Events on Saturday, July 3

Dana Salzman and the East Bay All-Stars w/ Rappin' 4-Tay and Netta B

Music

Dana Salzman and the East Bay All-Stars w/ Rappin' 4-Tay and Netta B

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Slim's

Ongoing Events

Midnight Mass presents <em>Purple Rain</em> (1984)

City Gems

Purple Rain (1984)

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Landmark Bridge Theater

Prince Rogers Nelson has gone from musician, to filmmaker, to sex symbol, to unpronounceable symbol, and back — all the while... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Saturday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

Charlie Murphy

Comedy

Charlie Murphy

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Cobb's Comedy Club

One of Charlie Murphy's first jobs was acting as bodyguard for his younger brother, comedian Eddie. He ended up following his... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Asian Art Museum

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

SF Frozen Film Festival presents <em>The Vinyl Frontier</em>

Film: Documentary

The Vinyl Frontier

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Roxie Theater

SOMA-based artist Frank Kozik is a big Hello Kitty fan. In 1996 he traveled to Tokyo and had dinner with friend... 

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Coit Tower

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

<em>More Glitter &mdash; Less Bitter</em>: Photos by Daniel Nicoletta

Art: Photography

More Glitter — Less Bitter: Photos by Daniel Nicoletta

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Electric Works

In 1973 Harvey Milk opened a camera shop in the Castro, after a roll of film that he left at another... 

<em>Blackbird: Honoring a Century of Pansy Divas</em>

Special Event

Blackbird: Honoring a Century of Pansy Divas

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Mama Calizo's Voice Factory

The Pansy Craze was a period in the '20s and '30s when gay performers ("pansies") and gay clubs started to gain... 

<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/ 3 @ Park Life

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

Oakland Lost and Found Photo Show

Art: Photography

Oakland Lost and Found

Saturday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Saturday 7/ 3 @ 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... 

John Waters:<em> Rush</em>

Art

John Waters: Rush

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Rena Bransten Gallery

Poppers are the drug of choice for outré filmmaker John Waters. He confesses to once taking a huff of amyl nitrate... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Saturday 7/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ SFMOMA

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

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Saturday 7/ 3 @ SFMOMA

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

Fire Works Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Fire Works Festival

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

  John Leguizamo Klass Klown / June... 

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

Art

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Saturday 7/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ SFMOMA

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

Saturday Night Soul Party

Music

Saturday Night Soul Party

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Elbo Room

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

Trash Humpers

Film

Trash Humpers

Saturday 7/ 3 @ Roxie Theater

"I remember when I was a child there was a small group of elderly people who would hang out in the... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Saturday 7/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Saturday 7/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ SFMOMA

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