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Wed May 6 - Tue May 12
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Editorial Event Features
Thu May 7 - Sun May 10
at Cobb's Comedy Club (see listing for times)

Aisha Tyler's hot-streak stint as the first female and African-American host of E!'s Emmy-winning "Talk Soup" landed her firmly in the spotlight, and she moved quickly in television and film, becoming the first African-American to play an extended character arc on NBC's "Friends." She later co-starred in the CBS hit..."
Thu May 7
at The Giftcenter Pavilion (6pm - 9:30pm)

The 4th Annual Discarded to Divine auction and fashion show features specialty one-of-a-kind designs made out of recycled clothing from local top designers such as Cari Borja, Michael Boris, and Sweet P from Project Runway. This much anticipated event brings fashion and compassion together by uniting Bay Area fashion students and professional designers...
Fri May 8
at SF Arts Comission Gallery (6pm - 8pm)

What are the trace elements of a City? Does the urban environment hold secrets or codes that would provide a greater comprehension of its systems, or of its human inhabitants? What remains when individuals and the places we build cease to exist? How does this evidence, these trace elements, assist us in piecing together history?...
Fri May 8
at CCA SF Campus (8:30pm - 11pm)

California College of the Arts's juried senior student fashion show is the culminating capstone experience for the Fashion Design BFA majors. Featuring the original collections of up-and-coming designers, the Fashion Show will be a high-caliber runway presentation with professional models. This year's designers will be selected from...
Sun May 10
at Howard and 2nd Streets (noon - 7pm)

