Events on Wednesday, February 3

Carol Sklenicka: <em>Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life</em>

Books: Reading

Carol Sklenicka: Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ The Booksmith

Half of the students in the creative writing program at my college wanted to be Raymond Carver. And why not? Who... 

Bowling for Soup + Just Surrender + Fight Fair

Music

Bowling for Soup + Just Surrender + Fight Fair

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ Slim's

On their 10th studio album, "Sorry For Partyin'," Bowling for Soup prove that no matter what lame new trends... 

Ongoing Events

Winter Music Fest

Festival: Music

Winter Music Fest

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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... 

Henry Lewis and Mike Davis

Art

Henry Lewis and Mike Davis

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Mike Davis creates nightmarish landscapes, both delicate and monstrous, that would make Bosch proud. The self-taught painter and tattoo artist's latest... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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>Doubt: A Parable</em>

Theatre

Doubt: A Parable

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Chris Ballantyne

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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.... 

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

Art: Photography

Katherine Westerhout

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ Electric Works

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

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

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Ari Marcopoulos

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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... 

<em>Santos y Otros Creatures</em>

Art

Santos y Otros Creatures

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ Creativity Explored

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

MURDER IN FASHION

Film

MURDER IN FASHION

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ 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... 

$5 Admission through February 9

Special Event

$5 Admission through February 9

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

WATERCOLORS

Film

WATERCOLORS

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ Roxie Theater

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

MISCONCEPTIONS

Film

MISCONCEPTIONS

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ Roxie Theater

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

Yoga & Improvisation Workshop: Sourcing Personal Practice for Performance

Workshop/Class

Yoga & Improvisation Workshop: Sourcing Personal Practice for Performance

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ ODC

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

Coming Home

Theatre

Coming Home

Wednesday 2/ 3 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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