Events on Thursday, July 15

A Tall, Cold Pint of NightLife

Party

A Tall, Cold Pint of NightLife

Thursday 7/15 @ California Academy of Sciences

This might just be every nerd's dream: learning the science behind brewcraft while DJs spin live music and beer flows like... 

Persphone's Bees w/ Sam Flax, Higher Color, Part Time, Elisa Randazzo and Bridget St. John, and Amy Blaschke

Music

Persephone's Bees

Thursday 7/15 @ Knockout

Persephone's Bees says: Persephone's Bees have earned a reputation of not only being a strong live act, but one with... 

Pretty Babies: the Joy of Snake Breeding

Special Event

Pretty Babies: the Joy of Snake Breeding

Thursday 7/15 @ The Bone Room

When snake charmer Bruce Feldhammer lived in Africa, he would catch deadly venomous desert vipers himself with little more than a... 

Built to Spill + Fauxbois

Music

Built to Spill + Fauxbois

Thursday 7/15 @ Slim's

Three-and-a-half years in the making, the efforts of writing and recording There Is No Enemy led Built to Spill founder Doug... 

Art

LIVE ART- INFINITE CITY: MONARCHS AND QUEENS

Thursday 7/15 @ SFMOMA

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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Festival: Film

San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Thursday 7/15 @ The Castro Theatre

Fritz Lang's Metropolis came out in 1927 Berlin to little acclaim. It was extremely expensive to make and almost bankrupted the... 

<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

Thursday 7/15 @ 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>Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo</em>

Film: Documentary

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Thursday 7/15 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

Stag beetles are so beloved in Japan that they're known as "black diamonds" and are sold live in department stores and... 

Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

Festival: Film

Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

Thursday 7/15 @ Roxie Theater

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

Music from Final Fantasy w/ the San Francisco Symphony and Nobou Uematsu

Music: Classical

Final Fantasy w/ the SF Symphony

Thursday 7/15 @ Davies Symphony Hall

 San Francisco Symphony says: Following last summer's thrilling engagement, Grammy Award-winning conductor Arnie Roth returns to the San Francisco Symphony for... 

14th Annual Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival

Festival

Mission Creek Festival

Thursday 7/15 @ Various locations

Fourteen years ago, experimental musician, artist, and Rainbow Grocery store employee Jeff Ray began the Mission Creek Festival out of his... 

Oakland Lost and Found Photo Show

Art: Photography

Oakland Lost and Found

Thursday 7/15 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Thursday 7/15 @ 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... 

Heat: A Fire Cabaret

Special Event

Heat: A Fire Cabaret

Thursday 7/15 @ The Crucible

Justin Grey is part sculptor, part pyromaniac. He's been fabricating metal for 15 years and his creations have been exhibited at... 

<em>Misspelled</em>: An Alphabet by Victor Reyes

Art

Misspelled

Thursday 7/15 @ 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,... 

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

Dance

Traveling Light

Thursday 7/15 @ 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... 

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

Art

TechnoCraft

Thursday 7/15 @ 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... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Thursday 7/15 @ 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>Trash Humpers</em>

Film

Trash Humpers

Thursday 7/15 @ Roxie Theater

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

RitLab: After-Work DIY Art-Making

Art

RitLab: After-Work DIY Art-Making

Thursday 7/15 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Create, Schmooze, Nosh, and Drink with Old Friends and New Inspired by the coast-to-coast D-I-Y craft movement, the CJM presents a... 

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Art

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Thursday 7/15 @ SFMOMA

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

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Film

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Thursday 7/15 @ SFMOMA

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

Afrolicious

Music: Global

Afrolicious

Thursday 7/15 @ 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

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Thursday 7/15 @ 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... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Thursday 7/15 @ 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)

Art

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)

Thursday 7/15 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Thursday 7/15 @ 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

Thursday 7/15 @ SFMOMA

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

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Thursday 7/15 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

SFMOMA Live Art presents Rebecca Solnit

Thursday 7/15 @ SFMOMA

Solnit's forthcoming book Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas... 

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

Art

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Thursday 7/15 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Thursday 7/15 @ SFMOMA

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