Events on Thursday, April 29
Gumball 3000 Book Release Party
Thursday 4/29 @ Manor West
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines: the latest issue of Frank Book is hitting the streets. The spring edition of this...
Thursday 4/29 @ Southern Exposure
How-To Homestead's website looks like YouTube for urban nature enthusiasts: director, Melinda Stone, splits her time between teaching media studies at...
Thursday 4/29 @ Uptown Nightclub
Javelin is a Brooklyn-based band comprised of cousins Thomas Van Buskirk and George Langford. Their music fuses influences as varied as...
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
Each Thursday evening, one of SFMOMA's curators or specialists shares a perspective on a single artist or artwork on view. Talks...
The Spill Canvas + Tyler Hilton + AM Taxi + New Politics
Thursday 4/29 @ Slim's
Ladies and gentlemen and animals, it is with immense pleasure we announce our return to the road. The spark ignites April...
Paul Loeb / Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times
Thursday 4/29 @ The Booksmith
How do we keep working for change in these difficult times, and overcome our political demoralization and frustration? With over a...
Afrolicious 3-Year Anniversary Party Night 1
Thursday 4/29 @ Elbo Room
For the last three years the Afrolicious party has established itself as a worldwide destination for dancers, DJs, bands and music...
Ongoing Events
Thursday 4/29 @ The Castro Theatre
Stanley Kubrick only directed 16 films during his career, but they are some of the most acclaimed and darkly visionary films...
Thursday 4/29 @ 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...
Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf
Thursday 4/29 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
When French photographer and painter Linda Ellia picked up Mein Kampf five years ago, she saw potential — for healing, discussion,...
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
Influenced by the Northern European painting tradition as well as by photography, television, and cinema, Luc Tuymans blends filmic techniques with...
Thursday 4/29 @ 18 Reasons
Scratch 'n' sniff usually gets relegated to Lisa Frank novelties, but To Curry Favor, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik's latest exhibit at the...
Thursday 4/29 @ Gallery 16
Sonny Smith's 100 Records art project started life as a novel about music. But Smith found he couldn't stop thinking about...
Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present
Thursday 4/29 @ 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...
Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf
Thursday 4/29 @ 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...
Thursday 4/29 @ 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...
Thursday 4/29 @ Asian Art Museum
By any metric, Shanghai is a city of superlatives: it boasts the largest population of any metropolitan area in China, and...
SMITHS: Arts & Skills Service: On Shell-Shock, or Ammunition and Ornament
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
Highlighting the historical relationship of art-making and the war effort both at home and on the battlefield, this iteration of Arts...
Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life
Thursday 4/29 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
Reinventing Ritual is the first international exhibition to examine how artists are transforming traditional practices into opportunities for contemplation and critique....
Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection
Thursday 4/29 @ 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
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
Carl Djerassi's generous promise to give SFMOMA a substantial group of intimate works — mostly drawings, prints, and watercolors — by...
Thursday 4/29 @ Elbo Room
Afrolicious with DJs/hosts brothers Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz, along with resident drummers J. Elrod and B. Lee bring you the best in Latin and...
Thursday 4/29 @ 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...
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
From its early days, SFMOMA has been devoted to fostering close relationships with artists, and these ties often have led to...
Thursday 4/29 @ San Francisco Performances
Innovative and sensual, Compañía Nacional de Danza has established itself as one of the great contemporary dance companies in the world....
As It Is Written: Project 304,805
Thursday 4/29 @ 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...
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the...
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
This suite of drawings, commissioned by SFMOMA, offers an evocative glimpse of San Francisco's urban landscape and landmarks. British artist Ewan...
SMITHS: Arts & Skills Service: On Shell-Shock, or Ammunition and Ornament
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
Highlighting the historical relationship of art-making and the war effort both at home and on the battlefield, this iteration of Arts...
Thursday 4/29 @ 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...
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
Just as photography has been instrumental in shaping California's popular image, the state — and San Francisco, in particular — has...
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced...
Thursday 4/29 @ 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....
Thursday 4/29 @ SFMOMA
On January 18, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's...
