Events on Monday, July 27

Glasvegas w/ Ida Maria

Music

Glasvegas

Monday 7/27 @ The Grand Ballroom

After nearly two years of Flavorpill pining, Ida Maria has almost arrived (her album was just released stateside). On her long-awaited... 

New York Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off

Party

New York Night Train

Monday 7/27 @ Elbo Room

DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin is bringing his magical bag of R&B, boogaloo, and soul 45s out West for the first SF... 

Ongoing Events

29th Annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Festival: Film

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Monday 7/27 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Monday 7/27 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Robert Frank's The Americans

Monday 7/27 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art: Photography

10x10x10

Monday 7/27 @ 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>Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004</em>

Art: Photography

Richard Avedon

Monday 7/27 @ 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

Monday 7/27 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

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

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

Festival: Film

Midnight Mass

Monday 7/27 @ 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>Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History</em>

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Monday 7/27 @ 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>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Monday 7/27 @ 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

Monday 7/27 @ Needles & Pens

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

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

Art

Warren MacKenzie

Monday 7/27 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Monday 7/27 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Monday 7/27 @ 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>Then and Now: Photographs by Sebasti&atilde;o Salgado</em>

Art: Photography

Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado

Monday 7/27 @ 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... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Monday 7/27 @ 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...