Upcoming: San Francisco, California, United States Events

Jan 30, 2010: Drop-In Family Ceramics Workshop at Randall Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:14:34 -0700

Create pinch pots, trivets, cups and more! Themes vary weekly.

Jan 30, 2010: Drop-In Saturday Workshops at Randall Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:15:22 -0700

The Randall Museum offers the popular drop-in, hands-on art and science workshops for the entire family. There will be different activities each week.

Jan 30, 2010: Golden Gate Model Railroad Exhibit at Randall Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:15:28 -0700

The Randall Museum maintains a collection of railroad photographs and artifacts on display in the ante-room. The collection is modest but some of the items on display come from the bygone days of railroading and cannot be duplicated.

Jan 30, 2010: Animal Feeding at Randall Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:15:30 -0700

Help feed a variety of animals at the Randall Museum.

Jan 30, 2010: Alcoholics Anonymous at Fort Mason Center

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:20:37 -0700

Weekly meetings for recovering sober alcoholics.

Jan 29, 2010: Big City Improv at Shelton Theater

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:23:26 -0700

Big City Improv has been entertaining crowds from around the world for the past four years. Every scene of every show is based on YOUR suggestions. If you yell it out, they'll act it out.

Jan 30, 2010: Stand-Up Project's Pro Workout Show at The Clubhouse

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:40:53 -0700

The Stand-up Project, the SFCC's pro stand-up troupe, features the best of the best trained at the San Francisco Comedy College. This show is 90 minutes of non-stop laughter as these stand-up veterans take the stage each week! Line-up varies each week.

Jan 29, 2010: Scantily Clad Comedy at The Clubhouse

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:41:11 -0700

Scantily Clad Comedy is a stand-up comedy showcase featuring Bay Area favorites as well as talented up-and-comers.

Dec 5, 2009: Opening the Essay: A workshop and reading with poet, Jane Hirshfield at California Institute of Integral Studies

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:55:30 -0700

Sat, Dec 5, Workshop: 4pm-5:30pm; Reading: 7pm-9pm

The California Institute of Integral Studies presents "Opening the Essay: A Workshop and Reading for Artists and Others" with poet, Jane Hirshfield.

About the Workshop: This brief workshop will explore essay writing as a tool of opening: a way to expand investigation, discovery, and understanding for those who may not ordinarily or primarily write in this form. The essay form has its roots in a word meaning "try," "trial," "test," and "weighing"; it is a way to sketch and stretch through into new and deepened realms. We'll look at how essays think, how to choose a subject, and the many possibilities inherent in the form.

Participants should bring paper, pen, and a first sentence and title from an essay (by someone else) that they admire.

Following the workshop, Jane Hirshfield will read from her work, beginning at 7pm.

Jane Hirshfield's work appears in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Orion, and five editions of The Best American Poetry, is the author of six prize-winning poetry collections, including After and Given Sugar, Given Salt, as well as a now classic book of essays, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry. She has also edited and cotranslated several anthologies including Women in Praise of the Sacred: Forty-three Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women. In 2004 the Academy of American Poets honored her with the 70th Academy Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement.

This event is sponsored by the Writing, Consciousness, and Creative Inquiry Department and the Public Programs Department at CIIS.

Dec 12, 2009: DATA BEEZ at DNA Lounge

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:02:15 -0700

Data Beez

chip music. electro. experimental.
doors @ 7pm;
show @ 8pm.
all ages.
$7 advance;
$12 door.

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Performing live:

Minusbaby (NYC)
Trash80 (LA)
Starpause
Crashfaster

DJ Harbour
Visuals by:
Paris (NYC)
Daniel Rehn (SD)
Fx6Ex6 (NYC)

Chip Music -- an avenue of audio and visual exploration for artists choosing to adopt vintage video games as a deliverate, aesthetic choice -- has enjoyed enormous success for over a decade on the East Coast with world-class events like The Blip Festival, Pulsewave and recent newcomer, Estatic. For the first time ever, Data Beez is spreading those same addictive, low-tech sounds across the West Coast. This is an East meets West event: Minusbaby, Paris, and Fx6Ex6 prerepsent New York City while Trash80, Starpause, Crashfaster and Daniel Rehn represent California. It signals an evolving movement and sets a precedent for the future of chip music on the West Coast.

