Events on Saturday, July 10

Superhero Street Fair

Festival: Fair

Superhero Street Fair

Saturday 7/10 @ Islais Creek Promenade

Superheroes walk among us. The Eye is a Mountain View-based masked crusader who helps keep the streets safe from evil-doers. His... 

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti w/ Magic Kids and Puro Instinct

Music

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Saturday 7/10 @ Bimbo's

When Ariel Pink was discovered by the members of Animal Collective, he was recording songs out of his house using an... 

SF Parkour

Workshop/Class

SF Parkour

Saturday 7/10 @ Embarcadero

Parkour is hardcore. The sport where you utilize your body to bound and vault through urban landscapes has been popularized in... 

Paul McCartney

Music

Paul McCartney

Saturday 7/10 @ AT&T Park

Another Planet Entertainment says: Tonight will be Paul McCartney's first performance within the City of San Francisco since the Beatles' last... 

Au Revoir Simone

Music

Au Revoir Simone

Saturday 7/10 @ Great American Music Hall

Au Revoir Simone's influences could be likened to a dutifully mined musical thrift store. Alongside the racks and railings of sometimes... 

Ongoing Events

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

TechnoCraft:<em> </em>Hackers, Modders, Fabbers, Tweakers, and Design in the Age of Individuality

Art

TechnoCraft

Saturday 7/10 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

SF-based industrial designer Yves Béhar has designed a waterproof rechargeable vibrator, dog accessories, the XO laptop, and an enormous Swarovski chandelier... 

John Waters:<em> Rush</em>

Art

John Waters: Rush

Saturday 7/10 @ Rena Bransten Gallery

Poppers are the drug of choice for outré filmmaker John Waters. He confesses to once taking a huff of amyl nitrate... 

Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

Festival: Film

Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

Saturday 7/10 @ Roxie Theater

Some movies are measured by the quality of the acting — others, by the quantity of blood. You can treat yourself... 

Joe Goode Performance Group presents <em>Traveling Light</em>

Dance

Traveling Light

Saturday 7/10 @ Old Mint Building

Traveling Light, Joe Goode Performance Group's latest production, is aptly titled. The local company doesn't need to bring much with them... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Saturday 7/10 @ Asian Art Museum

By any metric, Shanghai is a city of superlatives: it boasts the largest population of any metropolitan area in China, and... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Saturday 7/10 @ 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>Misspelled</em>: An Alphabet by Victor Reyes

Art

Misspelled

Saturday 7/10 @ Robert Berman Gallery/E6

Over the past two years, a series of electric-colored letters have sprouted up around the Mission. With their swirls and flourishes,... 

<em>More Glitter &mdash; Less Bitter</em>: Photos by Daniel Nicoletta

Art: Photography

More Glitter — Less Bitter: Photos by Daniel Nicoletta

Saturday 7/10 @ Electric Works

In 1973 Harvey Milk opened a camera shop in the Castro, after a roll of film that he left at another... 

<em>Blackbird: Honoring a Century of Pansy Divas</em>

Special Event

Blackbird: Honoring a Century of Pansy Divas

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

<em>This Is The Book I Have Written for You</em>: A Text Themed Art Show

Art

This is the Book I have Written for You

Saturday 7/10 @ Park Life

Tucker Nichols is the artist behind anonymouspostcard.org. The site allows users to submit anonymous complaints which Nichols turns into works of... 

<em>Trash Humpers</em>

Film

Trash Humpers

Saturday 7/10 @ Roxie Theater

When Harmony Korine, the scriptwriter of Kids and the director of Gummo, was growing up in Nashville, there was a group... 

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 7/10 @ Coit Tower

Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with... 

Oakland Lost and Found Photo Show

Art: Photography

Oakland Lost and Found

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

The Anniversary Show

Art

The Anniversary Show

Saturday 7/10 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Saturday 7/10 @ SFMOMA

How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the... 

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Saturday 7/10 @ SFMOMA

How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced... 

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Saturday 7/10 @ SFMOMA

This past February, SFMOMA announced an unprecedented partnership to house and display the collection of Gap founders Doris and Donald Fisher... 

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Film

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Saturday 7/10 @ SFMOMA

Mika Rottenberg’s immersive video installations address issues of gender and labor through outrageous narratives centered around real women (not... 

<em>Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life</em>

Art

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Saturday 7/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Reinventing Ritual is the first international exhibition to examine how artists are transforming traditional practices into opportunities for contemplation and critique.... 

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Art

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Saturday 7/10 @ SFMOMA

Carl Djerassi's generous promise to give SFMOMA a substantial group of intimate works — mostly drawings, prints, and watercolors — by... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Saturday 7/10 @ 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... 

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)

Art

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)

Saturday 7/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) is the first museum survey of Maira Kalman’s narrative
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