Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Dream Girls

SHN Curran Theatre8pm

Before Dream Girls launched the career of Jennifer Hudson, it was a bright light on the Broadway stage in 1981, winning six Tony Awards after…

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Jesse Houlding: Drawing Time

CIIS Minna Street Centersee website for details

Bay Area-based artist Jesse Houlding creates machines, models and installations using magnetism, light, time and other natural phenomena. Blurring…

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Blossom Memories: Saratoga Heritage

Saratoga Historical Museum1PM to 4PM

A new exhibit, "Blossom Memories: Saratoga's Heritage," will open June 11 and run through September 30. On June 19, a newly restored 1880 Petaluma…

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Smokey Joe's Cafe

Bus Barn Stage Company8pm

The vibrant rock 'n' roll hits of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller take center stage when "Smokey Joe's Cafe" opens at Bus Barn Stage Company on…

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Brilliant Colors, Milk Music, White Boss

Hemlock TavernShow @ 9pm

Brilliant Colors- "I was never in bands in high school," says 24-year-old Jess Scott, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist in the San Francisco…

Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

Cantor Arts CenterWed: 11am-5pm, Thu: 11am-8pm, Fri-Sun: 11am-5pm

Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center explores 500 years of visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata, "Mother Water," through a diverse…

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Deborah Willis

Kepler's Books & Magazines7pm

Deborah Willis' debut short-story collection, "Vanishing and Other Stories," explores the shadows of loss that darken the lives of her characters.…

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The Clientele

The New ParishDoors @ 8:00 pm; Show @ 9:00 pm

The Clientele formed a long time ago in the backwoods of suburban Hampshire, playing together as kids at school, rehearsing in a thatched cottage…

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Shakespeare in the Park: Two Gentlemen of Verona with Mod music

Presidio Parade Groundplease see listing for times

Free Shakespeare in the Park returns to San Francisco's Presidio Parade Ground this summer, kicking off on September 4th and running until September…

Tempo

Sloane Squared10PM - 2AMw/ Special Guests: LUCAZADE (Bl…

Sloane + I&I Vibration present "TEMPO" Every Thursday @ Sloane 1525 Mission St. (Between 11th & S Van Ness) San Francisco, CA 94103 sloanesf.com Roots…

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Exposed: Today's Photography/Yesterday's Photography

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art10am - 5pm

An exhibition that celebrates the art of collaboration and manipulation of old and new technologies in photography. The introduction of the…

Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection will include several new acquisitions seen at the Museum for the…

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San Francisco Weekly Arts Market

UN Plaza (San Francisco)Noon - 8pm

We are kicking off a brand new weekly market at San Francisco's UN Plaza. The markets will run every Thursday, from 12pm-8pm until the end…

"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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Creative, Inc. Party with Joy D of Oh Joy! and Meg Mateo Ilasco

Candystore Collective7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Hooray! Candystore Collective is happy to host the first party on the cross country tour of Creative, Inc., an new book by Meg Mateo Ilasco…

1984

Cat Club9pm - 3am

San Francisco's longest running weekly 80's dance party, featuring the best 80's pop, rock, synth-pop, goth, electro, and one hit wonders on…

Coalition on Homelessness Art Auction 10

SOMArts Cultural Center (Gallery)5:30-10:00 pm

ArtAuction10: Transforming Art into Auction, Standing up for Human Rights. A live and silent auction to benefit the work of the Coalition…

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Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection

SFMOMAgallery hours

June 25 - September 19, 2010 This past February, SFMOMA announced an unprecedented partnership to house and display the collection of…

Dogtooth

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:00 PMCheck for exact showtimes

The matriarch and patriarch of an upper-class Greek family have taught their three nameless, college-age offspring an alternate language to…

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URBAN ERA FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR!

The Cellar5-9pm

Start your weekend right with #urbanerafridays #happyhour @thecellarsf with @djmomix 7-10pm 685#sutterst Follow us! twitter.com/CellarSF facebook.com/CellarSF Instagram:…

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