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Nov 15, 2009: BevMo! Holiday Beer Fest at Fort Mason Center-Herbst Pavilion

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:07:07 -0700

Where can you taste 125+ of the Greatest Holiday, Seasonal & Special Craft Beers-Ciders from 100+ of the best Breweries in the World -
at one time, in one place?
Kick off your Holidays with this very special San Francisco event, just a snowballs' throw from the Golden Gate Bridge. Taste the greatest assortment of Holiday, Seasonal, Special Beers & Hard Ciders ever assembled under one festive roof.
"These special brews are produced once a year in limited quantities. Come and enjoy them all!"

Holiday, Seasonal & Special Craft Beers, (some are called Winter Warmers), date back thousands of years. Brewers today have continued the ritual with either very old recipes or new fangled ideas using spices, fruits, herbs, coffee & chocolate. These unique brews will bring a smile to your lips and a glow to your spirit.

In addition, BevMo! Holiday Beer Fest will feature delicious food and live music.

Feb 1, 2010: Karaoke at The Cellar

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:24:06 -0700

Show off your talent, or lack thereof.

Feb 2, 2010: American Sculpture and Decorative Art Collection at MH De Young Memorial Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:25:41 -0700

From the recent acquisition of Zig V, a major work by the great American sculptor David Smith to the fine Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School Tree of Life window, the de Young's collection in American craft and sculpture is of growing importance. The promised bequest of the Dorothy and George Saxe Collection (highlighted in the recent exhibition The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection) will make the de Young one of the most important sites for contemporary studio craft in the United States.

Feb 2, 2010: The Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art at MH De Young Memorial Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:25:44 -0700

The de Young is home to over 400 masterworks of New Guinea art from the incomparable 'Jolika Collection' of Marcia and John Friede of New York. This large and encyclopedic collection of rare objects with tremendous provenance is currently one of the finest collections anywhere in the world, rivaling the great museums of Europe and Australia. With the promised gift of the Friede Collection, San Francisco will be come the center for New Guinea studies in the United States.

Feb 2, 2010: Art of the Americas Collection at MH De Young Memorial Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:25:48 -0700

A walk through the de Young's collection of objects from Mesoamerica, Central and South America, as well as the West Coast of North America reveals the richness and complexity of art that links the Americas. Notable treasures include the largest group of Teotihuacan wall murals outside of Mexico, a Peruvian mouth mask of hammered gold from the Nazca culture and a ten-foot totem pole from Alaska.

Feb 2, 2010: The American Painting Collection at MH De Young Memorial Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:25:52 -0700

The de Young houses one of the finest collections of American paintings in the United States. Strengthened by the acquisition of the Rockefeller Collection of American Art, the de Young's treasures include more than 1,000 paintings that represent a spectrum of American art from colonial times into the twenty-first century. Gems of the collection include George Caleb Bingham's 'Boatmen on the Missouri,' Frederic Edwin Church's 'Rainy Season in the Tropics,' Richard Diebenkorn's 'Ocean Park #116' and 20th-century treasures from artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper and Grant Wood.

Feb 2, 2010: The Dorothy and George Saxe Collection of Contemporary Craft at MH De Young Memorial Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:25:58 -0700

Over the last two decades, George and Dorothy Saxe of Menlo Park and San Francisco have formed one of the premier collections of contemporary craft in the United States. The Saxe Collection, containing works in glass, ceramic, wood, fiber and metal, is distinguished by both its high quality and its depth, with many major artists represented by works from different periods in their careers. Prominent Bay Area and West Coast artists represented include Robert Arneson, Dale Chihuly, Viola Frey, Sam Maloof, Manuel Neri, Peter Voulkos and Beatrice Wood. Also included in the collection are works by artists better known for their work in other media, including Larry Bell, Linda Benglis, Nicolas Africano, Kiki Smith and Christopher Wilmarth.

