Events on Tuesday, September 8

Karl Blau w/ Neal Morgan and Casual Fog

Music: Experimental

Karl Blau

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ Hemlock Tavern

Frequent Microphones collaborator and Anacortes, Washington, hometown hero Karl Blau is joined by Portland's Neal Morgan and Nevada City's Casual Fog.... 

Ongoing Events

Free Night of Theater

Theatre

Free Night of Theater

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

Mark Baugh-Sasaki

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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>Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History</em>

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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... 

Bruce Conner

Art

Bruce Conner

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ Gallery Paule Anglim

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

<em>10x10x10: An Invitational Exhibition </em>

Art: Photography

10x10x10

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ San Francisco City Hall

San Francisco is often described by its square mileage (7x7), but the city's Art Comission Gallery and PhotoAlliance have expanded those... 

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

Art

Mary Anne Kluth and Laurel Roth

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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>Then and Now: Photographs by Sebasti&atilde;o Salgado</em>

Art: Photography

Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ David Brower Center

Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado's work is saturated with a deep affection and empathy for his subjects, who comprise the world's dispossessed... 

<em>American Idiot</em>

Theatre

American Idiot

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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>There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak</em>

Art

There's a Mystery There

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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... 

<em>Future Colors of America</em>

Art

Future Colors of America

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ Giant Robot

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

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

Art

Warren MacKenzie

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

John Baldessari

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Edible Expeditions

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ Conservatory of Flowers

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

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ 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

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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

Museo en una Caja / Museum in a Box

Art

Museo en una Caja / Museum in a Box

Tuesday 9/ 8 @ California College of the Arts

This event takes place at the Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland campus
5275 Broadway, Oakland CA   Ana...