Events on Tuesday, February 16

Jaron Lanier: <em>You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto</em>

Books: Reading

Jaron Lanier

Tuesday 2/16 @ City Lights

If you are not a gadget, what are you? Jaron Lanier would have you be a person, but he warns that... 

Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Zigaboo Modeliste & the New Aahkesstra and DJ Harry D

Music

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Independent

Get out your plastic beads and feathered masks. Times may be tough but that's all the more reason to celebrate Fat... 

Chris Cleave / Little Bee

Books: Reading

Chris Cleave / Little Bee

Tuesday 2/16 @ Berkeley Arts and Letters

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James McMurtry

Music

James McMurtry

Tuesday 2/16 @ Great American Music Hall

James McMurtry is one artist who has earned his solid singer/songwriter/guitarist reputation. Critics, peers and music aficionados have long praised him... 

Rough Cuts presents Mr. C in Heaven

Film: Documentary

Rough Cuts presents Mr. C in Heaven

Tuesday 2/16 @ The Lab

Directed by Andrew Piccone, Mr. C in Heaven is a work-in-progress documentary that chronicles Ernie Orozco, an impersonator of legendary sportscaster... 

Cooperation and Conflict: African-Americans and and Jews

Special Event

Cooperation and Conflict: African-Americans and and Jews

Tuesday 2/16 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

With Rabbi Marc Schneier and Martin Luther King III Rabbi

Marc Schneier is president of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. Martin... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Route 1: R for Replicant</em>

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

<em>Doubt: A Parable</em>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Luxury Items</em>

Theatre

Luxury Items

Tuesday 2/16 @ CounterPULSE

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

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

Art: Photography

Kirk Crippens

Tuesday 2/16 @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery

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

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Tuesday 2/16 @ Asian Art Museum

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

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

Art

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

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

Art

Chris Ballantyne

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

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

Art

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Tuesday 2/16 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

SF Independent Film Festival

Festival: Film

SF Indiefest

Tuesday 2/16 @ Roxie Theater

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

Luc Tuymans

Art

Luc Tuymans

Tuesday 2/16 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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... 

Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking

Art

Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking

Tuesday 2/16 @ SOMArts

 SOMArts Cultural Center’s Main Gallery invites the public to experience span<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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

Tuesday 2/16 @ SFMOMA

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

The View from Here

Art

The View from Here

Tuesday 2/16 @ SFMOMA

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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

Tuesday 2/16 @ SFMOMA

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

Coming Home

Theatre

Coming Home

Tuesday 2/16 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

WRITTEN BY ATHOL FUGARD
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As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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

Tuesday 2/16 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Tuesday 2/16 @ 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

Tuesday 2/16 @ SFMOMA

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