Feb 2, 2010: Art in the Atrium: Kerry James Marshall at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:28:03 -0700

Specially commissioned for SFMOMA, Kerry James Marshall's monumental murals in the Haas Atrium show Mount Vernon and Monticello, the estates of American presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Although these cherished sites have been depicted countless times, Marshall's paintings stand apart by incorporating images of the slaves who supported plantation life.

Feb 2, 2010: Nature Trail at San Francisco Zoo

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:30:16 -0700

Learn about native wildlife while taking a leisurely walk through a winding wooded trail nestled in a tranquil and scenic area inside the Children's Zoo.

Feb 2, 2010: Koret Animal Resource Center at San Francisco Zoo

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:30:22 -0700

Come for an intimate look at the care the educational outreach animals receive.

Feb 2, 2010: Meerkats and Prairie Dogs at San Francisco Zoo

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:30:28 -0700

Talk with keeper staff about these fascinating animals and help with their feeding at the Children's Zoo Meerkat and Prairie Dog Exhibit.

Feb 2, 2010: Creativity and Discovery Hand in Hand at Randall Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:31:13 -0700

The goal of this exhibit is to give the visitors a glimpse into the wide variety of programs that the Randall Museum offers in the way of classes, workshops, school field trips and special interest clubs. Many of these activities are invisible to visitors unless they happen to be here at a time when these activities are happening. So, with the use of photographs, artifacts and explanatory text, the museum hopes to show the increasing number of drop-in visitors what is so special about the programs. Through the lens of a camera, the museum can only provide a glimpse, but they can all share an instant of personal involvement and appreciate some of the freshness and vitality of the actual programs.

Feb 2, 2010: Living With A Restless Earth at Randall Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:31:25 -0700

At the Randall Museum's permanent earthquake exhibit, 'Living with a Restless Earth,' you can make your own quake by jumping on the floor. A seismometer in the museum's lobby will let you know the intensity of your "floor quake." Another seisometer in the basement of the Randall is connected to a seismograph in the exhibit that registers actual earthquakes. Visitors to the museum can view real-time recordings of recent quakes all around the world and learn about plate tectonics while playing with the hands-on replica of the Hayward Fault. Our earthquake exhibit also includes full-sized replica of an earthquake refugee shack. The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 destroyed more than half of the City's homes, but most of the people escaped. Many San Franciscans adapted to life in temporary homes like this one while the city was rebu

Feb 2, 2010: Tree House Toddler Exploration Zone at Randall Museum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:31:27 -0700

Come and enjoy this new play and learning space for the museum's youngest visitors. The Tree House has a safe and fun carpeted climbing structure, plus age-appropriate books and toys.

Feb 2, 2010: Sketch Tuesdays at 111 Minna

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:31:47 -0700

111 Minna offers patrons the opportunity to see local artists at work and get acquainted with themas well as purchase masterpieces on the spot!

Feb 2, 2010: Big Cat Feeding at San Francisco Zoo

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:33:22 -0700

See the lions and tigers devour their afternoon meal in the Lion House.

Feb 1, 2010: MOM at Madrone Lounge

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:37:13 -0700

DJ Gordo Cabeza and weekly guests play originals, exclusive remixes and your favorite motown songs.

Jan 31, 2010: Sunday Sessions at Madrone Lounge

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:37:21 -0700

Join organist Wil Blades for Sunday Sessions. Wil Blades leads his band for the first set, opening up the second set as a Jazz jam session for musicians. Musicians are encouraged to come and play.

Jan 31, 2010: Digital Workshop at Zeum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:40:27 -0700

This high-tech classroom is equipped with computers and digital equipment that visitors use to experiment with illustration, video editing, animation, 3D modeling, multimedia presentations, web page design and more. Visitors of all ages can arrange a sound composition, or manipulate their own photograph to create digital art.

