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Artwork by Nick Meyer
Wed Jul 9 - Tue Jul 15, 2008
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Editorial Event Features
Fri Jul 11 - Sat Jul 12
at Theatre of Yugen / Noh Space (8pm)

Legendary international performance artist, Sha Sha Higby, whirls within a dense, lacey thicket of her own design "In a Cloud of Glass", premier of exotic sculptural costume & puppetry dance, in a delicate drama of memory and timelessness. Internationally renowned for her evocative and haunting performances...
Sat Jul 12 - Sun Jul 13
at Fort Mason Center (11am - 7pm)

The Renegade Craft Fair is a unique DIY event showcasing the work of over 200 artists from all over the country + abroad! At the fair you can find some of the coolest crafts around - including DIY knitting, jewelry, sewn items, paper goods, silkscreening, plush toys, comics, zines and more.
Sat Jul 12
at Space Gallery (7pm - 2am)

This exhibit consists of 31 visual artists challenged with the task of displaying works inspired by perspectives and ideas centering on the concept of ARTillery. Within this theme will be an explosion of styles ranging from abstract to urban and beyond.
Sat Jul 12
from Fisherman's Wharf to Fort Mason Cnter (see listing for times)

Spend a summer day exploring the mechanical marvels along San Francisco's North Shore! See giant running steam engines, turn of the century automata, mechanical computers, an 8 foot high planetary display and more...
Sat Jul 12
at Iceberger (7pm - 2am)

