All events on Wednesday July 16
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- More Flavor: Lecture
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Malalai Joya
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Wednesday July 16 (6pm) @ Omni San Francisco Hotel
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Malalai Joya recently turned 30, but she shows no sign of tamping down her quest for a free and fair Afghanistan. Joya first made waves... View details »
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Hum
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Friday July 18 (5–7:30pm) @ Project Artaud Theater
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The drone moves across a remarkable spread of human activity, from religious chanting and doom metal to the whir of white noise. For Hum,... View details »
- Reading
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Jennifer Traig
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Wednesday July 16 (7:30pm) @ Booksmith
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Both a history of hypochondria and a memoir of living with it, Jennifer Traig's Well Enough Alone limns the ridiculous and debilitating extremes of fearing... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Leon Russell
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Wednesday July 16 (8pm) @ The Independent
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You've heard him countless times — a particular organ swell, a sweet tease of the ivory, a syrupy slide on guitar. Leon Russell never quite... View details »
- Music: Punk/Metal
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Kepi: The Band
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Wednesday July 16 (9pm) @ Bottom of the Hill
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For over 20 years, Kepi Ghoulie has made a career out of writing catchy punk-rock songs. After Groovie Ghoulies disbanded in 2007, he immediately formed... View details »
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Mariah Johnson
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Wednesday July 16 (1–6pm) @ The Lab
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Mariah Johnson's installations re-envision household order as natural phenomena, draping and wrapping bed linens over chairs, walls, and floors in ways that twist the familiar... View details »
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Tim Lee
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Wednesday July 16 (11am–6pm) @ 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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Wednesday July 16 (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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Wednesday July 16 (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 »
- Art: Photography
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Trevor Paglen
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Wednesday July 16 (11am–5pm) @ Berkeley Art Museum
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Trevor Paglen photographs what we can't see — and what the government doesn't want us to see. Using a battery of technologically sophisticated methods on... View details »
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INsects INsectos
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Wednesday July 16 (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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Women Impressionists
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Wednesday July 16 (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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Wednesday July 16 @ 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 »
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A Complicated Dominion
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Wednesday July 16 (noon–5pm) @ San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
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When 19th-century wildlife artist John James Audubon cataloged the birds of North America, he painted the creatures in pristine environments. With a nod to this... View details »
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Insider/Outsider
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Wednesday July 16 (noon–4pm) @ Root Division
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Ethnic identity in this country is fluid enough that it's difficult to parse the similarities and differences between, say, three neighbors in the same San... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Windows on Nature
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Wednesday July 16 (11am–7pm) @ Frey Norris Gallery
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With a Zen-like touch, Korean artist Koh Myung Keun creates photo sculptures that turn images of nature into luminous magic lanterns. Koh binds color-film transparencies... View details »
- Film
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The Wackness
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Wednesday July 16 @ 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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Wednesday July 16 @ 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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Kiki
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Wednesday July 16 (11am–6pm) @ Ratio 3
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As many LGBT folks are rushing to the altar, this retrospective of the short-lived but influential SF gallery Kiki comes at an interesting time. Founded... View details »
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Ted Pushinsky
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Wednesday July 16 (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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We Remember the Sun
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Wednesday July 16 (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 »
