Events on Sunday, July 18

Indie Mart

Art: Happening

Indie Mart

Sunday 7/18 @ Thee Parkside

While undergoing chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, Kelly Malone decided to throw a party to cheer herself up. In addition to the... 

Workshop with Belle de Jour

Workshop/Class

Workshop with Belle de Jour

Sunday 7/18 @ Femina Potens Gallery

Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of Britain's most famous prostitute. In 2003 she started anonymously blogging about her... 

The Secret History w/ Jetskiis, Kids On a Crime Spree, and Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates

Music

The Secret History

Sunday 7/18 @ Rickshaw Stop

Singer Lisa Ronson hit it off with the Secret History founder, Michael Grace Jr., in an Irish speakeasy one night and... 

An Evening With Primus

Music

An Evening With Primus

Sunday 7/18 @ Great American Music Hall

Please note the following: 1. There is a four ticket limit per customer. 2. Tickets will ONLY be available online (www.gamhtickets.com... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Misspelled

Sunday 7/18 @ 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,... 

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Festival: Film

San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Sunday 7/18 @ 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

Sunday 7/18 @ Park Life

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

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Sunday 7/18 @ 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

Sunday 7/18 @ 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

Sunday 7/18 @ Free Gold Watch

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

Stern Grove Festival

Festival: Music

Stern Grove Festival

Sunday 7/18 @ Sigmund Stern Grove

In 1931, in memory of her late husband, Rosalie Meyer Stern donated the Sigmund Stern Grove to the city of SF... 

<em>Beatles to Bowie</em>

Art: Photography

Beatles to Bowie

Sunday 7/18 @ 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... 

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

Dance

Traveling Light

Sunday 7/18 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 7/18 @ 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

Sunday 7/18 @ Asian Art Museum

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

14th Annual Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival

Festival

Mission Creek Festival

Sunday 7/18 @ 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

Sunday 7/18 @ 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... 

Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

Festival: Film

Another Hole in the Head Film Festival

Sunday 7/18 @ Roxie Theater

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

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Sunday 7/18 @ SFMOMA

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

Picturing Modernity

Art: Photography

Picturing Modernity

Sunday 7/18 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Sunday 7/18 @ 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

Sunday 7/18 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

SFMOMA Live Art presents Rebecca Solnit

Sunday 7/18 @ SFMOMA

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Sunday 7/18 @ 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)

Sunday 7/18 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Art: Photography

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Sunday 7/18 @ SFMOMA

A turning point in the history of photography, the 1975 exhibition spanAs It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Sunday 7/18 @ 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

Sunday 7/18 @ SFMOMA

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

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Film

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Sunday 7/18 @ SFMOMA

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

The Killer Inside Me

Film

The Killer Inside Me

Sunday 7/18 @ Roxie Theater

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

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Sunday 7/18 @ 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

Sunday 7/18 @ SFMOMA

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

Dub Mission

Music: DJ

Dub Mission

Sunday 7/18 @ Elbo Room

Now entering its 14th year, Dub Mission with DJ/promoter Sep is one of the longest-running dub and reggae parties in the...