Wednesday, February 22, 2012

52 Man Pick Up

Brava Theater Center8pm

Masterfully mixing lush language, bold presence, razor wit and epic perspective, Desiree Burch presents a salacious evening of storytelling…

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Deviations by Gayle S. Rubin

City Lights Bookstore7 pm

Deviations is the definitive collection of writing by Gayle S. Rubin, a pioneering theorist and activist in feminist, lesbian and gay, queer,…

Maps of Silence

Exploratorium10:00am to 5:00pm

Multimedia installation explores the political use of the concept of Silence in different historical contexts. Featuring video-performances…

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Scorched

American Conservatory Theater - ACTcheck website for days and times

Two siblings. Two letters. One unimaginable secret. After their mother's death, twins Janine and Simon are given two letters with clues about…

Stephen Giannetti: Spectral Circumstance

Marx & Zavattero10:30-5:30 Tue-Fri; 11-5 Sat

Marking his fifth solo exhibition at Marx & Zavattero, Bay Area painter Stephen Giannetti debuts a fresh take on his abstract color field work…

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Sound: Safeword, Kenneth Scott, Tyrel Williams

Harlot9pm - 2am

Sound Selections in association with 46 Minna is proud to present SAFEWORD, Kenneth Scott & Tyrel Williams. $5 before 11PM---------->$10 After HOSTED…

Bookfest 2012

Jewish Community Center8 pm

This year Bookfest is bigger and better than ever, giving you more chances to rub elbows with today's hottest, most hilarious and revered authors,…

Hot Pocket 2/23

John Colins Lounge9pm - 2am

San Francisco quintet Hot Pocket, an offshoot of the 10-piece hip-hop and Latin funk outfit Bayonics, has built a solid following by filling…

The Budos Band

The Independent8:30pm

The Budos Band Having scalded listeners� ears with sonic lava on Budos I and stung them with venomous frequencies on Budos II, The Budos Band…

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Noise Pop 20th Anniversary: Mac McCaughan

Cafe du Nord8:00pm

Founding member of the rock band Superchunk, and co-founder of Merge Records along with Laura Ballance. He also heads the band Portastatic,…

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Built To Spill

The Fillmore8:00pm

Three and a half years in the making, the efforts of writing and recording There is No Enemy led Built to Spill founder Doug Martsch to wonder…

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Thao

Bottom of the Hill8:00pm

Thao Nguyen is a folk singer-songwriter out of Virginia. She�s signed to Kill Rock Stars and is touring in winter/spring 2008. Nguyen released…

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2.23 - "Robots! NightLife"

California Academy of Sciences6-10pm

Wire your circuits for a night of robotic revelry. Meet the OrbSWARM, a herd of autonomous beings that will flock, flirt, dance and interact…

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Big Black Delta

Rickshaw Stop9:00pm

Big Black Delta is a solo project of Mellowdrone vocalist/bassist Jonathan Bates. Big Black Delta has teamed up with other artists such as War…

Manifest Destiny! SoEx Off-Site's newest public art project by Jenny Chapman and Mark A. Reigelman II

Hotel des Arts12am-11pm

Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman's Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of downtown…

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Mary Vitelli Berti

George Krevsky Gallery11:00 to 5:30

15 years of figurative oil paintings and pastels are featured in Mary Vitelli Berti�s first solo show on the West Coast. Working quietly in…

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Up From the Stacks

Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco8:00pm

New Music-Theater from Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy with Ken Maiuri and Dave Trenholm Cartoonist Ben Katchor and composer Mark Mulcahy return…

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Trainwreck Cabaret

The Dark Room Theatre8 pm

Trainwreck Cabaret captures the charm of off-color entertainment from the 1950s, with the sarcastic modern twist that could only come out of…

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Do Not Destroy; Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought

The Contemporary Jewish Museum1pm-8pm

From the very first chapters of the Torah where one encounters them in the Garden of Eden, to the commandment Bal Tashchit (do not destroy)…

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PEGGY ORENSTEIN at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza

Books Inc. in Opera Plaza7:00pm

PEGGY ORENSTEIN discusses Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. This event is co-sponsored…

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