Events on Sunday, September 6

Wavves w/ The Ganglians

Music

Wavves

Sunday 9/ 6 @ Rickshaw Stop

In line with fuzz-punkers like No Age and Times New Viking, Wavves mastermind Nathan Williams is as inspired by the Beach... 

Ongoing Events

<em>American Idiot</em>

Theatre

American Idiot

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

Vaughn Bell and Josh Keyes: <em>Natural Selection</em>

Art

Natural Selection

Sunday 9/ 6 @ Swarm Gallery

Steeped in the lush landscapes of their native Northwest, Seattle-based Vaughn Bell and Portland-based Josh Keyes cultivate a vision of the... 

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

Art

Warren MacKenzie

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

Shotgun Players present <em>The Farm</em>

Theatre

The Farm

Sunday 9/ 6 @ John Hinkel Park

Locals Shotgun Players have taken on Goethe and Brecht. Now, the ever-inventive company has turned to George Orwell's dystopian classic Animal... 

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

Art: Photography

Richard Avedon

Sunday 9/ 6 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>August: Osage County</em>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Sunday 9/ 6 @ Curran Theatre

Set in present-day Oklahoma, Tracy Letts' August: Osage County has a bad case of "the plains," as... 

<em>Hellen Keller</em>

Theatre

Hellen Keller

Sunday 9/ 6 @ NOHspace

Hellen Keller knew the world by touch; to a certain extent, a dancer establishes his relationship to the world tactily as... 

<em>Wallworks</em>

Art

Wallworks

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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/ 6 @ 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/ 6 @ Conservatory of Flowers

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

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

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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>Future Colors of America</em>

Art

Future Colors of America

Sunday 9/ 6 @ Giant Robot

Fellow Americans Albert Reyes, Matt Furie, and Aiyana Udesen have drawn our country's future, pulling equally from assorted pieces of tattoo... 

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

Art

Mary Anne Kluth and Laurel Roth

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

John Baldessari

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

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/ 6 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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