Events on Saturday, July 4
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Space Gallery
Celebrate the dark side of the Fourth tonight with Bazooko's Circus: a one-night art show themed around Hunter S. Thompson's famous...
Waterfront Celebration Fireworks
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Embarcadero, Aquatic Park
Even if you don't brave the crowds huddled together along the waterfront, chances are you'll be able to hear and see...
Ongoing Events
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Million Fishes
James Joyce's description of the piano as a "coffin of music" might come to mind when entering one of Tyson Ayer's...
1939: The Golden Year of Cinema
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Needles & Pens
Sun, surf, and sand are the guests of honor at Needles and Pens' OCEAN + BEACH. The exhibit brings together 20...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ SFMOMA
J. MAYER H., a progressive architecture firm based in Berlin, understands all too well the modern compunction to confuse, rather than...
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ SFMOMA
In his introduction to The Americans, photographer Robert Frank's monumental, mid-century portrait of his adopted country, Beat poet Jack Kerouac wrote,...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Robert Tat Gallery
Mannequins are the ultimate commodification of beauty: a plasticized ideal of body shape and expression crafted for the sole purpose of...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Conservatory of Flowers
Ever wonder how vanilla extract gets from the bean to the bottle? Or maybe how curries are flavored, from plant to...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Coit Tower
Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with...
Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Triple Base
All that glitters isn't gold in Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk's complementary exhibitions at Triple Base — but what shines is...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ SFMOMA
Bulbous wicker material thins to a curly finish; iron lotus chips meekly huddle together like bathing sea lions; a flotilla of...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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,...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ Fillmore St btwn Jackson & Eddy Sts
In a summer schedule blanketed with music festivals and craft fairs, the Fillmore Jazz Festival stands out not only for its...
Saturday 7/ 4 @ 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...
