Events on Wednesday, September 8

KCRW and Om presents Si*Se

Music: Electronic

Si*Se

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Hotel Vitale

Brooklyn-based Si*Se is known for blending sultry vocal melodies and electronic textures with dub and understated hip hop beats. Singer/DJ Carol... 

How-to Night: How to Make a Telescope

Workshop/Class

How to Make a Telescope

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Bazaar Cafe

Local amateur astronomer Douglas Smith will explain basic optics, discuss the different types of telescopes and their components, and demonstrate the... 

Alberta Cross w/ Dead Confederate

Music

Alberta Cross w/ Dead Confederate

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Great American Music Hall

More than clever verses and catchy choruses, truly timeless albums offer listeners the keys to another world; they catapult you into... 

Special Event

The Rumpus Book Club Discussion: Tao Lin's Richard Yates

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ The Booksmith

First, The Rumpus announced its’ version of a book club – one whose members receive a hand-chosen book, for a thrilling... 

Ongoing Events

19th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival

Festival: Film

SF Fringe Festival

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Various locations

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

200 Yards

Art: Photography

200 Yards

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Heart

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

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

Film: Animation

Pixar: 25 Years of Animation

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Oakland Museum of California

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

<em>The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg</em>

Film

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Roxie Theater

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

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

Art

TechnoCraft

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ 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>Olive Kitteridge</em>

Theatre

Olive Kitteridge

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Z Space

The character of Olive Kitteridge came to Elizabeth Strout as a mental snapshot of a woman standing by a picnic table... 

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

Art

Erik Otto

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ 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

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ 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... 

<em>The Cockettes</em> (2002)

Film: Documentary

The Cockettes

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ Roxie Theater

In the late '60s, before glitter rock, there was San Francisco's LSD-inspired gender-riot performance group the Cockettes, who ransacked the city... 

Stanley Donwood: <em>Over Normal </em> &nbsp;

Art

Stanley Donwood

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ FIFTY24SF Gallery

In the late '80s, Stanley Donwood hitchhiked around England, busking a fire-breathing act. He stopped off at Oxford to visit his... 

Prints by Paul Klee (1946)

Art

Prints by Paul Klee (1946)

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ 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

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ SFMOMA

 

American Art in the 1960s
... 

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Art: Photography

New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ SFMOMA

A turning point in the history of photography, the 1975 exhibition spanMaira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)

Art

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ 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

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ 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

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ SFMOMA

 

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

Picturing Modernity

Art: Photography

Picturing Modernity

Wednesday 9/ 8 @ SFMOMA

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