The Squid List

Tuesday, 09 February, 2010 - LITandLUNCH: Rediscovering a Forgotten Genius: Susan Bernofsky on Robert Walser

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:30:00 -0600

Although Kafka revered him and he is widely celebrated in Europe, Robert Walser has only recently begun attracting readers in the United States. After being featured in publications like The New Yorker and Harper’s over the past few years, this literary master has developed a growing following among American readers.

In this LitandLunch event, translator Susan Bernofsky offers Bay Area readers a chance to hear her talk about how Walser was rediscovered. A noted translator of internationally acclaimed authors like Yoko Tawada and Hermann Hesse, Bernofsky is an idea guide to the unique writing and stirring thoughts of an author now being hailed—for a second time—as a literary genius.

Tuesday, 09 February, 2010 - Mastermind Pub Treasure Hunt

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:00:00 -0600

Love Treasure Hunts? Love Beer? You've come to the right place. Meet us on Tuesday February 9th at the Plaza next to St. Patrick's Church (across from Yerba Buena Gardens). You and your fellow agents will solve four clues, each leading to a different location. Decode information from all four clue sites to uncover your final destination: a local pub, where you can exchange tales of glory over a cold pint. The first team to the pub with all clues solved gets bragging rights and a prize!

A great warm up event if you are planning on playing in the Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt!

$10.00/player, cash or checks only please! *Flashlights are STRONGLY recommended!

Tuesday, 09 February, 2010 - Will Durst, Satirist And Author of 'The All American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing'

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

Will Durst has spent his career jabbing at our elected officials from both the right and the left. Former co-host of The Will and Willie show with former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, Durst has humored audiences around the nation on radio, television and stage. His one man show, The All American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing, received rave reviews as has his book of the same name. Join us for an evening of common sense rantings from this raging moderate.

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - The Bodies are Back

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0600

Margaret Harrison, renowned British artist and pioneer of feminist art, revisits the themes of her very early work exploring notions of the human body as an object of sexuality, consumption, and gaze. The Bodies Are Back consists of works on paper that Harrison produced in the late 1960's/early 1970's displayed alongside new works created for this show. In 1971, Harrison's work was instantly met with controversy and antagonism (the London police shut down her first solo exhibition the day after it opened feeling that its contents were too controversial). This controversy caused Harrison to abandon the issues and themes of this series. Now an established artist with work in the permanent collections of major international institutions, she is critically re-engaging with this body of work, continuing the dialogue that she began four decades ago.

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - Wild Cat Open House

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:00:00 -0600

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Learn about wild cats like snow leopards, mountain lions, jaguars and other global exotics, and why they matter!

MORE INFO: Ally Nauer ** http://www.felidaefund.org ** info@felidaefund.org ** 415-229-9335 Presented by Felidae Conservation Fund

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - Margaret Harrison - The Bodies Are Back

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

Margaret Harrison is widely considered one of Britain’s best-known artists and a pioneer of feminist art. This exhibition, entitled The Bodies Are Back, consists of works on paper (watercolor, drawing, and mixed media) that Harrison produced in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s displayed alongside new works created for this show that all explore notions of the human body as an object of sexuality, consumption, and gaze. This exhibition is not a retrospective, but rather a necessary reinvestigation of work that at the time did not have the proper context to be appreciated and understood. When she was a young emerging artist, Harrison’s work was instantly met with controversy and antagonism (the London police shut down her first solo exhibition the day after it opened), causing her to abandon the issues and themes of this series. Now an established artist whose work is in the permanent collections of institutions internationally, she is critically re-engaging with this body of work, continuing the dialogue that she began over four decades ago.

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - Leonardo Art/Science Evening (LASER)

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

Leonardo Art/Science Evening (LASER)
Mountain View, 10 February 2010, 6:30pm
c/o SETI Institute, Mountain View

6:45pm-7:00pm Socializing/networking
7:00pm-9:00pm Presentations:
June Power (Altor Systems) on 'A Matter of Form'
John Edmark (Stanford Univ) on 'Geometric Patterns of Change'
Carlo Sequin (U.C. Berkeley) on 'Knotty Sculptures'
Gertrude Reagan (Visual Artist) on 'My Life Among the
Patterns'9:00pm- Discussion, socializing

Free and open to the public but RSVP required to p@scaruffi.com See the program at www.scaruffi.com/leonardo

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - Marga's Laugh Party

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

Party host Marga Gomez (voted Best Comedian 2009) and DJ Chelsea Starr (named 'Most Fashionable Person 2009' SF Weekly) mix booty shaking dance music with bite size performances by some of the city's best comedians Marcella Arguello, Janine Brito, Lynn Breedlove, Emily Heller,Tara Jepsen, Pippi Lovestocking, Ben McCoy, Natasha Muse, Kirk Read. Laugh and dance your butts off!

ABOUT US: Marga Gomez: Her television appearances include LOGO’S “One Night Stand-Up” and HBO’s “Comic Relief.” Marga is a Latina who can’t dance but loves to party. For much of her long comedic career Marga has noticed a lack of sexy music at comedy clubs, and at dance clubs she missed the laughs. “Marga’s Laugh Party” is her attempt to create the perfect night by teaming up with Chelsea Starr one of the best club DJ’s in the nation.

DJ Chelsea Starr has graced the decks of gay and straight parties all over the country from “Club Boobytrap” in LA to “That's My Jam” in NYC. Chelsea was the founder of the south of market club “Hot Pants,” the longest running lesbian dance party in the country. In 2009 SF Week named her 'Most fashionable person in SF.' In 2009 GONYC Magazine named Chelsea Starr one of “100 Women We Love.”

Marcella Arguello is the “finest export from Modesto since George Lucas.” This hysterical glamazon has opened for SNL star Norm Macdonald and shared the stage with Paul Mooney. Audiences love the pairing of genuine reason with her sexy suggestion of street.

Janine Brito known for her dry, witty matter of fact style, is a fast rising comedy sensation and winner of the 2009 SF Women’s Comedy Competition.

Lynn Breedlove is an international hero, comic and rock star. Lynn, the founder of the queer punk band Tribe 8, is back from a European tour of the gender bending provocative comedy “One Freak Show.” A rare treat.

Emily Heller is a comedian’s comedian. She’s the founder of “Boner Patrol” an all lady sketch troupe that has sold out many shows in San Francisco. Emily won first runner up in the 2009 SF Women’s Comedy Competition and first runner up in the “Bay Area Laugh Leader Competition.” She believes that winning isn’t every thing.

Tara Jepsen and Kirk Read are the hilarious co-hosts of the critically acclaimed series K’vetsh. Besides their comedic coupling they are also writer/performers with an impressive list of credits. Tara is bringing her latest show “Groomed For Success” to New York’s Dixon Place on February 25th.

Pippi Lovestocking: What can we say about this incredible trashy genius that she hasn’t already revealed on the Jerry Springer Show. Pippi has also appeared on “Last Comic Standing,”is a favorite at Bay Area comedy clubs and is regarded by many as the life of the party.

Ben McCoy has toured with Sister Spit and is the mega talented star of indie film “Face of God” Recent shamanic experiences have revealed that Ben’s animal totem is Lindsay Lohan. Hey Girl!

Natasha Muse is one of the funniest transsexuals the world will ever know.She first climbed on stage at Asia SF where she was known as 'Ginger.' Natasha has performed all over the Bay Area and won the placed first runner up in the “2009 Battle of the Bay Comedy Competition.”

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - Whatever You Wish

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

On Wednesday, February 10th, the second installment of Whatever You Wish features none other than one of San Francisco's very best:

DJ M

Co-founder of Still Doin' It, inventor of such legendary parties SOMA Sessions, Tenderloft, and Faultline, Future Breaks mastermind for many years, New Balance shoe geek... and superb DJ. M has been one of the most consistently excellent disc jockeys over the past decade, and his commitment to the craft is outstanding. You can be sure every time he steps to the decks, the mix and blend will be as close to perfect as you can imagine.

Self taught and a transplant from NYC, DJ M brings a sophisticated air and intelligence to each party he is involved with, and you can always count on him for professionalism from start to finish. Don't let his quick wit (or P R O P E R channel fader wizardry!) catch you off guard, cuz at the end of the day it's about gettin' down to some great music. DJ M promises to bring his own unique take on the Whatever You Wish concept, and rest assured he'll be covering a wide variety of dance music genres.

Kuze warms things up starting at 8pm sharp. Last time I began the night with Sly and the Family Stone, threw in some non-vocal deep house, sprinkled my set with modern techstep drum n bass and vintage atmospherics, and closed out the night with deep progressive and legitimate techno.

