Events on Tuesday, April 6
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: What is Poetry?
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ City Lights
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 91, is the co-founder of City Lights, the book shop that became the clubhouse for the Beat writers. He...
Free Tuesday Program—On Ewan Gibbs’s Urban Portraiture
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ SFMOMA
British artist Ewan Gibbs has created an urban portrait of San Francisco in 18 drawings, currently on view on the third-floor...
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, and Lera Auerbach, piano
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ San Francisco Performances
American cellist Alisa Weilerstein has attracted widespread attention for playing that combines a natural virtuosic command and technical precision with impassioned...
the church 30th Anniversary Acoustic Tour 2010
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Great American Music Hall
After three decades together, the church return to North America for a special 30th anniversary acoustic tour throughout April and May...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ The Booksmith
USF professor of law and politics Rob Elias recounts the sweeping story of how baseball has become synonymous with the American...
Ongoing Events
Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
When French photographer and painter Linda Ellia picked up Mein Kampf five years ago, she saw potential — for healing, discussion,...
San Francisco International Film Festival
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Multiple venues
The nation's longest-running film festival brings the cinephile crème de la crème to San Francisco. And with over 150 films and...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ SFMOMA
Influenced by the Northern European painting tradition as well as by photography, television, and cinema, Luc Tuymans blends filmic techniques with...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Asian Art Museum
By any metric, Shanghai is a city of superlatives: it boasts the largest population of any metropolitan area in China, and...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 18 Reasons
Scratch 'n' sniff usually gets relegated to Lisa Frank novelties, but To Curry Favor, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik's latest exhibit at the...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ SFMOMA
Just as photography has been instrumental in shaping California's popular image, the state — and San Francisco, in particular — has...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced...
Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater
Mysterious flashes of ancient Japan nestle with sexy snapshots of modern Tokyo in this world premiere. Well before the digital age,...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ 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
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ SFMOMA
Carl Djerassi's generous promise to give SFMOMA a substantial group of intimate works — mostly drawings, prints, and watercolors — by...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the...
Tuesday 4/ 6 @ SFMOMA
From its early days, SFMOMA has been devoted to fostering close relationships with artists, and these ties often have led to...
