Events on Wednesday, February 24

The Long Now Foundation presents Alan Weisman: <em>World Without Us, World With Us</em>

Special Event

Alan Weisman

Wednesday 2/24 @ Herbst Theater

In nonfiction eco-thriller The World Without Us, veteran environmental journalist Alan Weisman explores what would happen if humankind was suddenly wiped... 

Noise Pop 18 presents The Ghost of A Saber Toothed Tiger w/ If By Yes, Consortium Musicum and DJ Eucademix

Music

Ghost of A Saber Toothed Tiger

Wednesday 2/24 @ The Independent

Sean Lennon's latest project, the mysteriously named Ghost of A Saber Toothed Tiger, finds him and girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl donning... 

NOISEPOP: Austin, TX: Live Music Capital of the World? (Sneak Preview)

Festival: Film

NOISEPOP: Austin, TX: Live Music Capital of the World? (Sneak Preview)

Wednesday 2/24 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: NR    Runtime: 90 mins.
Directed By Nathan Christ

Internationally known as 'The Live Music Capital... 

Music

KUSF presents NOISE POP 2010 w/ FOREIGN BORN, The Fresh & Onlys, Free Energy, The Splinters

Wednesday 2/24 @ Rickshaw Stop

KUSF presents

NOISE POP 2010
w/
FOREIGN BORN
The Fresh
... 

NOISEPOP: P-Star Rising

Festival: Film

NOISEPOP: P-Star Rising

Wednesday 2/24 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: NR    Runtime: 83 mins.
A Film by Gabriel Noble

At age 9, Priscilla, an adorable yet... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present

Wednesday 2/24 @ 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... 

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

Art

Chris Ballantyne

Wednesday 2/24 @ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Wednesday 2/24 @ 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>My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done</em>

Film

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Wednesday 2/24 @ The Castro Theatre

More recently known for visceral documentaries with strong central characters like Grizzly Man (2005), Werner Herzog's latest foray into narrative is... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Wednesday 2/24 @ 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.... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Wednesday 2/24 @ Asian Art Museum

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 2/24 @ 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>Doubt: A Parable</em>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Wednesday 2/24 @ 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>Route 1: R for Replicant</em>

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Wednesday 2/24 @ 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>Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain</em>

Art

Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain

Wednesday 2/24 @ Creativity Explored

Hold that tiger! Creativity Explored's new exhibit, inspired by the Chinese Lunar New Year's regal symbol, has plenty of tigers burning... 

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

Art: Photography

Kirk Crippens

Wednesday 2/24 @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery

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

Rives Granade: <em>Love Force</em>

Art

Rives Granade

Wednesday 2/24 @ Steven Wolf Fine Arts

While well-documented in photography, the eerie picturesque of slick corporate environments has been addressed much less in painting. Cue Rives Granade,... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 2/24 @ 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... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Wednesday 2/24 @ Cartoon Art Museum

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

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

Art: Photography

Katherine Westerhout

Wednesday 2/24 @ Electric Works

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

Richard Thompson

Music

Richard Thompson

Wednesday 2/24 @ Great American Music Hall

RICHARD THOMPSON : Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of 2003's Top 20 Guitarists of all-time and the recent recipient... 

Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking

Art

Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking

Wednesday 2/24 @ SOMArts

 SOMArts Cultural Center’s Main Gallery invites the public to experience spanAlternorthern: Contemporary Art from Canada

Art

Alternorthern: Contemporary Art from Canada

Wednesday 2/24 @ The Lab

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

Coming Home

Theatre

Coming Home

Wednesday 2/24 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

WRITTEN BY ATHOL FUGARD
 DIRECTED BY... 

LEONARD COHEN LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970

Film: Documentary

LEONARD COHEN LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970

Wednesday 2/24 @ Roxie Theater

Rated: NR    Runtime: 64 mins.
Fri, Feb 19 - Thu, Feb 25.

Director Murray Lerner IN PERSON!...