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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
Aug 5-11, 2008
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This weekend, all eyes are on Beijing, as the Olympics open amid criticism that China hasn't improved its human rights record much since Tiananmen Square. The games' apolitical spirit seems especially stretched this year — something which many local protesters made apparent back when the torch briefly flickered through town. Personally, I would rather get behind the wonderfully polyglot global portrait on display at the SF International Festival of Short Films than Beijing's conflicted slogan: "One world, one dream." Earth may be cramped quarters, but our dreams, visions, and ideas are far from monolithic.
- Matt Sussman, Managing Editor
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MORE FLAVOR: Exhibition
Cool Globes
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Tuesday Aug 5 (10am)
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Crissy Field
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Though it may be hard to tell during some chilly summer nights in SF, the ten hottest years in recorded history have all happened since 1990. To raise awareness and provoke people to do something about this less-than-convenient truth, the Cool Globes Project started last year in Chicago. Artists including Jim Dine and Tom van Sant brought five-foot-tall models of Earth to life using all manner of media, colors, and messages. The works were displayed throughout the city, then put up for auction, inspiring thousands to pledge climate-friendly lifestyle changes. Here's hoping that the Toyota-sponsored event motivates San Franciscans in a similar fashion. The waterfront meadow known as Crissy Field plays host.
- Nicholas Nauman
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PERFORMING ARTS: Dance
ODC/Dance presents Summer Sampler 2008
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Tuesday Aug 5 (6:30pm)
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ODC Dance Commons (351 Shotwell St)
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Summer in San Francisco rarely gets hot enough to encourage dancing in the streets, but the Oberlin Dance Collective's annual fete might inspire you to give it a try. If the complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres don't limber you up, ODC's best pieces might do the trick. Tonight's program includes Brenda Way's Unintended Consequences: A Meditation, KT Nelson's graceful pas de deux Shenanigans, and Way's 24 Exposures, a microcosmic condensation of the company's evolving approach to movement.
- Matt Sussman
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The doors open at 6pm each night for wine and hors d'oeuvres.
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FILM: Shorts
San Francisco International Festival of Short Films
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Wednesday Aug 6
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Short programs often get the short end of the stick at film festivals, where the feature-length fare tends to attract the bulk of the buzz. The SF International Festival of Short Films flips this situation on its head, showcasing compact filmmaking at its most audacious and creative. Formalist think pieces, humorous animated films, and condensed human dramas — both fictional and real — are among the 64 works culled from countries around the world. Everyone gets their proverbial 15 minutes, but some of these filmmakers make an impact with just ten.
- Matt Sussman
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ART
Clare Haggarty and Andrew Tosiello: Little Tree Gallery Social Club
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Wednesday Aug 6 (noon–6pm)
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Little Tree Gallery (3412 22nd St, 415.643.4929)
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Anyone who caught CCA's last MFA show knows that Andrew Tosiello's work — in particular, his texts that recast the artist-buyer relationship as one steeped in Mafia-style extortion — was a highlight. Tosiello's latest project further explores the artist-as-mobster theme by converting Little Tree Gallery into a social club for the Tosiello "family" (including curator Clare Haggarty and the artist's close friends). Viewers are invited to participate in this Puzo-esque spin on Joseph Beuys' notion of social sculpture on Thursdays and Saturdays. If you don't have an invitation, entry is at the boss' discretion — and he doesn't take kindly to rats.
- Matt Sussman
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There is an opening reception and cash poker game on Saturday, August 9 from 6-9 pm.
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FILM: Documentary
FLicKeR
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Thursday Aug 7 (7:30pm)
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (701 Mission St, 415.978.2787)
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"We must storm the citadels of enlightenment. The means are at hand," William S. Burroughs wrote to his compatriot, polymath Brion Gysin. Burroughs was referring to Gysin's dream machine — a rotating, lamp-like device whose strobe effect sent its user into an intense state similar to lucid dreaming. Nik Sheehan's hypnotic documentary FlicKeR looks at the machine's long half-life in underground culture since Gysin and Burroughs first stared into "the drugless high" in the late '50s. Iggy Pop, Lee Ranaldo, and Marianne Faithfull all praise the machine, though their hosannas further underscore the fact that Gysin was unable to successfully capitalize on his invention. Storming the citadels would have to wait.