Who knows what we'll hear this go-round. Whatever You Wish.

Coming March 10th: VERY SPECIAL GUEST tba!!!

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - EFF'S 20TH BIRTHDAY

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:00:00 -0600

EFF'S 20TH BIRTHDAY

mash-ups.
VIP reception @ 7pm;
gen. adm. @ 8pm.
all ages.
$30.

http://www.dnalounge.com/flyers/2010/02/10.html
http://www.eff.org/calendar/2010/02/10/effs-20th-birthday-with-adam-savage

Celebrate the Electronic Frontier Foundation's 20th Birthday!

Your host:
Adam Savage (Mythbusters)

With DJs: Adrian and Mysterious D (Bootie)
Plus guests...
Tickets: https://cart.dnalounge.com/order/?item=51282

VIP Service: https://cart.dnalounge.com/order/?item=51283

Join the celebration of EFF's 20th year defending your digital rights! Our birthday fundraiser on February 10th will be hosted by beloved TV geek Adam Savage where he will celebrate EFF's two decades as only he can, with the help of many EFF legends and luminaries!

DJs Adrian&the Mysterious D, the duo that founded the seminal, globe-trotting mashup party Bootie, will get people moving with their genre-mashing blend of tracks, with guest DJs dropping sets throughout the evening.

VIP Event with Adam Savage, John Perry Barlow, Steve Wozniak, John Gilmore, Mitch Kapor and more!

Join EFF for a special reception with Adam Savage, and EFF founders and lumanaries! For a special donation of $250, you're invited to attend our reception before the birthday party, where you can meet many of the amazing people who helped EFF reach this historic milestone. Special donors receive a free admission ticket to the birthday party, which starts immediately afterwards, as well as a commemorative EFF 20th Anniversary poster. The reception event begins at 7pm.

If you like events like this, please contribute to the DNA Lounge Legal Defense Fund so that we can keep bringing them to you! The ABC spent most of 2009 trying to shut us down, and our legal battle has been insanely expensive!

Legal Defense Fund: http://www.dnalounge.com/donate/

Join the 'Save DNA Lounge' Facebook group for updates: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53149172868

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - Haute Romantics Opening Reception

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:00:00 -0600

Haute Romantics - curated by Art Fag City February 11 through March 20
Within New York City's teeming art scene, a growing subsection of artists are creating work that maps the ideals of late 18th century Romanticism. Untamed landscape, aesthetic beauty, escapism, youth; these themes not only permeate the work brought together for Haute Romantics, but build upon a period, 300 years past, in which emotion was seen as an authentic source of aesthetic experience. While the geography and living conditions specific to New York, may, at least in part, inform this renewed sensitivity, the sensibility clearly extends beyond the cities borders. Splintered and passionate, Haute Romantics is a breathless snapshot of the moment.

Featuring work by Ryan McGinley, Cian McConn and Kristen Jensen, Sara VanDerBeek, Naomi Fisher, K8 Hardy, Katherine Bernhardt, Maximilian Schubert, Peter Gabrielli, Peter Sutherland, Asher Penn, Sebastian Mlynarski, and Delusional Downtown Divas.

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 11, 5-10pm 2nd Saturday Receptions: February 13 and March 13, 5-10pm

Lecture with AFC Editor in Chief Paddy Johnson: Thursday, February 18, 7pm

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - Jens Quistgaard Documentary : Free showing at DWR

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:00:00 -0600

Special event at Design Within Reach Potrero Studio

A free showing of the new documentary film: The Designer Jens Quistgaard: A Saucepan for my Wife

The filmmaker Stig Guldberg will be attending the event and hosting a short QnA session after the film. There will be an exhibition of Quistgaard’s work as well. Refreshments will be served.

Design Within Reach Potrero Studio 2299 Alameda St (at Potrero Ave) San Francisco, CA 94103 Phone: 415.734.9172 Thursday February 11, 2009 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Designer Jens Quistgaard: A Saucepan for my Wife He just wanted to make a saucepan for his wife. That’s how it all began.

Many American’s are familiar with Quistgaard’s designs, but few have met the man. For the first time, the designer invites a camera into his home, with filming ending only a few months before his death in 2008 at nearly 89. Follow Quistgaard at close range in his unique home; watch him in action at work; and hear him talk of his life, his work and what drives him as a designer.

As chief designer of Dansk Designs, Quistgaard designed for table and kitchen – everything from flatware, saucepans and pitchers to glassware, trays, bowls and pepper mills of teak and exotic woods. The idea was to create a sense of aesthetic and functional unity for all objects we place on the table. Quistgaard’s designs put a new and practical stamp on kitchens and tables in many American homes.

The film shows examples of the breadth and range of his output and includes unique 16 mm clips from the 50s and early 60s. His designs from the 1950s and 1960s have become prized by collectors all around the world, and after his death a number of his designs have once again been put into production.

Duration: 36 min. English subtitles
Production: ABC Film 2009
Produced with funding from Daninish Ministry of Education; Danish National Bank Anniversary Foundation; The West Danish Filmfund; Danish Union of Journalists Copyright Fund; Ellen and Knud Dalhoff Larsens Fund; 15 June Fund.

More information: The Designer Jens Quistgaard: A Saucepan for my Wife www.jensquistgaard.com

Design Within Reach www.dwr.com

Danish Pepper book + Teak Pepper blog www.danishpepper.com www.teakpepper.com

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - 'Prints, Charming' Reception and Book Signing

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:00:00 -0600

Prints, Charming Portraits from the Studio for the Imagination

February 1 through March 19, 2010 Gallery open 12–6 Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday

Reception and book signing with light refreshments Thursday, February 11, 6–8 p.m.

“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.” — Oscar Wilde

Heroic mice, dreaming princesses, and wise forest creatures come to life in a new exhibit of fantastically embellished portraits by Karima Cammell, owner of Castle in the Air.

Inspired by the dressed prints of India, Cammell uses traditional methods and materials to adorn her paintings, applying gems, silk, bullion, sequins, and ribbon to prints of her watercolor illustrations. The portraits in “Prints, Charming” feature characters from the books of Cammell’s publishing house, Dromedary Press. Curious, brave, and impeccably attired, the characters step forth from their antique frames, inviting viewers to join in the adventure.

A “Studio for the Imagination,” Castle in the Air’s shop and classroom have been inspiring destinations for local and visiting artists since 2001. Castle in the Air’s new gallery in the upstairs loft quite literally takes the inspiration to new heights and provides a venue to showcase current and historical works. Event Website: http://blog.castleintheair.biz/2010/01/prints-charming.html Media Contact: Clint Marsh, (510)204-9801

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - MTC New Works Series presents Carthage

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

By Emily Schwend Directed by Ryan Rilette

Complications arise and family secrets emerge when Hal returns to his hometown of Carthage, Missouri to assist his brother Bryan’s transition from state institution to civilian life. The 2009 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize Winner.

A staged reading with leading local artists.

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - Three-Ring Sweetheart Bingo

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

Bingo is back! And it's sweeter than ever...rekindle romance with a rollicking 'Sweetheart Bingo' Valentine's celebration at Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda. On Thursday night, February 11th, this fundraising dauberfest collides with performance art spectacle featuring circus arts, stilt-walkers, dancers and random outbursts of frivolity while you try to keep track of the tumbling numbers. Join the Yay girls, Lucky Lucy and emcee Mr. Entertainment for 10 knockout rounds of laughter topped off with rocking love songs, refreshing beverages and tasty pizza. Come see why The East Bay Express says that 'bingo just garnered new hipster cachet'!

Only $20 for 10 Games including a free drink and great prizes donated by local businesses. Sweetheart bonus - a sneak peak of Seeing Red: Explorations on the other side of Love in the K Gallery. 10 Bay Area artists delve into the subject of Love with joyous, painful and glorious humor. Featuring colorful paintings, drawings, photographs, books and hand made Valentines.

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - DUST and ILLUSIONS Burning Man Documentary

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:30:00 -0600

After 9 months of sold out screenings through the states, and a success at San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, here is the 1st of a series of screenings in San Francisco and Bay Area. DIRECTOR will be in attendance for QandA.

Dust and Illusions explores 30 years of history of the Burning Man event. Born in the underground of San Francisco in the 1980s, the festival became the largest counter- cultural event in North America. It is unique in that it is created by the people who come to the event, the participants, not the organizers, and in that sense it has survived its original ideals/utopias, but the ideas have been eroded by time, pressure from the larger society. The film is a look at this necessary evolution and expansion and questions our ability to stand behind those ideals over a lifetime.

