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Live Sculpting at Project One to Support Art and Politics

Live Sculpting at Project One to Support Art and Politics

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Apr 5, 2012 | Comments (0)

A fundraiser to support the completion of the Truth is Beauty project and the re-election campaign of Alex Rosenthal to the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee in June 2012 happens Friday, April 6, at Project One starting at 7pm.

Photo Exhibition Documents Life in Japan’s Tohoku region

Photo Exhibition Documents Life in Japan’s Tohoku region

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Apr 5, 2012 | Comments (0)

It’s been a little over a year since the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck Japan, killing thousands of people, causing billions of dollars in damage and displacing a substantial number of residents from their homes.

San Francisco Museums Collaborate with Google to Digitize Collections

San Francisco Museums Collaborate with Google to Digitize Collections

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Apr 3, 2012 | Comments (0)

In a new effort to increase access to local collections through online technology, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the deYoung Museum have joined the Google Art Project.

Literary Events: Regreturature, The Vanishers & Best Sex Writing 2012

Literary Events: Regreturature, The Vanishers & Best Sex Writing 2012

Posted by: Lily Ko on Apr 3, 2012 | Comments (0)

This week’s best literary events include a new Litquake benefit show, author Heidi Julavits at Books Inc., and Rachel Kramer Bussel and Susie Bright at The Booksmith.

Gallery Openings: Camille Rose Garcia, Live Sculpt & The Have and Have Not

Gallery Openings: Camille Rose Garcia, Live Sculpt & The Have and Have Not

Posted by: Lily Ko on Apr 2, 2012 | Comments (0)

This week’s best gallery and museum events include a fairytale-esque book signing at SFMOMA, a live sculpture fundraiser at Project One, and a new comic-book inspired group show at Varnish Fine Art.

Theater Premiers: Maple and Vine, The Mystery of the Jeweled Egg & re:BOUND

Theater Premiers: Maple and Vine, The Mystery of the Jeweled Egg & re:BOUND

Posted by: Lily Ko on Apr 1, 2012 | Comments (0)

This week’s best performances include a new dark comedy at the A.C.T, and a Easter variety show mystery at Exit Theatre, and a wiry dance at Live Worms Gallery.  

Showcase from Artist Collective THIS Los Angeles

Showcase from Artist Collective THIS Los Angeles

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Mar 29, 2012 | Comments (0)

The THIS Los Angeles artist collective based in the neighborhood of Highland Park comes to San Francisco Friday, March 30, for a group show titled THIS is us at the RVCA I VASF Gallery.

Figurative-Abstract Painters at the Museum of the African Diaspora

Figurative-Abstract Painters at the Museum of the African Diaspora

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Mar 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

On March 23, the Museum of the African Diaspora premiered a new exhibition which features nine Bay Area artists active from the 1960s and 1970s to the present who lean towards abstract representation but do not not disregard figuration in their work.

Literary Events: Madonna and Me, Anarchist Book Fair & More

Literary Events: Madonna and Me, Anarchist Book Fair & More

Posted by: Lily Ko on Mar 27, 2012 | Comments (0)

This week’s top literary events include a Madonna & Me launch party, the 2012 Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair and author Christopher Moore’s latest.

Performer and ‘Fortunate Daughter’ Thao P. Nguyen Tells Her Story

Performer and ‘Fortunate Daughter’ Thao P. Nguyen Tells Her Story

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Mar 26, 2012 | Comments (0)

Back in 2008, as anti-prop 8 organizers in San Francisco sought to create a public face and build visible support for the fight for marriage equality, Thao P. Nguyen found herself being encouraged by her Queer family to come out and be counted.

Gallery Openings: Playland, This Is Us & The Silver Era

Gallery Openings: Playland, This Is Us & The Silver Era

Posted by: Lily Ko on Mar 26, 2012 | Comments (0)

This week’s top visual arts events include Playland 2012 at the Conservatory of Flowers, a new show at RVCA VASF, and Southern Exposure’s annual art auction, The Silver Era.