The Squid List

02/11/2012 - Valentine's Day Celebration at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0600

February 11 - 12 Valentine’s Day Weekend

A little love mixes with the usual magic in the Playland-Not-at-the-Beach air. Relive the romantic days of carnivals and carousels, penny arcades and pinball classics. Bring your funny Valentine and receive a special prize.

The special events of Valentine’s Day Weekend are in addition to all of Playland's regular attractions. Guests pay one low price to enter and can play all day: $10 for children and seniors, and $15 for general admission. Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun. Designed and built entirely by volunteers, the 20+ interactive exhibits celebrate the magic and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses, carnivals, magic, side shows, penny arcades, amusement devices, pinball arcades, haunted houses, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to educate newer generations about the bygone days and allow those who remember Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to recapture the glorious sights and sounds of that marvelous era.

02/11/2012 - Prof McCormick at AASF on 'How Poorly Are Atheists and Believers Reasoning?'

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:30:00 -0600

This month Atheist Advocates of SF has a special guest. Our friend, Professor Matt McCormick from Sacramento State, always expands our understanding of atheism with his talks. This month he will challenge the sloppy ways in which even we sometimes reason.

02/11/2012 - Corazon del Barrio: Our Annual Open House

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0600

Celebrating our 35th anniversary, we open our doors to the public. Dance to live cumbia, salsa and oldies with Orquesta Adelante in the lobby. Bring a T-shirt to print your own image at a free silkscreen print-off in the Theater. And don't miss the kick-off of Carnaval season with the MCCLA contingent's first class of the year! Pastel and traditional refrescos for all. All activities free and open to everyone.

If you can't be there, listen in! The MCCLA Open House will be broadcast live from 1-3 pm on KPOO (89.5 fm), KIQI (1010 am), and Radio Bilingue!

MORE INFO: Jason Wallach ** http://www.missionculturalcenter.org ** events@missionculturalcenter.org ** 415-821-1155 Presented by Mission Cultural Center

02/11/2012 - ARTISTS' TALK AT SLATE CONTEMPORARY

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0600

Come see painter Jane Norling and photographer Michele Hofherr present and talk about their work in WATER/COLOR, the current show at SLATE Contemporary Gallery. Reception starts at 3 pm, exhibition tour and artists' talk starts at 3:30. Refreshments will be served.

02/11/2012 - The Art of the Letterpress

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0600

Featuring work by: Lisa Berman, Matt Chase, Tim Fite, Rachel Foster, Claire Kessler-Bradner, Brian Kring, Mary Laird, Studio Lorzig, Rebecca Peters, Lisa Rappaport, Two Fine Chaps, and more. Co-curated with Rebecca Peters.

Celebrating the art of letterpress! Come see a display of archival letterpress paraphernalia, ephemera, equipment, and more…. Bins of letterpress prints, books, and broadsides by some of the finest Bay Area letterpress artists. Libations and good times to be had.

02/11/2012 - Mr. Fish: GO FISH (how to win contempt and influence people)

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0600

February 11, 2012 - March 2012; Opening reception Sat, Feb 11, 6-9pm

ROBERT BERMAN / E6 GALLERY is pleased to present the original drawings and unique multiples of Dwayne Booth aka Mr. Fish - political cartoonist and author of GO FISH. It being his raw emotional output in response to a given stimuli manifesting itself via pen on paper without regard to the cleverly pointed punchline that will accompany and ultimately define it. In his inaugural gallery show, he eschews that responsibility; the political cartoons hanging vulnerably on the walls in their original illustrated state, stripped of any captioning and absolute clarity. If the objective of a political cartoonist is to speak clearly than the goal of this exhibition is to express freely. February 11, 2012 - March 2012; Opening reception Sat, Feb 11, 6-9pm.

MORE INFO: Ashley Lauren Saks ** http://e6gallery.com ** e6gallery@anet.net ** 415-558-9975 Presented by Robert Berman / E6 Gallery

02/11/2012 - StrangeLove. Valentines Day Show.

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Love isn’t always clean, cookie cutter, chocolates and flowers, mushy pink fluffy stuff; love is also dark and tormentous, silly, embarrassing and sad. On this Valentine’s Day Back to the Picture would like to give you an escape from all the mass-produced pink fluff and present to you a collection of artists each with their own unique interpretation of love and the things love does to us.

Featuring the work of:

Jesse Aguirre Hethur Babka John Fair Diane Flick Brandon Fung Morgan Fung Jenny Jenks Anastasia Kuba Dan Lorenze Chloe’ Rose Todd Rutherford Ryan Sivertsen Heather Wilder Terry Wolfinger

02/11/2012 - The Bold Italic + Stag Dining Group Present: Mid Riff Microhood Dinner

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

The Bold Italic is excited to announce the Mid Riff Microhood Dinner, our latest clandestine neighborhood feast with our good friends at Stag Dining Group and Cocktail Lab.

For this special gathering, we’re focusing on the 6th and Market area, which we’ve playfully tagged Mid Riff, and the art and music history that surrounds it. Our featured artist will be Hugh Leeman, who lives at that intersection and whose amazing portraits of locals have been wheatpasted around the city. We'll be housed in an eccentric space rarely open to the public, one with great local rock 'n' roll history, which we'll be hearing about from our hosts.

Dinner will be served passed plate style, and will include two cocktails from Cocktail Lab as well as ale from our keg.

Menu I Walu tartare/ sea urchin bottarga, pickled black radish, charred avocado, yuzu kosho II Pig ear terrine/ hot mustard, caper-cornichon gastrique, mizuna III Spicy lentil soup/ charcoal grilled tripe, kale, fennel IV Veal loin larded with bacon/ cardoon-potato gratin, rapini, black olive jus V Carrot cake/ sesame sablé, miso ice cream

Details EXACT LOCATION WILL BE REVEALED TO ATTENDEES THE MORNING OF THE EVENT. 72 hour no cancellation policy / Menu subject to change / No substitutions/ 21+ only please.

Buy Tickets: http://marketandsixth2012.eventbrite.com/

02/11/2012 - White Walls Presents: Winter Group Show

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Featuring New Works By:

EINE, Casey Gray, Blek le Rat, Apex, Know Hope, ABOVE, D*Face, Kofie One, D Young V, Greg Gossel, Chad Hasegawa, Ernesto Yerena, Peter Gronquist + Georgi Tchkhaidze

02/11/2012 - Calamity: New Work by Mary Iverson

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

The Shooting Gallery is pleased to present Calamity, a solo exhibition by Mary Iverson. This new collection explores appropriation through the incorporation of images cut from environmental magazines into the artist’s own paintings, mirroring the nation’s appropriation of “natural resources for private gain.” The exhibit will include five large-scale oil paintings and six to ten smaller acrylic on panel works. The opening reception for Calamity will be held at the Shooting Gallery on Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 7-11pm and will be on display, free and open to the public, through March 3, 2012.

From the Artist:

“My ongoing fascination with the shipping industry began with plein air studies of container terminals at the Port of Seattle, and has continued to evolve through several diverse bodies of work. My current paintings combine my interest in global trade and my concerns for environmental issues. They inspire an environmental dialogue by superimposing stacks of shipping containers onto images of pristine landscapes. This juxtaposition presents a post-apocalyptic vision, suggesting a potential outcome and deleterious effects of our global economy.

The background images in my oil paintings are inspired by travels to state and national parks. They are painted in the style of the Hudson River School, with dramatic vistas and surreal lighting. Into these pristine environments, all of which feature national parks, state parks or nature preserves, I scratch measurement lines, then insert a plethora of shipping containers scattered about the landscape. In “Mount Rainier with Containers,” I paint the majestic beauty of Mount Rainier National Park in the dramatic light of the luminist painters, then defile it with perspective lines and shipping containers.

The background images in my collages are cut directly from environmental magazines. These works address the issue of appropriation. My process of “stealing” images from magazines parallels the process of appropriating natural resources for private gain. In the words of naturalist John Muir in his message to the 1908 Governors Conference on Conservation, “Nothing dollarable is safe, however guarded.”

Given the choice, we certainly would not push our industrial activities into these frontiers in the manner presented in my paintings. Unfortunately, although our country has protected our parklands for over a century, they are facing a new threat. There is actually a bill being pushed in congress, HR 1581, that would, in the name of national security, open up millions of acres of protected wilderness to destructive development. I hope the bill does not succeed.”

Mary Iverson has long possessed a fascination for the port of Seattle, beginning with plein air studies of its cranes and gradually evolving to her current paintings which focus more on shipping containers. Stylistically, she reduces the container terminal to a complex network of overlapping planes and construction lines in dramatic perspective. Conceptually, her work deals with issues of accumulation, industry, time and ambiguity. Iverson received an MFA in painting from the University of Washington and a BFA in Design from Cornish College of the Arts. Via Davidson Galleries

02/11/2012 - 27th JMF: Isle of Klezbos

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

The 27th Annual Jewish Music Festival presents:

ISLE OF KLEZBOS

This New York-based women’s sextet brings together inventive versions of klezmer, Yiddish swing, and eclectic original compositions.

