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Wed May 7 - Tue May 13, 2008
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Thu May 8
at CCA SF (6pm - 9pm)
The exhibition features projects by nearly 50 artists graduating this spring from the college's MFA program in the fine arts. The presentation unfolds throughout CCA's San Francisco campus, giving visitors an opportunity to tour most of the college. The exhibition and opening reception are free and open to the public.
Fri May 9
at Ratio 3 Gallery (6pm - 8pm)
Ryan McGinley will present new color photographs that chronicle the summer road trips he has taken across the United States in the past three years. Inspired by images from nudist magazines from the 1960s and early 1970s, McGinley places his naked subjects in unusual and breathtaking situations...
Fri May 9 - Sun May 11
at Dance Mission Theater (see listing for times)
A Home in Common features two exciting Bay Area companies that share a love for blended dance styling. While their choreography differs, both Paco Gomes and Dancers and Printz Dance Project will present highly visceral, athletic work that touches on a wide range of human experiences. This shared evening of dance affords audiences a warm and inviting opportunity to see fresh contemporary dance...
Sat May 10
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) (noon - 5pm)
Participate in The Counterfeit Crochet Project organized by Stephanie Syjuco, a featured artist from The Way That We Rhyme exhibition. Syjuco and friends will teach visitors how to crochet their own luxury brand accessories...
Sun May 11 - Sun Jun 1
at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (see listing for times)
Nilaja Sun shines a light on the struggles-and miracles-of America's public schools. In an incredible solo show, she plays an entire classroom of children, their teachers, their parents, the principal, the janitor and even a security guard with a metal detector at the front door. Sun takes on 17 roles in 70 minutes...
Theater/Dance
Wednesday, May 7
Lisa Mezzacappa's Jazz In Analogue
at Intersection for the Arts (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Wednesday, May 7
Something People Like
at Purple Onion (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Wednesday, May 7
Lovely Day
at Nick Rodriguez Theater (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Thursday, May 8
Best of PlayGround Festival
at Thick House (8pm)
Thursday, May 8
Identity Shifts: Bay Area Response
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Thursday, May 8
The W. Kamau Bell Curve
at Shelton Theater (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Thursday, May 8
The Cooking Show Con Karimi & Castro
at SomArts Cultural Center (Gallery) (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Thursday, May 8
Laugh Orgy with Chris Garcia
at Grant & Green (9pm)
Friday, May 9
The Book of Mark
at The Garage, 975 Howard (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, May 9
A Home in Common
at Dance Mission Theatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, May 9
Lure
at Hilton San Francisco Financial District (6pm)
Friday, May 9
LGBT Salsa
at Cafe Cocomo (8pm)
Friday, May 9
5 Funny Females and 5 Funny Fags Weekend Comedy Marathon
at Purple Onion (8pm, 10pm, Midnight) Buy Tickets!
Friday, May 9
It's Murder, Mary
at New Conservatory Theatre (8pm)
Friday, May 9
CATS
at Paramount Theatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, May 10
The 10th Anniversary of Funny Girlz
at Herbst Theatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, May 10
2 X Malamud
at A Traveling Jewish Theater (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, May 10
Magia: Carnaval 2008
at Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (11am)
Saturday, May 10
Rupa & Rennea's Salsa Band
at El Rio (3pm - 8pm)
Saturday, May 10
Kids In the Hall
at War Memorial Opera House (8pm)
Saturday, May 10
Secret Improv Society
at Shelton Theater (10pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, May 10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
at San Jose Repertory Theatre (8pm)
Saturday, May 10
Writers With Drinks
at Make-Out Room (7:30pm)
Saturday, May 10
Octopus
at Magic Theatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Sunday, May 11
No Child...
at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (7pm) Buy Tickets!
Monday, May 12
Dolls
at The Marsh (7:30pm)
Monday, May 12
Nato Green's Iron Comic with Brent Weinbach
at Punch Line Comedy Club (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Monday, May 12
Talk Show Live
at Purple Onion (7:30pm) Buy Tickets!