Jan 31, 2010: Main Gallery at Zeum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:40:29 -0700

The Main Gallery offers a sampling of high-tech and low-tech tools that you can use to create digital music, explore 2-D and 3-D animation, try on costumes, experiment with special effects, learn about camera angles, and film live performances to take home on DVD. If it's your first visit to Zeum, this is a great place to start.

Feb 2, 2010: Tuesday Night Trivia Quiz at Bitter End - San Franciso

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:40:31 -0700

At Tuesday Night Trivia Quiz at The Bitter End, you can win all kinds of prizes and score drink specials.

Jan 31, 2010: Music Production Lab at Zeum

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:40:34 -0700

Produce and star in your own music video that you can take home with you! You can choose your favorite karaoke tune, select a costume and perform on stage, or work behind the scenes to control camera angles and add digital backgrounds. There are over 2,000 songs to choose from, suitable for all ages and musical tastes.

Nov 13, 2009: Deviant Nation at DNA Lounge

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:51:14 -0700

Deviant Nation

rock. industrial.
doors @ 9pm;
show @ 10pm.
21+.
$12 advance;
$18 door.

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Deviant Nation's Second Annual Masked Soirée!

Performing live:
Kaura
Everything Goes Cold
Deconbrio

Dress to impress for our costume contest!

Art auction with proceeds benefiting St. James Infirmary.

Burlesque featuring Deviant Nation models
Suspension featuring Well Hung Suspension and Deviant Nation models
Costume contest with free subscriptions to Deviant Nation

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Feb 2, 2010: Tuesday Night Mic at The Clubhouse

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:52:06 -0700

Come laugh with the latest and greatest comedians to come out of the San Francisco Comedy College. Line-up changes weekly so every show is different.

Feb 1, 2010: Monday Night Marsh at Marsh, the

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:52:39 -0700

Monday Night Marsh, the ongoing works-in-progress series features a variety of local emerging solo performers, musicians, playwrights and entertainers of all stripes. Anyone yearning to tell a story can become a part of Monday Night Marsh.

Nov 14, 2009: Strength in Flavor at DNA Lounge

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:13:04 -0700

Strength in Flavor

hiphop.
3pm - 8pm.
all ages.
$15.

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Main Room:
DJ Kool Herc
2 on 2 all styles dance battle featuring legendary dancers:
Salah (Paris)
Zulu Gremlin
Cros1
Mestre Urbu Malandro
Ana "Lollipop" Sanchez
and more!

Scion in association with the Flavor Group, creator of the legendary Beat Riders Dance Camp, commands all floor rockers to join us for the ultimate battle, beats, and knowledge dropping. We welcome you to Strength In Flavor: Scion Dance Week honoring Hip Hop month with a $2,000 prize 2 on 2 all styles dance contest, classes and lectures by dance legends like Salah and Zulu Gremlin, and topped off with a celebratory toast to dance with one of the founders of Hip Hop, DJ Kool Herc.

Come witness the best of breed dancers battle it out in an all styles competition judged by dance legends. Are you a floor lord? If you want to battle the best, witness the best, and take part in the hypest dance arena - you cant miss this.

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Nov 14, 2009: Bootie at DNA Lounge

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:30:52 -0700

Bootie

mash-ups.
9pm - after hours.
21+.
$6 before 10pm;
$12 after.

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Main Room:
From Santa Cruz, the return of:
Tripp spinning a special all-video mashup set
Resident DJs:
Adrian & Mysterious D
Dada

Smash-Up Derby (performing live at 11pm)

Lounge:
The Face Melters:
DJ Fox
Kool Karlo

Midnight mashup show:
Xavier Toscano

Free mashup CDs to the first 100 people through the door!

From Santa Cruz, Bootie is proud to present the return of DJ Tripp, spinning a special all-video mashup set -- hey, doesn't that now make him a "VJ?" House band Smash-Up Derby will even be doing one of Tripp's mashups live! Upstairs, The Face Melters -- a.k.a. Fox and Kool Karlo -- will take over the lounge, spinning a beatmashed set of bootlegs and electro remixes. And for the Midnight Mashup Show, Xavier Toscano makes his Bootie debut by singing a Justin Timberlake mashup... live!