For more information and complete Festival schedule please call us at 510-848-0237x119 or visit our website.

02/11/2012 - SF IndieFest Presents: Roller Disco!

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

SF IndieFest Presents ROLLER DISCO! CellSpace, 2050 Bryant St

Skates and Tunes provided by Black Rock Roller Disco Sat Feb 11, 8p 21up, $10, $5 in costume, Free with any IndieFest ticket stub IndieFest not responsible for alcohol influenced roller skating wipe outs! Enjoy some tasty Black Star Beer at the party! Tix/Info: sfindie.com

02/11/2012 - Rocky Horror Picture Show Valentine Theme Night

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:45:00 -0600

Are you ready for the sexiest show of the year? Get to the Albany Twin on Saturday, February 11 for:

• Music, dancing + mingling! • A Rowdy preshow! • Absurd games! • The BL Crowd Pleasers • LINGERIE CONTEST!!! (Must be 18+ to enter the contest) • Prizes • And so much fun it's Barely Legal

See you there!

$10.50 / $8 with student ID All Ages Doors open around 11:30pm

http://barelylegal.rhps.org/

02/12/2012 - Female Trouble, a program of experimental short film and video

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0600

Female Trouble Presented by Bradford Nordeen Sun, Feb 12, 2pm

This program investigates the flipside of masculinity, with a slate of short experimental film and video that explores and explodes normative roles of femininity and gender. With work that spans five decades, these artists queer female subject space via drag tactics, narrative juxtaposition and overt performativity, with styles ranging from masquerade to mythic, performance document to exposé video zine. Based in Brooklyn, Bradford Nordeen is a writer and curator who presents “Dirty Looks,” a roaming monthly platform for queer experimental film and video. (Presented as a part of YBCA's February film series: "Bros Before Hos: Masculinity and its Discontents.")

Program includes: Mario Montez Screen Test by Conrad Ventur (2010) Stepping by Patti Podesta (1980) Messages, Messages by Steven Arnold (1968) Every Woman by Narcissister (2010) Home Stories by Matthias Müller (1991) Fish by Zackary Drucker (2008) Barbi Twins (excerpt) by Vaginal Davis (1993) Plus a surprise premiere!

02/12/2012 - Dirty Looks | FEMALE TROUBLE | a Genderfuck program at YBCA

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0600

DIRTY LOOKS, a New York-based platform for queer experimental film and video, will screen FEMALE TROUBLE as part of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ series Bros Before Hos: Masculinity and its Discontents. FEMALE TROUBLE is a selection of works that explore + explode normative roles of femininity and gender. With pieces that span five decades, these artists queer female subject space via drag tactics, narrative juxtaposition and overt performativity, with approaches ranging from masquerade to mythic, performance document to exposé video zine.

Curator Bradford Nordeen will moderate a conversation with filmmakers Zackary Drucker and Narcissister after the screening.

Program: Conrad Ventur, Mario Montez Screen Test, 2010 Patti Podesta, Stepping, 1981 Steven Arnold, Messages, Messages, 1968 Matthias Müller, Home Stories, 1990 Narcissister, Every Woman, 2010 Zackary Drucker, Fish, 2008 Vaginal Davis, Barbi Twins (excerpt), 1993 And a very special, surprise premiere!

With Mario Montez Screen Test, Conrad Ventur resubmits Jack Smith/Warhol Superstar Mario Montez to Warhol's screen test format some 45 years later. Patti Podesta writes of her video Stepping, "I wanted to make something about risk, about repetition and a sort of lulling into nonsense of a very dangerous situation." Steven Arnold won the Best New Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Messages, Messages continuing in the tradition of Cocteau and Anger, following its singular protagonist through a psychosexual labyrinth of libidinal delights and genderfuck costumery.

Matthias Müller's Home Stories culls from classic Hollywood Woman's Films like Written on the Wind, Madame X and The Birds, re-editing footage shot off the t.v. to examine the finite gestures and the repetitive interplays of genre (and gendered) cinema. Narcissister's Every Woman is a performance document in which the artist dresses herself in the slinky feminine attire, which she unspools from every bodily orifice imaginable, all to Chaka Khan's ubiquitous anthem, of course. A chapter from Vaginal Davis' Fertile La Toyah Jackson "Aksionist Video Magazine," Barbi Twins documents an incongruous sister duo's Los Angeles exploits and lively recollections in true reportage form. Z Drucker's short video, Fish, is a self-described "matrilineage of cunty white woman realness."

02/12/2012 - Sing-A-Long Oklahoma!

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0600

Sing-A-Long OKLAHOMA! An audience-enhanced performance of "Oklahoma!" at SSU Sing along with the SSU cast for a theater experience bigger than Oklahoma Territory!

PRODUCER: Sonoma State University School of Performing Arts presents "Sing-A-Long Oklahoma!" A co-production of the Departments of Music and Theatre Arts + Dance.

WHAT: “Sing-A-Long Oklahoma!” Music by Richard Rodgers / Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs Original dances by Agnes de Mille

Have you every wanted to be a part of a musical, but were too afraid to audition?

This special performance event allows the audience to participate in the legendary Broadway musical "Oklahoma!" in what promises to be a special interactive theater event for all ages and a great introduction to musical theater for children.

Under the baton of musical director Lynne Morrow, the audience will receive a brief rehearsal prior to the start of the performance and prepared to sing along with the show's cast ensemble in designated "Oklahoma!" show tunes. Lyrics will be provided.

The 5 p.m. Feb. 12 performance also features American Sign Language interpretation. Pre-order box lunches in advance when reserving Feb. 12 "Sing-A-Long Oklahoma!" tickets (The $10 box lunch includes sandwich, chips, cookie and beverage).

Music Direction by Lynne Morrow Stage Direction by Adrian Elfenbaum New Dances by Nancy Lyons

WHEN: 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

LOCATION: Sonoma State University, Evert B. Person Theatre 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 Evert B. Person Theatre is accessed through the main entrance to Sonoma State University

PARKING: After entering the main entrance of Sonoma State University, turn right. Use LOT E to the left. Walk from the main parking lot using the ramp to the theater which is to the left of the parking lot. Parking permits are required for all cars during posted hours Monday through Friday. Permits may be purchased daily from the vending machines located at the entrance to the general parking lots. Daily parking fee is $2.50. Visitor parking is only permitted in lots marked as ‘Non-Reserved.’

TICKETS: $9 to $16 / Sonoma State University students FREE for all performances $9 students and seniors; $14 Sonoma State University faculty and staff; $16 general admission Pre-order and ticket reservations can be made through the box office at (707) 664-2353. Online sales for "Oklahoma!" available Jan. 24 at http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/theatre/nowplaying.shtml Tickets also sold at the door at Evert B. Person Theatre one hour prior to curtain. Light meals, wine and soft drinks available for purchase in the lobby at 5:30 p.m.

BOX OFFICE: 707-664-2353 School of Performing Arts Box Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 12 to 3 p.m. at Ives Hall on SSU Campus.

WEB SITE: http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/theatre/nowplaying.shtml

PROMO VIDEO: http://animoto.com/play/L6kJWK5ObhL9q52dFQseVg

02/14/2012 - Sol de Amor: An Evening with Carmen Vicente

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Back from Ecuador by popular demand! Following in step with last year's ceremony, Sol de Amor is a celebration and community conversation with Carmen Vicente. A short discussion will be followed by a South American "Blossoming" Ceremony, which features a choir of ceremonial singers guided by recognized Chilean folksinger Natalia Contesse.

Carmen Vicente is a Medicine Woman from the border of Ecuador and Peru, who for nearly 50 years, has advocated for the autonomy of traditional practices and teachings. She has worked principally with traditional peoples in the Amazon, and homeless and incarcerated communities in Quito. Please bring one red carnation to participate in the ceremony.

MORE INFO: Jason Wallach ** http://www.missionculturalcenter.org ** events@missionculturalcenter.org ** 415-821-1155 Presented by Mission Cultural Center

02/14/2012 - Valentine's Comedy: How We First Met

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

HOW WE FIRST MET, the hilarious hit improv comedy show inspired by real-life tales of romance returns to San Francisco's historic Marines' Memorial Theatre for one night only. In each performance of HOW WE FIRST MET, comedian and emcee Jill Bourque interviews three couples live on stage about their first encounter while a team of brilliant performers transforms pivotal moments from each real-life romantic rendezvous into improvised sketches and songs.

MORE INFO: http://www.howwefirstmet.com ** 415-771-6900 Presented by Jill Bourque Presents

02/14/2012 - LOVE ALI MACGRAW- 'Love Story' Star Live In-Person!

