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| S.F. Zine Fest San Francisco County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers) | Sun., July 20, 11:00am | Sunset (Outer) | |
The do-it-yourself counterculture continues to protest the idea that artists need large amounts of money to be creative. From stenciling sidewalks to setting up renegade concerts to photocopying literature, many people prefer to cut out the middleman and express themselves to the masses... More >> |
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| "Diamond Days Festival" Mama Buzz Cafe | Sun., July 20, 6:00pm | Downtown Oakland |
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One of the lasting selling points of Oaklands nightlife scene remains the cool warehouse show. Ghost Town Gallery (located at 2318 San Pablo) is one such remarkable industrial-sized venue, and its one of two hosts for this weekends Diamond Days music festival. Between... More >> |
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| The Zombies The Regency Center | Sun., July 20, 7:00pm | Nob Hill/Russian Hill |
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In the 1960s, the Zombies were one of many post-Beatlemania groups attempting to ride the coattails of the so-called British Invasion alongside hopefuls whose impact was at least good for a handful of singles (Hermans Hermits) and others who only collectors remember now (Dave Dee, Dozy,... More >> |
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| Brand New Me! New Conservatory Theatre Center | Daily from Sun., July 20 until Sun., August 10, 2:00pm | Hayes Valley/Tenderloin | |
A certain kind of woman makes you wonder: Does her power emanate from her hair, or does her might affect her coiffure? Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, and Cher come to mind immediately, but Dusty Springfield really takes the cake in this category. She was the right woman at the right... More >> |
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| La Bohème Florence Gould Theater |
Daily from Sat., July 19 until Sun., July 20, 2:00pm more dates/times |
Richmond (Outer) | |
The round room of the Florence Gould jewel-box theater is fitted with beautiful moldings and decorated with angels in the plaster; the ceiling is covered in a delicate mural. To sit in it feels like perching on a satin pillow. It's p-r-i-s-s-y. If that's your thing, and we think it is, prick up... More >> |
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| The Wackness Embarcadero Center Cinema | Daily from Fri., July 11 until Fri., July 25 | Embarcadero | |
The Wackness is a mix tape of clichés, with writer-director Jonathan Levine taking cuts from a dozen or more life-affirming coming-of-age melodramas and setting them to the backbeat of NYC 94. The movie begins by ballyhooing its edge: The Sony Classics logo... More >> |
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| The Last Mistress Embarcadero Center Cinema | Daily from Fri., July 18 until Thu., July 31 | Embarcadero | |
Catherine Breillat hitches her wagon to the hottest of European stars, Asia Argento, in a highly entertaining adaptation of Jules-Amédée Barbey dAurevillys mid-19th-century novel Une vieille maîtresseonce notorious for its treatment of a young... More >> |
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| Chris & Don: A Love Story Embarcadero Center Cinema | Daily from Fri., July 18 until Thu., July 31 | Embarcadero | |
Tina Mascara and Guido Santis Chris & Don: A Love Story is a charming, illuminating portrait of the complex and storied queer romanceone lasting three decadesbetween literary icon Christopher Isherwood and artist Don Bachardy, who met on a Santa Monica beach in 1952, when... More >> |
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| Elsa & Fred Opera Plaza Cinema | Daily from Fri., July 18 until Thu., July 31 | Hayes Valley/Tenderloin | |
Seventy-seven-year-old Elsa (Uruguayan actress China Zorrilla) has what might charitably be called an outsized personality. Exuberant, garrulous, completely self-absorbed, she has the conscience of a teenager who claims a death in the family in order to get out of a math test. When... More >> |
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| Poultrygeist Roxie New College Film Center |
Daily from Fri., July 18 until Thu., July 24, 7:00pm more dates/times |
Mission/Bernal Heights | |
How often have you pondered the unearthly mystery of a McChicken Sandwich slathered in special sauce? Leave it to low-budget-movie impresario Lloyd Kaufman to delve into the heart of the matter with a cursed tomahawk and come up singing about zombies, chicken fuckers, and suicide bombers.... More >> |
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| "Room for Thought: Alexander Hahn and Yves Netzhammer" San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | Daily from Thu., July 17 until Sun., October 5 | South of Market | |
The system devised to project Yves Netzhammers video installation Furniture of Proportions is an elegant work of art in its own right. It looks like a giants flashlight, black and streamlined, but modified to throw images onto three walls instead of one. Fortunately,... More >> |
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| Skerik, Mike Clark, & Paul Jackson Trio Mojito | Daily from Sun., July 20 until Tue., July 22, 9:00pm | North Beach/Chinatown |
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Seattles in-demand cult saxophonist Skerik (Critters Buggin, McTuff, etc.) hops a Boeing from Jet City to join drummer Mike Clark and bassist Paul Jackson both members of Herbie Hancocks fusion-funk band the Headhunters (and currently teamed up as Prescription Renewal) ... More >> |
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| More Events | |||
| Add Your Voice to "Richmond Stories" Richmond Art Center | Daily | Richmond and North | |
| AIDS/HIV/Hepatitis C Nightline Multiple San Francisco locations | Daily | Union Square/Financial District | |
| "In a New Light: The Asian Art Museum Collection" Asian Art Museum | Daily | Hayes Valley/Tenderloin | |
| Gallery Tours Asian Art Museum |
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11:00am more dates/times |
Hayes Valley/Tenderloin | |
| Architectural Tours Asian Art Museum |
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 2:30pm more dates/times |
Hayes Valley/Tenderloin | |
| "Asian Art Museum Storytelling" Asian Art Museum |
Every week Sunday, 1:00pm more dates/times |
Hayes Valley/Tenderloin | |
| Audition Announcements Limelight Film & Theater Bookstore | Daily | South of Market | |
| Basic Brown Bear Factory Tour Basic Brown Bear Factory | Daily, 10:00am | Potrero Hill | |
| Permanent Exhibit Cable Car Museum | Daily | North Beach/Chinatown | |
| Carla Cruz Café Arguello | Every week Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 7:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
| A Celebration of Laughs Shelton Theater |
Every week Sunday, 3:00pm more dates/times |
Hayes Valley/Tenderloin | |
| "Destination Universe" Chabot Space & Science Center | Daily | East Oakland | |
| "Mars Encounter" Chabot Space & Science Center | Daily | East Oakland | |