Events on Sunday, July 26

SF Theater Festival

Theatre

SF Theater Festival

Sunday 7/26 @ Yerba Buena Gardens

Attention theatre geeks of all stripes: don your commedia dell'arte mask, a monocle, or your freshest pair of throwback Adidas, and... 

Ongoing Events

29th Annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Festival: Film

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Sunday 7/26 @ Various locations

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is always an eye-opening reminder of the diversity and variety of experience that falls under... 

San Francisco International Poetry Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

International Poetry Festival

Sunday 7/26 @ Various locations

Whether you're a lover of lyric or a connoisseur of concrete poetry, the International Poetry Festival is an excellent opportunity to... 

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

Art

Galaxy

Sunday 7/26 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 7/26 @ 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... 

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

Festival: Film

Midnight Mass

Sunday 7/26 @ 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... 

Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk

Art

Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk

Sunday 7/26 @ Triple Base

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

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Sunday 7/26 @ 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... 

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

Art

John Baldessari

Sunday 7/26 @ 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... 

Wanderlust

Getaways

Wanderlust

Sunday 7/26 @ Squaw Valley USA

You're at one of the summer's biggest outdoor concerts. You've just sweated buckets dancing to one of Girl Talk's manic sets.... 

Mark Baugh-Sasaki: <em>Adaptations</em>

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Sunday 7/26 @ Hayes Valley Park

The work of emerging sculptor Mark Baugh-Sasaki reflects both his San Francisco upbringing  (including an adolescence spent mountain biking through the... 

<em>Wallworks</em>

Art

Wallworks

Sunday 7/26 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Ten years ago, renowned Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki designed YBCA's unique exhibition space. Now, with Wallworks, the beauty and utility of... 

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

Art

Warren MacKenzie

Sunday 7/26 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Sunday 7/26 @ 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 7/26 @ Needles & Pens

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

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 7/26 @ 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... 

<em>Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004</em>

Art: Photography

Richard Avedon

Sunday 7/26 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Lake Tahoe</em>

Film

Lake Tahoe

Sunday 7/26 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

The wry humor and the languid pace of Lake Tahoe make Jarmusch comparisons unavoidable, but director Fernando Eimbcke seems just as... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Sunday 7/26 @ 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>This Town</em>

Art

This Town

Sunday 7/26 @ Eclectix Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Robert Frank's The Americans

Sunday 7/26 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Special Event

Edible Expeditions

Sunday 7/26 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 7/26 @ 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...