Monday, June 01, 2009

Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World

Jazz Heritage CenterNoon - 10pm Daily

From the heart of San Francisco�s Jazz District comes a photographic exhibition that chronicles the international tours of legendary jazz musicians…

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Audio Seduction

Laszlo9pm - 2am

AUDIO SEDUCTION kicks off the summer season on Tuesday June 2nd !!!! 9pm-2am - NO COVER MIKIE LIXXX (Audio Seduction) = think DFA/OPTIMO/SOULWAX/EDITS/NU/CLASSIC…

Sarah Applebaum

Receiver Gallery10am

Technicolor costumes, paintings, installations and fabric work by San Francisco artist Sarah Applebaum. This show has been funded in part…

Why Fashion Still Matters: Vogue Features Director Sally Singer

The Commonwealth Club SF6pm

Why Fashion Still Matters: Vogue Features Director Sally Singer Vogue's Sally Singer discusses sartorial relevance in a tumultuous economy Why…

First Fiction Book Club presents Kate Veitch

Books Inc. in Laurel Village7pm

First Fiction Book Club will discuss Without a Backward Glance with author KATE VEITCH. A new voice in the tradition of Anne Tyler and Anita…

Patterns of Speculation

SFMOMAmuseum hours

Among the leading architectural studios in Europe, Berlin-based J. MAYER H. stands out for its commitment to a high level of formal and conceptual…

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Becoming

RayKo Photo Center10-8

RayKo Photo Center presents a retrospective by the photography students of the Out of Site Youth Arts Center in conjunction with an exhibition…

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Paul Klee's Social Creatures

SFMOMA11:30am

With his early line drawings of distorted, exaggerated, or fantastic characters, Paul Klee laid the groundwork for generations of artists creating…

Carlos and Jason Sanchez

Catharine Clark Gallery12pm

Carlos and Jason Sanchez live and work in Montreal, Canada. EDUCATION Carlos Sanchez 2001Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography), Concordia…

Austere

SFMOMAmuseum hours

This exhibition brings together works from the photography and architecture and design collections that gather around a sense of reduced form…

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TRANS: THRIVE

Trans: Thrive6pm

TRANS: THRIVE A drop-in center by and for the trans community. OUR MISSION is to foster healthy trans community empowered by the leadership…

J. Maarten Troost discusses Lost on Planet China

Books, Inc. In the Marina7:30pm

The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals, J. MAARTEN TROOST will read from his latest book, Lost on Planet China. The bestselling…

Afghanistan

CordenPotts Gallery11 am to 5:30 pm, Tuesdays through Saturdays

This is an exhibition of work by New York City-based photographer Andrea Camuto of Afghan refugees who have returned to their homeland after…

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Jens Lekman

Bottom of the Hill9pm

"Sweden's Jens Lekman emerged from relative obscurity to quickly establish himself as the darling of the global indie pop set, winning widespread…

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The Eclectic Company

Skylark Bar9pm

DJ's Tones and Jaybee along with rotating special guests drop the heat, old and new from across the map. Old Skool Hip-Hop, Bass, Dub, Glitch,…

Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character

Chinese Culture CenterTues-Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 12-4pm

Opening reception: Sat. May 2, 1-4pm 31 contemporary artists from the Bay Area & beyond interrogate the phenomenon that is modern Chinese…

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1/24th of a Second

ArtZone 461 GalleryBy Appointment

Nenad Kostic�s recent paintings are invitations to pause to appreciate images that, as individual frames in digital or motion pictures, race…

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James Sansing and Jerad Walker

Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art10:30 - 5:30

A painter, sculptor, photographer and film-maker, James Sansing focuses his protean talents on the gallery�s 1,000 square foot main space, integrating…

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Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

Yoshi's San Francisco - Live Music & Japanese Restaurant - CLOSED8PM

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall perform a rare, relaxed, and intimate night of American and Brazilian jazz featuring a trio of masterful musicians�Bill…

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Charles Anselmo - "Structure"

NOMA GALLERY11am - 6pm

ARTIST TALK: Thursday, June 11th, 7pm Contemporary photographic deconstruction tends to have a rather quick reading, based as it is on get-it-now…

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