Events on Tuesday, August 31

Burning Man 2010: Metropolis

Getaways

Burning Man

Tuesday 8/31 @ Black Rock Desert

The theme of this year's Burning Man festival is Metropolis. Artists from all around the world are descending on Nevada's Black... 

200 Yards

Art: Photography

200 Yards

Tuesday 8/31 @ Heart

200 Yards says: 200 yards is a photography experiment conceived of and presented by Lightbox SF. Local photographers explore a 200... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Tuesday 8/31 @ Asian Art Museum

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

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

Art

TechnoCraft

Tuesday 8/31 @ 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... 

Ferris Plock: <em>Rest for the Wicked</em>

Art

Ferris Plock: Rest for the Wicked

Tuesday 8/31 @ The Shooting Gallery

Ferris Plock has always had an active imagination. As a kid, he and his brothers would create their own comic books,... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Tuesday 8/31 @ 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... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Tuesday 8/31 @ 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... 

Not Necessarily Noir

Festival: Film

Not Necessarily Noir

Tuesday 8/31 @ Roxie Theater

For the past twenty years the Roxie has been presenting a steady diet of pure bred 100% All-American Film Noir. Now... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Tuesday 8/31 @ 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 8/31 @ SFMOMA

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

Picturing Modernity

Art: Photography

Picturing Modernity

Tuesday 8/31 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Tuesday 8/31 @ 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)

Tuesday 8/31 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) is the first museum survey of Maira Kalman’s narrative
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Prints by Paul Klee (1946)

Art

Prints by Paul Klee (1946)

Tuesday 8/31 @ SFMOMA

SFMOMA has had a longstanding commitment to the art of Paul Klee over its 75-year history. This exhibition re-creates a 1946... 

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Tuesday 8/31 @ SFMOMA

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

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Art: Photography

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Tuesday 8/31 @ SFMOMA

A turning point in the history of photography, the 1975 exhibition span<em>Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life</em>

Art

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Tuesday 8/31 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Tuesday 8/31 @ SFMOMA

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

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Film

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Tuesday 8/31 @ SFMOMA

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