Events on Thursday, July 1
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Good Vibrations
In 1953, Swiss doctor Phillipe Woog invented the Broxodent — the first electric toothbrush. It was initially designed to aid the...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Paradise Lounge
Ryan Heffington, an LA-based choreographer, has been described as "the lost, sweaty love child of Martha Graham and Freddie Mercury." He...
Malcolm Mooney and Tenth Planet
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Bottom of the Hill
New Yorker Malcolm Mooney was a sculptor and former member of a high school a cappella group when he decided to...
A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films – Program 1
Thursday 7/ 1 @ SFMOMA
SFMOMA says: Hans Richter (1946), 96 min., 16mm. Phyllis Wattis Theater. It took Richter three years to complete Dreams That Money...
Ongoing Events
Thursday 7/ 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...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Rena Bransten Gallery
Poppers are the drug of choice for outré filmmaker John Waters. He confesses to once taking a huff of amyl nitrate...
Blackbird: Honoring a Century of Pansy Divas
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Mama Calizo's Voice Factory
The Pansy Craze was a period in the '20s and '30s when gay performers ("pansies") and gay clubs started to gain...
This is the Book I have Written for You
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Park Life
Tucker Nichols is the artist behind anonymouspostcard.org. The site allows users to submit anonymous complaints which Nichols turns into works of...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Woody's Cafe
In 1943, Kasper Koojoolian established Kasper's Hot Dogs in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood. His grandson Harry Yaglijian, the third-generation owner of the...
More Glitter — Less Bitter: Photos by Daniel Nicoletta
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Electric Works
In 1973 Harvey Milk opened a camera shop in the Castro, after a roll of film that he left at another...
Thursday 7/ 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...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Cobb's Comedy Club
One of Charlie Murphy's first jobs was acting as bodyguard for his younger brother, comedian Eddie. He ended up following his...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Roxie Theater
"In this delicious tale of resentment, deceit, and sibling rivalry, two adult brothers, Rudy and Paul, represent failure and success. Younger...
Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life
Thursday 7/ 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....
Thursday 7/ 1 @ SFMOMA
On January 18, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ 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...
As It Is Written: Project 304,805
Thursday 7/ 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...
Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection
Thursday 7/ 1 @ SFMOMA
This past February, SFMOMA announced an unprecedented partnership to house and display the collection of Gap founders Doris and Donald Fisher...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Great American Music Hall
The new album is called Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) and will be released this summer. This is our first full-length recorded...
Thursday 7/ 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...
Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection
Thursday 7/ 1 @ SFMOMA
Carl Djerassi's generous promise to give SFMOMA a substantial group of intimate works — mostly drawings, prints, and watercolors — by...
Thursday 7/ 1 @ SFMOMA
How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the...
Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)
Thursday 7/ 1 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
