Events on Monday, September 6

Brain Farts Drag Queen Trivia Night

Special Event

Brain Farts Drag Queen Trivia

Monday 9/ 6 @ Lookout

When she's not starring in the Golden Girls drag show or winning the title of Miss Trannyshack, Pollo Del Mar is... 

Panda Bear w/ Nite Jewel

Music: Experimental

Panda Bear

Monday 9/ 6 @ Fox Theater

Noah Lennox's favorite animal is (unsurprisingly) the panda bear. In the late '90s, he was inspired to take on the musical... 

Man Man

Music

Man Man

Monday 9/ 6 @ Great American Music Hall

Part swampy juke joint brawlers, part smooth Philly warehouse doo-wop crooners, a sprinkling of wild-eyed, demon-haunted art hustler, and a hint... 

Ongoing Events

Burning Man 2010: Metropolis

Getaways

Burning Man

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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

Monday 9/ 6 @ Heart

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

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

Art

TechnoCraft

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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>The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg</em>

Film

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

Monday 9/ 6 @ Roxie Theater

You may have heard about the upcoming Allen Ginsberg biopic Howl, starring Hollywood heavyweights like James Franco, Jeff Daniels, and Jon... 

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

Art

Erik Otto

Monday 9/ 6 @ Fabric8

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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/ 6 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

Prints by Paul Klee (1946)

Art

Prints by Paul Klee (1946)

Monday 9/ 6 @ SFMOMA

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

Film

Koret Center Screening: American Art in the 1960's

Monday 9/ 6 @ SFMOMA

 

American Art in the 1960s
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Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Art

Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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/ 6 @ 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

Monday 9/ 6 @ SFMOMA

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

Film

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

Monday 9/ 6 @ SFMOMA

 

Art: 21: Art in the 21st Century: Ecology
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People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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/ 6 @ 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

Monday 9/ 6 @ SFMOMA

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