Events on Wednesday, January 13

Wade Davis: <em>The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World</em>

Special Event

Wade Davis

Wednesday 1/13 @ Cowell Theater

How exactly does one qualify for the indisputably bad-ass professional title Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic? In Wade Davis' case, quite simply:... 

Prohibition: Then and Now

Special Event

Prohibition: Then and Now

Wednesday 1/13 @ CounterPULSE

Given the return of the speakeasy, and all things small batch and high class, the spirit if not the letter of... 

Huun Huur Tu (Throat Singers of Tuva)

Music

Huun Huur Tu (Throat Singers of Tuva)

Wednesday 1/13 @ Great American Music Hall

Huun-Huur-Tu, having completed its fourteenth tour in North America, and a veteran of concert and festival performances in nearly every country... 

Ongoing Events

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 1/13 @ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Wednesday 1/13 @ The Legion of Honor Museum

Adorning royal personalities from the Duchess of Windsor to Daisy Fellowes and a cabal of Hollywood beauties, Cartier was the standard bearer... 

Henry Lewis and Mike Davis

Art

Henry Lewis and Mike Davis

Wednesday 1/13 @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Mike Davis creates nightmarish landscapes, both delicate and monstrous, that would make Bosch proud. The self-taught painter and tattoo artist's latest... 

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

Art: Photography

Ari Marcopoulos

Wednesday 1/13 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 1/13 @ 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>The Threepenny Opera</em>

Theatre

The Threepenny Opera

Wednesday 1/13 @ Ashby Stage

Shotgun Players take a bow this season with Bertolt Brecht's beloved The Threepenny Opera. Written in 1928 but still as relevant... 

Claire Jackel: <em>Gravity Always Wins</em>

Art

Claire Jackel: Gravity Always Wins

Wednesday 1/13 @ The Lab

In Claire Jackel's new exhibit at the Lab, an inverted, white-paper cityscape hangs close to the ceiling like a stray parade... 

<em>Santos y Otros Creatures</em>

Art

Santos y Otros Creatures

Wednesday 1/13 @ Creativity Explored

Saints are odd role models, amalgams of historical fact and divine intervention whose exemplary nature is inseparable from the aura of... 

<em>One Day: A Collective Narrative of Tehran</em>

Art

One Day

Wednesday 1/13 @ Intersection for the Arts

An ancient metropolis now home to some eight million residents, Tehran is as complicated, intriguing, and deeply layered as any city... 

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

Art: Photography

Then and Now: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado

Wednesday 1/13 @ 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... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Wednesday 1/13 @ Cartoon Art Museum

Somewhere between madman and uncanny visionary, cartoonist Andy Ristiano creates comics as exhilarating for their bold flourishes of color as for... 

Aurelia's Oratorio -- EXTENDED!

Theatre

Aurelia's Oratorio -- EXTENDED!

Wednesday 1/13 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
VICTORIA THIERRÉE CHAPLIN
   The Bay Area... 

Tyrone Davies: Single Channel Video Work

Art

Tyrone Davies: Single Channel Video Work

Wednesday 1/13 @ The Lab

In these single-channel video works, Tyrone Davies takes a spare and unloving look at that most ubiquitous and, some might say,... 

MINE

Film: Documentary

MINE

Wednesday 1/13 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: NR    Runtime: 81 mins.
MINE

Hailed as “absorbing,” “a must see,” “Oscar material” and “the best... 

DANCING WITH THE DEVIL

Film: Documentary

DANCING WITH THE DEVIL

Wednesday 1/13 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: NR    Runtime: 101 mins.
"Oscar, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning director and producer Jon Blair takes us into the favelas... 

Christine Webster: Transitions

Art

Christine Webster: Transitions

Wednesday 1/13 @ The Lab

In “Transitions,” Christine Webster explores how far teenage engagement in social media online communities might be taken to offer new realms...