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - I Heart Hamas

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

BACK IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 3 FINAL SHOWS FEBRUARY 11th, 12th and 13th BEFORE WE KICK OFF OUR NATION WIDE TOUR!!

Jennifer Jajeh is Palestinian. Well, Palestinian American. Or more precisely: a single, Catholic, first generation, Palestinian American woman who chooses to return to her parents' hometown of Ramallah at the start of the Second Intifada.

Actress and writer Jennifer Jajeh, with award-winning director W. Kamau Bell, present I HEART HAMAS, a tragicomic solo theater show. Sick and tired of the unsolicited discussions, debate and disagreements about her identity and her opinions about the Palestnian-Israeli conflict, Jennifer tries to figure it out for herself. Join her on American and Palestinian soil on auditions, bad dates, and across military checkpoints as she navigates the thorny terrain around Palestinian identity.

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - Huun Huur Tu: Tuvan Music and Throat Singing

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

8:00 PM - 10:30 PM The most distinctive characteristic of Huun Huur Tu's music is throat singing, in which the singers sing both the note (drone) and the drone's overtone(s), thus producing two or three notes simultaneously. The overtone may sound like a flute, whistle or bird, but is actually solely a product of the human voice. The group has appeared on stages throughout North America and Europe, representing a remarkable musical culture. The Tuvans, a South Siberian Turkic people who number roughly 150,000, preserve what are arguably some of the world's oldest forms of music-making.

MORE INFO: Clara Lindstrom ** http://www.ciis.edu/publicprograms ** publicprograms@ciis.edu ** 415-575-6175 Presented by California Institute of Integral Studies, Public Programs

Thursday, 11 February, 2010 - Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

ART EXHIBITION

THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM PRESENTS Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

In a new exhibition making its North American debut at the Contemporary Jewish Museum this February, French artist Linda Ellia turns the page on history by inviting 600 people to transform one of the most inflammatory books of the 20th Century -- Hitler’s notorious memoir and manifesto Mein Kampf (My Struggle, in English).

Ellia, who is Jewish, unexpectedly stumbled across a French translation of the book in 2005 and felt immediately compelled to respond. She spent 3 years distributing the pages of Mein Kampf one by one to individuals from all walks of life – professional artists, youth and ordinary citizens each invited to paint, draw, sculpt, collage, and blacken the page how they wished in response to the one they received. Six hundred pages came back to her and she gathered the results into a collective artwork and book titled Notre Combat (Our Struggle, in English) published in 2007 by Seuil Editions, a leading publisher of art books in France.

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf is the first North American exhibition of the hundreds of pages returned to Ellia. In addition to the work on view, the Museum will screen a documentary about Ellia and the project, provide a resource room about Mein Kampf developed in collaboration with the Holocaust Center of Northern California, and create opportunities for visitors to leave their own responses on a collective chalkboard ‘canvas.’

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf An exhibition conceived and created by French artist Linda Ellia that features over 600 individual artistic responses to Hitler’s notorious memoir and manifesto.

February 11 – June 15, 2010

Open daily (except Wednesday) 11 AM- 5:00 PM Open Thursday, 1 PM – 8:00 PM

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - Chain Reaction 11

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:30:00 -0600

Chain Reaction 11

Opening Reception: Friday February 12, 5:30 – 9PM Show Running: February 12 – May 14, 2010 Location and Hours: (All three exhibition spaces) 401 Van Ness, W-S 12PM-5PM 155 Grove St., 24 hour store front viewing City Hall’s Ground Floor, M-F 8AM-8PM

All three of the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery spaces are celebrating the exhibitions and kicking off our 40th Anniversary season!

Chain Reaction 11 features thirty regional artists occupying all three of the SFAC Gallery venues, and carries on a signature SFAC Gallery exhibition series. Structured like a chain letter, ten arts luminaries influential in the Gallery’s past were each asked to select one artist to be in Chain Reaction 11. The ten selected artists were then also asked to choose an artist to participate in the show, and finally the third group of artists each chose a final artist to be included. Following the chains of artists chosen by artists will provide a glimpse into what we find most compelling about current Bay Area visual arts production.

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - Replay: The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 1970 - Present

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:30:00 -0600

Replay: The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 1970 – Present

Opening Reception: Friday February 12, 5:30 – 9PM Show Running: February 12 – May 14, 2010 Location: City Hall’s Ground Floor Hours: M-F 8AM-8PM

To commemorate its 40th anniversary the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery presents an exhibition of ephemera from its archives. Bringing together photographs, posters, announcements, and other related documentation, as well as works of art from select shows, the exhibition highlights significant moments from the gallery’s 40-year history. From its beginnings in a renovated warehouse on Grove Street to its current locations in the Veterans Building, City Hall and 155 Grove Street, San Francisco’s first municipal art gallery has been dedicated to showing art from emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists. And with over 350 exhibitions to date, the history of the space mirrors the vitality of art production in the Bay Area.

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - 'Memories and Shadows' Art Opening Reception

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:00:00 -0600

Join us at International House, for the ArtAbout, presenting the magical and mythical world of artist Kristen Rose Jones. Her watercolor paintings explore the human psyche and seek to build connections between people.

Enjoy complimentary wine and refreshments while chatting with the artist at the opening reception.

Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 6-8pm. Exhibition Dates: February 12 - March 5, 2010

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - Seeing Red: Explorations on the other side of Love

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:00:00 -0600

Ten Bay Area artists delve into the subject of LOVE with joyous, painful and glorious humor at the K Gallery. This colorful opening reception features paintings, drawings, photographs, books and hand made Valentines by dArci Bruno, Jan Erion, Jan Mason, Merilee Fisher, Calvin Charman, Nina Moore, Aliea Wallace, Pons Maar, Rosie Morales, and Cynthia Rauschenberg.

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - A Darker Shade of Love: New Works by Ursula X. Young and Krescent Carasso

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

Join us as Lower Haters spreads the love on Valentine's Day weekend!

Lower Haters Gallery is proud to present:

A Darker Shade of Love New works by Ursula X. Young and Krescent Carasso

Ursula Young returns to her old stomping grounds with fellow artist Krescent Carasso as they explore the darker side of love in a special show featuring new works.

See you there!

Opening Reception: Friday February 12th 7pm to 11pm

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - “This Is for Sun Ra” - A performance by The Chamber Unit

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:30:00 -0600

(Friday and Saturday, two shows nightly: 8:30 and 10PM)

Blue Note recording artist Eddie Gale has been integral in defining the new music sound through collaborations with Larry Young, Cecil Taylor, and Sun Ra, who dubbed him 'the original avant-garde trumpeter'. His new Chamber Unit ensemble features veterans and up-and-comers from the East Bay scene.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Bay Area Jazz Musicians’ Healthcare Fund.

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - The Big Lebowski Party

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:00:00 -0600

SF IndieFest's 7th Annual Big Lebowski Party returns! White Russians! Mini Bowling! Beachside Trampoline Action! Flying Carpets! Nihlists! Friday, Feb. 12 at 2150 Bryant. The party starts at 9p and lasts till they kick us out. Come dressed as your favorite Lebowski character for a chance to win fabulous prizes! $10; $5 in costume; or free with any IndieFest ticket stub. 21up. The Dude abides. http://sfindie.bside.com/2010/films/biglebowksiparty_biglebowksiparty_sfindie2010

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - Valentine's Day Weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600

Sat, Sun AND MONDAY, February 13, 14 and 15 - 3-Day Valentine's Day Special Event

Surprises all 3 days as we celebrate Valentine's Day (win a box of candy!), Chinese New Year's and Presidents' Day all in one. Win a date with Laughing Sal - she wants to be your valentine!

The special events of Valentines’ Day Plus are in addition to all of Playland's regular attractions. Guests pay one low price to enter and 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.

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - Rust Belt

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:00:00 -0600

Katherine Westerhout will give an artist talk and gallery walk through her solo show of recent photographs Rust Belt, at Electric Works on February 13 from 2- 3:30 PM. Expanding on the work from her last exhibition, which focused on the deterioration of Detroit, once among America's wealthiest cities, Westerhout has taken Buffalo, NY and Philadelphia, PA, as well as Detroit into examination. Haunting, desolate, photographs of a once-bustling American industrial and prison landscapes populate the gallery. All photographed with only available light, these scale photographs envelope with view and transport into Westerhout's world.