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

Love means never having to say you’re sorry for missing this exciting once-in-a-lifetime event as we salute one of the grandest love stories ever to hit the silver screen and pay homage to its iconic beauty Ali MacGraw live in person! The ultimate Valentine’s gala features tribute performances- including special guest Mx Justin Vivian Bond doing a "sorry" medley, live version of the "Theme from Love Story" sung by the evening’s hostette Katya Smirnoff Skyy- an Ali MacGraw/Ryan O'Neal "Preppie vs Radcliffe Bitch" look a-like contest, a career valentine/clip compilation of Ali's work, capped by a rare appearance + live interview with the Oscar nominated star! Gala is climaxed by a screening of the 1970 film classic LOVE STORY, nominated for 7 Academy Awards ® + voted #9 by the AFI in their poll of "Greatest Love Stories 100 YEARS-100 PASSIONS." Afterwards, Ali MacGraw holds a signing in the Castro mezzanine open to all (with a pre show signing starting at 6:15 open to VIP ticket holders only.)

02/14/2012 - SF IndieFest Presents: Love Bites: 80s Power Ballad Sing A Long

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:30:00 -0600

SF IndieFest Presents

LOVE BITES: 80s POWER BALLAD SING-A-LONG

Tue Feb 14, 930p, Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St

Some of us just can't stand Valentine's Day. Fortunately, there is an entire genre of music made just for our pain, and it just happens to also be the most badass music ever: POWER BALLADS. When metal went glam, and glam boys needed radio hits to afford the fancy hair product they'd grown addicted to, they slowed it down a bit for the ladies and created the anthems that would become theme songs for an entire generation. We'll hold lighters in the air and sway, we'll pound our fists at the sky in defiance of those who would dare not love us, and we'll do it all with teased hair and animal print tights on. Featuring the music of Guns 'n Roses, REO Speedwagon, Bon Jovi, Journey, Warrant, and more...

Complimentary refreshing beverages to loosen your larynx.

Tix/Info: sfindie.com

02/14/2012 - Valentine-toting Robots Invade San Jose's Arts District

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

SAN JOSE (February 1, 2012) - Local artists and craftspeople are set to give a new twist to Valentine's Day this year, paying homage to Silicon Valley's technological roots by invading Downtown San Jose with love-distributing robots.

Billed as “a little techie love for the cubicle warrior,” by artist/creator Teri Nguyen, the robots will be carrying and distributing handmade Valentine cards throughout Downtown San Jose's central business district on February 14, and distributing them to workers, visitors, and local residents throughout the day.

The public is invited to participate in the Valentine-making session from 7pm-11pm on Friday, February 3 at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. The session is free and sponsored by the Museum as part of their “First Friday Craft Night.”

Creatives can also drop off their own handmade Valentines to SJMQT during business hours up until February 13. All of the cards gathered by the Museum will be distributed by the robots on Valentine's Day.

Robot “costumes” are created by local artists Teri Nguyen, Toni Stroh, Ai Tomita Bly, and Yumico Miyagawa.

For inquiries, please contact Teri Nguyen (408)667-5315 or Patrick Lydon (415)347-1981. ###

02/15/2012 - Edgar Heap of Birds (followed by Visiting Artist Lecture: Edgar Heap of Birds)

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0600

January 25-February 11 Worth Ryder Art Gallery

Opening Wednesday, February 15, 4-7 PM Followed by a special Wednesday Visiting Artist Lecture: Edgar Heap of Birds 160 Kroeber Hall, 7:30 PM

Edgar Heap of Birds is a leading artist of Cheyenne and Arapaho descent who lives and works in Oklahoma. He will exhibit two new series of monoprints at WRAG, entitled Dead Indian Stories and Personal Notes. A short film about Heap of Birds’ large-scale public sculpture, Wheel, installed at the Denver Art Museum in 2005, will be screened. A Professor at the University of Oklahoma, he has been exhibiting since 1979, including numerous site-specific installations and public art projects across North America as well as in Europe, South Africa, Asia and Australia, including the 52nd Venice Biennale.

02/15/2012 - PAINTINGS BY LEE HARVEY ROSWELL

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0600

THE PAINTINGS OF LEE HARVEY ROSWELL

Blowfish Sushi is pleased to announce the first in a series of ongoing art exhibits curated by Christine Kristen aka LadyBee: Paintings by Lee Harvey Roswell. The opening will take place on Wednesday, February 15 from 6-9 at the restaurant, 2170 Bryant Street, San Francisco. 20% of the profits from this exhibit will be donated to the Black Rock Arts Foundation.

Lee Harvey Roswell is a self-taught artist from Freefall, New York, whose work is noted for its blend of angst and humor. Themes of death and entropy, tribulation and futility run amok in his distinctly surreal, sometimes slapstick, sometimes nightmarish world. The result is at once mocking and melancholic.

Lee draws his imagery from the rich sources of vaudeville, silent films, circus and mythology, and blends them in idiosyncratic, often autobiographical situations. He is not bound by conventional space; his characters wander through a skewed world where reality and fantasy collide.

In Lee’s words: “I'm interested in exactly this: creating narratives involving the fantastic images there to be culled forth from those fertile depths of the creative, neurotic-like mind. Concrete objects in mad motion, reflecting all the seductive, terrifying elements of existence. The inarguable forerunner of the senses is the eye. We are primarily an optically reliant species. So, as pictorial illusionists transforming nothing into artifacts of spiritual sustenance, I'm holding the potential painter up, not just as an admirable tradesman, but much, much more. He resides as a high-priest over that all-devouring human reality, a conducting channel through which nothing triumphantly becomes something.”

Lee now lives in San Francisco, and his work is shown, collected and published internationally.

02/15/2012 - Radical Directing Lecture Series: Shari Frilot

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:30:00 -0600

Shari Frilot is curator of the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier program, an exhibition and commissioning initiative that focuses on cinematic work being created at the intersections of art, film, and new media technology. As the programmer and curator, Frilot reviews work from new artists, decides which innovative projects she wants to put in front of the Sundance audience, and works to answer the question: How to show film art in an art film context?

Previously, Frilot was the Festival Director of the MIX festival in New York and Co-Director of Programming for OUTFEST. She is also a filmmaker, of works including Strange + Charmed, A Cosmic Demonstration of Sexuality, and the feature documentary Black Nations/Queer Nations?. She is the recipient of multiple grants, including from the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Media Arts Foundation.

02/16/2012 - Human Population and Wildlife Impacts

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Golden Gate Audubon's February featured speaker is John Seager.

In the wake of the world's population reaching seven billion, John Seager will share his insights on the causes of rapid population growth, its impacts on wildlife, and our options to deal with this challenge. Population Connection (www.popconnect.org) is the national grassroots organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by the Earth's resources. The organization focuses on achieving global population stabilization through universal awareness and access to voluntary family planning together with the full empowerment of women.

MORE INFO: http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/education/speaker-series/ ** ggas@goldengateaudubon.org ** 510-843-2222 Presented by Golden Gate Audubon Society

02/16/2012 - At the Front Line: War Words and Dance performance

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

At War, curated by and featuring artists Peter Max Lawrence and Truong Tran, explores identities in conflict, ranging from ethnic, gender, and sexual identity to conflicts of artistic identity indicated by disparate processes, practices, and mediums.

At the Front Line: War Words and Dance performance will have At War artists Peter Max Lawrence and Truong Tran act as generals for their respective armies of multidisciplinary artists, including poets and dancers, in a special evening of performance to accompany the exhibition.

Performers include:

Rachael Dichter Rick D’Elia Jennifer Hasegawa Carolyn Ho Philip Huang Macklin Kowal Daniel Lichtenberg Daniel Redman Liz Tenuto For more information on this upcoming event as well as artist/performer bios, please visit: http://www.somarts.org/warwordsdance/

02/17/2012 - THE FP + Dance Dance Revolution Party

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:15:00 -0600

THE FP + Dance Dance Revolution Party

Fri Feb 17, 715p, Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St

Join us after the film for an afterparty hosted by Vince Mancini of Filmdrunk.com, featuring our very own Dance Dance Revolution throwdown! Somewhere, sometime, in a dystopian near-future - you know it's the future because everyone’s rocking headbands, hairspray, shoulder pads and manicured mullets - two rival gangs confront each other in a battle to the death. Our hero JTRO, windswept and eyepatched like a fresh-faced young Snake Plissken, cannot fail with his footwork in the arena of Beat Beat Revelation, the dance-fight videogame. His brother BTRO, however, isn’t so skilled or lucky. While their mohawked and mutton-shopped nemesis L Dubba E, leader of a band of hip hop hillbilly hooligans, laughs in victorious viciousness, BTRO fails, collapses and dies. JTRO is shattered. Leap ahead a year and he has withdrawn to a menial job at a logging site, not far from Frazier Park, aka the FP, the place he calls home. JTRO can run, but he can’t hide. His buddy KC/DC begs him to return to battle against L Dubba E, who has the town’s liquor supply in a chokehold (and what is civilization without alcohol?) and claimed the damsel JTRO’s crushing on as his own. Under the stern guidance of his mentor BLT, JTRO will regain his dance prowess and confront the bad guys, challenging them to the ultimate beat-off!