Launched in 2003 in San Francisco by DJs Adrian & the Mysterious D, Bootie was the first club night in the United States dedicated solely to the burgeoning artform of the bootleg mashup -- and is now the biggest mashup event in the world, with monthly parties in eight cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation -- with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Bootie's DJs and house band Smash-Up Derby, as well as guest mashup DJs from around the world, keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating -- and satirizing -- the many different forms of music. Bootie also presents the infamous Midnight Mashup Show, featuring local drag and burlesque performers. Bootie showcases the best mashup productions from around the globe ... because one song at a time just isn't enough!

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Nov 15, 2009: PLAY at DNA Lounge

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:35:48 -0700

Play

house.
5pm - midnight.
21+.
$25 advance;
$30 door.

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"Military Furlough" - Prepare to have fun!

Main Room:
Ted Eiel (Chicago)

The Gear: Military Casual. Army. Navy. Air Force. Marine. CoastGuard.

The Entertainment: Camp Play goes USO, featuring Travis Creston and The Recruits.

Fruit & snack table. Chill room. Massage.

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Dec 3, 2009: A cappella group Anonymous 4 in concert at Herbst Theater

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:47:06 -0700

Renowned for their unearthly vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing, a cappella quartet Anonymous 4 returns to San Francisco Performances with a holiday-themed concert. The program, entitled "The Cherry Tree," features medieval English carols and American Christmas songs.

The award-winning group - Ruth Cunningham, Susan Hellauer, Marsha Genensky and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek - create a magically ethereal sound through a combination of historical scholarship and contemporary performance intuition.

Founded in 1986, Anonymous 4 has performed on major concert series and at festivals throughout the world to support their 18 recordings of medieval, contemporary and American music. The group's CDs have sold nearly two million copies on the harmonia mundi label; the most recent is "Four Centuries of Chant," just released this fall.

The quartet's members bring a wealth of remarkable experience to their craft. As a sound healing practitioner, Ruth Cunningham works with individuals and groups on using the voice and music as tools for healing and transformation. California native Marsha Genensky has taught and done research at Stanford University and is the ensemble's American music historian. The group's medieval music research expert, Susan Hellauer, leads Chant Camp workshops throughout the United States. Irish-born Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek is a longtime professional singer comfortable with a wide range of genres, from baroque to classical opera to new music.

Anonymous 4's 2004 release, "American Angels" (18th to 20th century folk psalmody, hymnody and gospel songs), spent 76 weeks on Billboard's Top Classical Chart. Their 2005 release, "The Origin of Fire" (sequel to their 1997 bestseller "11,000 Virgins, music of Hildegard of Bingen") was named in Amazon.com's Top 25 Classical CDs for 2005. For two consecutive years (2004 and 2005), the quartet was voted one of Billboard's Top Classical Artists of the Year.

Nov 17, 2009: BrokeNCYDE at DNA Lounge

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:47:30 -0700

BrokeNCYDE

crunk. screamo. electronica.
doors @ 7pm;
show @ 7:30pm.
all ages.
$14.

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Performing live:

brokeNCYDE
Breathe Electric
Watchout! There's Ghosts
Blood on the Dance Floor

"BrokeNCYDE might only have a few years of crunkcore under their belts, but they've already generated more controversy and venom than most bands will receive over their entire careers.

Unimpressed by their unique blend of crunk and screamo and lyrics like 'You make my peepee hard' and 'Eenie meenie miny moe / So much bitches at our shows,' critics have called them everything from 'fucking horrendous' (Metal Edge) to 'a near perfect snapshot of everything that's shit about this point in the culture' (Warren Ellis).

It's almost impossible to exaggerate the level of antipathy that Se7en (vocals), Mikl (vocals), Phat J (synths, guitars) and Antz ('fog machine and lights') have generated in their young lives."
-- CHARTattack

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