Katherine received her B.A. in Art/Photography from San Francisco State University and began exhibiting in the late 1990's. She has shown widely in the United States and abroad, and is represented by Electric Works in San Francisco. Among her collectors are the San Jose Museum of Art and the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - Rio Carnaval 1940 Dinner - Dance and Speakeasy

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0600

Miss Art Deco Eva Garcia and Miss Jeanavive Marie Janssen

Are happy to present an intimate weekend at the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose

Rio Carnaval 1940's

Saturday February 13th - Dinner - Dance and Speakeasy - 'Costume' Event - Valentines Weekend

...conflicts and police prohibitions, led to a carnivalisitic 'stale mate' lasting until the late 1940s....the rich retreated into secluded Club events...this is where our scene is set...during the time when the Rio Samba founds its way onto the international scene...and singing star Carmen Miranda captivated Hollywood with her hips and hats, and Donald Duck learned to samba with the parrot Zé Carioca....'

Spend the Weekend at the Hayes Mansion with all of your friends and loved one on this Valentines weekend. Start off mingling over drinks in the Presidential Lounge at 3pm - followed by Dinner at 5:30pm, with Burlesque, Music by Sara Klotz de Aguilar and DJ Tom LG - with Dancing. And a after hours Speakeasy with DJ Vinyl Music, Pool and Poker.

Special Hotel Room Rates Available $89.

Early Bird Discounted Tickets of $55 Available till January 22nd, 2010, $75 after the cut-off date.

Event Info and Registration http://riocarnaval1940.eventbrite.com/

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - 8 Figurative Artists From China

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0600

February 1st – February 29th Chinese New Year Celebration: Sat., Feb. 13th 2010, 3pm- 6pm Artists: Xue Ji Ye, Li Wen Feng, Liu Li Ning, Sun Guang Hua, Liu Zai Jun, Liu Fen Hua, Li Da Peng, Liu Hui

Sandra Lee Gallery is pleased to announce Figurative Painting From China a group exhibition featuring painting and sculpture by 8 emerging and established contemporary artists from Beijing curated by Sandra Lee Gallery. A reception honoring the Chinese New Year will be held on Saturday, February 13th from 3pm – 6pm in conjunction with the Shanghai Celebration.

Artists selected to participate in this exhibition represent contemporary trends in Chinese art in an era of unprecedented social, economic, and political transformation. Beyond politics this exhibition highlights the artists’ individual and psychological perspective while still honoring their Chinese heritage. Sandra Lee Gallery examines the cross-pollination of art practice in China as it becomes increasingly engaged with the West.

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - A VALENTINES PEACE&LOVE Costume and Dance Party with 4 Live Bands

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

A VALENTINES PEACE&LOVE Costume and Dance Party with 4 Live Bands Saturday, FEB 13th 2010 at The Art House Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2905 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley CA94705 510-482-3336

Art House Gallery&San Francisco's Summer of Love Review' Presents: A VALENTINES PEACE&LOVE Costume&Dance Party Featuring 4 Live 60's Tribute Bands

JANIS JOPLIN CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL JEFFERSON AIRPLANE SANTANA Costume Contest and Fashion Show 60s Psychedelic Light Show by LSD VISUALS

Saturday FEB. 13th 7pm door 8pm show 18+ $13. Donation Phone: (510) 472-3170

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - A VALENTINES PEACE and LOVE Costume and Dance Party with 4 Live Bands

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

A VALENTINES PEACE&LOVE Costume and Dance Party with 5 Live Bands
Saturday, FEB 13th 2010 at The Art House Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2905 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley CA94705 510-482-3336 Art House Gallery&San Francisco's Summer of Love Review' Presents: A VALENTINES PEACE&LOVE Costume&Dance Party Featuring 5 Live 60's Tribute Bands

JANIS JOPLIN
CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
SANTANA
STEPPENWOLF
Costume Contest and Fashion Show
60s Psychedelic Light Show by LSD VISUALS CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL JEFFERSON AIRPLANE STEPPENWOLF Costume Contest and Fashion Show 60s Psychedelic Light Show by LSD VISUALS Saturday FEB 13th 2010 7pm door 8pm show 18+ $13.00 Donation to Benefit Art House

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - On the Periphery of Love: A Solo Performance Festival with Valentine's Day Implications

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

What do these things have in common: free trade pistachios, Islamic inter-gender rooming protocol, parade floats from Orange County, and suicide? Well, obviously, Valentine's Day. At least it's obvious to the organizers of On the Periphery of Love: A Solo Performance Festival with Valentine's Day Implications. Look, you spend 364 days a year either in a happy relationship or unhappy because you're not in a relationship or disappointed because your group marriage doesn't look anything like the way it's depicted in a popular HBO series.

So this Valentine's Day weekend, why not take the time to check out a new vision of romance? Or, better yet, four new visions of romance. Because from Saturday, February 13th to Sunday, February 14th, five members of W. Kamau Bell's Solo Performance Workshop (which is rapidly emerging as one of the top development labs for solo performers in the Bay Area) are throwing an alternative Valentine's Day shindig. Each night, a completely different show.

The festival opens on Saturday and features Paolo Sambrano's premiere of Bi-Poseur. And Sunday--Valentine's Day itself--you get three bite-sized, chewy comic solo extravaganzas. That's where solo performers Thao P. Nguyen, Zahra Noorbakhsh and Bruce Pachtman enter the picture. Attendees can purchase tickets for individual shows or, like Woodstock and the Jewish High Holy Days, they can obtain a festival pass that allows them entry into all three programs.

On the Periphery of Love: A Solo Performance Festival with Valentine's Day Implications occurs at the intimate (perfect for Valentine's Day), dark (again just right) and spooky (that wasn't part of the plan) StageWerx Theater in Union Square. If you don't think that's a perfect way to spend Valentines Day, maybe you just don't believe in love. Which is sad, because we know someone who'd be perfect for you.

WHEN Feb. 13, Sat. (8:00) - Paolo Sambrano
Feb. 14, Sun. (7:00) - Thao P. Nguyen, Zahra Noorbakhsh, Bruce Pachtman

Bi-Poseur -- Paolo Sambrano
Assuming Paolo doesn't kill himself first, the blood clot in his leg will. But before all that he has to deal with uncooperative Playstation controllers, Bay Area prep schools, and his quest for the perfect suicide note (otherwise, why do it?). Paolo was the lead producer of the short film, Elements, nominated for a Golden Gate award at the 2005 SF International Film Festival.

Im So Gay -- Thao P. Nguyen
Thao is gayer then a rainbow farting unicorn. Somehow, her parent's haven't noticed. Well it's finally time for her to tell them. Thao has performed at Menlo College, the Museum of the African Diaspora and The Marsh. She is also the co-producer of the solo performance series WordsFirst at Counterpulse.

All Atheists Are Muslims -- Zahra Noorbakhsh How hard can it be for a Muslim, Iranian girl in her mid-twenties to move in with her white American atheist boyfriend? Real hard if you want your fathers' blessing. Which is what Zahra wants. Mostly she's just looking to cut her rent in half (and OK, have lots of sex.) What she doesn't want is to get stoned in a trench in the backyard. Is that too much to ask? Well, possibly. Zahra was a finalist in the National College Comedy Competition at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival.

It starts in bed and ends in bed but differently -- Bruce Pachtman It's hard to explain how Bruce went from being laid off, losing his girlfriend and ultimately incapable of getting out of bed to suddenly co-habitating with a famous actress, landing a lead role in a Mike Nichols comedy and owning a talking clock that provides him with good counsel. Even he finds it hard to believe. ~ Bruce's first solo show, don't make me look too psychotic ran in SF, Philadelphia and LA for a total of 100 weeks.

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - KANE MATHIS, ROWAN STORM, PHAEDON SINIS: From West Africa to the Middle East

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

KANE MATHIS, ROWAN STORM, PHAEDON SINIS: From West Africa to the Middle East Saturday, February 13
239 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Tonight’s performance journeys from West Africa to the Middle East with traditional songs, melodies and dazzling improvisation. Rooted in the ancient traditions of Middle Eastern philosophy and poetry, the members of this trio have traveled far and wide in pursuit of their musical ideals.

Kane Mathis (21-string African harp, kora, and oud) has spent the last twelve years studying the music of West Africa and the Middle East. Kane has made several trips to the Gambia, West Africa, and Istanbul, Turkey, to study with various musical masters.

http://kanemathis.com Phaedon Sinis (kanun, kemence) specializes in the performance of Ottoman music. He has traveled extensively in Greece and Turkey to study modal theory and performance with maestros Sokratis Sinopoulos and Dr. Münir Nurettin Beken.

http://amansaki.org Rowan Storm (frame drums, vocals) researches, teaches and performs throughout the Middle East. For six years, Rowan collaborated with Iranian master musician Mohammad Reza Lotfi. http://rowanstorm.com.

