Events on Saturday, July 17

<em>Psycho</em> (1960) w/ the San Francisco Symphony

Performing Arts

Psycho (1960) w/ the San Francisco Symphony

Saturday 7/17 @ Davies Symphony Hall

If you've ever heard screeching violins in your head while stepping into a motel shower, you have Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) to... 

Art

LIVE ART- INFINITE CITY: MONARCHS AND QUEENS

Saturday 7/17 @ SFMOMA

Bayview Hill: meet at Key Avenue and Third Street, San Francisco... 

Igor and Red Elvises w/ Gun and Doll Show

Music

Igor and Red Elvises w/ Gun and Doll Show

Saturday 7/17 @ Slim's

If Igor and Red Elvises aren't in the middle of a tour, they are getting ready for the next one —... 

Ongoing Events

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Festival: Film

San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Saturday 7/17 @ 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... 

Dave Eggers: <em>It Is Right to Draw Their Fur </em>and David Byrne:<em> Arboretum </em>

Art

Dave Eggers: It Is Right to Draw Their Fur and David Byrne: Arboretum

Saturday 7/17 @ Electric Works

SF author Dave Eggers and Talking Heads musician David Byrne are buddies. They go on bike rides together in the Marin... 

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp Showcase

Music

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp Showcase

Saturday 7/17 @ Oakland Metro Operahouse

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp says:
The Bay Area Girls Rock Camp is a nonprofit organization which aims... 

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

Art

TechnoCraft

Saturday 7/17 @ 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... 

Free Gold Watch presents Grady Gordon: <em>Memento Vivere</em>

Art

Grady Gordon: Memento Vivere

Saturday 7/17 @ Free Gold Watch

Grady Gordon says: Grady Gordon is originally from Santa Fe, NM. He has a BFA in Illustration from California College of... 

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

Dance

Traveling Light

Saturday 7/17 @ 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>Misspelled</em>: An Alphabet by Victor Reyes

Art

Misspelled

Saturday 7/17 @ 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>Beatles to Bowie</em>

Art: Photography

Beatles to Bowie

Saturday 7/17 @ San Francisco Art Exchange

The Beatles to Bowie photography showcase is about rock stars and also the people behind the camera. The show includes rare... 

<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 7/17 @ Park Life

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Saturday 7/17 @ 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>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Saturday 7/17 @ Asian Art Museum

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

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Saturday 7/17 @ 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... 

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 7/17 @ Coit Tower

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

14th Annual Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival

Festival

Mission Creek Festival

Saturday 7/17 @ 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

Saturday 7/17 @ 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... 

Heat: A Fire Cabaret

Special Event

Heat: A Fire Cabaret

Saturday 7/17 @ The Crucible

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

Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

Festival: Film

Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

Saturday 7/17 @ Roxie Theater

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

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Saturday 7/17 @ 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 7/17 @ SFMOMA

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

Saturday Night Soul Party

Music

Saturday Night Soul Party

Saturday 7/17 @ Elbo Room

Saturday Night Soul Party with DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald spinning original 60s Soul 45s for your dancing pleasure... 

Picturing Modernity

Art: Photography

Picturing Modernity

Saturday 7/17 @ SFMOMA

Organized in conjunction with New Topographics: Photographs of a... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Saturday 7/17 @ 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 7/17 @ 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

Saturday 7/17 @ SFMOMA

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

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Saturday 7/17 @ SFMOMA

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

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Art: Photography

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Saturday 7/17 @ SFMOMA

A turning point in the history of photography, the 1975 exhibition spanThe Killer Inside Me

Film

The Killer Inside Me

Saturday 7/17 @ Roxie Theater

"Based on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, The... 

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

Art

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Saturday 7/17 @ 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 7/17 @ 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

Saturday 7/17 @ SFMOMA

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Saturday 7/17 @ 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 7/17 @ 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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