Events on Saturday, February 18

Head Brewer for a Day Dodgeball (S)Mashdown

Sports: Action/Extreme

Dodgeball (S)Mashdown

Saturday 2/18 @ Pyramid Alehouse

Beer-fueled dodgeball: Sure, it sounds like a potentially disastrous idea and/or the plot line of a Will Ferrell movie. But first... 

SF IndieFest's 9th Annual Big Lebowski Party

Party

SF IndieFest's Big Lebowski Party

Saturday 2/18 @ CELLspace

The character of "the Dude" in The Big Lebowski (1998) was based on political activist Jeff Dowd. In the '60s, the... 

American Tripps: Berlin-Style Ping Pong Bash

Get Social: Table Tennis

Berlin-Style Ping Pong Bash

Saturday 2/18 @ Z Space

Ping pong was invented in England a century and a half ago as a kind of fancy parlour game for dinner-glove-wearing... 

Bonobo DJ Set

Music: DJ

Bonobo DJ Set

Saturday 2/18 @ Mezzanine

The bonobo and us share a common ancestry and they're on the side of the family tree we can really be... 

The Klez-X: Concert and Dance Party

Music: Folk

The Klez-X: Concert and Dance Party

Saturday 2/18 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Michael Tilson Thomas calls The Klez-X “extraordinary” for a masterful and imaginative combination of Klezmer music, Yiddish folk and art song... 

Ongoing Events

Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, and Ron Donovan: <em>Mind Spring</em>

Art: Group Show

Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, and Ron Donovan

Saturday 2/18 @ Varnish Fine Art

Lending rock and alternative music a form of visual expression in sync with their urban environments, Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, and... 

Andy Warhol: <em>Polaroids / MATRIX 240</em>

Art: Photography

Andy Warhol

Saturday 2/18 @ 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... 

<em>Pariah</em>

Film: Wide Release

Pariah

Saturday 2/18 @ 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... 

SF Beer Week

Food/Wine: Festival

SF Beer Week

Saturday 2/18 @ 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... 

Slacklining Classes

Sports: Alternative

Slacklining Classes

Saturday 2/18 @ Bridges Rock Gym

February 5th, 2012 was a big day for the New York Giants, who won their fourth Super Bowl trophy. It was... 

19th Annual Barleywine Festival

Food/Wine: Festival

19th Annual Barleywine Festival

Saturday 2/18 @ Toronado

San Francisco sure does love its beer. Coming in the latter end of SF Beer Week, the three-day Toronado Barleywine Festival... 

Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman: <em>Manifest Destiny!</em>

Art: Installation

Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman

Saturday 2/18 @ 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... 

Noise Pop-Up Shop

Festival: Shopping

Noise Pop-Up Shop

Saturday 2/18 @ 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... 

<em>Want</em>

Dance: Experimental

Want

Saturday 2/18 @ ODC Theater

The word is out and Want is hot. This performance uses a special projection mapping technology to cast images onto the... 

Mark Bradford

Art: Multimedia

Mark Bradford

Saturday 2/18 @ SFMOMA

If one man's trash is another man's treasure, then it's never been more true than in the case of LA-based artist... 

14th Annual SF IndieFest

Festival: Film

SF IndieFest

Saturday 2/18 @ Various locations

Sundance may have sold out, but SF IndieFest keeps it real with its annual run of low-budget independent films and parties.... 

Guy Overfelt and Andrew McClintock: <em>Assed Out and the Mini Dramas</em>

Art: Installation

Guy Overfelt and Andrew McClintock

Saturday 2/18 @ 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,... 

Betabrand

Fashion/Style

Betabrand

Saturday 2/18 @ Betabrand.com

Chris Lindland appreciates irony that you can wear. His San Francisco-based clothing company, Betabrand, grew out of his first sartorial invention,... 

Katherine Westerhout: <em>At Long Last</em>

Art: Photography

Katherine Westerhout

Saturday 2/18 @ Electric Works

As Rust Belt belt cities lock up their architectural treasures and throw away the key, photographer Katherine Westerhout steals glimpses inside... 

<em>Tree City Legends</em>

Theatre

Tree City Legends

Saturday 2/18 @ 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... 

<em>The Art of Letterpress</em>

Art

The Art of Letterpress

Saturday 2/18 @ Compound Gallery

The ultimate analog art form during this age of Macbook-powered graphic design, letterpress is a process involving paper and ink, typography... 

5th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show

Art: Photography

International Juried Plastic Camera Show

Saturday 2/18 @ RayKo Photo Center

This fifth annual exhibit at the respected photo center is composed entirely of images taken on cheap plastic cameras — you... 

<em>Noise Pop at 20: A Photo Retrospective</em>

Art: Photography

Noise Pop at 20: A Photo Retrospective

Saturday 2/18 @ 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... 

KlezCalifornia Yiddish Culture Festival

Festival: Music

KlezCalifornia Yiddish Culture Festival

Saturday 2/18 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Enjoy three full days in Yiddishland with music, food, dancing and more than fifty workshops in klezmer and Yiddish culture. Three... 

Poncho Sanchez Latin Band featuring Terence Blanchard

Music: Jazz

Poncho Sanchez Latin Band featuring Terence Blanchard

Saturday 2/18 @ 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

Art: Installation

Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought

Saturday 2/18 @ 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

Art

Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts

Saturday 2/18 @ 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...