Events on Friday, February 17
Dance Dance Revolution Throwdown
Friday 2/17 @ 518 Valencia Gallery
With a futuristic West Side Story setting, the film The FP depicts rival gangs battling to the death by way of...
Trannyshack's Michael vs. Janet Jackson Tribute
Friday 2/17 @ DNA Lounge
Trannyshack has done plenty of daring events in the past — what else would you expect of a drag queen show...
LDL's 6th Anniversary w/ Ewan Pearson, Todd Edwards, Danny Daze & more
Friday 2/17 @ Public Works
Lights Down Low's 6th Anniversay presented in association with Dax Presents ... In the Main Room: EWAN PEARSON (Kompakt • Buzzin'...
Mark Bradford/Audience as Subject: Opening Night Party
Friday 2/17 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Join us as we celebrate the opening of Mark Bradford and Audience as Subject, Part 2. The evening’s entertainment will include...
Ongoing Events
Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, and Ron Donovan
Friday 2/17 @ Varnish Fine Art
Lending rock and alternative music a form of visual expression in sync with their urban environments, Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, and...
Friday 2/17 @ Intersection for the Arts
Up-and-coming playwright Dennis Kim and multi-talented artist and director Marc Bamuthi Joseph weave together classic storytelling, urban culture, and the immigrant...
Friday 2/17 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Everyone who was anyone posed for one of Andy Warhol's famous Polaroid series. It wasn't just the hope of your little...
Friday 2/17 @ Betabrand.com
Chris Lindland appreciates irony that you can wear. His San Francisco-based clothing company, Betabrand, grew out of his first sartorial invention,...
Friday 2/17 @ Electric Works
As Rust Belt belt cities lock up their architectural treasures and throw away the key, photographer Katherine Westerhout steals glimpses inside...
Guy Overfelt and Andrew McClintock
Friday 2/17 @ Queen's Nail Annex
Peering into Queen's Nails Projects, one could be forgiven for wondering what the hell was going on inside. For one month,...
International Juried Plastic Camera Show
Friday 2/17 @ RayKo Photo Center
This fifth annual exhibit at the respected photo center is composed entirely of images taken on cheap plastic cameras — you...
Noise Pop at 20: A Photo Retrospective
Friday 2/17 @ Bottom of the Hill
The Noise Pop Photo Retrospective takes a look back at the past 19 years of Noise Pop Festivals: the artists, the...
Friday 2/17 @ Incline Gallery
Cyclorama are 360° paintings created to fit the insides of cylinders and to be viewed from the inside, providing an immersive...
Friday 2/17 @ Embarcadero Center Cinema
Winner of the Cinematography Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Pariah is a gritty and heartfelt coming-of-age drama starring talented...
Friday 2/17 @ Various locations
For ten glorious days, your cup will runneth over as the city salutes one of humankind's oldest libations. The SF Brewer's...
Friday 2/17 @ ODC Theater
The word is out and Want is hot. This performance uses a special projection mapping technology to cast images onto the...
Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman
Friday 2/17 @ Hotel des Arts
Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman's Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of...
Friday 2/17 @ Noise Pop-Up Shop
Noise Pop and The Bold Italic have partnered up to open a month-long Pop-Up Shop in The Bold Italic's headquarters. By...
Friday 2/17 @ Compound Gallery
The ultimate analog art form during this age of Macbook-powered graphic design, letterpress is a process involving paper and ink, typography...
Seeing Double: The Best of DOUBLEtruck Magazine
Friday 2/17 @ City Hall
In publishing lingo, a "double truck" is a full two-page spread and the best kind of display of a published image...
Friday 2/17 @ Various locations
Sundance may have sold out, but SF IndieFest keeps it real with its annual run of low-budget independent films and parties....
Poncho Sanchez Latin Band featuring Terence Blanchard
Friday 2/17 @ Yoshi's Oakland
For more than three decades as both a leader and a sideman, conguero Poncho Sanchez has stirred up a fiery stew...
Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought
Friday 2/17 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum
From the very first chapters of the Torah where one encounters them in the Garden of Eden, to the commandment Bal...
Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts
Friday 2/17 @ Asian Art Museum
Explore the life and times of India’s great kings by getting close to the objects they used and the art they...