$12 - $15 admission. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 - Rocky Horror Picture Show, Saturday February 13 at the Grand Lake!

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:45:00 -0600

On Saturday, February 13, live cast Barely Legal brings Rocky Horror back to the Grand Lake - the most beautiful theatre in the Bay!

It's our Huge Annual Valentine's Day Show! We will have:

• A Lingerie Contest (must be 18+ to enter)
• A super hot pre-show performance by the Crowd Pleasers
• Great Prizes
• Valentine Theme
• And the best party in the Bay Area!

Saturday February 13 The Grand Lake 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA

www.barelylegal.rhps.org www.myspace.com/blrocky

Sunday, 14 February, 2010 - EAT YOUR heART OUT! - V-Day Brunch

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:00:00 -0600

The Black Rock Arts Foundation invites you to attend...

EAT YOUR heART OUT!
A Valentine's Day brunch benefiting the Black Rock Arts Foundation and Art Lovers Everywhere!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
11am to 3pm
supperclub SF
657 Harrison Street, San Francisco All-ages; everyone welcome! Singles…couples…families… http://www.blackrockarts.org/events/eat-your-art-out

Get your tickets now at: http://www.eatyourheartout.eventbrite.com

Treat yourself and those you love to a sumptuous Valentine's Day brunch in bed, including fresh fruit, interactive omelet and sweet/savory crepe station, croissants, artisan breads, jam and marmalade, cold cuts, fresh brewed coffee imaginatively served by Ritual Coffee Roasters, and LOVE-ly surprises.

Enjoy interactive art, music, performances and soaring aerial heARTistry by:

Sunday, 14 February, 2010 - Casablanca Free Screening

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0600

he Rafael continues its quarterly series Everybody's Classics, featuring big-screen presentations of classic films offered free to the public and made possible through the support of the Koret Foundation.

Screened on Valentine's Day, Casablanca is one of Hollywood's most romantic films, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as former lovers who are reunited in Morocco during the early days of World War II, while Europeans are passing through to escape the Nazi menace. Celebrated for the song 'As Time Goes By,' the film has a memorable cast that also includes Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Conrad Veidt and Dooley Wilson. (US 1942) 102 min.

Tickets will be distributed day of show on a first-come, first-served basis.

Sunday, 14 February, 2010 - Marc Huestis presents JUSTIN BOND:CLOSE TO YOU

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:15:00 -0600

Accompanied by a lush 10 piece orchestra, Justin recreates the sweet sounds of your favorite CARPENTERS hits, filled with sultry chords from his own life story. N.Y. wunderkind Lance Horne acts as musical director for this evening of total fun and thrilling romance. Bond was recently named one of the 5 best theatrical events by Hilton Als of New Yorker magazine and this show was a huge hit when performed at the Sydney Opera House and Live at Central Park in N.Y. Joining him as special guests will be the San Francisco THRILLPEDDLERS, now wowing auds in PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI. Also World Premiere of Marc Huestis' new short film JUSTIN BOND TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX, a satircal retelling of Dr. Reuben's 1969 chapter dealing with homosexuality. This was originally shot for Huestis' 1993 documentary SEX IS... and is just now making it's way on the silver screen. It's a hoot!

PLUS ADDED - A Noon Matinee screening celebrating the DVD release of the Cult Hit WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SUSAN JANE? Marc Huestis' 1982 camp classic has been freshly remastered for this event! Featuring a vibrant soundtrack by San Francisco based bands Tuxedo Moon, Noh Mercy with Esmerelda, Ben Bossi of Romeo Void, The Wasp Women, Indoor Life with Jorge Socarras and others. Featuring Ann Block, Francesca Rosa, Lulu, Tommy Pace, members of the Angels of Light and the colorful streets of San Francisco, circa 1982. 'Superior to any John Waters film' - Bay Area Reporter Director and Cast In-Person Adults $8- Includes $5 off DVD purchase.

Tuesday, 16 February, 2010 - Jaron Lanier @ City Lights

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

published by Knopf

Jaron Lanier, a Silicon Valley visionary since the 1980s, was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture. Now, in his first book, written more than two decades after the web was created, Lanier offers this provocative and cautionary look at the way it is transforming our lives for better and for worse.

The current design and function of the web have become so familiar that it is easy to forget that they grew out of programming decisions made decades ago. The web's first designers made crucial choices (such as making one's presence anonymous) that have had enormous—and often unintended—consequences. What’s more, these designs quickly became 'locked in,' a permanent part of the web’s very structure.

Lanier discusses the technical and cultural problems that can grow out of poorly considered digital design and warns that our financial markets and sites like Wikipedia, Facebook, and Twitter are elevating the 'wisdom' of mobs and computer algorithms over the intelligence and judgment of individuals.

Lanier also shows how 1960s antigovernment paranoia influenced the design of the online world and enabled trolling and trivialization in online discourse, how file sharing is killing the artistic middle class, how a belief in a technological “rapture” motivates some of the most influential technologists, why a new humanistic technology is necessary.

Controversial and fascinating, You Are Not a Gadget is a deeply felt defense of the individual from an author uniquely qualified to comment on the way technology interacts with our culture.

Tuesday, 16 February, 2010 - Ask a Scientist [topic: quantum mechanics]

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

THIS MONTH'S TOPIC: The world of the very small isn't simply a scaled-down version of the big world we experience in every day life. That's why while classical mechanics accurately describes the motion of heavenly bodies, rocket ships, baseballs, and seesaws, we need quantum mechanics to describe the behavior of energy and matter at the atomic scale. And in this miniature world, some weird stuff can happen. An object can be in two places at the same time. Particles can pop into existence and then vanish, or go from spot to another without crossing the distance in between. One particle can even affect another particle meters away instantaneously. Weirdest of all, taking measurements of particles can fundamentally change their behavior — so how do scientists even know what they're talking about? Come learn the fundamental difference between the quantum world and the classical, and discover the principle methodology for probing particles.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Ask a Scientist is an informative, entertaining, monthly lecture series, held at a San Francisco cafe. Each event features a speaker on a scientific topic, a short presentation, and the opportunity to ask all those burning questions that have been keeping you up at night. No tests, grades, or pressure…just food, drinks, socializing, and conversation about the universe’s most fascinating mysteries.

Wednesday, 17 February, 2010 - BarBot 2010

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

The Third Annual Cocktail Robot Festival! Two nights!
Featuring:
Chapek the robot bartender
El Espanol Borracho
RimShot Bot
Bartendro
Marv the Marimba-Playing LoungeBot
And more!

Tickets: https://cart.dnalounge.com/order/?item=51286

VIP Service: https://cart.dnalounge.com/order/?item=51287

In a world where robots and humans struggle together in the fight against boredom... Only one event ends up with the robots dancing 'The Human' while the meat puppets (you) end up singing the praises of RoboBartenders.

Come hang out with some alternative life-forms at BarBot 2010: the third annual festival of Cocktail Robotics!

BarBot is a celebration of cocktail culture and man-machine interface. Get a drink from an actual robot. Chat up a snarky electronic bartender. Listen to some graceful tunes being played by robotic music makers. And after downing your last martini, you can finally admit that it's the geeks who shall inherit the earth.

These robots don't clean carpets. Waht they will do is much, much better. They make you a drink! let your roommate do the vacuuming. These bots have got better programming on their mind.

If you like events like this, please contribute to the DNA Lounge Legal Defense Fund so that we can keep bringing them to you! The ABC spent most of 2009 trying to shut us down, and our legal battle has been insanely expensive!

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Thursday, 18 February, 2010 - Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

According to the Chinese zodiac calendar, the year 2010 is the year of the Tiger—one of the most energetic of the zodiac’s twelve animals. Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain will celebrate Chinese New Year in conjunction with the San Francisco Chinese community. It will also showcase works of art by artists of Chinese descent working at Creativity Explored and celebrate their heritage.

Early immigrants from China arrived around the time of the California Gold Rush, in search of both work and gold. These early immigrants called California “Gold Mountain” - 金山, pinyin: Jin shan, also pronounced as Gum Shan. Today, within the Chinese community San Francisco is still referred to as the “Old Gold Mountain.”

Friday, 19 February, 2010 - RTD3 with Tony Dryer and Jacob Felix Heule

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

Meridian presents an evening of composed and improvised acoustic music exploring unique combinations of instruments and explorations on those instruments, featuring the trio RTD3 (Ron Heglin, trombone; Tom Nunn, invented instruments; Doug Carroll, cello), and the duo of double bassist Tony Dryer and percussionist Jacob Felix Heule, and a quintet featuring all of the above.

