Asian Contemporary Art Week Special Events
Asian Contemporary Art Week kicked off Monday, May 12 and continues through May 19 with a number of exciting events celebrating the best new artwork from Asian-American artists and artists all throughout Asia.
Dita Von Teese Brings Strip Strip Hooray to The Fillmore
After 20 years of modeling and performing, Dita Von Teese is the modern-day ambassador of all things burlesque in the U.S. and abroad, but until recently her live performances have not been seen outside of private high-end events and infrequent one-off engagements.
Casey Cripe’s Awe-Inspiring Take on Scientific Infographics
Casey Cripe creates multi-layered scientifically oriented visualizations that capture data in a way that is truly stunning.
Movie Review: God Bless America
God Bless America is, at it’s core, a rage-fantasy film. It’s a twisted take on the Bonnie and Clyde archetype finding a middle-aged curmudgeon and his female teenage sidekick on a killing spree to rid the world of the scum of American society. Also, it’s hilarious.
San Francisco Fine Art Fair Returns
Back for its third year since its reemergence in 2010, the S.F. Fine Art Fair brings together the latest work in modern and contemporary art in the fields of painting, print, photography, sculpture and glass-work.
A Psychedelic Trip Back to Hong Kong in the 1960s
As a visitor to San Francisco’s Chinatown, artist Adrian Wong noticed an uncannily familiar visual aesthetic resonating from the architecture while roaming the streets.
Two Samuel Beckett Plays Reinterpreted at American Conservatory Theater
Fans of the work of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett can see the latest incarnation of his absurd dark comedy Endgame along with Play starting May 9 at the American Conservatory Theater.
Movie Review: Sound of My Voice
In the taut, gripping first scene of writer-director Zal Batmanglij and co-writer Brit Marling’s elliptical drama and Sundance Festival favorite, Sound of My Voice, a somber, twenty-something couple, Peter Aitken (Christopher Denham) and Lorna Michaelson (Nicole Vicius), drive to an outwardly ordinary house somewhere in the San Fernando Valley.
SF International Film Festival: Closing Night and Award Winners
All good things need to come to a close and so does the 55th year of the San Francisco International Film Festival. After two weeks of bringing films from all around the film to the Bay Area it’s only fitting they should end with a film that expresses just that.
My Evening with David Sedaris-review
Last night I had the distinct pleasure of attending An Evening with David Sedaris, a benefit for scholarships at California College of the Arts. Seeing Mr. Sedaris in person only amplifies the unique character that he is, a charming and unassuming little man who sweetly talks about everything from his impending colonoscopy to the taxidermied owl he bought his boyfriend Hugh as a Valentine’s Day present.
Group Works to Open Shuttered Divisadero Theater
An open community forum is planned for Monday, May 7, to garner support for the Harding Theater Revitalization Project—a community group dedicated to transforming the old and sadly abandoned Harding Theater on Divisadero Street into a nonprofit center for the arts.
