Events on Friday, April 9

Free Armory Tour by Kink.com

Special Event

Free Armory Tour by Kink.com

Friday 4/ 9 @ The Armory

The 200,000 square foot Armory is a reproduction of a Moorish castle, built to house the National Guard after the 1906... 

Mecha Mania: Four Decades of Slam-Bang Sci-Fi Robot Anime

Special Event

Mecha Mania

Friday 4/ 9 @ New People

Love robots? Head out to the Japanese pop culture shrine that is the New People building to see Otaku USA magazine... 

7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali + special guest George Porter Jr.

Music

7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali + special guest George Porter Jr.

Friday 4/ 9 @ Great American Music Hall

Grateful Dead timekeeper Bill Kreutzmann and Crescent City funkster Papa Mali, along with Matt Hubbard and Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green)... 

Miko Marks + Andre Thierry

Music

Miko Marks + Andre Thierry

Friday 4/ 9 @ Slim's

Named "Best New Country Artist" by New Music Weekly Miko Marks' debut album, "Freeway Bound," also received honors as the "2007 Country... 

House Arrest feat. Azari & III (Toronto) with Jeno, Conor, Solar + More!

Music: Electronic

House Arrest feat. Azari & III (Toronto) with Jeno, Conor, Solar + More!

Friday 4/ 9 @ Mezzanine

•♦►AZARI & III►♦•

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NITE ACID HOUSE FREAKOUT.

Friday April 9, 2010 | 9PM -... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Art of Emily the Strange</em>

Art

The Art of Emily the Strange

Friday 4/ 9 @ Gallery Extraña

Emily the Strange's black bangs make her hard to miss, and her cheeky misanthropy has won her legions of adoring fans.... 

Castillo: <em>Bloodlines</em>

Art

Castillo

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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.... 

San Francisco International Women's Film Festival

Festival: Film

SF Women's Film Festival

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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... 

Ladies Rock Camp: a Three-day Retreat for Women

Workshop/Class

Ladies Rock Camp

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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

Friday 4/ 9 @ 18 Reasons

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

Luc Tuymans

Art

Luc Tuymans

Friday 4/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Friday 4/ 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... 

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

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Friday 4/ 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>Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf</em>

Art

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Friday 4/ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Friday 4/ 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... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Friday 4/ 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... 

Ewan Gibbs: <em>San Francisco</em>

Art

Ewan Gibbs: San Francisco

Friday 4/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

The View from Here

Art

The View from Here

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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

Friday 4/ 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

Friday 4/ 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... 

The Anniversary Show

Art

The Anniversary Show

Friday 4/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Girlfriend</em>

Theatre

Girlfriend

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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.... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Friday 4/ 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... 

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Art

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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

Friday 4/ 9 @ 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

Friday 4/ 9 @ SFMOMA

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

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Theatre

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Friday 4/ 9 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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