Events on Saturday, February 13

Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens: <em>Assuming the Ecosexual Position</em>

Party: Valentine's Day

Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens: Assuming the Ecosexual Position

Saturday 2/13 @ The Lab

Acclaimed sex educator and performance artist Annie Sprinkle and her partner Elizabeth Stephens are the sort of daffy, sweet-tempered, and bawdy... 

STS9 w/ Nalepa Dub Orchestra

Music: Electronic

STS9

Saturday 2/13 @ Fox Theater

In their exuberant live show, STS9 blend their instrumental post-rock virtuosity with tripped-out electronic flourishes equally informed by dub, dance music,... 

Admit on the Spot Day (Undergraduate)

Art

Admit on the Spot Day (Undergraduate)

Saturday 2/13 @ California College of the Arts

Your application is reviewed while you wait!   What to Bring: All students are required to bring a completed application. A... 

Blowoff (hosted & DJ'd by Bob Mould & Rich Morel)

Music: DJ

Blowoff (hosted & DJ'd by Bob Mould & Rich Morel)

Saturday 2/13 @ Slim's

Bob Mould & Richard Morel's Blowoff: Alt Rock Star and Electro Music Maestro Bring the Party for the Rest... 

Rebuild, Restore, Revitalize: A Dance Benefit for Haiti

Dance

Rebuild, Restore, Revitalize: A Dance Benefit for Haiti

Saturday 2/13 @ ODC

Saturday, February 13, 6-10pm
$25 (Pay what you can--No one will be turned away for lack of
... 

Justin Townes Earle + Joe Pug

Music

Justin Townes Earle + Joe Pug

Saturday 2/13 @ Great American Music Hall

Justin Townes Earle's age belies his experience. Growing up in Nashville he mis-spent his youth playing in bluegrass/ragtime combo The Swindlers... 

TORMENTA TROPICAL

Music: Global

TORMENTA TROPICAL

Saturday 2/13 @ Elbo Room

 Bersa Discos  presents
TORMENTA TROPICAL: SINDEN (KISS-FM, UK),  DISCO SHAWN & ORO11(Bersa Discos) plus TUESDAY LOCKHART
... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 &ndash; Present</em>

Art

Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present

Saturday 2/13 @ Various locations

SFMOMA isn't the only cultural institution in town celebrating a milestone this year. In honor of its 40th anniversary the city-run... 

<em>Doubt: A Parable</em>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Saturday 2/13 @ 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>Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf</em>

Art

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Saturday 2/13 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

When French photographer and painter Linda Ellia picked up Mein Kampf five years ago, she saw potential — for healing, discussion,... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Saturday 2/13 @ 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.... 

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 2/13 @ Coit Tower

Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Saturday 2/13 @ Asian Art Museum

By any metric, Shanghai is a city of superlatives: it boasts the largest population of any metropolitan area in China, and... 

SF Independent Film Festival

Festival: Film

SF Indiefest

Saturday 2/13 @ Roxie Theater

Rolling into its twelfth year, SF's Independent Film Festival continues to bring the best, finest, and weirdest indie films to the... 

<em>Don't Feel: The Death of Dahmer</em>

Theatre

Don't Feel: The Death of Dahmer

Saturday 2/13 @ Mama Calizo's Voice Factory

Who is a serial killer beyond his crimes? Perhaps he is someone who feels no compassion. He might start as a... 

<em>Route 1: R for Replicant</em>

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Saturday 2/13 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

From George Washington's cherry tree chop to the sale of Manhattan for a pocketful of beads, American history is full of... 

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

Art

Kamau Patton

Saturday 2/13 @ 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... 

<em>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Saturday 2/13 @ 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... 

SF Beer Week

Food/Wine

SF Beer Week

Saturday 2/13 @ Various locations

For ten glorious days, your cup will runneth over as the city salutes one of humankind's oldest libations. The SF Brewer's... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Saturday 2/13 @ 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... 

Dan Hoyle's <em>The Real Americans</em>

Theatre

The Real Americans

Saturday 2/13 @ The Marsh

Dan Hoyle is often noted as a rare hybrid of playwright, actor, and journalist. On the heels of his long-running, much... 

Luc Tuymans

Art

Luc Tuymans

Saturday 2/13 @ SFMOMA

Influenced by the Northern European painting tradition as well as by photography, television, and cinema, Luc Tuymans blends filmic techniques with... 