Slap on your freshest acid-wash finery, tie a bandana around your leg for no apparent reason and tease your hair to the extreme, the 1980s are back - the 1980s, mind you, as filtered through such VHS-era gang-paranoia gems as ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, THE WARRIORS and CLASS OF 1984. The Trost brothers and their resolute crew of weirdoes have assembled a ludicrous concoction, one where the line between celebration and satire is blurred to irrelevance as they wallow in the tropes of vintage ’80s B movies. The dialogue, which you can bet is going to earn a cult reputation and YouTube mash-ups galore, is a rapid-fire, wrong-side-up hodge-podge of multisyllabic swearing, ridiculous rap patois, goofy ’80s slang and awkward, unintentional homoeroticism (when some dude “pounds his ass,” JTRO knows a “beat-off” is in the cards!). Needless to say, the wardrobe department follows comparable cues, and the script is a perfect pastiche of every shape-up-for-a-showdown flick of the era. Note that THE FP was produced by the folks behind PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, INSIDIOUS and PHASE 7 (and co-director/cinematographer Brandon Trost has previously shot such films as CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE and HALLOWEEN II). The enthusiasm of all involved is as glaringly obvious as dayglo fat laces, so get ready to get rad, people - a revolution is brewing and it’s got a beat! (Rupert Bottenberg, Fantasia International Film Festival)

Join us after the film for our Dance Dance Revolution Party at 518 Valencia. Full Bar, Beats and Battles. The party is 21up. Hosted by Vince Mancini of filmdrunk.com. Featuring DDR battle DJ/MCs Malderor and Dr Junk of Radio Valencia and BRC’s Fandango. Tix/info: sfindie.com

02/17/2012 - San Francisco Tamburitza Festival

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:30:00 -0600

Feb 17 7:30PM to 12PM, Feb 19 12PM to 8PM

On President's Day weekend each February; the halls are filled with singing, dancing, and the Balkan music of the lute-like tamburitza. both traditional and contemporary.

Tamburaski Orkestar Momci + the Jerry Grcevich Tamburitza Orchestra will be headlining.

Jerry Grcevich emerged in the 1990's as one of the world's finest tamburitza musicians. His music is imbued with the Romani (Gypsy) style of Janika Balaz.

By popular demand Momci will be returning to San Francisco. Led by Hall of Fame Tamburitza player, Ken Kosovec, Momci now includes two generations of outstanding tamburasi who play and sing at the highest level in Balkan music. Feb 17 7:30PM to 12PM, Feb 19 12PM to 8PM.

MORE INFO: John Daley ** http://www.CroatianAmericanWeb.org ** johndaley2@gmail.com ** 510-649-0941 Presented by Croatian American Cultural Center

02/17/2012 - Company C Contemporary Ballet Opens 2012 10th Anniversary Season

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

Friday, February 17, 8pm; Sunday, February 19, 3pm

Company C Contemporary Ballet's tenth anniversary season opening program is led by Peter Anastos, frequent collaborator with Mikhail Baryshnikov, whose "Footage" will receive its Company premiere. Alexandre Proia's "World to Come" is lush and visionary and David Grenke's "Vespers" is a physically demanding, deeply emotional and beautiful duet set to music by Tom Waits. Charles Anderson's powerfully athletic "Akimbo" shows the full range and prowess of his company.

The Friday night performance also has a post-performance benefit reception for the Richmond/Ermet Aids Foundation. Use the code "REAF" when ordering tickets to ensure support for REAF and admission to the reception. Friday, February 17, 8pm; Sunday, February 19, 3pm.

MORE INFO: http://www.companycballet.org ** 925-708-0752 Presented by Company C Contemporary Ballet

02/17/2012 - Meridian Music presents solo works for micro-microphoned bassoon by Leslie Ross

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

Leslie Ross will present an evening of solo works created for a micro-microphoned bassoon. Fifteen microphones are placed right at tone holes of the instrument and the signals routed to speakers placed around the room. This set up takes apart the sound of the instrument, each microphone differentiating and picking up slightly different timbre and frequency nuances which when sent to multiple speakers creates a thickly textured listening environment. This is particularly true with multiphonics which are used extensively in most of the pieces. Pitches and phrases blending in and out of these multiphonics are often further supported with the use of circular breathing.

02/17/2012 - Mark Bradford/Audience as Subject, Part 2 Opening

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:30:00 -0600

Opening Night Party: Fri, Feb 17, 9:30pm Exhibitions: Sat, Feb 18 - Sun, May 27

Mark Bradford/Audience as Subject II Opening Night Party Fri, Feb 17, 9:30pm Grand Lobby $5 Advance/ $7 at the door/ FREE for YBCA and SFMOMA members

Join us as we celebrate the opening of Mark Bradford and Audience as Subject, Part 2. The evening’s entertainment will include contemporary Butoh performance artist Deborah Butler (of Kitsune Butoh) in a fierce and highly charged performance piece called "Ground-tone." And we’ll be spinning late into the night with none other than the Bay Area's beloved DJ Sake-Onederful!

Mark Bradford transforms found material �" much of it paper from sources such as billboards, newspapers, and hairdressing supplies �" into large-scale collages and installations. Included in YBCA’s presentation is the large-scale work Detail, an ark-like sculpture reconstructed from components of Mithra, a piece created in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Also on view at YBCA will be Bradford’s 2011 work Rat Catcher of Hamelin. More than 50 billboards collected from all around South-Central Los Angeles form the basis of this socially charged large-scale four�"panel mixed media collage.

YBCA presents Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large Feb 18 �" May 27, Gallery 2 $7 Regular/ $5 senior, student, teacher FREE for YBCA members FREE first Tuesday of each month, Noon �" 8 pm

The rock band on the stage, the athlete on the soccer field, the politician at the podium �" all command the attention of huge crowds, not to mention cameras. Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large turns the lens back on the audience, exposing the dramatic and narrative potential of the crowd itself.

02/18/2012 - The Science of Bread and Cheese Walking Tour

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:30:00 -0600

These two ancient foods owe their glory to microscopic magic. Stroll through quaint San Francisco neighborhoods while stopping at parks and shops to explore the role of unseen organisms in creating flavors and textures. Get your hands on some gluten, admire the microbes on some bloomy rinds, and enjoy a bountiful bread-and-cheese picnic at the end.

1.7 miles, moderate with 1 challenging uphill, 2.5 hours $65/person, includes tastings and picnic

Discovery Street offers walking tours that explore the science of everyday life, in your food, on the street, and inside you. www.DiscoveryStreetTours.com

02/18/2012 - Manifest Destiny! SoEx Off-Site's newest public art project by Jenny Chapman and Mark A. Reigelman II

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0600

Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman's Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of downtown San Francisco--above and between other properties. Using a 19th-century architectural style and vintage building materials, the structure is both homage to the romantic spirit of the Western Myth and a commentary on the arrogance of Westward expansion. The installation will remain in place and be slowly transformed by the elements through October 2012.

On Saturday, February 18th Southern Exposure hosts a public unveiling of the work and a brief talk by the artists at the Hotel des Arts at 447 Bush Street, from 4 - 6 pm. A public walking tour of the area, led by local artists and other experts, is planned for July 2012.

02/18/2012 - Monad: Maestros of Improvisation: Hossein Alizadeh + Pejman Hadadi

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:30:00 -0600

Saturday, February 18th, 2012 at 8pm

Monad will be an evening of fiery and meditative improvisation with two of the foremost musicians of Persian classical music in the world today. After many years of collaboration, the legendary and revered Iranian composer, Tar and Setar player, Grammy Award nominee Mastero Hossein Alizadeh again joins the renowned Iranian virtuoso percussionist and Tombak player, Pejman Hadadi in concert. This concert will feature different and unique passages, all specific to the evening and its "haal" - a term central to the art of improvisation in Persian classical music, which refers to the feeling and spirit of the performers in the moment. 8pm.

MORE INFO: Namvar Khallilnaji ** http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2696927583 ** namvar.goo@gmail.com ** 916-995-6267 Presented by Akhavass Productions

02/18/2012 - Die Fledermaus -- Comic Opera by Johann Strauss Jr.

