Thursday, October 16, 2008

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,…

22 Jacks

The Blank Club9pm

San Jose's Blank Club presents 22 Jacks coming to tear up the Bay Area music scene with head-splitting noise, and in-your-face lyrics! Also…

Good Breeding

Various Locations in Oakland8pm

"Sex, murder, revenge" - it's all fair game in this extravagant new adaptation of the Greek Oresteia. In a wildly erotic staging, A.C.T. shifts…

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Pecos Bill and The Ghost Skeletons

Peninsula Youth Theatre9:30am and 11am

The roughest and toughest cowboy in the Wild West tries to save the good folks of Gray Gulch from some nasty varmints.

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A Short History of Nearly Everything

Marin Theatre Companycontact for info

"Science is all about YOU! That's the message of A Short History of Nearly Everything, a fun, fast, and fascinating romp through the world of…

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The Butterfly Zone: The Conservatory of Flowers� exhibition of live butterflies

Conservatory of Flowers9 AM- 5 PM Closed Mondays

Fly on over to the Conservatory of Flowers this spring because the butterflies are back, and there are more than ever. The popular exhibit…

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Karl Struss

Robert Tat Gallery 11am - 5:30pm

Karl Struss was one of the first photographers to employ modernist compositions in pictorialist photographs. The exhibition features works made…

The Hula Show 2008

Palace of Fine Arts8pm

"In this year's show: The ancient navigator Māui ensnares the sun, a flower factory explodes in color, Hawai'i's Songbird weaves a musical…

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Eliezer Sobel

The Booksmith7:30pm

"The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist's Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics, and Other Consciousness-Raising Experiments…

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Koralie

Fifty24SF4pm - 8pm

�HA�KU� is a solo exhibition featuring French artist Koralie, an internationally renowned fine and street artist. The show will mirror the…

Splitting Infinity

San Jose Repertory Theatre8:00 pmOpening Night

WEST COAST PREMIERE! Spliting infinity Splitting Infinity October 11 � November 9, 2008 by Jamie Pachino directed by Kirsten Brandt …

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Wake the Dead

Club Fox7pm

Wake The Dead is a romp that flows seamlessly from rock grooves to hot Irish reels, and from haunting airs to achingly beautiful melodies familiar…

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Creme De La Creme

Mezzanine9pm-afterhours

Featuring LIVE performances by Pacific Division Mic Terror J-Billion and DJ sets by Low B Million $ Mano Doors at 9 PM $12…

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The K of D

Magic Theater8:00pm

THE K OF D, an Urban Legend A new play by Laura Schellhardt Directed by Rebecca Novick "One young girl embodies the entire population of…

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August Wilson's Radio Golf

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts8pm

Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson�s inspired final play is a powerful elegy for a lost time, a hustling comedy-drama set in a neglected Pittsburgh…

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Dimitris Mykonos

Temple10pm-4am

Remedy: A cure for the daily grind. Remedy provides House music on the MAIN FLOOR and hip-hop and soul in the UPSTAIRS LOUNGE with an amazing…

Things You Shouldn�t See

Frey Norris Gallery11am - 7pm

Through both serendipity and curiosity, English-born, San Francisco based artist Susannah Bettag has discovered an irresistible medium in animation…

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Frida Kahlo: Portraits of an Icon

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

Shedding light on the life and art of Frida Kahlo (1907 � 1954), this exhibition features approximately fifty photographic portraits of the…

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The Monk

Exit Stage Left8 PM

No Nude Men (NNM) Productions continues its six-year legacy of bringing intelligent, challenging theater to the Bay Area, with a new stage adaptation…

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Russian on the Side

Marines Memorial Theatre 8pm

"Before heading to Broadway, the incomparable Mark Nadler will bring his one-man comedy-in-music adventure, Russian on the Side, to the Marines…

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