Events on Thursday, July 22

TV Carnage: <em>Let's Work it Out!</em>

Film: Shorts

TV Carnage

Thursday 7/22 @ Red Vic

When Pinky Carnage (aka Derrick Beckles) finishes his day job of shooting music videos for Crystal Castles and Electric Six, he... 

David Mitchell: <em>The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet</em>

Special Event

David Mitchell

Thursday 7/22 @ The Booksmith

When author David Mitchell lived in Nagasaki, Japan, he got off a streetcar at the wrong stop and unintentionally found himself... 

Film

A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films: Program 3

Thursday 7/22 @ SFMOMA

In A Bigger Splash (1974), a hybrid of documentary and fictional filmmaking, actors play themselves in situations that may or may... 

David Mitchell

Books: Reading

David Mitchell

Thursday 7/22 @ The Booksmith

Farewell to Jimmy Sweetwater: <em>The Last Schmaltz</em>

Music

Farewell to Jimmy Sweetwater: The Last Schmaltz

Thursday 7/22 @ Great American Music Hall

On January 15, 1988, Jimmy Sweetwater rolled into San Francisco from the swamps of Florida with a handful of harmonicas and... 

The Laramie Project

Theatre

The Laramie Project

Thursday 7/22 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Documenting one of our country’s most horrific hate crimes, The Laramie Residency puts you first on the streets of a small... 

Sick of It All w/ Trash Talk, 50 Lions, and Alpha & Omega

Music

Sick of It All w/ Trash Talk, 50 Lions, and Alpha & Omega

Thursday 7/22 @ Slim's

As one of the longest-standing bands still proudly waving the flag of New York hardcore, Sick of It All have made... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Wondrous Strange: A Twenty-first Century Cabinet of Curiosities</em>

Special Event

Wondrous Strange: A Twenty-first Century Cabinet of Curiosities

Thursday 7/22 @ Fort Mason Center

Wunderkammern, German for wonder rooms, were totally hot during the Renaissance. These collections of bizarre objects and early scientific specimens were... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Thursday 7/22 @ 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

Thursday 7/22 @ 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>Behind the Burly Q</em>

Film: Documentary

Behind the Burly Q

Thursday 7/22 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Tiny Kline was a burlesque performer who segued into a career as an aerialist for the Ringling Brothers circus. Her signature... 

<em>Beatles to Bowie</em>

Art: Photography

Beatles to Bowie

Thursday 7/22 @ 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>Misspelled</em>: An Alphabet by Victor Reyes

Art

Misspelled

Thursday 7/22 @ 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,... 

Oakland Lost and Found Photo Show

Art: Photography

Oakland Lost and Found

Thursday 7/22 @ 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

Thursday 7/22 @ Roxie Theater

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

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

Thursday 7/22 @ Electric Works

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

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

Dance

Traveling Light

Thursday 7/22 @ 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 7/22 @ 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

Thursday 7/22 @ Free Gold Watch

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

RitLab: After-Work DIY Art-Making

Art

RitLab: After-Work DIY Art-Making

Thursday 7/22 @ 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... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Thursday 7/22 @ 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 7/22 @ 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

Thursday 7/22 @ SFMOMA

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

Film

The Killer Inside Me

Thursday 7/22 @ 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

Thursday 7/22 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

The Anniversary Show

Art

The Anniversary Show

Thursday 7/22 @ 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

Thursday 7/22 @ SFMOMA

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

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Thursday 7/22 @ SFMOMA

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

Afrolicious

Music: Global

Afrolicious

Thursday 7/22 @ 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 7/22 @ 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

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Thursday 7/22 @ 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

Thursday 7/22 @ SFMOMA

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Thursday 7/22 @ 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

Art

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Thursday 7/22 @ 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

Thursday 7/22 @ SFMOMA

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