Events on Tuesday, February 9

A Cool Man: Short Films by Alfred Leslie

Film: Shorts

Short Films by Alfred Leslie

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

In its 30 hectic minutes Pull My Daisy (1959) manages to embody an entire generation of spontaneous yet carefully crafted art.... 

Poetry @ The Booksmith: Jim Powell / Substrate

Books: Poetry

Poetry @ The Booksmith: Jim Powell / Substrate

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ The Booksmith

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Ongoing Events

SF Beer Week

Food/Wine

SF Beer Week

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ CounterPULSE

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

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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>Santos y Otros Creatures</em>

Art

Santos y Otros Creatures

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ Creativity Explored

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Kirk Crippens

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery

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

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

Art

Chris Ballantyne

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

Lucy Pullen

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

SF Independent Film Festival

Festival: Film

SF Indiefest

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ 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... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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... 

$5 Admission through February 9

Special Event

$5 Admission through February 9

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking

Art

Prints Byte: the cutting edge of printmaking

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ SOMArts

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

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Art

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Tuesday 2/ 9 @ 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/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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