Friday, September 03, 2010

The Bowls Project: Secrets of the Apocalyptic Intimate

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)Thu-Sat, noon-8pm; Sun, noon-6pm

This interactive sound sculpture/immersive performance installation is an international collaboration by visionary Bay Area composer, Jewlia…

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This Is All I Need

Theatre of Yugen / Noh Space8pm

What is your most prized possession? What can you not live without? How many pairs of nail clippers do you own? Why are you still holding…

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Filo and Peri

1015 Folsom10pm - 5am

INFINITI presents... Filo and Peri Consider their global chart success and you begin to gain the sense of scale New York based production…

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Secret Drawings

Cheap Airport ShuttleTue-Thu: 10am-5pm, Sun: 1-5pm, Tue-Thu: 7-10pm

"Secret Drawings" is inspired by the Exquisite Corpse, a Surrealist strategy to create unexpected, collaborated artworks. Each artist was issued…

Burning Man 2010: Metropolitan

Black Rock CityAll Day

Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks…

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Tyler Bewley & Gina Tuzzi: Habitual Homesteaders

The Compound Gallery & Studiosnoon - 6pm

The exhibit explores the idea of home through the notions of mobility and adaptive ways of living. As in the past, modern day homesteaders are…

Days Of Plenty

Hyde Street Gallery 8pm - 10pm

Days of Plenty Curated by Robin Juan September 4 � October 8, 2010 Opening Reception: Saturday September 4, 2010 8 � 10pm Hyde Street Gallery…

Liz Skeketee: Reconstructed Memories

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Artnoon - 5pm

A unique print series that uses the artist's personal family photographs to rewrite history from her vantage point. By choosing unrelated images…

Green Day

Shoreline Amphitheatre7:00pm

My number-one claim to fame at the moment, besides being an occasional contributor to this paper, is that I am a nonplayable character in Green…

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Vital Signs

San Jose Museum of Art11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The San Jose Museum of Art will showcase a sampling of seven new media art works from its permanent collection. Works by Jim Campbell, Bill…

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The Tubes

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk6:30/8:30pm

Some may think it odd that a band that made its with mark with pornographic onstage imagery, 8-inch stiletto heels and songs like "White Punks…

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Captured: Photography's Early Adopters

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Artnoon - 5pm

An exhibition of vintage prints from the private collection of San Francisco gallerist Stephen Wirtz and guest curated by David Pace, lecturer,…

"A Child's World"

Triton Museum of ArtTue-Sun 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm

Take a step back into childhood as artists in this exhibition create a child's world of their own. The artists take personal and collective…

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Brian Caraway: Hope Is Always New

Branch Gallery12-4pm

IV: Hope Is Always New solo exhibit by Brian Caraway August 13- October 1, 2010 Opening reception: August 13th , 6-9pm First Friday reception:…

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Ruth Gerson

Hotel Utah SaloonShow @ 8:00pm

Singer-songwriter Ruth Gerson will release her latest album, �This Can�t Be My Life,� on July 20, 2010 via Wrong Records, her first release…

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Salmon Month at Aquarium of the Bay

Cheap Airport Shuttle9am - 8pm (times vary for special SalmonAID events)

With a month-long lineup special events aimed at celebrating the West Coast�s iconic wild salmon, September is Salmon Month at the Aquarium…

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Blick Art Materials Grand Opening!

Blick Art MaterialsEveningStudent night

Join us on August 18th at 12noon for the Grand Opening of Blick Art Materials NEW bigger & better location at 979 Market Street in San Francisco! We'll…

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Westwood & Willow

Streetlight Records4pm

Brothers Sean and Kevin Sullivan have a light, lyrical touch as a sensitive singer songwriter duo. But as soon as you think you've got them…

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Dan Perjovschi: The Institute Drawing

Walter & McBean / Diego Rivera Galleries11am - 6pm

On the face of it, it would be hard to find an artist whose practice is simpler than that of Romania-born and -based Dan Perjovschi. His medium…

Olive Kitteridge

Z Space8 PMOpening Night

WORD FOR WORD presents OLIVE KITTERIDGE, a world premiere production of stories from Elizabeth Strout�s Pulitzer-prize winning novel at Z SPACE…

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