Events on Monday, September 13

Tokyoscope Talk, Vol. 6: Bad Girls and Wild Women

Special Event

Bad Girls and Wild Women

Monday 9/13 @ New People

When Quentin Tarantino was putting together the Kill Bill soundtrack in 2003, he chose a melancholy mariachi-esque song called "Urami-Bushi" for... 

Jonathan Franzen: <em>Freedom</em>

Special Event

Jonathan Franzen: Freedom

Monday 9/13 @ City Arts & Lectures

Author Jonathan Franzen is a big fan of sensory deprivation. He wrote the 568 pages of his Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel The... 

Ongoing Events

J-Pop Summit Week and Festival Day 2010

Festival

J-Pop Summit Festival

Monday 9/13 @ New People

Gloomy Bear is cuddly and pink — but don't be fooled, he's a wild animal who uses his claws to slice... 

The 8th Annual Altered Barbie Exhibition

Art

The Altered Barbie Exhibition

Monday 9/13 @ Shotwell 50 Studios

Over the last 50 years, Mattel has produced an incredible variety of Barbie dolls, including astronauts, doctors, TV chefs, presidents, and... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Monday 9/13 @ 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... 

200 Yards

Art: Photography

200 Yards

Monday 9/13 @ Heart

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

19th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival

Festival: Film

SF Fringe Festival

Monday 9/13 @ Various locations

Attending the SF Fringe Festival is a bit of a crapshoot by design: coveted performance slots are awarded by chance via... 

<em>Tomorrow Is Never Promised</em>: New Works by Erik Otto

Art

Erik Otto

Monday 9/13 @ Fabric8

When San Francisco artist Erik Otto was a kid, he painted with brooms, and Egg Beaters. Now, he scrounges around various... 

<em>The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector&nbsp;</em>

Film

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector 

Monday 9/13 @ Roxie Theater

Phil Spector invented the groundbreaking Wall of Sound music production method where an orchestra of musicians plays electric and acoustic instruments... 

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

Art

TechnoCraft

Monday 9/13 @ 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... 

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Compulsion</em>

Theatre

Compulsion

Monday 9/13 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

Anne Frank — who gets to tell her story? Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin makes his Berkeley Rep debut... 

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

Art

Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life

Monday 9/13 @ 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

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

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

Picturing Modernity

Art: Photography

Picturing Modernity

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

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

Film

Koret Center Screening: American Art in the 1960's

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

 

American Art in the 1960s
... 

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Monday 9/13 @ 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... 

Prints by Paul Klee (1946)

Art

Prints by Paul Klee (1946)

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

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

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Monday 9/13 @ 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

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

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

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Art: Photography

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

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

Koret Center Screening: Art: 21: Art in the 21st Century: Ecology

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

 

Art: 21: Art in the 21st Century: Ecology
... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Monday 9/13 @ 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)

Monday 9/13 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Film

New Work: Mika Rottenberg

Monday 9/13 @ SFMOMA

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