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Your cultural event guide
Here's a snapshot of our favorite things to do in San Francisco this week. |
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San Francisco
Jan 8-14, 2008
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My crystal ball clouds over when I look too far into 2008, but this week is filled with many pleasantly surprising auguries. If old pros like comedian Mort Sahl and the mysterious Jandek can still take their respective stages, I have faith that "comeback" can be more than just a dirty music-industry phrase. Indeed, "come back" could describe Katsushige Nakahashi's photography, as he reassembles old war wounds in uncanny detail. Just remember: the future's in the past.
- Matt Sussman, Managing Editor
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Chinese Art
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This year has been a turning point for Chinese contemporary art — no longer an emerging phenomenon, Chinese art now sets the world's agenda. There's no looking back as the country steamrolls ahead to the 2008 Olympics and an ever-brighter global spotlight.
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Shackleton
Few dubstep producers have created music as tense as Sam Shackleton.
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Pyramid Scheme
A proposed Egyptian law would copyright the country's ancient relics.
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ART
Tim Lee
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Tuesday Jan 8 (11am–7pm)
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CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (1111 8th St, 415.551.9210)
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Although it's tempting to dismiss Vancouver-based artist Tim Lee's use of comedy-as-conceptual-device as lacking in depth or social concern, to mistake his work for a series of pithy punch lines is simply to not get the joke. Fortunately, the artist's Duchampian marksmanship is as well aimed as his investigations of different personae and social contexts are far from superficial. Those who remember Lee's 2001 video The Move, Beastie Boys, 1998 — a hilariously deadpan recitation of the titular song — will relish his new work, created during his 2007 Capp Street Project residency. This time, Lee grapples with Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" and Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps," testing Martin's theory that "you just can't play a depressing song on the banjo."
- Isaac Amala
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Emily Jane White w/ Mariee Sioux and Almaden
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Tuesday Jan 8 (8pm)
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Stork Club (2330 Telegraph Ave, 510.444.6174)
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The Story concert series continues to unravel the Stork Club's rough exterior with another bill of lovely, somnambulant folk, featuring Emily Jane White and Mariee Sioux. White's clear-eyed ballads have won the ears of many local listeners, including filmmaker Cam Archer, who asked her to compose the title song for his film Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006). That gorgeous Cat Power-ish track — recently included on White's debut album, Dark Undercoat — is typical of the singer/songwriter's charms: a slow-turning snapshot evocative of both intimacy and ennui. Nevada City's Sioux also completed her first full-length this past year. Faces in the Rocks features light reverb and Native American flute accompaniments, which massage Sioux's flowing epics into one of the gentlest listens of 2007.
- Max Goldberg
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FILM: Documentary
ITVS Community Cinema presents Banished
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Wednesday Jan 9 (6–7:30pm)
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San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin St, 415.557.4566)
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Marco Williams' Sundance-nominated documentary excavates a dark corner of American racism, illustrating William Faulkner's epigram, "The past is never dead. It isn't even past." Williams visits three small communities in Georgia, Arkansas, and Missouri, all of which banished African-Americans in the years between Reconstruction and the Great Depression. While recovering this lost history, Williams explores how segregation's effects remain apparent — unspoken perhaps, but easily awoken when issues of accusation, reparations, and affirmative action are brought to bear. Harrowing and deeply unsettling, these tales of disenfranchisement are, unfortunately, hardly exceptional in a country so easily unnerved by responsibility.
- Max Goldberg
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
David Daniell w/ Tom Carter, Donovan Quinn, and Barn Owl
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Wednesday Jan 9 (9:30pm)
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Cafe du Nord (2170 Market St, 415.861.5016)
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A veteran of avant-rock group San Augustin, as well as Rhys Chatham's illustrious ensembles, Chicago guitarist David Daniell burrows deep into his instrument, weaving a shimmering field of tone and repetition that evokes both Brian Eno and John Fahey. (His cover of Fahey's "Crossing the Susquehanna River Bridge" is a truly stirring tribute.) Also on the bill is Tom Carter (Charalambides, Badgerlore), a journeyed experimentalist who will play bass for Jandek's San Francisco premiere a few days after this show.
- Max Goldberg
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ART
Creativity Explored presents Finders Keepers
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Thursday Jan 10 (10am–3pm)
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Creativity Explored (3245 16th St, 415.863.2108)
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Following on the heels of SFMOMA's recent Joseph Cornell exhibition, Creativity Explored encourages artists to experiment with assemblage. Like the late, great Cornell, the participants of Finders Keepers turn mundane debris into pedestal-worthy sculpture. Curator Paul Moshammer recruited a range of distinctive interpretations of the show's premise. Kelly Clark ambitiously turned footwear into fiber forms and Walter Kresnik contributed an amusing, environmentally oriented diorama that depicts the hazards of the automotive industry. Suet Fun's quietly lyrical glass sculpture recalls the painted calligraphic streams of Peter Greenaway's 1996 film The Pillow Book.