Using malleable materials like paper, acrylic paint and linen thread, Merrill deconstructs the surface of the flat plane with a scalpel to create three-dimensional representations of the human form. Inspired by scientific anatomical studies and the drawings and paintings of baroque minimalism, Merrill's handling of the work is at once reductive and ornamental, the details carefully chosen and finely rendered with her scalpel.
Theater/Dance
Wednesday, July 9
Cat's Corner Swing
at Savanna Jazz (7pm)
Thursday, July 10
Summer in the City: Orchestral Fantasy
at Davies Symphony Hall (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Thursday, July 10
Jesus Hopped 'A' Train
at Off Market Theatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Thursday, July 10
Thoroughly Modern Millie
at San Mateo Performing Arts Center (8pm)
Thursday, July 10
Merry Wives of Windsor
at Berkeley Art Center (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Thursday, July 10
Springs Forward, Falls Back
at Dance Mission Theatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Thursday, July 10
Orlando
at 142 Throckmorton Theatre (8pm)
Friday, July 11
The Top of the Structure is Not Empty
at The Garage, 975 Howard (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, July 11
Summer in the City: New Worlds, Forever
at Davies Symphony Hall (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, July 11
the Glass Cloud
at Theatre of Yugen / Noh Space (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, July 11
13th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival
at Castro Theatre (7pm & 9:15pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, July 11
Benefit Party, Drag King & Queen Show
at The Women's Building (8pm)
Friday, July 11
Viva Cuba
at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, July 11
The Kinsey Sicks perform "Wake The F@#k Up America!"
at Herbst Theatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, July 11 Cont.
Mortified SF
at Make-Out Room (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, July 11
Rough Crossing
at Dragon Theatre (8pm)
Friday, July 11
Kathy Griffin
at The Mountain Winery (7:30pm) Buy Tickets!
Friday, July 11
Marin Shakespeare Company
at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, July 12
Part Time Punks SF
at Kimo's (9pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, July 12
"DAY on the BAY"
at The Sherman (12pm)
Saturday, July 12
Warm Water Breaks
at Warm Water Cove Park (10am)
Saturday, July 12
Tito y su son de Cuba
at Osher Marin Jcc (7pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, July 12
Bigen to...
at Mercy High School (7:30pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, July 12
Summer in the City: Rodgers & Hammerstein On Stage and Screen
at Davies Symphony Hall (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Saturday, July 12
An Evening of French Cabaret
at 142 Throckmorton Theatre (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Sunday, July 13
Summer in the City: Journey of Hope
at Davies Symphony Hall (8pm) Buy Tickets!
Sunday, July 13
La Boheme
at Legion of Honor (2pm) Buy Tickets!
Gallery Openings
Thursday, July 10
The Low Road
at Hamburger Eyes Photo Epicenter (5pm - 9pm)
Thursday, July 10
A Class
at Hang (6pm - 8pm)
Thursday, July 10
Jeffrey Ripple
at Hackett-Freedman Gallery (5:30pm - 7:30pm)
Thursday, July 10
Laura Dufort and Noel Neri
at Paule Anglim Gallery (5:30pm - 7:30pm)
Thursday, July 10
Open for Business
at Triple Base Gallery (5pm - 8pm)
Thursday, July 10
Michelle Knox & Eunkang Koh
at Varnish Fine Art Studio (6pm - 9pm)
Thursday, July 10
Benefit Show
at Fecal Face Dot Gallery (6pm - 9pm)
Friday, July 11
Artist-Xchange July Group Exhibit
at Artist-Xchange (7pm - 10pm)
Friday, July 11
Narrating Identity, (Dis)locating Bodies
at Galerķa de la Raza (7:30pm)
Friday, July 11
Tela Arana Tela
at Luggage Store Gallery (6pm - 8pm)
Friday, July 11
Chris Lux
at Jancar Jones Gallery (5pm - 8pm)
Saturday, July 12
Let Us Now Praise San Francisco
at Gregory Lind Gallery (5pm - 7pm)
Saturday, July 12 Cont.
The Renegade Craft Fair
at Fort Mason Center (11am - 7pm)
Saturday, July 12
Jen Merrill
at Iceberger (7pm - 9pm)
Saturday, July 12
Resonance
at Million Fishes Art Collective (7pm - 11pm)
Saturday, July 12
Jab
at Patricia Sweetow Gallery (5pm)
Saturday, July 12
Erik Otto
at The Shooting Gallery (7pm - 11pm)
Saturday, July 12
ARTillery
at Space Gallery (7pm - 2am)
Saturday, July 12
The Sentient Painting
at Live Worms Gallery (noon)
Saturday, July 12
3D Girls & Guns
at 20 GOTO 10 (7pm)
Saturday, July 12
Landmark Show
at Fabric 8 (7pm - 10pm)
Saturday, July 12
Insider / Outsider
at Root Division (7pm - 10pm)
Tuesday, July 15
Residency Projects Part 2
at Kala Art Insititute (8:30pm)
Tuesday, July 15
MFA Group Show
at Walter & McBean / Diego Rivera Galleries (4:30pm - 7:30pm)
Literary Arts
Wednesday, July 9
Author David Wroblewski for The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza (7pm)
Wednesday, July 9
Katie Hafner
at The Booksmith (7:30pm)
Wednesday, July 9
Lesbian Identified Poetry & Open-Mic
at La Pena Cultural Center (7pm)
Wednesday, July 9
George Lakoff Speaks
at Rakestraw Books (7pm)
Wednesday, July 9
Michelle Richmond
at Keplers Books (7:30pm)
Wednesday, July 9
Foothill College Writers Conference
at Foothill College
Wednesday, July 9
Poetry Slam
at Milpitas Library (7pm)
Wednesday, July 9
Peter Schuck
at Palo Alto Art Center (7pm)
Thursday, July 10
Author Tom Corwin for Mr. Fooster Traveling on a Whim!
at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza (7pm)
Thursday, July 10
Paul Goldstein
at Keplers Books (7:30pm)
Thursday, July 10
Women's National Book Association
at Bookshop West Portal (7pm)
Thursday, July 10
Gemma Halliday
at Milpitas Library (7:30pm)
Thursday, July 10
My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
at The Commonwealth Club - San Francisco (6pm)
Thursday, July 10
Dr. Kimeron Hardin
at Books Inc. (7:30pm)
Thursday, July 10
Rick Deutsch
at REI (7pm)
Friday, July 11
Narrating Identity, (Dis)locating Bodies Opening Reception
at Galerķa de la Raza (7:30pm)
Friday, July 11
Write2Passage: An Under 21 Open Mic Series
at Pro Arts (6:30pm)
Friday, July 11
Meredith Norton Talking & Signing
at Rakestraw Books (7pm)
Friday, July 11
Local author Don Eargle for Native California
at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza (7pm)
Friday, July 11 Cont.
Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte
at Swedish American Hall (8pm)
Friday, July 11
Charles River
at Borders Books (12pm)
Friday, July 11
Marin Shakespeare Company
at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre (7pm)
Saturday, July 12
Sizzle
at Femina Potens (8pm)
Saturday, July 12
Writers With Drinks with Ishmael Reed and Mistress Morgana
at Make-Out Room (7:30pm)
Saturday, July 12
Jenny Block book party for "Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage"
at Good Vibrations (7pm)
Saturday, July 12
Art Rodriguez
at City of Campbell Library Santa Clara County (1:30pm)
Saturday, July 12
The New Talkies: Live Film Narration
at Artists' for Television Access (ATA) (8pm)
Saturday, July 12
Barbara Egbert
at Cupertino Library (2pm)
Saturday, July 12
Sam Shueh
at Barnes & Noble (2pm)
Sunday, July 13
Author Remy Charlip for A Perfect Day!
at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza (7pm)
Monday, July 14
Jeannie Ralston Talking
at Rakestraw Books (7pm)
Monday, July 14
Idiolexicon Poetry Series #6
at Cafe Royale (7pm)
Monday, July 14
Author Michael Meyer for The Last Days of Old Beijing
at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza (7pm)
Monday, July 14
Robert Ornstein
at Keplers Books (7:30pm)
Monday, July 14
Dan Burden
at San Jose Repertory Theatre (6pm)
Tuesday, July 15
Icon of Evil
at Keplers Books (7:30pm)
Tuesday, July 15
Michelle Richmond
at The Booksmith (7:30pm)
Tuesday, July 15
Messiahs of 1933 with Joel Schechter
at JCC East Bay (7:30pm)
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