Events on Sunday, July 4

San Francisco Walking Tours

Special Event

San Francisco Walking Tours

Sunday 7/ 4 @ Various

SF City Guides says: City Guides volunteers are serious about sharing the fun of discovering San Francisco and its neighborhoods. Our... 

Bonobo DJ Set w/ DJ Centipede, Tal M. Klein, and Tom Thump

Music: DJ

Bonobo DJ Set

Sunday 7/ 4 @ Mighty

Multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and producer Bonobo is actually a Brit called Simon Green. He chose his alias after reading Will Self's novel... 

Independence Day Fireworks

Special Event

Independence Day Fireworks

Sunday 7/ 4 @ Various locations

Best place for fireworks this Fourth of July? Get photography tips and eat funnel cake with the Bay Area Night Photography... 

One Crazy Wet Hot American Summer

Film: Double Feature

One Crazy Wet Hot American Summer

Sunday 7/ 4 @ Roxie Theater

Although you wouldn't know from San Francisco's climate, summer is here. The Roxie wants to do our part to remind you... 

Ongoing Events

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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... 

Stern Grove Festival

Festival: Music

Stern Grove Festival

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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>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/ 4 @ 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

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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... 

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Sunday 7/ 4 @ SFMOMA

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

Dub Mission

Music: DJ

Dub Mission

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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/ 4 @ SFMOMA

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

Trash Humpers

Film

Trash Humpers

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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/ 4 @ 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

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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/ 4 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Sunday 7/ 4 @ 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/ 4 @ SFMOMA

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