- Isaac Amala
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PERFORMING ARTS: Theatre
Dai (enough)
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Thursday Jan 10
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Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (3200 California St, 415.292.1200)
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Whatever your position on Israel's role in world politics, Iris Bahr's powerful one-woman show is bound to make you see the country in a different light. In Dai (Hebrew for "enough"), Bahr plays ten different people in a Tel Aviv café, just before a suicide bombing. As each character reacts differently to the circumstances, Bahr's alter egos ask audiences to rethink their preconceptions about Israel, while finding humor in a decidedly unfunny situation. Considering Bahr's varied background — she's served in the Israeli army, penned a memoir, conducted cancer research, and even had a stint on Curb Your Enthusiasm — it's unsurprising that she brings such rounded emotional depth to her characters.
- Kristin Viola
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MORE FLAVOR: Lecture
Embracing Uncertainty: The Secret to Effective Forecasting
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Friday Jan 11 (7:30pm)
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Cowell Theater (Marina Blvd & Buchanan St, 415.345.7575)
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Much has been made of Google's promise to create a universal digital library, but it's hardly the only Bay Area organization with its eyes on the distant future. Established in 1996 (and named by producer Brian Eno), the Long Now Foundation encourages a broader view of history than the one fostered by four-year election cycles and annual reports. Projects thus far include a 10,000-year clock, a platform to preserve the world's languages, and an ongoing lecture series on long-term thinking. Board member and resolute futurist Paul Saffo gives this month's seminar — on the challenges and imperatives of technology forecasting.
- Max Goldberg
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Citay w/ the Donkeys, Greg Ashley, and DJ Andy Cabic
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Friday Jan 11 (9pm)
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12 Galaxies (2565 Mission St, 415.970.9777)
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The elongated vowel of Citay's name makes everyone who speaks it sound like a Valley denizen, or more appropriately, a member of the legendary rock community of Laurel Canyon (even though these boys are SF natives). Citay's grand pysch-inflected music — like Laurel Canyon itself — is all rolling hills and vast expanses, as thick layers of acoustic and electric guitars soar to astounding heights. The Donkeys also mine the relaxed ambiance of the Golden State, delivering Beach Boys harmonies atop Byrds-like jangles. Greg Ashley opens with a solo set and Vetiver maestro Andy Cabic's DJ selections are sure to include more than a few folk-rock nuggets.
- Matt Sussman
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Jandek
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Saturday Jan 12 (7:30pm)
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Swedish American Hall (2170 Market St, 415.861.5016)
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After bending record collectors' minds for almost 30 years, the prodigious mystery man Jandek performs in San Francisco for the first time. Beginning with 1978's Ready for the House, Jandek's discography has swelled into something like a black hole — his albums originate from a PO Box in Houston without any of the typical supplemental information, and feature intensely immersive, broken music. Jandek broke with tradition when he began performing in 2004, though these are not typical concerts, to be sure. He writes a new set of lyrics for each, improvising his compositions with collaborators plucked from the local experimental-music community (Charlambides' Tom Carter and Good for Cows' Ches Smith for this San Francisco show).
- Max Goldberg
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READING
Other Magazine presents Writers with Drinks feat. Aimee Bender and Ariel Gore
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Saturday Jan 12 (7:30–9:30pm)
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The Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, 415.647.2888)
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Local novelist and Other magazine editrix Charlie Anders has curated her monthly literary showcase Writers with Drinks for nearly seven years, and the liquor-drenched series just keeps getting better. The first salon of 2008 features a typically varied and impressive roster: SoCal novelist Aimee Bender made her debut with The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, a collection of short stories, and her surreal, terse prose has found its way into the ambitious Nothing Moments Project. Hip Mama zinester Ariel Gore's publication has launched a raft of criticism from conservatives, and her tales of scrappy teen motherhood have won fans among welfare moms and Mills College families alike. Rounded out by technophile blogger W. James Au, tonight's lineup is so well edited, you might not even need a drink.