Tuesday, May 13
Music Box Series
at Climate Theater (8pm)
Gallery Openings
Thursday, May 8
New Walls
at Creative Growth (5pm - 8pm)
Thursday, May 8
Spring Forward Art Auction
at InterContinental SF (6pm - 9pm)
Thursday, May 8
Organic Tranquility
at collectively GRASP (6pm - 9pm)
Thursday, May 8
CCA '08 Graduate Exhibition
at California College of the Arts (6pm - 9pm)
Thursday, May 8
Bonus Map
at CELLspace (8pm - late)
Thursday, May 8
D*face & Armsrock & Orchestrated Oddities
at Fifty24SF (7pm - 9:30pm)
Thursday, May 8
I Love You And Other Odds And Ends
at Candystore (6:30pm - 8:30pm)
Thursday, May 8
Kind Women For Womankind
at Industrielle Gallery (7pm - 9pm)
Friday, May 9
Kick Out The Jams
at Luggage Store Gallery (6pm - 8pm)
Friday, May 9 Cont.
This Is Not An Auction / This Is A Terrarium
at Queen's Nail Annex (7pm - 11pm)
Friday, May 9
Ryan McGinley
at Ratio 3 Gallery (6pm - 8pm)
Friday, May 9
Gina Borg
at Jancar Jones Gallery (5pm - 8pm)
Friday, May 9
Michael Sieben & Nat Swope
at Fecal Face Dot Gallery (6pm - 9pm)
Friday, May 9
Feudal Echo
at Park Life (7pm - 10pm)
Friday, May 9
Kyldea Borges
at Painted Bird (8pm - 10pm)
Saturday, May 10
New Growth
at Root Division Art Space (3pm - 7pm)
Saturday, May 10
Sunday Painters
at Iceberger (7pm - 9pm)
Literary Arts
Tuesday, May 6
President Jimmy Carter!
at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza (7pm)
Thursday, May 8
Best of PlayGround Festival
at Thick House (8pm)
Thursday, May 8
Author Rabih Alameddine for The Hakawati
at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza (7pm)
Thursday, May 8
Kerry Reichs: The Best Day of Someone Else's Life
at Frey Norris Gallery (6pm)
Friday, May 9
A Party for the Release of its New Issue, "Seven Ate Nine"
at McSweeney's store (7:30pm)
Friday, May 9
Fearproof Your Life: How to Thrive in a World Addicted to Fear
at Golden Gate Club (7:45am - 12:30pm)
Friday, May 9
Queer Open Mic
at Vince & Pete's Three Dollar Bill Cafe (7:30pm)
Saturday, May 10
Writers With Drinks
at Make-Out Room (7:30pm)
Saturday, May 10
Sizzle
at Femina Potens (8pm)
Saturday, May 10 Cont.
2 X Malamud
at A Traveling Jewish Theater (8pm)
Saturday, May 10
Book Arts and Printers' Fair
at Fort Mason Center (9am-4pm)
Saturday, May 10
The Reggae Scrapbook Book Signing & Photo Exhibit
at Babylon Falling (7pm)
Saturday, May 10
From Real Life to Fiction
at The San Francisco Writing Salon (10am-4pm)
Saturday, May 10
Magpie Poetry Workshop
at The Berkeley Writing Salon (10am-4pm)
Sunday, May 11
Bishop Marc Andrus: The State of the Episcopal Church
at Grace Cathedral (9:30am)
Monday, May 12
Augusten Burroughs
at Books Inc. (7:30pm)
Monday, May 12
Ben Katchor
at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (8pm)
Tuesday, May 13
Passing On The Pen
at JGLBT Historical Society (6:30pm)
Tuesday, May 13
Author Lisa Lutz for The Curse of the Spellman Files
at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza (7pm)
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