Events on Tuesday, February 2

Prefuse 73 w/ Gaslamp Killer and VOICEsVOICEs

Music: Electronic

Prefuse 73 w/ Gaslamp Killer and VOICEsVOICEs

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ Slim's

Producers/DJs Prefuse 73 and the Gaslamp Killer are both stellar mixologists when it comes to infusing psychedelic vibes into broken beats,... 

Do Make Say Think w/ the Happiness Project and Years

Music: Experimental

Do Make Say Think w/ the Happiness Project and Years

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ Great American Music Hall

With tracks that play like mystical emotional scores, it's no surprise that Do Make Say Think's music has appeared in films... 

Artists' Films Series: A Lecture with Keren Cytter

Film

Artists' Films Series: A Lecture with Keren Cytter

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ California College of the Arts

Berlin-based visual artist Keren Cytter will give an artist's talk about her recent video and performance work.

Cytter's... 

Slow Death by Rubber Duck / Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie @ The Booksmith

Special Event

Slow Death by Rubber Duck / Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie @ The Booksmith

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ The Booksmith

Art

1935: Modern Art Takes Flight in San Francisco

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ SFMOMA


SFMOMA celebrates its 75th anniversary based on the 1935 opening of... 

How I Met Streisand, Spielberg, Redford and Other Kennedy Center Honorees: An Evening with Filmmaker Sara Lukinson

Film

How I Met Streisand, Spielberg, Redford and Other Kennedy Center Honorees: An Evening with Filmmaker Sara Lukinson

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Once an artist is chosen for a Kennedy Center Honor, Sara Lukinson calls and asks, “Can I come over?” Imagine lunch... 

Ongoing Events

Lucy Pullen: <em>The Effect Effect</em>

Art

Lucy Pullen

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ Ping Pong Gallery

Canadian artist Lucy Pullen, whose oeuvre includes a punny edible intervention riffing on one of Bruce Nauman's greatest hits (Eat Your... 

Winter Music Fest

Festival: Music

Winter Music Fest

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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/ 2 @ 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/ 2 @ 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>Doubt: A Parable</em>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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... 

SF Sketchfest

Comedy

SF Sketchfest

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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>Santos y Otros Creatures</em>

Art

Santos y Otros Creatures

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ Creativity Explored

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ SFMOMA

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

Coming Home

Theatre

Coming Home

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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Yoga & Improvisation Workshop: Sourcing Personal Practice for Performance

Workshop/Class

Yoga & Improvisation Workshop: Sourcing Personal Practice for Performance

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ ODC

This workshop will focus on the vocabulary of yoga and explore the use of improvisation to subvert traditional forms for... 

$5 Admission through February 9

Special Event

$5 Admission through February 9

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ SFMOMA

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

MURDER IN FASHION

Film

MURDER IN FASHION

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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... 

WATERCOLORS

Film

WATERCOLORS

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ Roxie Theater

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

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ SFMOMA

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

MISCONCEPTIONS

Film

MISCONCEPTIONS

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ Roxie Theater

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

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Tuesday 2/ 2 @ 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/ 2 @ 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/ 2 @ SFMOMA

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