Ten blocks of art and celebration, and ten stages of electronic music. Plus performances and colorful costumes, unique and creative vendors from around the world, food and drinks, and much more! This year will feature stages by the Consortium of Collective Consciousness, Symbiosis, Kontrol, Sunset, Neuroweapon, Muti Music, Brass Tax, Temple, Opel, Tantra, Groove Garden, Mystic Beat Lounge, Nonstop Bhangra, Le Harem, and Earthdance. Art and decor by Anon Salon.
Gallery Openings
Thursday, May 7
Suburban Birthday Party
at Dolby Chadwick Gallery (5:30pm)
Thursday, May 7
Giorgio Morandi: Works From The Estorick Collection
at Italian Cultural Institute (6:30pm)
Thursday, May 7
Bob Matthews Garden Ruin
at Gregory Lind Gallery (10:30am)
Thursday, May 7
Everything for Nothing or Something
at Ever Gold Gallery (6pm)
Thursday, May 7
Shinganist: Book And Group Show
at Fifty24SF (7pm)
Thursday, May 7
Damon Soule: Same Loud No
at Fecal Face Dot Gallery (6pm)
Thursday, May 7
Berliner Unkraut
at 111 Minna Gallery (6pm)
Thursday, May 7
Epic Visualizing Heroes Within
at SomArts Cultural Center (5pm)
Thursday, May 7
Kim Frohsin : Wigs and Silhouettes
at Dolby Chadwick Gallery (5:30pm)
Thursday, May 7
James Sansing and Jerad Walker
at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art (5:30pm)
Thursday, May 7
MissionArt415 Artist Reception
at Cantina SF (6pm)
Thursday, May 7
"2012"
at Electric Works (6pm)
Thursday, May 7
In Camera
at Micaela Gallery (5pm)
Thursday, May 7
MFA Exhibition
at California College of the Arts (10am)
Friday, May 8
Ford And Forlano: Forth & Back
at Velvet da Vinci (6pm)
Friday, May 8 Cont.
Live & Direct
at Ping Pong Gallery (6pm)
Friday, May 8
Nina Basharova Trunk Show
at Manika Jewelry (9am)
Friday, May 8
De Montreal
at Artists' for Television Access (8pm)
Friday, May 8
Vanessa Marsh : Always Close But Never Touching
at Ampersand International Arts (6pm)
Friday, May 8
Trace Elements: Opening Reception
at San Francisco Arts Commission (6pm)
Friday, May 8
New Climates: 10th Annual Thacher Student Showcase
at Thacher Gallery (5pm)
Friday, May 8
Art in Action Spring Show
at Soma arts Studio (6pm)
Saturday, May 9
Ian Johnson: New Works
at White Walls Gallery (7pm)
Saturday, May 9
"Fantastic In The Sack" By Dustin Olson
at Gallery Three (7pm)
Saturday, May 9
Into The Woodz By Isabel Samaras
at The Shooting Gallery (7pm)
Saturday, May 9
17 Reasons Why
at Mission 17 (4pm)
Saturday, May 9
Tenderloin National Forest
at The Luggage Store Gallery (10am)
Saturday, May 9
Family Arts Workshop and Exhibition
at Root Division (2pm)
Saturday, May 9
Helter Shelter
at Soap Gallery (6pm)
Saturday, May 9
Marci Washington
at Rena Bransten Gallery (11am)
Theater/Dance
Wednesday, May 6
Frangela with Mike E. Winfield and Nico Santos
at Punch Line Comedy Club (8pm)
Thursday, May 7
Boleros for the Disenchanted
at American Conservatory Theater (8pm)
Thursday, May 7
Aisha Tyler
at Cobb's Comedy Club (8pm)
Thursday, May 7
Wildcat
at Eureka Theatre (8pm)
Thursday, May 7
Sultry Summer Magic
at Teatro Zin Zanni (6pm)
Thursday, May 7
George Balanchine's Jewels
at War Memorial Opera House (8pm)
Thursday, May 7
Best of PlayGround Festival
at Thick House (8pm)
Thursday, May 7
Student Showcase: The Harold
at BATS Improv (7pm)
Friday, May 8
Ciribiribin
at The Marsh (10am)
Friday, May 8
Playwright Super Scene
at BATS Improv (9:45pm)
Friday, May 8 Cont.
The One-eyed Man is King
at Phoenix Theatre (8pm)
Friday, May 8
Hypnosis Comedy Stage Show & Top Standup Comedy
at Our Little Theater (8pm)
Friday, May 8
Bright Young People
at Zeum (7:30pm)
Friday, May 8
Don ReedŐs East 14th Street
at The Marsh (8pm)
Saturday, May 9
Scuba with Catherine Galasso and Salthorse
at ODC Dance Commons (8pm)
Saturday, May 9
Dead Man's Cellphone
at SF Playhouse (3pm & 8pm)
Saturday, May 9
LeBlanc Farewell
at San Francisco Ballet (8pm)
Sunday, May 10
Secret Improv Society
at Shelton Theater (10pm)
Sunday, May 10
And A White Light In The Back Of My Mind
at Patricia Sweetow Gallery (4pm)
Monday, May 11
Monday Happy Hour Comedy
at Cafe Royale (7pm)
Literary Arts
Wednesday, May 6
Tibet's 50 Years of Peaceful Resistance and Exile
at The Booksmith (7:30pm)
Wednesday, May 6
Logan & Noah Miller
at Book Passage (7pm)
Wednesday, May 6
Keith Goldstein: The Majesty of the Himalayas
at The Commonwealth Club (5:30pm)
Wednesday, May 6
Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger
at Books Inc (7pm)
Wednesday, May 6
Rakesh Satyal
at Book Passage (6pm)
Wednesday, May 6
Josef Aukee
at Beale Street Bar & Grill (6pm)
Wednesday, May 6
Fisherman's Wharf Writer Conference Event
at Fort Mason Center (8:30am)
Wednesday, May 6
Risk: A Novel
at BJE Jewish Community Library (7:30pm)
Thursday, May 7
Willie Brown: Annual Lecture
at The Commonwealth Club (5:30pm)
Thursday, May 7
Canon Andrew White: Vicar of Baghdad
at The Commonwealth Club (11:30am)
Thursday, May 7
Author Jennifer Woodlief
at Books, Inc (7pm)
Thursday, May 7
Ericka Lutz, Rachel Sarah, Anne Marie Feld, and Andrea N. Richesin
at Books Inc (7pm)
Thursday, May 7
Phil Polizatto
at A Different Light Bookstore (7:30pm)
Thursday, May 7
Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division
at Under One Roof (7pm)
Thursday, May 7
Best of PlayGround Festival
at Thick House (8pm)
Friday, May 8
Ruth Reichl
at Herbst Theatre (8pm)
Friday, May 8
Chad Sweeney and Sharon Dougiago
at Books, Inc (7:30pm)
Friday, May 8
Cindy Pon: Silver Phoenix
at Books Inc (7pm)
Friday, May 8
Henry Shukman
at Book Passage (6pm)
Saturday, May 9
Meet the Farmer
at Yerba Buena Children's Garden (11am)
Saturday, May 9
Community Conversation: Bill T. Jones
at Yerba Buena Children's Garden (2pm)
Saturday, May 9 Cont.
Reading & Release party for Damion Searls
at Dog Eared Books (8pm)
Saturday, May 9
Preston Maring & Jessie Price
at Book Passage (10:15am)
Saturday, May 9
At the Crossroads: Turning Toward Self-Publishing
at The San Francisco Writing Salon (2:30pm)
Saturday, May 9
It's All About Submitting!
at The San Francisco Writing Salon (10am)
Saturday, May 9
Celebrate Mother's Day
at Borders Books (2pm)
Sunday, May 10
Dustin Lance Black
at A Different Light Bookstore (3pm)
Monday, May 11
Plato's Symposium
at Modern Times Bookstore (6:30pm)
Monday, May 11
Tools for Good
at The Commonwealth Club (5:30pm)
Monday, May 11
Michael Kaiser: Maintaining a Healthy Arts Organization
at The Commonwealth Club (4:45pm)
Monday, May 11
Steve Rotman
at Books Inc (7pm)
Monday, May 11
Suzy Welch in Conversation with Jack Welch
at Fairmont Hotel (5:15pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Julianne Moore and Illustrator Leuyen Pham
at Books Inc (6pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Andy Raskin
at The Booksmith (7:30pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Geoffrey Nunberg: The Years of Talking Dangerously
at Modern Times Bookstore (7:30pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Rethinking Buying and Building: A New Sustainability Chain
at The Commonwealth Club (5:30pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Entrepreneurial Women in the Food Biz
at The Commonwealth Club (5:30pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Glen David Gold
at Books Inc (7pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Eric Bogosian
at Book Passage (6pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Lit&Lunch with Karen Emmerich
at 111 Minna Gallery (12:30pm)
Tuesday, May 12
Organization Developing Your Body of Work
at San Francisco Artist Network (7pm)
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