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

Die Fledermaus, the beloved comic opera (sung in English), is filled with familiar songs by Johann Strauss, Jr. Hilarious comedy situations ensue at a party when a man romances a woman who turns out to be his wife in disguise. This concert version for full orchestra is conducted by well-known Bay Area conductor, Michael Taylor; Artistic Director is Sharon Kaye. Top Bay Area singers will be performing, including Diane Squires, Sharon Maxwell-Yamamoto, Mike Denoyers, Pedro Rodelas, Daniel Galpin, Andrew Chung, David Wright, Kindra Scharich, and Melody Caspari.

MORE INFO: Sharon Kaye ** http://www.missioncityopera.org ** info@missioncityopera.org ** 408-248-2789 Presented by Mission City Opera

02/18/2012 - In Search of My Father...Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts presents award-winning one-man show “In Search of My Father…Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins”

This award-winning, critically acclaimed one-man show recalls W. Allen Taylor’s adventurous search for his absent father, Bill Hawkins, the first black disc jockey in Cleveland, Ohio. This inspiring, heartfelt play features musical interludes celebrating the cultural legacy of black radio, as W. Allen Taylor skillfully portrays a range of richly defined characters as he recalls the journey he took to discover his roots.

In addition to critical rave reviews, “In Search of My Father...Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins” received the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Best Solo Production award in 2006.

"Pay What You Can" preview performance 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

Listen to the captivating episode of National Public Radio “Lost and Found Sound” featuring W. Allen Taylor searching for his father’s voice at http://www.walkintalkin.com/audio.html

Featuring original direction by Ellen Sebastian Chang

COST: $10 to $15 ($10 Students + Seniors; $15 General)

02/18/2012 - Amor Eterno presents I'm on the outside looking in ... Paño handkerchief art exhibition. Hand drawn hopes, dreams and memories by inmates and East Bay

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

Amor Eterno presents I'm on the outside looking in ...

Paño handkerchief art exhibition. Hand drawn hopes, dreams and memories by inmates and East Bay artists.

Saturday, February 18th Amor Eterno presents our annual Cholo Love Jam. ART x MUSIC X RAFFLE X BEVERAGES 8pm $5

DJs Miss CherryBomb and Dr. Scott spinin' rollas, street jams, doo wop and soul.

Artists include

Salvador "EL Chamuco" Cortez Mike "Boats" Hudgins Ben Verhoek Renee Castro Chris Granillo Ken Davis Angel Diaz Inmates from the California State Prisons and many more East Bay artists ....

Win original artwork, t-shirts and a tattoo! Dress to impress... No set tripping cuz Chamuco y Corazon ♥'s you!

Amor y Arte Por Vida!

02/18/2012 - SF IndieFest Presents: 9th Annual BIG LEBOWSKI PARTY

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0600

SF IndieFest Presents 9th Annual BIG LEBOWSKI PARTY

White Russians, Mini Bowling, Nihilists, Flying Carpets, Beach Bonfire Trampoline Action, Prizes for best costumes, and The Big Lebowski playing all night long in the screening room.

Tunes by DJ Olde Nasty, Ambient Mafia

The Dude Abides

21 up, $10, $5 in costume, FREE with any IndieFest ticket stub.

Tix/info: sfindie.com

02/19/2012 - Andy Thomson of Dawkins Institute Speaks on the Roots of Religion

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:30:00 -0600

This month East Bay Atheists features a video of Dr. Andy Thomson, a psychiatrist with the Richard Dawkins Institute, giving a follow up talk on the Neurobiology of Religion to the 2010 American Atheists Convention. Unlike his earlier talk, this one focuses on the primacy of ritual in promoting religious loyalty and fanaticism. Free

02/19/2012 - Invented in San Francisco Walking Tour

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:30:00 -0600

Science and creativity in a city of innovation

Some of the City's most interesting natives aren't people, but the brainchildren of make-it-happen San Franciscans that have changed the world. Explore the science behind the creations of some of SF's important imaginators, learn a bit about the neuroscience of creativity, and experiment with your own powers of perception.

2.3 miles, moderate with 1 challenging uphill, 2.5 hours $45/person, includes snacks

Discovery Street offers walking tours that explore the science of everyday life, in your food, on the street, and inside you.

www.DiscoveryStreetTours.com

02/19/2012 - Oklahoma!

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0600

“Oklahoma!” PRODUCER: Sonoma State University School of Performing Arts (or if space is issue list as SSU School of the Performing Arts)

WHAT: “Oklahoma!” Music by Richard Rodgers / Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs Original dances by Agnes de Mille

The SSU Departments of Music and Theatre Arts + Dance present this co-production of "Oklahoma!" The legendary Broadway musical about pioneering men and women embracing land and love in Oklahoma Territory delights with two separate love triangles and the rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys. Music Direction by Lynne Morrow. Stage Direction by Adrian Elfenbaum. New Dances by Nancy Lyons. Special event performances include 5 p.m. Feb. 12, Sing-A-Long Oklahoma!; 1 p.m. Feb. 15 - Student matinee; 5 p.m. Feb. 16 - Faculty/Staff Night featuring pre-show talk panel discussion at 5 p.m. with performance following at 6:30 p.m. (SSU Faculty and Staffers admitted free to Feb. 16 performance); 2 p.m. Feb. 19, 2012 - Matinee performance. Sonoma State University students are admitted free to all performances.

WHEN: Feb. 9 to Feb. 19, 2012 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, 10, 11, 17 + 18, 2012

Special event performances: - 5 p.m. Feb. 12, 2012 Sing-A-Long Oklahoma! - 1 p.m. Feb. 15, 2012 Student matinee - 5 p.m. Feb. 16, 2012 Faculty/Staff Night featuring pre-show talk panel discussion at 5 p.m. with performance following at 6:30 p.m. SSU Faculty and Staffers admitted free. - 2 p.m. Feb. 19, 2012 - Matinee performance

LOCATION: Sonoma State University, Evert B. Person Theatre 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (Evert B. Person Theatre is accessed through the main entrance to Sonoma State University)

PARKING: After entering the main entrance of Sonoma State University, turn right. Use LOT E to the left. Walk from the main parking lot using the ramp to the theater which is to the left of the parking lot. Parking permits are required for all cars during posted hours Monday through Friday. Permits may be purchased daily from the vending machines located at the entrance to the general parking lots. Daily parking fee is $2.50. Visitor parking is only permitted in lots marked as ‘Non-Reserved.’

TICKETS: $9 to $16 / Sonoma State University students FREE for all performances $9 students and seniors; $14 Sonoma State University faculty and staff; $16 general admission Pre-order and ticket reservations can be made through the box office at (707) 664-2353. Online sales for "Oklahoma!" available Jan. 24 at http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/theatre/nowplaying.shtml Tickets also sold at the door at Evert B. Person Theatre one hour prior to curtain. Light meals, wine and soft drinks available for purchase in the lobby at 5:30 p.m.

BOX OFFICE: 707-664-2353 School of Performing Arts Box Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 12 to 3 p.m. at Ives Hall on SSU Campus.

WEB SITE: http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/theatre/nowplaying.shtml PROMO VIDEO: http://animoto.com/play/dRGXZTGTAYh6HeGoEVKU4g

02/19/2012 - Neil Berg's 102 Years of Broadway

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0600

From Les Miserables, Evita, and Phantom of the Opera, to Wicked and Tommy, Neil Berg’s 102 Years of Broadway, the nation’s number one Broadway touring revue in America, will entertain audiences with some of the world’s most beloved music from Broadway in a sensational, dazzling musical revue. Neil Berg’s 102 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century featuring the actual stars of shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and Jekyll + Hyde. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred along with your favorite Broadway showstoppers. Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics as well as thrilling numbers from Broadway's newest hit shows.

Composer/Lyricist/Producer Neil Berg is the creator and co-producer of Neil Berg’s “100 Years of Broadway” which is now the number one touring concert in the U.S., playing in over 120 cities in 2010/2011. He leads an all-star cast including Ron Bohmer (Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables,) Chuck Wagner (Les Miserables, Hello Dolly!,) Lawrence Clayton (Dream Girls, Les Miserables,) Sandra Joseph (Phantom of the Opera) and Andrea Rivette (Miss Saigon, Jekyll + Hyde).

Berg is the composer/lyricist of the hit Off-Broadway musical "The Prince and the Pauper," which ran for two years at the Lambs Theater in New York City. He is composer for the musical "Grumpy Old Men," based on the Warner Brothers movie classic starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and is also collaborating with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Robert Schenkkan on a new rock musical called "The Twelve." He’s also composed music for “Tim and Scrooge”, “Heidi” and “The Man Who Would be King.”

