Thursday, August 06, 2009

Chicana/o Biennial

M.A.C.L.A. (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana)Wed-Thu, noon-7pm and Fri-Sat, noon-5pm

Art can reflect and provide a context for some of the most troubling issues affecting society today. For 25 years, MACLA has been one such gallery,…

Jack Beats

Paradise Lounge9pm - 3am

Jack Beats UFO Landings Tour descends upon Paradise Lounge this Friday night... Discount $7 presale tickets are selling fast so grab them while…

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Osunlade along with David Harness

Temple10pm-4am

Temple Fridays continues with a stellar month of artists. This Friday we have Osunlade, house production extraordinaire hailing from Toronto.…

Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art10am - 4:30pm

Whether photographing politicians, artists, writers, fashion models, or movie stars, Richard Avedon revolutionized the genre of portraiture.…

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South Pathetic

New Conservatory Theatre8pm

Award winning new comic/actor Jim David plays himself and a dozen other characters in this hilarious one-man comedy about his misadventures…

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Johnny Winter

The Catalyst Club8pm

Regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of the electric-blues era (and there a lot of them, believe me), blues-man Johnny Winter has had…

Edible Expeditions

Conservatory of Flowers9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays -Sundays

Surprises abound about the treats we eat in a new exhibition at San Francisco�s Conservatory of Flowers called Edible Expeditions. It�s a chance…

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Suzy Barnard: More Ships

WINE Bar & Shop10 am to 10pm

Suzy Barnard: More Ships a solo exhibit July 6th � September 7th, 2009 Opening reception Saturday July 25th, 6-8pm. The Impressionist…

Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character

Chinese Culture CenterTues-Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 12-4pm

Opening reception: Sat. May 2, 1-4pm 31 contemporary artists from the Bay Area & beyond interrogate the phenomenon that is modern Chinese…

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City Art's August Exhibition

City Art Cooperative Gallerynoon - 10 PMOpening reception 7 - 10 PM

City Art holds its third annual theme show based on images inspired by San Francisco -- and this means more than pictures of the Golden Gate…

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ZEN Fridays

Bambuddha Lounge10pm-2am

Join us for Happy Hour ~ free party 4:00pm-9:00pm! followed by... ZEN Fridays *** OPEN BAR from 10pm - 11pm *** "enlighten your senses…

Pop to the Present: A Decade of Collecting for Stanford

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm

In addition to its traveling shows, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford maintains a fairly strenuous collection program. The acquisitions of…

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Curious George: Let's Get Curious

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose10am-5pm

Based on the familiar characters in H.A. and Margret Rey's classic stories published by Houghton Mifflin, the Curious George exhibit encourages…

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Robert Ogata

Chandler Fine Art9am - 6pm

We see in Robert Ogata's style a surprisingly fluid metamorphosis born of an insatiable appetite for exploration and refinement. These scrambled,…

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Shades of Gray

Next Stage Theater, theThurs, Fri, Sat 8 PM

Comedic drama Shades of Gray, inspired by Oscar Wilde�s The Picture of Dorian Gray, about a man who is forced to examine everything he thought…

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Killswitch Happy Hour

Underground SF6pm-10pm

Hey all- Here's what's doin at Killswitch in August. As always, there's no cover and we've got $2 domestic beers & $5 Svedka cocktails. See…

Picturing California 1890-1920

Los Altos History MuseumThu-Sun, noon-4pm

Explore early California in dozens of large photographs used to promote the west at the turn of the last century. From Yosemite to the missions…

Festival: 3 Room Dubstep Underground

Underground Location9pm-afterhours

REDLINE PRESENTS: FESTIVAL A 3 ROOM UNDERGROUND EVENT @ THE BORDELLO featuring 3 rooms of: FSOUND FRIDAY AUGUST 7 9pm to 6am featuring:…

Back to the Future

Main Street8:30pm

Bring your family to watch this Oscar winning movie under the stars. See Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) as they…

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Underworld

Fox Theater - Oakland8pm

Underworld became one of the most crucial electronic acts of the 1990s via an intriguing synthesis of old and new. The trio's two-man frontline,…

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