Friday, December 12, 2008

Continental, a Film Without Guns

Landmark's Opera Plaza 9:00 pm

St�phane Lafleur, 2007 A businessman falls asleep on a city bus, wakes to find it stopped on the highway and walks off into the dark woods.…

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Leonardo da Vinci

de Young Museum9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Fri

This is the first U.S. exhibition of one of the most significant collections of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. The drawings from the Biblioteca…

Carlos Alazraqui

Cobb's Comedy Club8pm & 10:15pm

Probably best known as Officer James Garcia on Comedy Central�s hit show �Reno 911,� Carlos Alazraqui has also made many appearances on VH1…

Arts of the Islamic World from Turkey to Indonesia

Asian Art Museum10 am - 5 pm, till 9pm on Thu

The Islamic cultures of Asia are varied, rich and complex. This exhibition of approximately sixty paintings, manuscripts, ceramics, textiles,…

Amy Kuschel Bride Sample Sale

Amy Kuschel Bride10am - 6pm

Amy Kuschel Bridal Year End Sample Sale! With 40-60% off couture bridal gowns. The event will feature new, one-of-a-kind, and showroom samples…

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2008 Dance-Along Nutcracker: Bah Humbug!

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)2:30p & 7p Sat; 11a & 3p Sun

At the 2008 Dance-Along Nutcracker: Bah Humbug!, scroogey Uncle Drosselmeyer gets ghosts in his belfry when he refuses to go to the family holiday…

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Rapunzel

City Lights Theater Company8pm

Will the wicked witch be able to keep Rapunzel locked away forever? Will Prince Harry succeed in rescuing the damsel in distress? Will the Barkers,…

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Brought to Light

SFMOMA11am - 5:45pm, till 8:45pm on Thu

Modern science and photography flowered simultaneously in the early 19th century, and photography was adopted as a scientific tool from the…

Rebecca Minkoff Sample Sale

111 Minna Gallery9am - 4pm

Rebecca's Story Born in San Diego, California, Rebecca�s first love was the art of design and began sewing at the age of 8. Although Rebecca�s…

Element Saturdays

Element Lounge9pm - afterhoursarrive early to avoid line

Come to Element this Saturday for our classic party: Element Saturdays. Rocking the speakers this week is the one and only DJ Zhaldee! He…

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Creativity Explored's Annual Holiday Art Sale

Creativity ExploredMon, Tue, Wed and Fri 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thurs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat 1 to 6 p.m.

Feel like there's no way you can afford great, one-of-a-kind gifts for your loved ones AND support your favorite local non profit this holiday…

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Lucy Autrey Wilson

Book Passage1pm

Editor Lucy Autrey Wilson talks about Cause of Death: A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us ($15.00). Disease, murder, insect bites, war,…

Wilfried Satty

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

Growing up in Germany during World War II, Wilfried Satty�s (1939-1982) imagination was forever stamped by the war-torn urban landscape. After…

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Tonal: Grinch Green

Underground10pm - late

Saturday, December 13th Rock It Science & Prismatic present: Tonal: Grinch Green Tonal, the Bay Area�s favorite underground event, returns…

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Regino Gonzales, Dee Dee Cheriel, Henry Gunderson

White Walls7pm

White Walls presents a joint show featuring Regino Gonzales, Dee Dee Cheriel, and Henry Gunderson running through January 3rd. The opening reception…

Stolen Land

Needles & Pensnoon - 7pm

Wander-lust ridden graffiti artist, Other, has scrawled, spray-painted, and pasted his beautiful, highly detailed, and often solemn-faced characters…

Dream With Everything That Fades Away

Triple Base Gallerynoon - 5pm

�I move along in the tender intent of finding myself. It�s where I discover well-being in simplicity and can dream with everything that fades…

This End Up: The Art of Cardboard

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

In fact, many of the most highly esteemed artists, like Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Gehry, Joan Brown and Manuel Neri, have experimented with…

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Afghanistan

Asian Art Museum10am - 5pm

A traveling exhibition of extraordinary archaeological treasures from the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul, this exhibition will explore…

Wolfgang Ganter

Eli RIdgway Gallery11am - 6pm

Baer Ridgway Exhibitions is pleased to present a new exhibition by Berlin based artist, Wolfgang Ganter. Wolfgang Ganter was born in Stuttgart,…