Events on Tuesday, July 27

Jesse Schell: Visions of the Gamepocalypse

Special Event

Visions of the Gamepocalypse

Tuesday 7/27 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Ever since he was a kid, Jesse Schell has been utterly obsessed with all things playable — from cards to video... 

Neon Trees w/ Civil Twilight, Paper Tongues and Pacific Hurt

Music

Neon Trees w/ Civil Twilight, Paper Tongues and Pacific Hurt

Tuesday 7/27 @ Slim's

Neon Trees are a combination of slick pop hooks and sturdy organic rock, both melodic and hard-hitting, their anthems... 

Laura Marling

Music

Laura Marling

Tuesday 7/27 @ Great American Music Hall

I Speak Because I Can, the follow-up to Laura's Mercury Nominated debut album, is out now in the UK, Europe, Australia... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Misspelled

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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,... 

30th Annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Festival: Film

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Tuesday 7/27 @ Various locations

In its 30th year, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival showcases complex perspectives on Jewish identity. One angle: Jews are badass.... 

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

Tuesday 7/27 @ Electric Works

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

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

Art

TechnoCraft

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ Free Gold Watch

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

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

Special Event

Wondrous Strange: A Twenty-first Century Cabinet of Curiosities

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ Asian Art Museum

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

Sly and Robbie and the Taxi Gang w/ DJ Funklor

Music

Sly and Robbie

Tuesday 7/27 @ Yoshi's San Francisco

Reggae's "Rhythm Twins," Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, came to prominence while supporting the Rolling Stones in 1976. Their group Word,... 

<em>Beatles to Bowie</em>

Art: Photography

Beatles to Bowie

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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... 

Oakland Lost and Found Photo Show

Art: Photography

Oakland Lost and Found

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ SFMOMA

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

The Lottery

Film

The Lottery

Tuesday 7/27 @ Roxie Theater

In a country where 58% of African American 4th graders are... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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)

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Tuesday 7/27 @ 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

Tuesday 7/27 @ SFMOMA

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