Saturday, 20 February, 2010 - Artist Lecture Series: M. Louise Stanley

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0600

M. Louise Stanley has taken sketchbook and pen in hand to travel our world’s cities and cultures to paint a panoramic view of our accomplishments, conceits, and foibles. With humor and wit, she has colored our common experiences to engage us in a dialogue of human nature.

Saturday, 20 February, 2010 - An Evening of Indian Music: From the Classical to Bollywood with Robin SukhadiaAn Evening of Indian Music: From the Classical to Bollywood with Robi

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:30:00 -0600

Join Southern Exposure for an examination of the music and impact of Sholay, considered by many as one of the most revolutionary films in Bollywood History. Presented by Robin Sukhadia, the lecture focuses on RD Burman, the brilliant film composer of the film, who integrated western musical influences with classical Indian sounds to create the atmosphere for this “Curry Western” film. “Kitne Aadmee The!” The lecture will be followed by a classical tabla (north Indian drums) performance featuring Jason Parmar and Robin Sukhadia.

Saturday, 20 February, 2010 - Death As A Salesman

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:30:00 -0600

Teahouse Productions will present Douglass Truth's one-woman show Death As A Salesman at the Humanist Hall in downtown Oakland, at 7:30 on Saturday February 20, 2010, and two shows at Jellyfish Gallery at 1286 Folsom St., in San Francisco, Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13 at 8pm.

Dorothy Truth, author Douglass Truth's mysterious twin sister, tells the story of how she became the first and only employee of The New Death, and how she's helping to bring about a surprising transformation in both herself and the Death business.

What would happen if Death, Himself decided he wanted to change the whole Death business?

What if he was really tired of the whole depressing mess? This play tells how a middle-aged woman met Death, Himself in a bar and helped him learn to enjoy life more and, in the bargain, become the world's greatest salesman.

'I'm looking for ways to make the death experience less frightening, more user-friendly, and ultimately highly beneficial in terms of galactic balance of payment issues,' said Dorothy Truth. Truth's play is, in effect, a traveling infomercial for The New Death, designed to both test new marketing strategies and to educate consumers.

'Death, Himself bought me three drinks. What else could I do but go to work for him?' said Dorothy Truth, who, after a too-long career in cafeteria delivery systems, is now Chief Executrix Officer of The New Death. 'We just try to bring a smile to people every day,' she said of the performance's strategy.

While Death is still mandatory, Truth claims that there are exciting new options and upgrades in the works. 'You can't cheat Death,' she says, 'but you can work with him.'

The play is 2 hours long, with an intermission and 6 songs. For more information, visit deathasasalesman.org. Douglass Truth, who lives in Nevada City, is also a well-known painter. His work will be shown at the Jellyfish Gallery from February 15 through March 13.

Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 - Dr. Jill Tarter - Director, Center for SETI Research

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

As the recipient of the 2009 TED prize, Dr. Tarter hopes to empower a new generation of SETI enthusiasts. She currently leads the efforts to build and operate the Allen Telescope Array.

Dr. Tarter will discuss her plans to assemble a group of engineers to advise, create, and facilitate a system of mass collaboration over the web and incorporate innovative data processing methods. And through this system, Dr. Tarter predicts that we will be able to globalize the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Wednesday, 24 February, 2010 - Alan Weisman - World Without Us, World With Us

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:30:00 -0600

The Long Now Foundation's monthly series Seminars About Long-term Thinking http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/

Alan Weisman presents: World Without Us, World With Us

Journalist Weisman traveled the world to investigate what happens when humans stop occupying an area. How long do our artifacts last? How does nature recover? What does that say about the human impact on the world? What would be the actual sequence of events if all of humanity suddenly disappeared?

The exercise provides inspiration and techniques for humans to occupy Earth more lightly and therefore more durably.

The Seminars About Long-term Thinking were started in 02003 to build a coherent, compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking, to help nudge civilization toward Long Now's goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.

Seminar hosted by Stewart Brand. www.longnow.org

Wednesday February 24, 02010 Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours

Thursday, 25 February, 2010 - The Dodos and Magik Magik Orchestra Collaborative Performance

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

NOISE POP 2010: THE DODOS AND MAGIK MAGIK ORCHESTRA COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE

Thursday, 25 February, 2010 - Dave Johnston: Swimming Bats

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

Of the many marvelous thing that bats do, did you have any idea they could swim? We didn't. Dr. Dave Johnston is a vertebrate ecologist who specializes in the study of bats and part of the Western Bat Working Group, and he promises to prove to us that bats can swim.

Thursday, 25 February, 2010 - Bodies of Thought, New Works by CELLspace Resident Artist Kristin Smith

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:00 -0600

Kristin Smith continues her investigation in to the concept of an intelligent body as inspired by the research of scientist Candace B. Pert. Smith envisions the body’s thoughts to be realized through movement; Bodies of Thought is a photographic series highlighting evidence of this intelligence by creating a visual map of the body’s thought process.

Bodies of Thought first began in Calgary featuring professional dancer Naomi Brand. During her residency in San Francisco, Smith has expanded the work to include those without professional movement training in order to address the intelligence inherent in all bodies. Through the documentation of volunteer improvisers from the Bay Area, the artist also reveals the expressive capacity of the untrained body while exploring the spectrum of ability and individuality within the group.

About the Artist:

Kristin Smith is an interdisciplinary artist who has long been fascinated by our unnamable physical sensations and their relationship to our awareness. Alternately embracing and confronting the ephemerality of human life, Smith explores both the experience and concept of time. Through performance, photography, and video installation, Smith investigates the complex constellation of relationships between mind, body, experience, and consciousness.

Kristin Smith comes from a diverse artistic background, combining her love of physical theatre and visual art. Smith recently received her Art MFA in Mixed Media from the University of Calgary, during which time she also participated in Interrarium, an interdisciplinary residency at the Banff Centre (2008). Her performance work was presented as a part of E-Merge for the Fluid Movement Arts Festival (2008), and she also enjoyed collaborating with companies such as kloetzel and co (Calgary and New York) and WandM Physical Theatre (Calgary and Poland) throughout her time in Calgary. Smith earned her BA in both Theatre Arts and Art from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. While in Minneapolis, Smith directed and performed for the Minnesota Fringe Festival, The Varsity Theatre, and also trained under Kari Margolis.

CELLspace is located at 2050 Bryant Street in San Francisco’s Mission district. For more information please inquire via email at TheIntelligentBody@gmail.com

Thursday, 25 February, 2010 - think not thinking: Zen and the art of intimacy

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:30:00 -0600

Think Not Thinking: Meditation and the Art of Intimacy An 'Intimate Life' lecture with Zen Teacher Norman Fisher February 25th at 7:30pm Fort Mason, San Francisco

Join Norman Fischer, Zen poet, author, and priest in an inimate dialog 'Think Not Thinking: Meditation and the Art of Intimacy'. February 25th from 7:30-9pm. A former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, Norman founder and teacher of the Everyday Zen Foundation (www.everydayzen.org) whose mission is to share Zen teaching and practice with the world. His latest prose book is Sailing Home: Using the Wisdom of Homer’s Odyssey to Navigate Life’s Perils and Pitfalls. Of his poetry, critic Charles Bernstein has written, “incandescently tranquil, the poems of Norman Fischer neither confront nor confirm, preferring to give company along the way.”

At the Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, Room C205 Tickets $20 at door/ $15 in advance at onetaste.us

Presented as part of The Intimate Life: OneTaste's Lecture Series on Living in Connection. OneTaste is North America's leader in Mindful Sexuality education, offering classes, coaching and online resources for couples and individuals. Learn more at onetaste.us.

For more information, call OneTaste at 1.800.994.0041

More on the lecture... Zen meditation, according to Dogen (1200-1253), founder of Japanese Soto Zen, is not a form of intense tranquility aimed at attaining the state of enlightenment. Instead, it is the path of intimacy with self and world, going beyond our usual story of who we are and how our limitations define us, to a sense of belonging to time and space and our moment to moment experience. Intimacy for Dogen includes and goes beyond interaction with another person to a total warm encounter with life, with being itself. It involves a revolutionary experiential recontextualizing of who we think we are. In this talk Norman will discuss one of Dogen’s key writings on zen meditation, will give meditation instruction and lead a brief meditation session.

Thursday, 25 February, 2010 - The Heart is a Drum Machine--Noise Pop Film Festival

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:30:00 -0600

Noise Pop 2010 Film Festival

Why music? Artists and scholars grapple with the question in this cinematic look at a uniquely human obsession. The Heart is a Drum Machine is a new feature documentary film project from the producers of Moog. Featuring an impressive cast of musicians, music historians, critics and scientists including MTV's Kurt Loder, Tool's Maynard James Keenan, KCRW's Nic Harcourt and actor/musicians Elijah Wood, Jason Schwartzman and Juliette Lewis.

