Events on Wednesday, August 4

Blondie w/ Gorevette

Music

Blondie

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ The Fillmore

Blondie's original band name was Angel and Snake. The '80s new wavers renamed themselves after the "Hey, Blondie!" cat calls that... 

D'espairsRay

Music

D'espairsRay

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Slim's

Ever since their formation on 9-9-1999, D’espairsRay have gained a lot of attention in the indie scene. With band... 

MONDO GENERATOR feat Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age)

Music

MONDO GENERATOR feat Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age)

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Elbo Room

 MONDO GENERATOR  feat. Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age)spanOngoing Events

<em>Winnebago Man</em>

Film: Documentary

Winnebago Man

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre

Jack Rebney has been dubbed "the world's angriest RV salesman." In the summer of '88, a group of disgruntled crew members... 

<em>Jean-Michel Basquiat: the Radiant Child</em>

Film: Documentary

Jean-Michel Basquiat: the Radiant Child

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre

Jean-Michel Basquiat first appeared on the art scene in the late 1970s when he began spraying the tag SAMO (which stood... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Wednesday 8/ 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... 

<em>Beatles to Bowie</em>

Art: Photography

Beatles to Bowie

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ 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

Wednesday 8/ 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>Cremaster Cycle</em>

Film

Cremaster Cycle

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Roxie Theater

Conceptual artist Matthew Barney first learned the word "cremaster" at his sister's wedding. He was talking to his family physician, Dr.... 

30th Annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Festival: Film

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Various locations

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

Dennis Hopper: Misfits and Outsiders

Festival: Film

Dennis Hopper

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ The Castro Theatre

During Dennis Hopper's career he was mentored by James Dean on the set of Rebel Without a Cause (1955); worked with... 

<em>Pixar: 25 Years of Animation</em>

Film: Animation

Pixar: 25 Years of Animation

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Oakland Museum of California

Pixar Chief Scientist Loren Carpenter is obsessed with zoetropes — the spinning "wheels of life" that were one of the first... 

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

Art

TechnoCraft

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ 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... 

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

Art

Misspelled

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ 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,... 

Free Gold Watch presents Grady Gordon: <em>Memento Vivere</em>

Art

Grady Gordon: Memento Vivere

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ 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

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Fort Mason Center

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

Bombshell Betty's Burlesquercise Summer Camp

Workshop/Class

Burlesquercise

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Bombshell Betty

Burlesque teacher Bombshell Betty describes herself as a "retrosexual" and a "body image activist." She's also the originator of Burlesquercise, which... 

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

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Electric Works

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 8/ 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... 

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Film

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ SFMOMA

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

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)

Art

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

Picturing Modernity

Art: Photography

Picturing Modernity

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ SFMOMA

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

Art

SFMOMA Live Art presents Rebecca Solnit

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ SFMOMA

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

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Art: Photography

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Wednesday 8/ 4 @ SFMOMA

A turning point in the history of photography, the 1975 exhibition span

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