Events on Saturday, May 1
The Clock Without a Face book release party
Saturday 5/ 1 @ The Secret Alley
The Clock Without a Face is the realization of every (inner) child's wildest dreams: a full color, illustrated mystery book packed...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ The Fillmore
Broken Social Scene says: Founded ten years ago by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, Broken Social Scene very quickly established...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ The Castro Theatre
Fourteen years ago, Peaches Christ (aka Joshua Grannell) was a recent college grad working at Landmark Cinemas and getting her start...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ CounterPULSE
CounterPULSE lights up a birthday cake with a three-night performance festival fundraiser designed to echo the different aspects of this unusual...
AC/DShe + Total B.S. + Honeydust
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Slim's
AC/DShe is the original all-girl AC/DC tribute band doing Bon-era songs. These gals are committed to staying true to the heart...
Martha Graham Dance Company: Essential Graham
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
The oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company in the world mounts a performance in honor of Martha Graham, the American...
Ongoing Events
Saturday 5/ 1 @ CounterPULSE
SF performance space CounterPULSE's 19th birthday kicks off with the Agitprop Cabaret, which CP describes as being reserved for "overtly political...
Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Coit Tower
Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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...
Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
When French photographer and painter Linda Ellia picked up Mein Kampf five years ago, she saw potential — for healing, discussion,...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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...
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Piedmont Theater
When George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg first brainstormed settings for the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, they considered a...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ SFMOMA
Influenced by the Northern European painting tradition as well as by photography, television, and cinema, Luc Tuymans blends filmic techniques with...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Asian Art Museum
By any metric, Shanghai is a city of superlatives: it boasts the largest population of any metropolitan area in China, and...
Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ SFMOMA
This suite of drawings, commissioned by SFMOMA, offers an evocative glimpse of San Francisco's urban landscape and landmarks. British artist Ewan...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Roxie Theater
A platoon of eagles and vultures attack the residents of a small town. Many people died. It's not known what caused...
Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
Reinventing Ritual is the first international exhibition to examine how artists are transforming traditional practices into opportunities for contemplation and critique....
Saturday 5/ 1 @ SFMOMA
Just as photography has been instrumental in shaping California's popular image, the state — and San Francisco, in particular — has...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ San Francisco Performances
Innovative and sensual, Compañía Nacional de Danza has established itself as one of the great contemporary dance companies in the world....
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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....
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ SFMOMA
On January 18, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's...
As It Is Written: Project 304,805
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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
Saturday 5/ 1 @ 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
Saturday 5/ 1 @ SFMOMA
Carl Djerassi's generous promise to give SFMOMA a substantial group of intimate works — mostly drawings, prints, and watercolors — by...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ Elbo Room
Saturday Night Soul Party with DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald spinning original 60s Soul 45s for your dancing pleasure...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the...
Saturday 5/ 1 @ SFMOMA
From its early days, SFMOMA has been devoted to fostering close relationships with artists, and these ties often have led to...
