All events on Tuesday July 29
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- Music: Electronic
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Chromeo
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Tuesday July 29 (9pm) @ The Fillmore
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The self-described "only successful Arab/Jew partnership since the dawn of human culture" hits the Fillmore with its unique brand of soul-driven, '80s-steeped electro-funk this evening.... View details »
- Reading
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George E. Lewis
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Tuesday July 29 (7pm) @ City Lights
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The Chicago-based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians is an enduring model of arts activism and self-determination. Founded in 1965 by a small group... View details »
- Film: Documentary
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Stop Making Sense
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Tuesday July 29 (7:15 & 9:15pm) @ Red Vic
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Long before David Byrne ventured into lush world music, he was a gawky, riveting white boy in an oversized suit, all angles and bravado —... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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The Hold Steady
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Tuesday July 29 (8pm) @ Mezzanine
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While the Hold Steady's 2006 release Boys and Girls in America inspired a lot of Springsteen comparisons, no one could deny the greatness of Craig... View details »
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Zak Sally
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Tuesday July 29 (6pm) @ Needles & Pens
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When Zak Sally left the band Low after a 12-year tenure, he found a new home in the world of comics and printmaking. Sally started... View details »
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Tim Lee
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Tuesday July 29 (11am–7pm) @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
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Although it's tempting to dismiss Vancouver-based artist Tim Lee's use of comedy-as-conceptual-device as lacking in depth or social concern, to mistake his work for a... View details »
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Dale Chihuly
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Tuesday July 29 (9:30am–5:15pm) @ de Young Museum
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Although the California Academy of Sciences is across the street, it's the de Young that's currently filled with swarms of jellyfish, fields of lush succulents,... View details »
- More Flavor: Exhibition
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2nd Skin
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Tuesday July 29 (10am–5pm) @ Exploratorium
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With a futuristic, tongue-in-cheek vision, the artists featured in the 2nd Skin fashion exhibit challenge the standard notions of practical clothing. Materials include everything from... View details »
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Frida Kahlo
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Tuesday July 29 (10am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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The devastating injuries Frida Kahlo suffered as a teenager during a bus accident actually may have been inspirational — they led her to pursue painting... View details »
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American Symbols
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Tuesday July 29 (11am–6pm) @ Museum of Craft and Folk Art
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Recognized worldwide as a cultural symbol, the American flag is an object that elicits many personal and political emotions and interpretations. Highlighting these many points... View details »
- Art
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INsects INsectos
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Tuesday July 29 (10am–3pm) @ Creativity Explored
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From Them! to Mothra, Cold War movie audiences frequently endured attacks from gigantic insects. And while INsects INsectos — the new sculpture group show at... View details »
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Timothy Cummings
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Tuesday July 29 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Catharine Clark Gallery
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Timothy Cummings skipped art school and taught himself to paint, honing his craft by taking cues from the Old Masters and soaking up the Spanish... View details »
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Women Impressionists
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Tuesday July 29 (9:30am–5:15pm) @ The Legion of Honor Museum
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Impressionism has more than its fair share of great names: Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet, and the list goes on. Less often acknowledged are female contributors... View details »
- Art: Festival
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MOVE>SOUND
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Tuesday July 29 @ Various locations
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Every two years, the Soundwave>Series drops two months of interdisciplinary, multimedia arts programming on the eyes and ears of San Francisco. Spanning events and performances... View details »
- More Flavor: Tour
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Ground Scores
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Tuesday July 29 @ Various locations
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Dedicated flâneurs will appreciate the YBCA's series of unconventional strolls and bus rides through San Francisco's hidden corners. Performance artist Michael Swaine riffs on an... View details »
- Art
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Bay Area Now 5
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Tuesday July 29 (noon–5pm) @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' much-anticipated triennial presents a comprehensive view of the city's visual and performing art from the past three years. Visual... View details »
- Film
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The Wackness
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Tuesday July 29 @ Various locations
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The Wackness is the sort of movie whose most redeeming qualities are least likely to be advertised in its trailers. About a teenage weed dealer... View details »
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Jennifer Merrill
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Tuesday July 29 @ Iceberger Gallery
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Jennifer Merrill's cut-paper constructions ape medical illustrations, but her body-part diagrams, cutaway views, and bold colors depict emotional life, rather than physical science. The fighting... View details »
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Ted Pushinsky
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Tuesday July 29 (10am–10pm) @ Hamburger Eyes Photo Epicenter
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Ted Pushinsky has chronicled the streets of San Francisco with his 35mm camera for almost three decades, capturing everything from brawls to boxing rings to... View details »
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Room for Thought
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Tuesday July 29 (10am–5:45pm) @ SFMOMA
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In Room for Thought, Swiss video artists Alexander Hahn and Yves Netzhammer tackle Second Life's computer-generated spaces from a sympathetic angle. In Luminous Point, Hahn... View details »
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Fanee
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Tuesday July 29 (noon–7pm) @ The Shooting Gallery
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Fanee's Holla at the Bay is a provocative portrayal of female objectification and sexuality that leaves little to the imagination. Two-dozen postcard-sized marker drawings depict... View details »
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My Winnipeg
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Tuesday July 29 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre
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In My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin fashions both a valentine and a Dear John letter to his hometown, in a hypnagogic blur of sliding typography, found... View details »
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Brideshead Revisited
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Tuesday July 29 (12:20, 2:50, 3:45, 6:45, 8:40 & 9:40pm) @ Landmark Embarcadero
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For fans of the book and miniseries, it's hard to imagine how Brideshead Revisited could conform to a two-hour feature-film format. The story of the... View details »
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We Remember the Sun
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Tuesday July 29 (11am–6pm) @ San Francisco Art Institute - Walter and McBean Galleries
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Judging from countless references to "Summers of Love," enthusiastic rock 'n roll movies, and a psychedelic exhibition at the Whitney, Americans are currently smitten with... View details »