- Matt Sussman
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PERFORMING ARTS: Comedy
Pride and Succubus
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Thursday Aug 7 (8pm)
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New Langton Arts (1246 Folsom St, 415.626.5416)
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Since 1998, the Thunderbird Theatre Company has produced original comedic plays with a literary and cinematic twist; its last two seasons featured Release the Kraken, a modern retelling of the Perseus myth, and Aaah! Rosebud!, a prequel to Citizen Kane. Now, Thunderbird takes on mistress-of-the-word Jane Austen in Pride and Succubus, a bloody funny spoof. Reprised are the roles of Elizabeth and Darcy, but in this version, Elizabeth is a strong-willed female Van Helsing and Darcy an arrogant gentleman bloodsucker. To twist Austen's own message a bit: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune . . ." is probably a vampire.
- Laureen Mahler
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ART
Altered Barbie presents Barbie and Ken's Carnival
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Friday Aug 8 (5–9pm)
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Art 94124 Gallery (3900B 3rd St, 415.240.2202)
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One of the 20th century's most recognizable, beloved, and debated icons (and her genital-less beau) gets made over by more than 40 local artists at this perennially popular yearly exhibit celebrating creative reuse. Tonight's carnival features several Barbie-inspired short films, a butoh-based performance by Bad Unkl Sista (as Homeless Barbie), DJs, live music, and even a Barbie poetry slam. Attendees are also encouraged to come in Barbie and Ken drag, so take a note from Kay Thompson's snappy fashion editor in Funny Face and "think pink!"
- Matt Sussman
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The Altered Barbie exhibit runs through Sunday, August 17, at the same venue.
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PERFORMING ARTS: Comedy
Bill Maher
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Friday Aug 8 (8pm)
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Davies Symphony Hall (201 Van Ness Ave, 415.864.6000)
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Since Bill Maher's earliest days as host of the late-night talk show Politically Incorrect, his acerbic wit and confrontational stances on hot-button issues have garnered him legions of fans (and enemies) on both ends of the political spectrum. As likely to riff on complex political issues like the G8 summit, Supreme Court nominees, and abstinence-only sex education as he is on "easy" topics like boners, religion ("a neurological disorder"), and President Bush ("a cowboy with learning disabilities"), the loose-lipped comedian is never afraid to let us know exactly how he feels. Fans who can't wait to see Maher's documentary Religulous, due in October, can check him out at Davies Symphony Hall tonight.
- Suzanne Niemoth
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MUSIC: Folk/Country
High Country
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Saturday Aug 9 (8pm)
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Freight & Salvage Coffee House (1111 Addison St, 510.548.1761)
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$19.50 / $18.50 advance
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When Nancy Owens opened Berkeley's Freight & Salvage Coffee House in 1968, the local music scene was spilling over with light shows and high-volume spectacles. The coffee-house circuit that supported folk revivalists like Bob Dylan and Ramblin' Jack Elliott was well-established, but the Freight was always exceptional for its eclectic booking schedules, at times lassoing together Celtic fiddlers, Mexican balladeers, and New Age-y singer/songwriters. Perhaps most importantly, the Freight was an incubator for the West Coast bluegrass that gained popularity with players like David Grisman. Tonight, longtime regulars High Country play some of their foot-stomping repertoire in honor of the club's 40th anniversary.
- Max Goldberg
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MORE FLAVOR: Party
Bootie 5-Year Anniversary Party
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Saturday Aug 9 (9pm)
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DNA Lounge (375 11th St, 415.626.1409)
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With Girl Talk having dropped his fourth album this summer and mashups moving into regular rotation on Live 105, it's high time to celebrate as Bootie — SF's original, seminal mashup party — celebrates its fifth birthday. Growing from humble beginnings as a monthly gig at the former Cherry Bar, the dance fest now packs crowds into DNA twice a month and features live performances by mashup artists from around the world. To usher in their fifth year properly, resident DJs Adrian and the Mysterious D have cooked up an extra-special lineup, with sets by SF mashup all-stars Party Ben and Earworm alongside multimedia mashups and a Guitar Hero duel.
- Connie Hwong
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FILM
Beach Blanket Burnout
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Sunday Aug 10 (8pm)
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VASF (1485 Haight St, 415.701.7822)
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RVCA has long been more than a clothing line, commissioning work from skate and surf artists and bankrolling the excellent free glossy ANP Quarterly. The VASF Gallery serves as the Bay Area hub for RVCA's wild combination. The store's in-house gallery now hosts the local premiere of surfer/filmmaker Alex Knost's black-and-white beauty Beach Blanket Burnout. Knost happily eschews the in-your-face editing and hard-rock soundtracks of your typical surf highlight reel; his film may look a little like a Calvin Klein commercial, but the waves are perfect jewels, and reason enough to attend this one-off screening.