Directed by Christopher Pomerenke TRT 70 mins QandA with Director Christopher Pomerenke following the screening

Friday, 26 February, 2010 - Mike Lai, The Legendary Lions vs the Fists of Fury, Performance event

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

Mike Lai presents The Legendary Lions vs the Fists of Fury, a one-night performance that juxtaposes the traditional with the contemporary. Traditional lion dancers and Chinese musicians will face off with Bruce Lee’s life-sized fists accompanied by a local scratch DJ in an epic battle to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Friday, 26 February, 2010 - Sex::Tech Conference

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Hosted by ISIS Inc. Friday and Saturday February 26 and 27 JW Marriott, San Francisco http://www.sextech.org What is Sex::Tech? The Internet and mobile technologies have strengthened youth networks, provided new avenues for expression, and increased youth access to tools and information designed to improve their sexual health. Sex::Tech explores available tools and methods for reaching youth with culturally appropriate STD/HIV prevention and sex education interventions. Technology developers, accidental techies, educators, researchers, youth, public health professionals, activists are all welcome.

Saturday, 27 February, 2010 - Depth of Surface

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0600

This exhibition features 15 noted Northern California contemporaries who don’t necessarily label themselves as fiber artists. Provocative pattern-based works incorporating graphic design, multimedia, printmaking, sculpture and installation come to SF State’s Art Department, where textiles courses are in high demand at a time when other California colleges have eliminated programs.

Featured artists include Julie Chang, Victor De La Rosa, Jennifer Ferre, Dustin Fosnot, Taraneh Hemami, Ernest Jolly, Mung Lar Lam, Katie Lewis, Victoria May, Ali Naschke-Messing, Francesca Pastine, Anthony Ryan, Jeremy Chase Sanders, Lisa Solomon and Jina Valentine.

“Depth of Surface” is the largest of five textiles-based shows this spring at SF State. It coincides with “Reinvention,” a national textile and fiber art conference on campus March 19–24.

Curated by the SF State Fine Arts Gallery and Victor De La Rosa.

Gallery hours: Wednesdays–Saturdays, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Opening reception: Saturday, Feb. 27, 1–3 p.m.

Saturday, 27 February, 2010 - Meet Rick Shapiro: Jerry Seinfeld's Evil Twin!

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:00:00 -0600

Slate.com calls him “The anti-Seinfield, Jerry’s evil twisted twin.” Comic, actor, poet, legend- Rick Shapiro has long been an essential part of the NYC comedy scene. Since relocating to L.A to shoot hit HBO shows Lucky Louie and the up-coming Louie with comedian Louie C.K, he has established himself as one of the sharpest, most innovative and cerebral comics on the scene. His life story is featured in Getting It Right, a book by award-winning author Adrian LeBlanc, which will be published by Random House this Spring.

Rick has been a featured performer on Conan O'Brien, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and Howard Stern, XM Radio: Opie and Anthony, Raw Dog and National Lampoon Radio.

Sunday, 28 February, 2010 - crash course science fair 2010: 'the science's fair'

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:00:00 -0600

...hypothesize, invent, tinker, imagine, brew, craft, grow anything and enter it into the fair!

where/when: thrillhouse records [30th+mission], february 28th.

11am Sign-in/set-up 1pm Demonstrations 4pm Awards

what: three categories: classic science, mad science and volcanoes.

want to know more? want to help? safety concerns? Anything at all!?// contact:

thesciencefairsf@gmail.com

or

THE SCIENCE FAIR PO BOX 460 407 SF,CA 94146

keep sciencing!

...come dressed as your favourite scientist!

*everyone that enters the volcano battle gets to take home there very own volcano!

Sunday, 28 February, 2010 - SF360 Film+Club- A Sneak Preview of a Film About Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0600

With his unique gift for memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings that blend classic Tin Pan Alley with postmodern grooves, brilliantly idiosyncratic singer/songwriter Stephin Merritt has distinguished himself as one of contemporary pop’s most beloved and influential artists. This remarkably gifted and prolific tunesmith records and performs as a solo artist and also leads numerous alternative bands including Future Bible Heroes, the Gothic Archies, the 6ths and, most famously, the Magnetic Fields, whose 1999 three-disc opus 69 Love Songs is widely considered a masterpiece of traditional songcraft and irresistible synthpop.

In conjunction with the Magnetic Fields’ Bay Area appearances closing the Noise Pop music festival, SF360 Film+Club presents a sneak preview of a new documentary about the intensely private Merritt. Shot over ten years, this beautifully photographed film follows the indie-rock curmudgeon, details some of his personal relationships (most notably with Claudia Gonson, his childhood friend, bandmate and manager) and provides insight into an artist who has produced one of the most engaging and confounding bodies of work in the American songbook. Included is the backstory of Merritt’s first musical forays, his development as a writer—from proofreader and copy editor at Spin to becoming one of Time Out New York’s most dynamic scribes—and his response to charges of elitism and racism. This is a unique opportunity for an advance look before the documentary has its world premiere at a closely watched U.S. film festival in the spring.

Show begins at 8:00pm, doors open at 7:00pm Tickets $12 year-round SFFS members, $15 general. Must be 21+ to attend.

Tuesday, 02 March, 2010 - Golden Boy

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:00:00 -0600

The Shelton Theater presents Clifford Odets’ GOLDEN BOY, Co-directed by Jean and Matthew Shelton. It is a heart wrenching story of a young boxer torn between his musical gifts and the money he can make as a champion fighter. The play first appeared in the US during the Great Depression and examines the price we pay when we choose materialistic needs over spiritual ones. Hernan Battiato, Nicole Slovenic, and Robert Nelson play the title roles.

Wednesday, 03 March, 2010 - Film screening featuring Bay Area Women In Film and Media THE HERETICS

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0600

THE HERETICS uncovers the inside story of the Second Wave of the Women’s Movement for the first time in a feature film or video. Joan Braderman, director and narrator, follows her dream of becoming a filmmaker to New York City in 1971. By chance, she joins a feminist art collective at the epicenter of the 1970’s art world in lower Manhattan. In her first person account, THE HERETICS charts the history of a feminist collective from the inside out.

Sunday, 07 March, 2010 - Wooden Fish Ensemble Celebrates the Music of Hyo-shin Na

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:00:00 -0600

http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/tickets http://hyo-shinna.com

- program - Koto Ninano (3 kotos) Koto Music (3 kotos) Night Procession of the Hundred Demons (3 kotos) Walking, Walking (piano solo) Ocean/Shore 2 (clarinet, violin, viola, and cello)

Shoko Hikage, koto Noriko Tsuboi, koto Kanoko Nishi, koto Thomas Schultz, piano Peter Josheff, clarinet Terrie Baune, violin Ellen Ruth Rose, viola Daniel Reiter, cello

Sunday, 14 March, 2010 - Beyond Gravity

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0600

AscenDance Project presents their first home season at the Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Avenue in Berkeley this spring in a series of performances beginning on March 5, 2010. Andy Schmeder, Lara Mercurio, Elena Cochran, Martha Hazel, Susan Owen, Ryan Gaunt and Isabel von Rittberg will be performing Beyond Gravity March 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 8 PM and March 14 at 3 PM. General Admission: $25 ($20 Sunday only), Students and Seniors: $20, Kids under 12: $10. For information contact: info@ascendanceproject.com

AscenDance Project was founded in January 2006 by German-born performance artist and mountaineer, Isabel von Rittberg. Her work explores the aesthetics of rock climbing with dancers performing on a vertical stage. Performing entirely without the use of ropes, their work exhibits strength and grace enhanced by the effects of gravity on the dancers and their ability to overcome it. Using a 24 ft long and 12 ft high climbing wall, AscenDance artists move through three dimensions, using time and space as inconsistent and unpredictable variables.

Von Rittberg’s aspiration is to create a sense of detachment and lightness, to offer a completely new stage perspective and to appeal to a collective appreciation of rhythm and movement.

Following their well-received world premier of Levitate at the San Francisco International Arts Festival 2008 on Union Square, AscenDance Project was invited to perform at the 2009 International Aerial Dance Festival in Boulder, Colorado. After two weeks of teaching dance-climb fusion to students from all over the country, their participation ended with two sold-out performances. Having created a local following through fundraisers and classes, choreographer von Rittberg is ready to contribute to the community which she is proud to be a part of.

