Saturday, December 08, 2012

Meshell Ndegeocello

Great American Music Hall (GAMH)7pm Show @ 8pm

Canonized, marginalized or just scrutinized, Meshell Ndegeocello has given up trying to explain herself. After 20 years in an industry that…

W. Kamau Bell

The Fillmore8pm

W. Kamau Bell (SF Weekly's Best Comedian 2008 & Comedy Central's 1st comic to tell a Barack Obama joke) & Nato Green (of Iron Comic, Laughing…

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Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square

Union Square10am - 6pm

Winter in San Francisco wouldn�t be the same without gliding across the ice with family and friends at the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union…

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Barry McGee

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11 AM � 5 PM

�Throughout his career,� writes Alex Baker in the exhibition catalog, �Barry McGee has continued to surprise and contradict expectations.� Including…

Tannery Holiday Art Faire

Tannery Arts Center12pm-5pm

Come by The Tannery Arts Center as they get into the spirit of the season with their Holiday Art Faire. With over forty artists selling such…

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Christmas In The Park 2012

Cesar E. Chavez Park8am-11pm

San Jose's 32-year-old tradition of Christmas in the Park is opening Thanksgiving day. Each year, the park is transformed into a 2-acre winter…

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Peter Gallagher in "Songs and Stories from an Actor's Life"

Venetian Room at the Fairmont San Francisco7:00 PM

Tony nominated actor/singer Peter Gallagher returns to the Venetian Room, bringing his critically acclaimed cabaret debut “SONGS AND STORIES…

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Adopt-A-Family Holiday Project

Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz CountyAll Day

The holiday season is just around the corner, and unfortunately, an unprecedented number of local families find themselves struggling with poverty,…

Gifts from the Gods: Art and the Olympic Ideal

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

Plato considered both art and athletics to be gifts from the gods, and the connection between art and sports in ancient Greece can be viewed…

20th Annual Gift and Craft Faire

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park10am-5pm

Come on down to the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park as they host their 20th Annual Gift and Craft Faire. Local artisans will display their…

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The Christmas Stop-Motion Animation Festival

CLOSED: The Retro Dome12pm-3pm & 3pm-6pm

Come on down to the Retro Dome as they get into the holiday spirit with their Christmas Stop-Motion Animation Festival. The festival features…

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Jay Defeo

SFMOMA11am - 5:45pm

This retrospective offers a revelatory, in-depth encounter with the work of Jay DeFeo (1929-1989), one of the most important and innovative…

Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

For its fall exhibition, the San Jose Museum of Art offers a rare opportunity to explore the practice of painting through the work of one of…

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Food & Wine of the San Francisco Bay Area: Tastings with a Local Focus

Bluxome Street Winery12:30 pm

(Repeats every Sun., Tue., Thu., & Fri.) Enjoy a taste of the Bay Area�s artisan food & wine, and the stories of the locals who grow and craft…

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Safeway Holiday Ice Rink

Union Square10:00 AM-11:30PM

Winter in San Francisco wouldn�t be the same without gliding across the ice with family and friends at the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink presented…

Richard Thompson

Montalvo Arts Center7pm

English singer/songwriter Richard Thompson is a bit of a rock legend who has garnered more critical praise than album sales. Although he has…

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John Cale with Cass McCombs

The Regency Ballroom8pm

John Cale, OBE (b.1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. Born on 9th March 1942 in Garnant, Wales, Cale…

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Another Hole in the Head

Terra2pm, 7pmArts & Beats Closing Party at 2…

Our annual festival of horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy and exploitation cinema defies convention to bring you the most outrageous genre films from…

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The Radical Camera: New York�s Photo League, 1936 � 1951

The Contemporary Jewish Museum11am-5pm

The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951, the first comprehensive museum survey in three…

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Raging Opulence: Mark Dean Veca

San Jose Museum of Art11 AM - 5 PM

Mark Dean Veca, known for combining the opulence of Rococo wallpaper with the renegade attitude of cartoons, comics, and street art, will paint…

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