Additionally, he has served as musical director for organizations such as Covenant House and The Leukemia Society of America, produced corporate events across the world, and is co-owner of a theater camp for children. # # # # #

02/20/2012 - Meet and Eat with SF's Hottest Culinary Crew: Dinner at Bar Agricole

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Brandon Jew, Executive Chef, Bar Agricole William Werner, Chief Creative Officer, Outfit Generic; Former Executive Pastry Chef, Quince and Tell Tale Preserve Company Brett Cooper, Executive Chef, Outerlands Michael Gaines, Chef De Cuisine, Central Kitchen Evan Rich, Co-creator, Chefs’ Night Off Pop-up Restaurants; Former Chef De Cuisine, Coi

On February 16th, whet your appetite with our panel discussion between Brandon Jew and his posse of hot chef pals. Then join us the following Monday evening, February 20th for an exclusive 5-course pre fixe dinner prepared by our chef panelists at Bar Agricole. Each of our super star chefs will be creating a unique course for our diners. Bar Agricole will be opening up their kitchen exclusively for our event, and seats are limited. Ticket prices include tax and gratuity, as well as admission to the panel event on February 16th. Wine and cocktails will be available for purchase at Bar Agricole.

For details on the February 16th panel discussion and the February 20th dinner and to purchase tickets: http://bit.ly/INFORUMSF

02/21/2012 - Dr. David Agus, Author of 'The End of Illness'

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Despite advances in modern medicine, Dr. Agus, Director of USC’s Westside Cancer Center, asks the question “Why aren’t we better at curing illness?” In order to live longer and healthier, Dr. Agus insists we must embrace a totally new way of looking at our health. He offers a practical guide to better understand the human body and dispels misconceptions about the benefits of vitamins and supplements, foods we eat, the role of DNA, and shares exciting breakthrough technologies that promise to transform medicine in our generation.

02/21/2012 - Oakland Active Orchestra at the Uptown

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0600

The Oakland Active Orchestra returns to the Uptown. Large group improvisations and compositions by Bennett, Schott, Shelton, and more! Featuring Hillary Overberg, violin; Emily Packard, viola / violin; Aram Shelton, alto sax + bass clarinet; Aaron Bennett, baritione saxophone + flute; Cory Wright, tenor sax + clarinet; Darren Johnston, trumpet; Theo Padouvas, trumpet; Rob Ewing, trombone; John Schott, guitar; Mark Clifford, vibraphone; Kim Cass, bass; Doug Stuart, bass; Jordan Glenn, percussion.

02/22/2012 - The Year of Black + White: Perspectives on Duality

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0600

The Year of Black + White: Perspectives on Duality

A solo exhibition of the work of Ryan David LaBonte, BFA candidate at California College of Arts (+ Crafts), Oakland. LaBonte is graduating from the Printmaking program and offers works in this discipline and other various media. This exhibition showcases lithography, oil painting, comic strips, video, installation and a performance. All works are centered on the theme of Duality and the struggle for Unity in a polarized society. Exploring the political, social and natural world, LaBonte has come to the realization that seeing in Black + White will only produce endless shades of Grey. RDL's previous works can be viewed at rdlart.blogspot.com

02/23/2012 - Center for Shamanic Education + Exchange Fundraiser

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:30:00 -0600

On February 23rd, Join the Center for Shamanic Education + Exchange (CSEE) for a special fundraiser exploring indigenous wisdom + shamanic culture.

Come hear global thought leaders John Perkins and José Stevens talk about the world view of shamanic tribes and how it relates to the evolution of the coming world.

Connect with your community in a celebration of shamanic culture as you experience the art, music, and vast knowledge of indigenous wisdom.

Contribute to a silent auction + market featuring indigenous textiles and jewelry, as well as featuring artwork from Bay Area artists.

Learn about the important work that CSEE is doing to help shamanic-based indigenous tribes protect and value their cultural wisdom.

More about our speakers:

John Perkins is a former economic hit man, New York Times Best Selling author and is a champion of environmental and social causes.

John's Confessions of an Economic Hit Man spent nearly a year and a half on the New York Times bestseller lists and has been published in more than 30 languages and has sold over a million copies worldwide.

John is founder and board member of Dream Change and The Pachamama Alliance, nonprofit organizations devoted to establishing a world our children will want to inherit, has lectured at universities on four continents, and is the author of books on indigenous cultures and transformation, including Shapeshifting, The World Is As You Dream It, Psychonavigation, Spirit of the Shuar, and The Stress-Free Habit.

José Stevens, Ph.D is well know author, international lecturer, organizational consultant, and executive coach to CEOs, producers, actors, and varied professionals.

José completed a ten year apprenticeship with a Huichol Maracame (shaman) in the Sierras of Central Mexico and currently studies intensively with Shipibo healers in the Peruvian Amazon and Incan shamans in the Andes. Jose often speaks on the subject of the indigenous wisdom of shamans and how this knowledge applies to the modern day world. Some of his books include: Secrets of Shamanism: Tapping the Spirit Power Within You, The Power Path: The Shamans Way to Success in Business and Life + Transforming Your Dragons: How to turn Fear Patterns into Personal Power, Personnessence: Understanding People, + Awakening the Inner Shaman

02/23/2012 - Exploring 7 Billion: Population, Inequities, and our Changing Climate

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

In late October, 2011, Earth became home to 7 billion people. For every one person alive at the turn of the 20th Century when many of our grandparents were children, there are now more than four. The world's resources are not growing in step with humans. Our dramatic resource exploitation has profound implications for our climate and for human health. But larger family sizes don't always correlate with greater resource consumption: a child born in the U.S. will be responsible for almost seven times the carbon emissions of a child born in China and 168 times the impact of a child born in Bangladesh.

Join experts from the Institute for Population Studies (IPS), Global Footprint Network and Earth Island Institute as we explore the complex and critical, yet often not discussed, intersection of population growth and climate change and the effects both have on human health, women's rights, and the social and economic issues we face globally and locally.

We'll begin with a screening of the internationally acclaimed, award winning film, "Mother: Caring for 7 Billion" (www.motherthefilm.com), and follow with a panel and audience discussion.

About the Regenerating Solutions Salon series: The Bay Area environmental scene is rich with opportunities to volunteer, take action, and get politically engaged. What's missing? A time and space for talking with others about questions, issues, and challenges that come up when engaging in environmental advocacy and personal action. The Ecology Center's Regenerating Solutions Salon addresses this through presentations and facilitated discussions touching on a variety of topics.

02/23/2012 - David Tomb Artist's Talk

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

The Bone Room Present's current featured artist, David Tomb, will speak about his artwork and its connection with the Philippine Eagle Foundation and conservation group Jeepney Projects Worldwide. The project focuses on the challenges and tension these creatures face in order to survive and share a sustainable future with an ever growing Filipino population.

02/23/2012 - Michio Kaku: Physics of the Future

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:30:00 -0600

In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku -The New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible - gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists, who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result is the most authoritative and scientifically accurate description of the revolutionary developments taking place in medicine, computers, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, energy production, and astronautics.

$12 advance tickets: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores ($15 door) Information: www.kpfa.org/events

MORE INFO: http://www.kpfa.org ** 510-967-4495 Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM

02/23/2012 - TYPEFACE the Movie Screening

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0600

In a time when people can carry computers in their pockets and watch TV while walking down the street, Typeface dares to explore the twilight of an analog craft that is freshly inspiring artists in a digital age. The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI personifies cultural preservation, rural re-birth and the lineage of American graphic design. At Hamilton, international artisans meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique.

02/24/2012 - Open Sound West at CNMAT

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

Lewis Jordan and Music at Large + Addleds

Music at Large is a performance series dedicated to interdisciplinary and multicultural productions. Lewis Jordan has collaborated with musicians, poets, dancers and actors for over 30 years, focusing on creative structures for improvisation. Jordan states "My motivation for the series/group is to introduce a context where performers (and audience) can open themselves to seemingly incongruous elements. The joy is in discovering for ourselves the cultural syntheses that we have previously barely imagined." On February 24th, "Improvisation will be the word of the day. Other words for the day will include freedom, spiritual, homage. While we may not perfect the moment, we will certainly practice it." Music at Large features Lewis Jordan (saxophone, poetry), India Cooke (violin), Karl Evangelista (electric guitar) and Marshall Trammell (drums).

Addleds. The quartet of Kyle Bruckmann (oboe/English horn), Tony Dryer (double bass), Jacob Felix Heule (percussion) and Kanoko Nishi (koto) -- explore timbral and textural extremes of distended instrumental technique via improvisation and open-ended compositional strategies. Their music tends towards a brutalist minimalism as informed by the noise underground as by recent developments in the field of free improvisation. Individually, the members have performed with other groups and regular collaborators across the gamut of new music both local (Basshaters, Ettrick, Ghost in the House, Jacob Lindsay, Pink Mountain, Jon Raskin, Gino Robair, Aram Shelton, Shudder, sfSound) and elsewhere (Michel Doneda, EKG, Boris Hauf, Giuseppe Ielasi, Lozenge, Polwechsel, Jack Wright, C Spencer Yeh). Together, they began developing their collective sound in 2010.