- Max Goldberg
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
The Botticellis w/ Dominique Leone and Steve Taylor
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Sunday Aug 10 (9pm)
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Cafe du Nord (2170 Market St, 415.861.5016)
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San Francisco quintet the Botticellis are having a big year, going from unknowns to critics' darlings on the strength of their first album, Old Home Movies. The album is chock-full of sharp hooks and studied appreciation of the pillars of power pop; fans of the Zombies, Big Star, and the Kinks will find plenty to like. Opener Dominique Leone is another ascendant local, riding rave reviews of his self-titled debut. He plays the Cafe du Nord fresh off a performance of Steve Reich's Drumming at San Francisco Airport — an unusual concert, but one in keeping with Leone's musical erudition as both a composer and music critic.
- Max Goldberg
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FILM
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
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Monday Aug 11 (12:20, 2:50, 3:45, 6:45, 8:40 & 9:40pm)
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Landmark Embarcadero (1 Embarcadero Center, 415.267.4893)
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For fans of the book and miniseries, it's hard to imagine how Brideshead Revisited could conform to a two-hour feature-film format. The story of the Oxford art student who falls in love with an entire, stricken aristocratic family sprawls over several decades and tackles no less than the Church, war, homosexuality, and class in Mother England. Happily, director Julian Jarrold pulls it off in lavish style, mostly by substituting the terrific scale of the big screen for the fine detailing found in Evelyn Waugh's original novel. As the courtly painter Charles, Matthew Goode summons a dreamy combination of matinee-idol good looks and Anglo self-deprecation.
- Lisa Rosman
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Lazarus w/ Tiny Vipers and Balmorhea
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Monday Aug 11 (8:30pm)
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Cafe du Nord (2170 Market St, 415.861.5016)
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Although San Francisco rock music will forever be associated with exuberant psychedelia and feelin'-groovy folk, our city also birthed American Music Club and Red House Painters. Lazarus, the solo vehicle of ex-Tarantel member Trevor Montgomery, keeps SF's dark side alive with literary, skeletal blues. It's a fine coincidence that Nick Cave's most recent album was called Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, as Montgomery's chesty moans evoke the Australian singer in all his brooding, gothic glory. His trio's minimalist drones and simple drum-trap rhythms provide the perfect atmosphere for the gaunt frontman's overcast songs.
- Max Goldberg
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ART
You're Just No Fun Anymore: The Montage Art of Winston Smith
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Tuesday Aug 5 (10am–6pm)
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Glama-Rama Salon (417 S Van Ness Ave, 415.861.4526)
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Winston Smith's dense, darkly playful collages are Boschian panoramas of our consumer society. Smith wasn't the first punk to pick up a razor blade and follow in the footsteps of John Heartfield and Richard Hamilton, but his caustic wit and eye for visual provocation made him the go-to man for many a Dead Kennedys album cover — including 1981's controversial In God We Trust, Inc., which featured Jesus nailed to a cross of folded dollar bills. As this career-long survey proves, Smith's art is still the fly in the proverbial ointment.
- Matt Sussman
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ART
Lauren DiCioccio and Aliza Lelah
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Tuesday Aug 5 (11am–5:30pm)
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Jack Fischer Gallery (49 Geary St, Suite 440, 415.956.1178)
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Lauren DiCioccio and Aliza Lelah stitch up sublime social commentary. DiCioccio stretches muslin over copies of the New York Times and embroiders the headline images, with partially sewn pics of John McCain and Alberto Gonzales dangling by threads. DiCioccio's organza replicas of plastic shopping bags drift on clotheslines overhead, their cheerily sewn "Thank You"s and "Have a Nice Day"s ghostly reminders of our throwaway culture. Lelah, meanwhile, quilts photo-realistic collages drawn from her family album. Snapshots of parents and siblings emerge from bits of velvet and corduroy pieced together with nervous cross-hatchings — testaments to the ties that bind.
- Jeanne Storck
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About Us |
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Cultural Partner
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Editors
MANAGING EDITOR
Matt Sussman
DEPUTY EDITOR
Max Goldberg
PRODUCTION EDITOR
Axel Anderson
SENIOR EDITORS
Jake Lancaster
Doug Levy
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Seiji Carpenter
Connie Hwong
Nicholas Nauman
Andrew Phillips
Lisa Rosman
Tanya Feldman
IMAGE EDITORS
Adda Birnir
Tom Starkweather
PUBLISHERS
Sascha Lewis
Mark Mangan
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