Events on Sunday, April 11

Bike Tour: Ecological History (South)

Special Event

Bike Tour: Ecological History

Sunday 4/11 @ CounterPULSE

Click your brain and your bike into gear. CounterPULSE and history buffs Shaping San Francisco are spreading the love and hopefully... 

Flavor Trip Into Space: Miracle Fruit Party

Party

Flavor Trip Into Space: Miracle Fruit Party

Sunday 4/11 @ Chabot Space and Science Center

Want to turn lemons into lemonade? Miracle berries can help. The synsepalum dulcificum berry rewires your taste buds so that sour... 

States of Belonging Program II: A Lynne Sachs Retrospective

Film

States of Belonging Program II: A Lynne Sachs Retrospective

Sunday 4/11 @ San Francisco Cinematheque

Lynne Sachs' short works reverberate with the distilled quality of poetic moments. From her early work in 16mm film in the... 

Judith Tannenbaum / <em>By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives</em>

Special Event

Judith Tannenbaum / By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives

Sunday 4/11 @ The Booksmith

Judith Tannenbaum was brought up with a love of books and storytelling in a convivial Jewish community in Los Angeles. Spoon... 

Michael Rose + R2D2 and the Reggae City Band

Music: Global

Michael Rose + R2D2 and the Reggae City Band

Sunday 4/11 @ Slim's

For over 25 years, Michael Rose has been recording and performing his brand of militant, hardcore Jamaican music to the delight... 

Ongoing Events

Castillo: <em>Bloodlines</em>

Art

Castillo

Sunday 4/11 @ Parque de los Pobladores

Los Angeles-based sculptor, painter, and installation artist Castillo literally wraps up her month-long residency at San Jose's MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y... 

Luc Tuymans

Art

Luc Tuymans

Sunday 4/11 @ SFMOMA

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

Thrillpeddlers presents <em>Pearls Over Shanghai</em>

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Sunday 4/11 @ Hypnodrome

The Cockettes, San Francisco's original acid-fried gender-benders, are the honorary fairy godmothers of every queen who has flown a freak flag... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

San Francisco International Women's Film Festival

Festival: Film

SF Women's Film Festival

Sunday 4/11 @ Various locations

Hey ladies, lady-enthusiasts, and friends of ladies, it's time for the International Women's Film Festival. A triple-threat of films by Sundance... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Sunday 4/11 @ 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

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

To Curry Favor: Scented Work on Paper

Art

To Curry Favor

Sunday 4/11 @ 18 Reasons

Scratch 'n' sniff usually gets relegated to Lisa Frank novelties, but To Curry Favor, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik's latest exhibit at the... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

Ladies Rock Camp: a Three-day Retreat for Women

Workshop/Class

Ladies Rock Camp

Sunday 4/11 @ Oakland School for Arts

Ladies... put down your iPhones, and pick up your guitars. Ladies Rock Camp is a weekend workshop of instrument tuition, band... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Sunday 4/11 @ 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>Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf</em>

Art

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Sunday 4/11 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

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

Art

Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present

Sunday 4/11 @ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Theatre

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Sunday 4/11 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

Mysterious flashes of ancient Japan nestle with sexy snapshots of modern Tokyo in this world premiere. Well before the digital age,... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Sunday 4/11 @ 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

Sunday 4/11 @ SFMOMA

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

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Art

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Sunday 4/11 @ SFMOMA

In Bruce Conner's electric Three Screen Ray ('06), a new acquisition that premieres in this exhibition, Ray Charles' '59 hit... 

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Art

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Sunday 4/11 @ SFMOMA

Carl Djerassi's generous promise to give SFMOMA a substantial group of intimate works — mostly drawings, prints, and watercolors — by... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Sunday 4/11 @ 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

Sunday 4/11 @ SFMOMA

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

ODC Theater Presents SCUBA ft. The Foundry, locust and Megan Mazarick

Dance

ODC Theater Presents SCUBA ft. The Foundry, locust and Megan Mazarick

Sunday 4/11 @ ODC

SCUBA—the national touring network for dance—brings together Megan Mazarick, locust and The Foundry for a weekend of provocative premieres that will... 

<em>Girlfriend</em>

Theatre

Girlfriend

Sunday 4/11 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

Romance unfolds in a new musical wound around the tender love songs of Matthew Sweet's landmark album, Girlfriend. Meeting in homeroom.... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 4/11 @ 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

Sunday 4/11 @ SFMOMA

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

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Sunday 4/11 @ 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... 

The View from Here

Art

The View from Here

Sunday 4/11 @ SFMOMA

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

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Sunday 4/11 @ SFMOMA

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

Dub Mission

Music: DJ

Dub Mission

Sunday 4/11 @ Elbo Room

Now 15+ years strong, DUB MISSION  is one of the longest-running dub & reggae parties in the U.S., and the world....