Saturday, 27 March, 2010 - Scalpel

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:00:00 -0600

Written&Directed by D'arcy Drollinger Described as the Manchurian Candidate greets the Stepford Wives, Scalpel cuts deep into two great American obsessions: beauty and conspiracy. A darkly comedic rock thriller, Scalpel delights in a world where youth and perfection is the ultimate commodity – a commodity worth killing for.

Sunday, 28 March, 2010 - Switchboard Music Festival 2010

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0600

The third annual Switchboard Music Festival is an 8-hour, non- stop music spectacle presenting composers and musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres. No other Bay Area music festival or concert series offers such an eclectic, genre-crossing, convention-breaking, bastardizing group of experimentalists, innovators, and musical omnivores in a single event.

Performances by Thorny Brocky, Kate Campbell, Teslim, Sqwonk, Sabbaticus Rex, Real Vocal String Quartet, Billygoat, Matt Small Chamber Ensemble, Zoë Keating, miRthkon; and music composed by Gerard Beljon, Cornelius Boots, Ryan Brown, Luciano Chessa, Ruby Fulton, Missy Mazzoli, Marc Mellits, Aaron Novik, Belinda Reynolds, and Jonathan Russell.

Monday, 05 April, 2010 - StreetWars: Watergun assassins

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600

At the start of the game you will receive an envelope containing the following:

* A picture of your intended target
* The home address of your intended target
* The work address of your intended target
* The name of your intended target

Upon receipt of these items, your mission is to find and kill (by way of water gun, water balloon or super soaker) your target across the city, while evading the assassins on your trail. Learn more and watch videos from CurrentTV, CNN, and NBC

Game dates: April 5th to May 2nd Sign up deadline - March 27th

TO JOIN and for full info http://www.streetwars.net/sf2010.php

Sunday, 11 April, 2010 - North Bay Art Fair

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0600

1st Annual North Bay Art Fair

Featuring fine art drawings, photography, paintings and more.

Free Admission Free Parking Hourly Door Prizes People's Choice Awards Cash bar

Tuesday, 01 June, 2010 - Fou Fou Ha

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:00:00 -0600

Fou Fou Ha! is an animated performance troupe extraordinaire, described as “wildly unique” (NBC) with “genuine talent at it’s best” (Metrowise Magazine). With a myriad of color-filled costumes- resembling a cross between Dr. Seuss, Antique Court Jesters and fantastic Anime characters, Fou Fou Ha! performs “jaw-dropping dance numbers” (7x7 Magazine) that mix a “Fosse precision with a Jim Henson sensibility.” (SF Weekly)

Sunday, 29 August, 2010 - Artist Talk: Right Here Right Now

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:30:00 -0600

Right Here, Right Now: Kara Davis&Aaron Ximm

How do we engage with art in an immediate, unmediated way? Through choreography and composition, 2009 AIRs Kara Davis and Aaron Ximm both work toward the specific goal of creating immediate experiences that absorb, capture and immerse their audiences. Davis is a dancer and choreographer who pushes the possibilities of improvisation and ignores the traditional boundaries between audience and performer. Ximm creates intimate, site-specific sound installations that translate fleeting moments captured by field recordings into present experiences. This program is a unique opportunity to engage with performance and experiential installation created by Davis and Ximm in response to their surroundings at Headlands.

The public is invited to join the Headlands community for a delicious dinner in the Mess Hall at 6PM in conjunction with all public programs. Dinners are prepared by Headlands’ Chef Keith Mercovich, whose meals demonstrate a commitment to innovative and locally sourced cuisine. Dinner is $20 per person ($15 for Headlands Members). Reservations are required three business days prior to an event. Please email info@headlands.org to make a reservation for dinner or RSVP to a public program. Reservations can also be made online at www.headlands.org.

Sunday, 30 August, 2065 - Conversations 5 Opening Reception

Sun, 30 Aug 2065 19:00:00 -0600

Conversation 5: Jamie Vasta and Nicholas Pye and Sheila Pye Dates: July 23 – September 19, 2009 Opening Reception: Thursday, July 23, 7 – 9pm Location: SFAC Gallery, 401 Van Ness Avenue (at McAllister), San Francisco, CA Conversations is an ongoing series of exhibitions at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery featuring a local artist alongside an artist from another point on the globe. The intent of this series is two-fold: on an intimate level it allows for a closer look at the production of two individual artists, and it also informs an expansive perspective of how artists from our region participate in an international contemporary art dialogue. Conversation 5 features San Francisco-based artist Jamie Vasta and the Toronto-based artist team Nicholas Pye&Sheila Pye. Sirens Jamie Vasta is renowned for her exuberant paintings depicting dark and dramatic narratives. Vasta “paints” with glitter, and the result is a surface that is entirely beautiful and enticing – drawing the view closer, in spite of the often violent subject matter. For this new body of work Vasta has created three large-scale works that will reside both on the floor and on the walls of the SFAC Gallery. Her subject matter revolves around the mythical stories of Sirens luring sailors to their death. With charged with potent sexual and psychological content, Sirens pushes the viewer to reflect on gender-based power dynamics, as well as the very human tendency to be seduced by what is desirable yet dangerous. Loudly, Death Unties Nicholas Pye&Sheila Pye have been making films and photographs together, in addition to their individual practices, since 2001. In 2004 the Pyes created the short film, The Paper Wall, which became the first in what was to be a trilogy of works about relationships. The Paper Wall is about a brother and sister expressing their desires silently to each other through a wall. The second film, A Life of Errors, produced in 2006, is about a battle of wills and the testing of various relationship breaking points. Loudly, Death Unties, produced in 2008, is the final film in the trilogy. The film, ultimately, is about the death of a lover. In Irish folklore, the wail of a Banshee announces the inevitable death of someone. In Loudly, Death Unties a Banshee, in the form of a little girl, arrives and through a series of uncanny circumstances, she forces one lover to say goodbye to the other. This film is making its Bay Area premiere and has received rave reviews in Artfoum, Art in America and Art News.

Friday, 07 June, 2115 - SF Camerawork's Opening Reception for Summer 2009 Exhibitions

Fri, 07 Jun 2115 17:00:00 -0600

San Francisco Camerawork Join us to celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions that will be on view from June 4 – August 22, 2009 Opening Reception: Thursday, June 4th 5-8 PM Ersatz Group Exhibition Ersatz Group Exhibition uses the aesthetics and mechanisms of the postal service as means for an exhibition of artwork created by mail. Mail art has evolved as an artistic genre since the mid 20th century and remains a popular form of expression due to its egalitarian, free form structure. Keeping within an egalitarian framework, the exhibition is co-curated by UPS professional Dennis D’Ambrogio, with assistance from co-curators Chris Fitzpatrick and Chuck Mobley. Curators Larry Rinder and Evelyne Jouanno have been invited to tour the exhibition in advance of the opening and respond to the work in the exhibition catalog that will accompany the show. The catalog will serve as a directory of international artists, and beginning in July will be available in book form from print-on-demand company Blurb, as well as a downloadable PDF on SF Camerawork’s website. Leaving a Mark: Cutter Photozine Cutter Photozine is a Bay Area-based documentary photo magazine dedicated to featuring people telling their own stories and documenting their own existence. Cutter seeks to undo a traditional voyeurism of the 'other' and place the power of sight in the focused home of the author. This special exhibition celebrates the launch of the second issue: Leaving a Mark with more than 25 artists featured. The exhibition Leaving a Mark: Cutter Photozine is organized by Cutter editors, Jesse Rose Roberts, Heather Renee Russ and, Rachel Styer. 2009 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography Doris Jew Conrath and Jim Stone The James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography is administered annually by SF Camerawork for The San Francisco Foundation, and is given in recognition of artistic achievements by California-born artists. The 2009 award recipients are Doris Jew Conrath and Jim Stone. Jurors for this year’s award were: Allan deSouza, artist and SFAI professor, and Cathy Kimball, executive director of San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art. Award recipient Doris Jew Conrath’s panoramic images are created out of several photographs. The artist explains, “Instead of wide views of a physical space taken by pivoting from one point, I record while walking around a structure and unfold the space in a manner similar to a world map created by using a cylindrical projection method. The individual photographs are then digitally stitched together, forming a new space that shows all sides, allowing the viewer to take in multi facets at once.” The photography of Jim Stone explores facets of America’s unusual and complex character, including such sub-themes as obsession and its public display, the mixing of religious and military iconography in a peaceable secular society, and the ironic difference between intent and achievement. Ultimately the artist sees his work as framing “an organized set of graphic and sociological concerns.”