02/25/2012 - Vast and Undetectable Discovery Day

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0600

Vast and Undetectable Discovery Day Saturday, February 25 1-4pm Main Gallery, 401 Van Ness Avenue, @McAllister

An afternoon of science, art and activities. Free and open to visitors of all ages.

The SFAC Gallery in partnership with Science@Cal is thrilled to host an afternoon of scientific discovery and activities in conjunction with the current exhibition, Vast and Undetectable.

Professor Pat Zambryski, Department of Plant + Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley; Steve Croft, astronomer at UC Berkeley and Nader Mirabolfathi, research physicist at UC Berkeley will be on hand to make short presentations about the scientific work they do and how it converges with the work in the exhibition.

After the presentations, many of the artists from Vast and Undetectable as well as our esteemed guest scientists will be open to questions and conversations about science and art. This casual and open-ended event will allow for all visitors to establish their own point of entry into the exhibition and the scientific concepts driving the work.

There will also be activity stations set up for children of all ages to create their own works of art based on scientific discoveries. Learn to make mandalas, explore the world through microscopes, draw your own version of galaxies the Hubble Telescope has yet to discover and much more!

Join us for this open house style of presentation and activities. The SFAC Gallery will provide snacks and drinks. This event is free and open the public.

Presentations will begin at 1:30 pm, but feel free to come by anytime to share in the activities and talk to the scientists and artists from the exhibition.

Bonus event! In addition to the festivities in the Gallery, please also join us at 3pm for the Faux Floe Tour

The Faux Floe Tour will be a five minute excursion into the invasive synthetic rhizomatic world made visible by Reenie Charrière. It will be available in both English and French.

The tour will take place at the SFAC Gallery window installation site at 155 Grove Street. Meet at the main Gallery to join this free adventure. The tour will take approximately 20 minutes. --

------------------------------- About Science@Cal In laboratories deep underground, observatories atop mountains, the open plains, ocean depths and dense rainforests, Cal scientists are exploring our natural world, finding answers that explain our past and inform the future. Through free public lectures and events, Science@Cal invites you to join these scientists on their journeys, explore their questions and share their discoveries!

For more information visit, http://scienceatcal.berkeley.edu/

02/25/2012 - San Francisco Rocks Walking Tour

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:30:00 -0600

Seismic forces that shaped the city

It's no secret that we San Franciscans frequently feel the earth move under our feet. Here, near the ol' San Andreas, the landscape's been shoved around for thousands of years, leaving behind some pretty twisted rock 'n roll stories. Munch your way through some edible geology activities while hiking the city's heights and admiring some of the region's most stellar rock formations.

2.5 miles, moderate climbing, 2.5 hours

Discovery Street offers walking tours that explore the science of everyday life, in your food, on the street, and inside you.

www.DiscoveryStreetTours.com

02/25/2012 - At Peace: Panel Discussion, Closing Reception for 'At War' Exhibition

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Closing Reception At Peace: Panel Discussion

Saturday, February 25, 7-9pm. Free admission. Panelists include Rebekah Edwards and Monica Jane Peck, authors of essays and criticism on At War, and contributing video artist Daniel Lichtenberg, Tran’s artistic collaborator. The discussion is followed by a Q+A session with curators Peter Max Lawrence and Truong Tran.

At War, curated by and featuring artists Peter Max Lawrence and Truong Tran, explores identities in conflict, ranging from ethnic, gender, and sexual identity to conflicts of artistic identity indicated by disparate processes, practices, and mediums.

On display are hundreds of paintings, drawings, videos, and sculptures which incorporate religious elements, assumptive queer histories, and war iconography.

For more information, please visit: http://www.somarts.org/atwar/

02/25/2012 - KATE WOLF CONCERT by CALIFORNIA REDWOOD CHORALE

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0600

CALIFORNIA REDWOOD CHORALE sings KATE WOLF

"Unfinished Life" by Randall Keith Horton - a World Premiere

The California Redwood Chorale, directed by Robert Hazelrigg, performs the World Premiere of "Unfinished Life" by Randall Keith Horton: a tribute to Kate Wolf and her music, featuring Bonnie Brooks and Don Coffin. This work includes "Across the Great Divide", "Give Yourself to Love" and many other Kate Wolf songs. Other featured performers will sing Kate's music as well as other favorites. This sensational event will be one weekend only! Advance tickets are highly recommended.

$20 in advance from www.brownpapertickets.com or $25 at the door

02/29/2012 - Radical Directing Lecture Series: Terry Zwigoff

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:30:00 -0600

Terry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker best know for two popular small budget films, both arising out of the world of underground or alternative comics: the documentary Crumb (1994), about underground comics figure Robert Crumb, and the feature Ghost World (2001), based on the comic book by Daniel Clowes. Zwigoff won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary with Crumb and was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay of Ghost World. His most recent film was Art School Confidential.

03/01/2012 - 27th JMF: Hadag Nahash

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:00:00 -0600

The 27th Annual Jewish Music Festival presents

HADAG NAHASH Opening Night!

Israel’s most notorious hip hop crew combines fresh electro and funk flavor with Middle Eastern airtight grooves.

To purchase tickets and for the full Festival schedule, call us or visit our website.

03/04/2012 - Ben Goldberg Ensemble Performs Orphic Machine

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:00:00 -0600

The 27th Annual Jewish Music Festival presents

BEN GOLDBERG ENSEMBLE PERFORMS ORPHIC MACHINE World Premiere!

Premiere of JMF-commissioned chamber-jazz suite inspired by the poetic writings of Allen Grossman, featuring Carla Kihlstedt, Rob Sudduth, Ches Smith, Myra Melford, Ron Miles, Kenny Wollesen, and Greg Cohen. Ben is a Berkeley-based clarinetist and composer, named #1 Rising Star Clarinet by the 2011 Downbeat Critics Poll.

03/06/2012 - Dr. Peter Diamandis, Author of 'Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think'

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:00:00 -0600

According to tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist Peter Diamandis, “providing abundance is humanity’s grandest challenge.” Hear about the innovators who are tackling some of our biggest problems - water, food, energy, healthcare, communication, + education _ and the forces that are changing the future by transforming things that were once scarce into something abundant. Diamandis offers a hopeful message of a world rapidly improving to fulfill the basic needs of every man, woman, and child.

03/09/2012 - L@TE: Friday Nights at BAM/PFA

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:30:00 -0600

Pioneer of computer-enhanced performance practice Edmund Campion transforms Gallery B with sound and visuals, including video projection, a choir spread throughout the building, and his own brand of dynamic, buoyant electronic music. Designer Raveevarn Choksombatchai, artist and 3-D animator Claudia Hart, and the Cornelius Cardew Choir come together to collaborate with Campion, a codirector of UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technologies. Programmed by Sarah Cahill

Admission: On L@TE Fridays, general admission to the BAM/PFA galleries is just $7 after 5 p.m. Show your ticket for a same-day PFA screening or gallery visit and get in to L@TE free. Admission is always free for BAM/PFA members and UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff.

Contact: Email - Bampfa@berkeley.edu Phone - (510) 642-0808

03/09/2012 - On Patrick Graham: A Critical Exploration by Kenneth Baker

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Meridian Gallery and the 9th Annual Crossroads Irish-American Festival are proud to present this special talk by San Francisco Chronicle art critic Kenneth Baker. This special event coincides with the exhibition Patrick Graham: Thirty Years "The Silence Becomes the Painting" showing at Meridian Gallery from February 4th, 2012 to April 14th, 2012. $5-20 sliding scale donation.

03/09/2012 - Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Schumann's Cello Concerto

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:00:00 -0600

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Self-described "Schumann nut" Steven Isserlis tackles Schumann's daring cello concerto in this concert that features music by three of the greatest Romantic composers. The Guardian praises the "unrivalled intensity of his playing."

Mendelssohn described his overture The Fair Melusine, a work that inspired Wagner's overture to Das Rheingold, as the "best" and "most intimate" piece he ever composed.

Philharmonia Baroque performed Brahms' first Serenade in February 2010, and the San Francisco Chronicle loved the "verve and robustness" of the performance, calling it "splendid." His second Serenade includes some of the most poetic music that Brahms wrote.

MORE INFO: David Challinor, Patron Services Manager ** http://www.philharmonia.org ** info@philharmonia.org ** 415-252-1288 Presented by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

03/10/2012 - Bowl the Planet Party + Silent Auction

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:00:00 -0600

Give back to the Earth at SaveNature.Org’s 18th Annual Bowl-The-Planet Party and Silent Auction. Come party for the planet, protect endangered ecosystems and support environmental education. Win big prizes like an African safari or an “Art for the Sky” school project. This is a family friendly event with bumper bowling, fun prizes and discounts for families. See our silent auction with over 100 items, register, and fundraise at http://www.bowltheplanet.org. The Earth wins big when you give!

