Events on Sunday, September 27

Folsom Street Fair

City Gems

Folsom Street Fair

Sunday 9/27 @ Folsom Street Fair

Slack-jawed tourists rank a close second in attendance as the members of San Francisco's leather and fetish communities come out of... 

Gustav Deutsch: FILM IST. a girl & a gun

Film

Gustav Deutsch: FILM IST. a girl & a gun

Sunday 9/27 @ San Francisco Cinematheque

Presented in association with and screening at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gustav Deutsch, the master of found footage,... 

Ongoing Events

Earthdance 2009

Festival

Earthdance 2009

Sunday 9/27 @ Lupin Lodge

In 1996, Chris Deckker founded Earthdance with a single crazy idea in mind—to spread peace through music via a synched-up global... 

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

Art

Altered Barbie

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

There's a Mystery There

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

John Baldessari

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>American Idiot</em>

Theatre

American Idiot

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

<em>Punk Passage: San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981</em>

Art: Photography

Punk Passage

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Mary Anne Kluth and Laurel Roth

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

12th Annual Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival

Festival: Music

Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival

Sunday 9/27 @ Various locations

The eclectic MPTF celebrates oddball musical instruments and the musicians who build (or find) and play them. Some of the noise-makers... 

<em>Brief Encounter</em>

Theatre

Brief Encounter

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004</em>

Art: Photography

Richard Avedon

Sunday 9/27 @ SFMOMA

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>Wallworks</em>

Art

Wallworks

Sunday 9/27 @ 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>Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History</em>

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Edible Expeditions

Sunday 9/27 @ Conservatory of Flowers

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

Free Night of Theater

Theatre

Free Night of Theater

Sunday 9/27 @ Various locations

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

Ari Marcopoulos: <em>Within Arm's Reach</em>

Art: Photography

Ari Marcopoulos

Sunday 9/27 @ Berkeley Art Museum

In his younger years, Amsterdam-born photographer Ari Marcopoulos worked as studio assistant to Andy Warhol and Irving Penn, and their influence... 

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

Sunday 9/27 @ 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

Sunday 9/27 @ 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... 

Pixels, Patterns and Prints

Art

Pixels, Patterns and Prints

Sunday 9/27 @ California College of the Arts

Irwin Student Center, Oakland campus
5212 Broadway
Reception: Wednesday, September 30 from 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Work from Richard Elliott’s spring...