Friday, July 10, 2009

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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Young Mind, Old Soul

Fifty 24SF Gallery12pm - 6pm

�Young Mind, Old Soul� is a solo exhibition by Word to Mother, an illustrator and painter from the U.K. Inspired by his past and the world…

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Metamorphoses

The Pear Theatre8pm

A play consisting of a series of Greco-Roman myths, all revolving around the concept of metamorphosis, told by one character to another. Zimmerman's…

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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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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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Digital Transformations

The Intel Museum10am-5pm

Explore through interactive exhibits how technologies used to capture images, communicate across distance and record sound have evolved over…

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Now and at the Hour

Exit Stage Left8:00-9:00pmno late seating

Back from New York in his new solo show, Christian Cagigal weaves magic, mindreading, storytelling and theatre into an intimate hybrid of personal…

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Luce / The Gun & Doll Show / Pollux @ Great American Music Hall

Great American Music Hall (GAMH)Doors 8:00pm, Show 9:00pm

LUCE began in 2000 as a one-man band when Tom Luce began writing songs in his bedroom in the foggy Richmond District of San Francisco. What…

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Fresh Meat in the Gallery VI: Defying Gravities

San Francisco LGBT Community Centerall day

Fresh Meat in the Gallery launches its 6th annual transgender visual art exhibition with a free reception at the SF LGBT Community Center on…

Cheap & Deep

mars bar & restaurant10pm

Cheap and Deep will feature DJ's M3 from Green Gorilla Lounge and Jeno from Back2Back.

Paul Klee's Social Creatures

SFMOMA11:30am

With his early line drawings of distorted, exaggerated, or fantastic characters, Paul Klee laid the groundwork for generations of artists creating…

Maidrid's Bow

Stage Werx8pm

Fresh from the controversy of Prop 8 comes this fantasy about an island where women marry women, and men marry men. By law and custom, the sexes…

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Delicious Destination

Icon Ultra Lounge10-2

Playboy Playmate Centerfold Celebrity DJ Crystal Ellis Hosted by Gorgeous Nate Early arrival suggested, Guestlist info at iconloungesf.com Bottle…

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

SF Playhouse8pm

Based on the seminal 1960s novel by Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest left an indelible mark on the literature, theater, and film of…

Erica Wheelock & Nathan Watson: "Shades of Grey"

NOMA GALLERY11am - 6pm

NOMA GALLERY presents a conversation between artist/writer Maria Porges and artists Erica Wheelock and Nate Watson. Thursday, July 23rd at 7pm In…

Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LibraryMon-Tue and Thu, 11am-6pm, Wed, 11am-8pm, Fri, 11am-5pm and Sat, 1-5pm.

Displays of original Beethoven manuscripts, first editions, a lock of the composer's hair, art and demonstrations of historical keyboards. Fifth…

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Midnight Mass 2009

Landmark's Bridge - CLOSED12 midnightThe EXORCIST - LINDA BLAIR TRIB…

Peaches Christ returns to Landmark's Bridge Theatre to present her twelfth and final annual season of Midnight Mass in San Francisco. Get ready…

No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre

ROYCE GALLERY8 pm

��Powerfully interesting piece of theater--one that sends creeps down its audience's spine at the same time it prods their intellect.� �This…

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Intricacies of Phantom Content

Triple Base Gallery12pm

Triple Base Gallery is pleased to present Intricacies of Phantom Content, an exhibition of new work by San Francisco-based artist Hilary Pecis.…

She Made It!

History Park11 am - 4 pm

The exhibit demonstrates just how far we have come, and explores the transitions of women�s craft-making with displays of artifacts of embroidery,…