03/14/2012 - SuperHappyMelancholyexpialidocious

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:30:00 -0600

SuperHappyMelancholyexpialidocious Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Something That Feels Better Than This written and performed by Seth Lepore

Following on the coat tails of his award-winning one-man show Losing My Religion: Confessions of a New Age Refugee, Seth Lepore continues with the second part of his trilogy on the underbelly of the self-help movement.

SuperHappyMelancholyexpialidocious turns the happiness industry on its head to unearth the farcical ideology of the positive thinking movement.

From Texas megachurches turned motivational hothouses, to the latest testament of self-actualization from Oprah's Book Club, nothing is safe from Lepore's scrutinizing looking glass.

Lepore uses his shrewd observations of our fascinating hang-ups with happiness to expose the true cost of this ongoing pursuit. He weaves his stranger-than-fiction, all too real characters into the fold using a chameleon-like ability to shape-shift on a dime. Interspersed with autobiographical digests Lepore creates scenes that push the envelope of what solo performance is capable of.

03/17/2012 - San Francisco’s 161st Saint Patrick’s Day Parade + Festival

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:00:00 -0600

The West Coast’s largest Irish event celebrating Irish history and culture, the 161st Annual San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade + Festival, will take place on Saturday, March 17th from 10:00am - 5:00pm in Civic Center Plaza. The Parade is set to begin at 11:30am at the corner of Market and Second Streets where over a hundred colorful floats, Irish dance troupes and marching bands will wind there way to Civic Center Plaza.

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade + Festival will showcase the San Francisco’s Irish community, culture and character in all its forms. In recent years the St. Patrick’s Day Parade + Festival has grown to attract an estimated 100,000 people. Featured groups from throughout the Bay Area’s Irish community include schools, youth organizations, labor unions, cultural groups, as well as the San Francisco Police and Fire Departments. In addition, many local political and business leaders will proudly join in the parade and march up Market Street. This year the Festival will be alcohol free.

Over 4 million Californians are of Irish heritage and the Bay Area is home to about 1 million. This year’s theme will highlight the “Past, Present + Future” of Irish influence in San Francisco.

Participants of all ethnicities and backgrounds are encouraged to attend. This unique celebration is reflected in the diversity of the audience and in the vast number of Parade floats and participants. To expand upon the Irish festivities in March there will be additional events and activities presented by The 9th Annual Crossroads Irish-American Festival in San Francisco. For more information on those events please visit www.irishamericancrossroads.org

Again this year, the Festival will be held at Civic Center Plaza, in front of City Hall. The Festival is full of flair, and offers all in attendance the opportunity to truly experience the Irish culture. This year’s Festival features Irish cultural and exhibitor booths, a healthy selection of Irish food and beverages, Irish dancing, live contemporary to traditional music, and a multitude of activities for children such as pony rides, inflatable and mechanical rides and much more.

Sponsors of the 161st Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade + Festival include Alice 97.3 Radio, The Irish Herald and Zip Car. Live entertainment on the main stage includes: Those Manning Bhoys (noon to 2 pm); Irish dancing from Bernadette Flynn + Murphy Irish Dancers and Whelan-Kennelly Academy of Irish Dance (2:15 pm to 3 pm); and rockin’ Celtic band BlackEyed Dempseys (3 pm to 5 pm). Arts and crafts vendors at the Festival include Cloud Nine Group, Kiss My Licorice, City Bazaar, Fairy Dust Faces, Pelindaba Lavender San Francisco, Inc., Apothecary, Irish Castle Shop, Jerky Hut, Oliver’s Almonds, Redel’s Roasted Almonds and My Enchanted. This year’s food vendors include, Sonoma Teriyaki, Aroma Concessions, Mainstreet Food Concessions, Gourmet Faire, California BBQ, Thai Kebob BBQ, Tante’s, Hot + Sizzling Grill, and Peter’s Kettle Corn.

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade + Festival presented by the United Irish Societies of San Francisco. The Festival is produced by Steven Restivo Event Services, LLC. For further information or to participate in the parade and/or festival please contact SRES at 800-310-6563 or visit www.SRESproductions.com.

About the United Irish Societies of San Francisco (UISF) The United Irish Societies of San Francisco, Inc., consists of various member Irish Societies, which are represented in this organization by delegates. The purpose of the United Irish Societies of San Francisco is to preserve and perpetuate the democratic principles of the Irish people, and of those for the freedom of Ireland and of the United States of America; to enlist the goodwill and cooperation of our fellow citizens in support of such democratic principles; and to coordinate the functions of member societies through the maintenance of a master calendar of events. This Organization is exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and athletic purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501 c (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Visit www.uissf.org.

About The Crossroads Irish-American Festival The Crossroads Irish-American Festival is an annual literary and cultural festival in San Francisco that celebrates and explores the meaningful heritage of Irish-Americans. This year, the Crossroads Festival will run from March 3-April 7, 2012 and will take place in venues throughout the Bay Area. Visit: www.irishamericancrossroads.org

About Steven Restivo Event Services, LLC Steven Restivo Event Services, LLC (SRES) has over Thirty years of experience producing many of the Bay Areas largest and most successful events. SRES, LLC produces the following festivals: San Francisco St. Patrick’s’ Day Parade and Festival, The Union Street Festival, Union Street Easter Parade + Spring Celebration, Petaluma’s Butter + Eggs Days Parade + Celebration, The Fillmore Jazz Festival, The North Beach Festival, San Rafael’s Food + Wine Festival, San Francisco’s Polk Street Blues Festival, Fiesta On the Hill (Bernal Heights), San Rafael’s Parade of Lights + Winter Wonderland, and many more. For more information visit: www.sresproductions.com.

03/20/2012 - Barb Stuckey, Author of 'Taste What You're Missing: Understanding the Science and Senses of What You Eat'

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:00:00 -0600

Professional food developer, Stuckey shares her vast knowledge to help us better understand the psychology and physiology of taste. Learn how to develop and improve your tasting palate by discerning flavors, detecting ingredients and creating new taste combinations.

04/05/2012 - The Dirt Show: 40 Year Retrospective

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:00 -0600

Opening Thursday, April 5, 4-7 PM thru April 28, 2011

In honor of Richard Shaw’s 40+ years of teaching at UC Berkeley and the San Francisco Art Institute, this year’s Dirt Show is open to all of Richard’s former students. Small works (and small egos) welcome. The reception will celebrate Richard on the occasion of his retirement from the Department of Art Practice. In addition to his influence on generations of students, Shaw is one of the most respected and collected artists in contemporary ceramics.

04/21/2012 - TrailBlaze The City III: The Beach Strikes Back

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0600

Start the spring season on a high note and sign-up for one of the city’s best 10K courses that features amazing San Francisco Bay views and top notch trails. And do it all for a good cause by helping Groundwork Opportunities (GO) build a nursery school for our community development project in Ghana.

Trailblaze The City 10K III: The Beach Strikes Back is the third annual 10K race staged by GO that donates 100% of the funds raised to support communities in developing nations abroad. Each year, we focus the race on one specific project in an attempt to show racers the direct impact of their support. This year, we invite you to join us for this challenging trail run through the heart of the Presidio that will not only challenge your legs, but also your hearts and minds.

The race will follow with a post party celebration at Sports Basement with brunch, live music, drinks, and discounted shopping for all racers!

12/15/2012 - City of Awesome

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:00:00 -0600

An exhibit of urban landscapes and crowdsourced community paintings by Todd Berman

Visitors to Mission Pie will have the opportunity to help make future paintings (no skill needed, stick figures okay) about what makes San Francisco so awesome.

There will be an opening reception for the art show on Thursday, December 15 from 6-8pm with a short artist talk at 7pm.

Exhibit runs December 15, 2011 - January 15, 2012 Mon Fri 7a-10p, Sat 8a-10p, Sun 9a-10p

10/08/2030 - David Auburns' PROOF

Tue, 08 Oct 2030 19:30:00 -0600

DAvid Auburn's award winning play PROOF will be presented by the BellJar Theatre at EXIT STAGE LEFT in San Francisco on Fridays and Saturdays only. Proof is play about relationships haunted by the character of insanity and colored by doubt. Witty, suspenseful, and compassionate; PROOF is storytelling at its best

02/20/2334 - SF Silent Film Festival Winter Event

Tue, 20 Feb 2334 13:00:00 -0600

Three Chaplin shorts, one gorgeous film from France, and a quintessential romance - all with live musical accompaniment at the Castro Theatre.

1:00pm - It's Mutual: Charlie Chaplin Shorts. The Rink, The Adventurer, and The Pawn Shop Piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin

3:30pm - L'Argent, directed by Marcel L'Herbier Ensemble accompaniment by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

8:00pm - La Boheme, directed by King Vidor Accompanied by Dennis James on the Mighty Wurlitzer