Events on Saturday, September 19

<em>Roadworks: Steamroller Printing Street Fair</em>

Art: Happening

Roadworks

Saturday 9/19 @ San Francisco Center for the Book

The San Francisco Center for the Book throws its annual daylong street festival which transforms Potrero Hill into a super-size printmaking... 

The Dirty Three w/ Faun Fables

Music

The Dirty Three

Saturday 9/19 @ Great American Music Hall

Australia's Dirty Three have been wrenching beauty and heartache from their instruments for close to 14 years now, creating a hybrid... 

Meat Puppets w/ Dead Confederate and Ume

Music

Meat Puppets

Saturday 9/19 @ Slim's

Led by brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood, punk-rock pioneers Meat Puppets have enjoyed a decades-long run with roots in seminal indie... 

Ongoing Events

Free Night of Theater

Theatre

Free Night of Theater

Saturday 9/19 @ Various locations

There may be no such thing as a free lunch but there is such a thing as a free night of... 

Mel Kadel: <em>Echo Test</em>

Art

Mel Kadel

Saturday 9/19 @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery

LA-based Mel Kadel turns out pen-and-ink drawings that teem with creatures straight from a Sendak story. Flitting about, pushing, pulling, and... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Saturday 9/19 @ 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>Punk Passage: San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981</em>

Art: Photography

Punk Passage

Saturday 9/19 @ San Francisco Public Library

The Sex Pistols may have imploded after their notorious final show at SF's now-defunct Winterland Ballroom, but the city's own punk... 

<em>Brief Encounter</em>

Theatre

Brief Encounter

Saturday 9/19 @ American Conservatory Theater

Teaming up with ACT, England's Kneehigh Theatre smashes the fourth wall and then reconstructs it as a video screen in their... 

SF Fringe Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

SF Fringe Festival

Saturday 9/19 @ Various locations

Attending the SF Fringe Festival is a bit of a crapshoot by design: coveted performance slots are awarded by chance via... 

7th Annual <em>Altered Barbie</em>

Art

Altered Barbie

Saturday 9/19 @ Shotwell 50 Studios

One of the 20th century's most recognizable, beloved, and debated icons (and her genital-less beau) gets made over by more than... 

Mary Anne Kluth and Laurel Roth: <em>Theory of the Unforeseen</em>

Art

Mary Anne Kluth and Laurel Roth

Saturday 9/19 @ Frey Norris Gallery

Mary Anne Kluth and Laurel Roth's art plays off of science's tendency to make the world endlessly sub-divisible. What Michael Pollan... 

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

Special Event

Edible Expeditions

Saturday 9/19 @ Conservatory of Flowers

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

10th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival

Festival: Music

San Francisco Electronic Music Festival

Saturday 9/19 @ Brava Theater Center

From the synth wizards of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the '60s to the laptop-wielding young Turks of the... 

<em>American Idiot</em>

Theatre

American Idiot

Saturday 9/19 @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Local punks-turned-multi-platinum-Grammy-winners Green Day are returning to their Berkeley stomping grounds, but not how you'd expect. Collaborating with Spring Awakening director... 

<em>Wallworks</em>

Art

Wallworks

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

<em>There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak</em>

Art

There's a Mystery There

Saturday 9/19 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

With everyone atwitter about the October release of the Dave Eggers-penned, Spike Jonze-helmed, and Arcade Fire-filled adaptation of Where the Wild... 

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

Art: Photography

Richard Avedon

Saturday 9/19 @ SFMOMA

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

Idle Warship feat. Talib Kweli

Music: Hip-Hop

Idle Warship

Saturday 9/19 @ Yoshi's San Francisco

Talib Kweli is known for dropping two doses of consciousness per beat, so when the soft-spoken half of Black Star teamed... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Saturday 9/19 @ 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>An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area, Part 1: San Francisco Plays Itself</em>

Art: Photography

San Francisco Plays Itself

Saturday 9/19 @ SF Camerawork

In honor of their 35th anniversary, the folks of SF Camerawork have mounted an ambitious two-part exhibition that aims to reflect... 

Hiroshi Sugimoto: <em>Lightning Fields</em>

Art: Photography

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Saturday 9/19 @ Fraenkel Gallery

Famous for his serene and timeless photographs of oceans and movie palaces, Hiroshi Sugimoto explores a more volatile subject matter in... 

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

Art

John Baldessari

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

<em>I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid To Tell You</em>

Theatre

I Heart Hamas

Saturday 9/19 @ Off-Market Theater

Actor and writer Jennifer Jajeh is many things: single, a Christian, and a first generation Palestinian American. She's also incredibly funny.... 

<em>The Headless Woman</em>

Film

The Headless Woman

Saturday 9/19 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

Lucricia Martel's films pulse with ideas and nuance underneath their surface of foregrounded sound design and rich colors. In the Argentinean... 

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 9/19 @ Coit Tower

Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

Bruce Conner

Art

Bruce Conner

Saturday 9/19 @ Gallery Paule Anglim

Working on the cutting edge of the art world from the '50s until his death in 2008, local polymath Bruce Conner... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Saturday 9/19 @ 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>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

American Idiot -- The Stage version of Green Day's explosive Grammy-winning album

Theatre

American Idiot -- The Stage version of Green Day's explosive Grammy-winning album

Saturday 9/19 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

Music by Green Day Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong  Book by Billie Joe Armstrong &... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 9/19 @ 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... 

The Rent Party

Party

The Rent Party

Saturday 9/19 @ ODC

The ODC Dance Commons is transformed into an old school juke joint every Saturday Night! This Lindy Hop and Blues Dance...