Events on Sunday, July 5
1939: The Golden Year of Cinema
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ Red Vic
Early on in Francois Truffaut's third film, the titular deux amis fall for a statue that is soon embodied by intellectual...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ SFMOMA
In his introduction to The Americans, photographer Robert Frank's monumental, mid-century portrait of his adopted country, Beat poet Jack Kerouac wrote,...
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ Needles & Pens
Sun, surf, and sand are the guests of honor at Needles and Pens' OCEAN + BEACH. The exhibit brings together 20...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ SFMOMA
Bulbous wicker material thins to a curly finish; iron lotus chips meekly huddle together like bathing sea lions; a flotilla of...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ Conservatory of Flowers
Ever wonder how vanilla extract gets from the bean to the bottle? Or maybe how curries are flavored, from plant to...
Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk
Sunday 7/ 5 @ Triple Base
All that glitters isn't gold in Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk's complementary exhibitions at Triple Base — but what shines is...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ SFMOMA
J. MAYER H., a progressive architecture firm based in Berlin, understands all too well the modern compunction to confuse, rather than...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
Sunday 7/ 5 @ 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...