- Connie Hwong
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MORE FLAVOR: City Gem
Trash Mash-Up Family Appreciation Day
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Sunday Jan 13 (10am–3pm)
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SF EcoCenter (11 Grove Street)
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Promoting San Franciscans' most dearly held values — creativity, diversity, and recycling — Trash Mash-Up is a new urban tradition in which locals take disposable materials and reimagine them as masks and costumes ("maskostumes") inspired by world cultures. The community art project culminates in the Mash-Up Bash, a public performance spectacle of music and movement featuring the freshly made creations. Original maskostumes are now on display at the EcoCenter as a reminder of the connection between creativity and environmental awareness.
- Annie Lo
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PERFORMING ARTS: Comedy
[CANCELED] SF Sketchfest presents Mort Sahl
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Sunday Jan 13 (8pm)
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Eureka Theatre (215 Jackson St, 415.788.7469)
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Mort Sahl is a true original, leaving his mark on standup comedy just before spiraling out into a bizarre obsession with the JFK assassination. The son of an FBI man, Sahl first made waves by incorporating trenchant political commentary in his routines, anticipating everything from Lenny Bruce's deadpan push to The Daily Show's whip-smart satire. Always a boundary pusher, Sahl crossed into Andy Kaufman territory after Kennedy's death, sometimes treating audiences to abridged readings from the Warren Commission Report. Sahl may be 80 now, but the current election cycle ought to give him plenty of ammunition for his return to the Sketchfest stage.
- Max Goldberg
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PERFORMING ARTS
SF Sketchfest presents The Sound of Young America Live
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Monday Jan 14 (8–9:30pm)
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Eureka Theatre (215 Jackson St, 415.788.7469)
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Have you made good on any of your New Year's resolutions yet? If not, techie and writer Merlin Mann offers simple ideas and small tips to increase personal productivity and reduce stress. On his website 43 Folders, Mann and a community of users brainstorm manageable life changes. Tonight's broadcast of The Sound of Young America features Mann alongside standup comedian Morgan Murphy and Rogue Wave's Zach Rogue. This public-radio program, hosted by Jesse Thorn, regularly showcases the comedic and the absurd, with words of wisdom sprinkled throughout.
- Matt Sussman
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Bart Davenport w/ Rubies and Dana Jensen
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Monday Jan 14 (9:30pm)
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Cafe du Nord (2170 Market St, 415.861.5016)
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Berkeley's long-standing best-kept secret, Bart Davenport delivers a bewitching blend of AM pop, blue-eyed soul, and soft-hewn singer/songwriter ballads — name a '70s style, and it's a pretty safe bet that Davenport's mastered it. It helps, too, that his singular charm as a frontman has won over fans with a panache that's sorely missing from the modern club circuit. Davenport plays tonight with Rubies, a soulful trio of women with local roots. Tracks from their upcoming record, Explode from the Center, hum with warm electro ("I Feel Electric") and gentle, '60s-kissed pop ("Turquoise").
- Max Goldberg
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ART: Architecture/Design
Is It a Fiber Show?
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Tuesday Jan 8 (11am–6pm)
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Bucheon Gallery (389 Grove St, 415.863.2891)
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In the syntax of the art world, the 20th century represents a period when nearly every artistic medium and practice was put on trial — each called upon to justify its aesthetic merits in critical cross-examinations by the establishment. In tandem with CCA's year-long centennial celebration, Bucheon Gallery's New Year's exhibition Is It a Fiber Show? displays artists especially cognizant of fiber art's push for recognition as a bona-fide fine art rather than a bastard child of macramé. Karen Olsen-Dunn's Tapestry is a delightful mashup of psychedelic paisley and medieval hunting scenes, while Martha Sue Harris and Misako Inaoka's tableaux alternate between Boschian horror and whimsy.
- Isaac Amala
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An artist reception takes place on Fri Jan 4 (6-8pm).
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ART: Photography
Katsushige Nakahashi: The Depth of Memory
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Tuesday Jan 8 (noon–5pm)
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SF Camerawork (657 Mission St, 2nd Fl, 415.512.2020)
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While reenactments and reconstructions often serve the purpose of more fully understanding an event or object, Japanese photographer Katsushige Nakahashi's pieces hint at the easily distorted, malleable nature of historical narrative. In his sweeping piece On the Day Project, 7th of December, 2006 / Battleship Missouri, Pearl Harbor, the photographer documented and reassembled the battleship's deck, the site of a 1945 Kamikaze strike. Nakahashi's new work focuses his lens on every crevice of a Kaiten submarine maquette, using the photographs to create a scale reproduction. The use of the Kaiten, interwoven with the memory of war and the countless lives it affected, ensures that, although the piece is made of flimsy paper, it is no paper tiger.
- Isaac Amala
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An artist reception takes place on Tue Jan 15 (5-8pm).
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