a young Romanian girl heals from a broken collarbone.... 

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

Art

Galaxy

Wednesday 7/22 @ 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>Then and Now: Photographs by Sebasti&atilde;o Salgado</em>

Art: Photography

Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado

Wednesday 7/22 @ 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... 

13th Annual Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival

Festival

Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival

Wednesday 7/22 @ Various locations

The little local arts-and-music-festival-that-could just keeps getting bigger and better. Now celebrating its 13th year, Mission Creek has expanded its scope,... 

<em>This Town</em>

Art

This Town

Wednesday 7/22 @ Eclectix Gallery

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

<em>Safe Word</em>

Art

Safe Word

Wednesday 7/22 @ Ratio 3

Ratio3 Gallery's new exhibition Safe Word helps puts to rest that age-old question: What will the neighbors think? In this case,... 

<em>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 7/22 @ 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...