Events on Friday, September 9

Tibetan Aid Project Benefit Concert

Music: Global

Tibetan Aid Project Benefit Concert

Friday 9/ 9 @ Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse

Having improved the economy and fostered literacy amongst the Tibetan population, the Tibetan Aid Project now seeks to ensure the survival... 

Mortified SF's Back-to-School Show

Performing Arts: Comedy

Mortified SF

Friday 9/ 9 @ DNA Lounge

If you thought you couldn't get any more embarrassed about the angst-ridden diary entries, poems, and love notes penned during your... 

The California Honeydrops w/ the Expanders

Music: Blues

The California Honeydrops

Friday 9/ 9 @ Rickshaw Stop

After a year of three successful European Tours and growing crowds at home (including over 600 Bay Area fans at their... 

Ongoing Events

Rita Moreno: <em>Life Without Makeup</em>

Theatre

Rita Moreno

Friday 9/ 9 @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

You might know Rita Moreno as Anita from West Side Story, the voice of Carmen Sandiego in the animated Fox show,... 

<em>Music for a City, Music for the World: 100 Years with the San Francisco Symphony</em>

Special Event: Tribute

Music for a City, Music for the World

Friday 9/ 9 @ Main Library

The year is 1911: Revolution is ripping through Mexico to the south, and east, Arizona isn't even a state. Meanwhile San... 

TeacherBus and Antenna Theater present <em>The&nbsp;</em><em>Magic Bus</em>

City Gems: Guided Tour

The Magic Bus

Friday 9/ 9 @ Union Square

In 1959, Ken Kesey innocently participated in a CIA-funded experiment at Stanford that studied the effects of hallucinogenic drugs. That experience... 

Christian Marclay: <em>Cyanotypes</em>

Art: Photography

Christian Marclay

Friday 9/ 9 @ Fraenkel Gallery

Christian Marclay, fresh off his world tour of The Clock, a 24-hour video remix of film clips charting the movement of... 

15th Annual Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival

Festival: Music

Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival

Friday 9/ 9 @ Various

Fifteen years ago, experimental musician, artist, and Rainbow Grocery store employee Jeff Ray began the Mission Creek Festival out of his... 

12th Annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival

Music: Electronic

San Francisco Electronic Music Festival

Friday 9/ 9 @ Various

From the synth wizards of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the '60s to the laptop-wielding young Turks of the... 

<em>The Art of </em><em>Howl</em>

Art

The Art of Howl

Friday 9/ 9 @ Cartoon Art Museum

Artist Eric Drooker first met Allen Ginsberg when the poet stepped out of a taxicab and into the middle of a... 

House of Air Trampoline Park

Get Social

House of Air

Friday 9/ 9 @ House of Air

Remember back in April 2010, when it seemed like the whole city was ditching work early to ride on that temporary... 

20th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival

Theatre: Festival

SF Fringe Festival

Friday 9/ 9 @ Various locations

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

17th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival

Festival: Film

Brainwash Movie Festival

Friday 9/ 9 @ Mandela Village Arts Center

Remember the best fireworks finale you've ever seen? Turn it up by a factor of four, stretch it out past the... 

Rick Rocamora: <em>Double Exposure</em>

Art: Photography

Rick Rocamora

Friday 9/ 9 @ Exposure Gallery

The San Francisco Exposure Gallery is proud to present our latest exhibit, entitled Double Exposure, featuring two bodies of work by... 

Kurt Schwitters: <em>Color and Collage</em>

Art: Multimedia

Kurt Schwitters

Friday 9/ 9 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Kurt Schwitters' work is an extraordinary time capsule from the turn of the 20th century, when the availability of artistic media... 

<em>Fraction Magazine: 3 Years in the Making</em>

Art: Photography

Fraction Magazine

Friday 9/ 9 @ RayKo Photo Center

Fraction Magazine features the best of contemporary photography, bringing together diverse bodies of work by established and emerging artists from around... 

Yoon Lee: <em>Minor Inconveniences</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Yoon Lee

Friday 9/ 9 @ Marx & Zavattero

Yoon Lee's paintings are an intricate study in chaos. Hailing from South Korea, San Francisco, and New York, Lee is familiar... 

<em>All Atheists Are Muslim</em>

Performing Arts: Theatre

All Atheists Are Muslim

Friday 9/ 9 @ Stage Werx

Comedies that turn culture clash into endearing romantic hiccups? Yes, it's been done before, most notoriously à la My Big Fat... 

Kelly Tunstall: <em>Secret State</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Kelly Tunstall

Friday 9/ 9 @ 111 Minna Gallery

Secret State examines civilization's long romance with the examination of the space that we inhabit and our scale within it; the... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Friday 9/ 9 @ 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... 

MCMAF presents <em>Experimental Notations</em>

Art: Group Show

Experimental Notations

Friday 9/ 9 @ Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Royal NoneSuch Gallery and MacArthur b arthur in collaboration with Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival will host Experimental Notations, an... 

Photobooth

City Gems

Photobooth

Friday 9/ 9 @ Photobooth

Vince Donovan and Michael Shindler came up with the idea for Photobooth one day over margaritas in the Mission. They wanted... 

Iva Gueorguieva and Julie Weitz: <em>Vertical Hold</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Iva Gueorguieva and Julie Weitz

Friday 9/ 9 @ Electric Works

Iva Gueorguieva was born in Bulgaira in 1974. She received an MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She... 

<em>Wicked Plants: Botanical Rogues and Assassins</em>

Special Event

Wicked Plants: Botanical Rogues and Assassins

Friday 9/ 9 @ Conservatory of Flowers

When Abraham Lincoln was but a wee lad, his mother ingested dairy from a cow that had been munching on snakeroot.... 

Brice Bischoff, Tabitha Soren, and Ellen Black: <em>Bischoff Soren Black</em>

Art: Group Show

Brice Bischoff, Tabitha Soren, and Ellen Black

Friday 9/ 9 @ Johansson Projects

Bischoff Soren Black is an exhibit by three artists who are obsessed with the natural world — caves and caverns, oceans,... 

The Artist Backstage: Drawings and Paintings by Zero Mostel

Art: Painting & Drawing

The Artist Backstage: Drawings and Paintings by Zero Mostel

Friday 9/ 9 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Broadway legend, larger than life personality and target of Hollywood blacklisting, Zero Mostel was a prolific visual artist. Far away from... 

Bay Area Now 6 Exhibition

Art: Group Show

Bay Area Now 6 Exhibition

Friday 9/ 9 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

YBCA's Bay Area Now is a roundup of exemplary local talent across an array of disciplines. The sixth edition of YBCA's... 

<em>Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance</em>

Art

Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance

Friday 9/ 9 @ Asian Art Museum

While Bali is widely appreciated as a vibrant center of visual and performing arts, there’s never been an in-depth exploration of...