Events on Sunday, January 31

Sudden Infant w/ Horaflora, R. Jencks, and Tralphaz

Music: Experimental

Sudden Infant w/ Horaflora, R. Jencks, and Tralphaz

Sunday 1/31 @ The Lab

Big men don't cry, but when performing as Sudden Infant, Joke Lanz is likely to do a whole lot worse. Inspired... 

A benefit for Nicholas DelDrago w/ Joe Satriani

Music

A benefit for Nicholas DelDrago w/ Joe Satriani

Sunday 1/31 @ Slim's

Nicky DelDrago was an active guitar player in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene for 30+ years. He... 

Ongoing Events

Winter Music Fest

Festival: Music

Winter Music Fest

Sunday 1/31 @ Bottom of the Hill

Indiefest is on a tear: Jeff Ross' 12-year-old showcase of innovative and esoteric independent films has already grown to include satellite... 

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

Art: Photography

Ari Marcopoulos

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

Kamau Patton: <em>Icons of Attention</em>

Art

Kamau Patton

Sunday 1/31 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Before the Internet, another kind of magic — wireless telegraphy, aka radio — made teleportation possible, astoundingly collapsing distance to bring... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Sunday 1/31 @ Cartoon Art Museum

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

<em>TRIMPIN: the sound of invention</em>

Film: Documentary

TRIMPIN: the sound of invention

Sunday 1/31 @ Red Vic

Kinetic sculptor and sonic visionary Trimpin — creator of a 60 foot-tall self-tuning guitar tower and an earthquake-driven marimba — joins... 

Noir City: The 8th Annual San Francisco Film Noir Festival

Festival: Film

Noir City 8

Sunday 1/31 @ The Castro Theatre

Violating two out of the ten commandments is the MO of this year's Noir City Film Festival, with over 20 films... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Sunday 1/31 @ 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

Sunday 1/31 @ 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>When Lives Become Form: Contemporary Brazilian Art, 1960s to the Present</em>

Art

When Lives Become Form

Sunday 1/31 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

YBCA mounts a colorful tribute to the continued influence of the Tropicália movement in Brazilian art. When Lives Become Form explores... 

Ahmet &Ouml;ğ&uuml;t: <em>Exploded City</em>

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Sunday 1/31 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Large-scale models recreating the structural causalities of recent acts of terrorism form the clumpy, futuristic metropolis of Ahmet Öğüt’s Exploded City.... 

SF Sketchfest

Comedy

SF Sketchfest

Sunday 1/31 @ Various locations

Something funny is happening in our city, and it has nothing to do with the Mayor's hair. Sketchfest returns with 16... 

<em>Doubt: A Parable</em>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Sunday 1/31 @ New Conservatory Theatre

Doubt drags so much award hardware behind it, each new staging seems gilded-by-association. Now, the LGBT-friendly New Conservatory Theater is generating... 

<em>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Sunday 1/31 @ 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... 

WATERCOLORS

Film

WATERCOLORS

Sunday 1/31 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: NR    Runtime: 106 mins.
"The award-winning debut feature film by writer/ director David Oliveras is a tale of two... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Sunday 1/31 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

It is said that every one of the 304,805 letters in the Torah corresponds to a soul. CJM visitors both to... 

Focus on Artists

Art

Focus on Artists

Sunday 1/31 @ SFMOMA

From its early days, SFMOMA has been devoted to fostering close relationships with artists, and these ties often have led to... 

MISCONCEPTIONS

Film

MISCONCEPTIONS

Sunday 1/31 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: NR    Runtime: 95 mins.
Miranda Bliss and her sister Lucy Dexter run ‘Fishes and Loaves Christian Catering’ in rural... 

$5 Admission through February 9

Special Event

$5 Admission through February 9

Sunday 1/31 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Admission to the Museum is just $5 through February 9, before the opening of Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf on... 

Ewan Gibbs: <em>San Francisco</em>

Art

Ewan Gibbs: San Francisco

Sunday 1/31 @ SFMOMA

This suite of drawings, commissioned by SFMOMA, offers an evocative glimpse of San Francisco's urban landscape and landmarks. British artist Ewan... 

Dub Mission

Music: DJ

Dub Mission

Sunday 1/31 @ Elbo Room

Now 15+ years strong, DUB MISSION  is one of the longest-running dub & reggae parties in the U.S., and the world.... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Sunday 1/31 @ SFMOMA

How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the... 

The View from Here

Art

The View from Here

Sunday 1/31 @ SFMOMA

Just as photography has been instrumental in shaping California's popular image, the state — and San Francisco, in particular — has... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 1/31 @ 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 Anniversary Show

Art

The Anniversary Show

Sunday 1/31 @ SFMOMA

On January 18, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's... 

MURDER IN FASHION

Film

MURDER IN FASHION

Sunday 1/31 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: R    Runtime: 90 mins.
In this ripped-from-the-headlines drama, gay party regular and aging boy toy Andrew Cunanan is forced... 

Coming Home

Theatre

Coming Home

Sunday 1/31 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

WRITTEN BY ATHOL FUGARD
 DIRECTED BY... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Sunday 1/31 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

It begins with parchment, ink, a hand-sharpened feather quill, and a scribe who states out loud the intention to write a... 

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Art

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Sunday 1/31 @ SFMOMA

In Bruce Conner's electric Three Screen Ray ('06), a new acquisition that premieres in this exhibition, Ray Charles' '59 hit... 

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Sunday 1/31 @ SFMOMA

How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced...