Thu Sep 2 - Sat Sep 18
Ever Gold Gallery presents Josh Short's new exhibition, Touch Down Jesus, and Jeremiah Jenkins' show, Blue Collar Bushido...
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Josh Short & Jeremiah Jenkins
Thu Sep 2 - Sat Sep 18
Ever Gold Gallery presents Josh Short's new exhibition, Touch Down Jesus, and Jeremiah Jenkins' show, Blue Collar Bushido...
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September Arts
Fall into the Arts By Lily Ko (Aug 26, 2010)
The Indian summer gives San Francisco an extra burst of energy as galleries line their walls, actors take the stage, and authors leave no witticism behind.
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Lovers of Covers
Iconic Rock 'n' Roll Images By Ann Taylor (Aug 19, 2010)
During the reign of vinyl, album covers were high art, often rivaling the very music they encased.
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Pixar
25 Years of Animation By Stephanie Orma (Aug 12, 2010)
After the worldwide tour that started in 2005, Pixar: 25 Years of Animation recently returned home to the Bay Area.
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Black Lab
Fri Aug 13 - Sat Aug 28
Inspired by The Black Laboratory of Brooklyn artist Vincent Como, Black Lab investigates the cultural connotations and psychological implications...
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To Dye For
A World Saturated in Color By Ann Taylor (Aug 05, 2010)
To Dye For presents over 50 objects from the museum's collections that represent six different dying techniques.
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August Arts
Summertime Scene By Lily Ko (Jul 29, 2010 )
If you're sticking around to enjoy the late San Francisco summer, there's an art scene with your name on it.
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TechnoCRAFT
Blurring the Lines of Design By Stephanie Orma (Jul 22, 2010 )
TechnoCRAFT offers a thought-provoking view on the relationship between consumer and designer.
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Charmaine Olivia
A Creative Path By Lily Ko (Jul 13, 2010 )
Taking the unconventional path in life isn't easy, but Charmaine Olivia makes it seamlessly beautiful.
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SF Station's event picks this week
Galleries & Museums
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Thu Sep 2 - Sat Sep 11
at Fabric 8 (see listing for times) Galleries, Mixed-media
In his largest solo show to date, filling two San Francisco galleries, Erik Otto illustrates the themes of struggle one must face in order to achieve growth – self-fulfillment versus self-destruction and how the transient nature of time dictates the uncertainty of life. The new body of work, which is more...
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Thu Sep 2 - Sat Oct 2
This solo exhibition, the artist's third at Cain Schulte, addresses a variety of issues found within American culture, from gun fascination, violence and rampant capitalism to current neuroses surrounding gender, sexuality, and the attainment of beauty through artificial means...
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Fri Sep 3
at multiple locations (see listing for times) Galleries, Film
Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist. In the crime-ridden NYC of the 1970s, he covers the city with the graffiti tag SAMO...
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Sat Sep 4 - Fri Oct 8
The works find common ground in the artists’ working with established forms while exhibiting traces of self-curation through various conditions of arrangement and framing. The evident formalist structure and restrictions are representative of Chicago art practice, yet the artists were chosen by...
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Sat Sep 4
In every era, teenagers push the boundaries of a...ccepted behavior. They thrive despite raging hormones, clueless parents, ridiculous authority figures, and the dawning recognition that the entire status quo is absurd. They will define the future of new media...
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Theater & Dance
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Wed Sep 1 - Sun Sep 26
at Z SPACE at Theater Artaud (see listing for times) Theater, Literary Arts
Word For Word presents Olive Kitteridge, a world premiere production of stories from Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel. A forthcoming project of HBO, Word for Word’s production Olive Kitteridge is set in a coastal town in Maine. Olive Kitteridge is filled with the ridiculous, heartbreaking...
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Thu Sep 2 - Sun Sep 5
Perhaps best known for his offbeat delivery of "the fake news" on "Saturday Night Live" for five seasons, Norm MacDonald is a major comedic presence. Aside from his notable characterizations of Bob Dole and Burt Reynolds, MacDonald proved that his acerbic wit and writing were not to be...
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Thu Sep 2
This is a rumble of the best of the Bay Area improv troupes 12 Bay Area Improv teams will compete over 11 weeks to name 1 team as the 2010 Endgames Champion...
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Sat Sep 4 - Sun Sep 26
Free Shakespeare in the Park returns to San Francisco's Presidio Parade Ground this summer, kicking off on September 4th and running until September 26th. Founded in 1983, the mission of the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival is to make the works of Shakespeare accessible to everyone...
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Literary Arts & Lectures
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Wed Sep 1
"In the 15 years since the release of Gender Outlaw, Kate Bornstein’s groundbreaking challenge to gender ideology, transgender narratives have made their way from the margins to the mainstream and back again. Today's transgenders and other sex/gender radicals are writing a drastically new..."
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Thu Sep 2
Award-winning Mike Padilla discusses Girls from the Revolutionary Cantina, a hilarious, insightful debut novel that brilliantly captures the comforts and dangers of friendship.
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Tue Sep 7
John Jodizo, author of If You Lived Here You'd Already Be Home, with Chelsea Martin, author of The Really Funny Thing About Apathy. A middle-aged masochist in love with a comatose man. A gay birthday clown lamenting the loss of his beloved dog. An amateur veterinarian keeping watch...
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Tue Sep 7
Come check out local favorite Rebecca Schall's newest collection, Historic Photos of San Francisco in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. She'll be discussing these photos, along with her previous books, Historic Photos of San Francisco, and Hisotoric Photos of the Presidio. This is your chance to see...
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