<em>Lending Library</em>

Art

Lending Library

Saturday 2/13 @ Royal NoneSuch Gallery

While not actually available for check out, the miscellany on display in Lending Library — on loan from the likes of... 

Chris Ballantyne: <em>Some Songs from the Shore</em>

Art

Chris Ballantyne

Saturday 2/13 @ Hosfelt Gallery

Brooklyn-based painter (and San Francisco Art Institute grad) Chris Ballantyne creates strange intersections of the natural and the man-made. But his... 

Steuart Pittman: <em>Nowhere / Anywhere</em>

Art

Nowhere / Anywhere

Saturday 2/13 @ Blankspace

Steuart Pittman, a 2009 Mills MFA grad, makes abstract drawings and paintings of simple rectangles, half-circles, and squares, using colors that... 

<em>Luxury Items</em>

Theatre

Luxury Items

Saturday 2/13 @ CounterPULSE

SF's drag community had its collective breath knocked out of it in 2003 when Fauxnique (aka Monique Jenkinson) was the first... 

<em>I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You</em>

Theatre

I Heart Hamas

Saturday 2/13 @ Off-Market Theater

Actor and writer Jennifer Jajeh is many things: single, a Christian, and a first generation Palestinian American. She's also incredibly funny.... 

<em>Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf</em>

Art

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Saturday 2/13 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

The exhibition is the result of French painter and photographer, Linda Ellia's, encounter with a copy of Mein Kampf in 2005. The... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Saturday 2/13 @ Cartoon Art Museum

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

Food From the Heart

Food/Wine

Food From the Heart

Saturday 2/13 @ San Francisco Ferry Building

The Grand Nave of the Ferry Building Marketplace is transformed into a candle-lit smorgasbord for Slow Food San Francisco's V Day-themed... 

Kirk Crippens: <em>Foreclosure, USA: The Great Recession</em>

Art: Photography

Kirk Crippens

Saturday 2/13 @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery

Created without any staging or manipulation, the photographs in Kirk Crippens' Foreclosure, USA: The Great Recession capture the emotion and enormity... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Saturday 2/13 @ 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... 

21st Annual Woo at the Zoo

Party: Valentine's Day

Woo at the Zoo

Saturday 2/13 @ San Francisco Zoo

Don't be like Homer Simpson and confuse monkey-on-monkey loving for monkey-on-monkey violence. Why not have a guide on hand to explain... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 2/13 @ 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... 

Katherine Westerhout: <em>Rust Belt</em>

Art: Photography

Katherine Westerhout

Saturday 2/13 @ Electric Works

As Rust Belt belt cities lock up their architectural treasures and throw away the key, photographer Katherine Westerhout steals glimpses inside... 

David Trautrimas and Kristina Lewis: <em>Article X</em>

Art

David Trautrimas and Kristina Lewis

Saturday 2/13 @ Johansson Projects

In the hands of artists David Trautrimas and Kristina Lewis, the trappings of everyday life — coffee pots, bathroom scales, high... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Saturday 2/13 @ 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... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Saturday 2/13 @ 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... 

The Anniversary Show

Art

The Anniversary Show

Saturday 2/13 @ SFMOMA

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

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Saturday 2/13 @ 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

Saturday 2/13 @ 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

Saturday 2/13 @ SFMOMA

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

Coming Home

Theatre

Coming Home

Saturday 2/13 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

WRITTEN BY ATHOL FUGARD
 DIRECTED BY... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Saturday 2/13 @ SFMOMA

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

Focus on Artists

Art

Focus on Artists

Saturday 2/13 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 2/13 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ewan Gibbs: San Francisco

Saturday 2/13 @ SFMOMA

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

Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking

Art

Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking

Saturday 2/13 @ SOMArts

 SOMArts Cultural Center’s Main Gallery invites the public to experience spanThe View from Here

Art

The View from Here

Saturday 2/13 @ SFMOMA

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

Alternorthern: Contemporary Art from Canada

Art

Alternorthern: Contemporary Art from Canada

Saturday 2/13 @ The Lab

"Alternorthern," curated by Kevin Betram and Jason Gowans, features the work of Sonny Assu, Valerie Boxer, Vincent Chevalier, Brendan Fernandes, Jenny...