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The Exhibitionist
6:18 pm
May. 17, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Quantum Choreography: Kinetech Dance Explores the Finest Motion in the Universe Weidong Yang is a physicist who invented a method to detect movement as fine as a tenth of an atom. With Kinetech, a collective of artists and scientists he assembled earlier this year, Yang wo... More >>
The Exhibitionist
5:00 pm
May. 17, 2013
San Francisco Art News
The Artist Is the Art at KUNST-STOFF Arts Fest They say it takes three weeks to break a habit, and the third annual KUNST-STOFF Arts Fest gives you three-and-a-half to take dance classes, participate in workshops on choreography and creativ... More >>
The Exhibitionist
2:10 pm
May. 17, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Sex Worker Pirate Radio: The WhoreCast Goes Live The Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival kicks off nine days of film, performance, and lectures in an exuberant manner this week. Sex work activist Siouxsie Q is opening the festival with a live vers... More >>
The Exhibitionist
1:23 pm
May. 17, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Artist's Statement: Michael Jang on How Old Family Photos Became a Big Hit It was Renoir who said that a work of art "must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, and carry you away." Interviews with artists should have a similar effect. With "Artist's Statement," our wee... More >>
The Exhibitionist
3:45 pm
May. 16, 2013
San Francisco Art News
International Museum of Women Launches New Exhibit Muslima, Tackles Boston Bombing Backlash In a city that serves as a progressive paragon, it's easy to forget that American women didn't get the right to vote until 1920. And that's just one facet of the tumultuous history and continuing ... More >>
The Exhibitionist
10:00 am
May. 16, 2013
San Francisco Art News
The Write Stuff: Ben Mirov on Dancing While Being Flagellated The Write Stuff is a series of interview profiles conducted by Litseen, where authors give exclusive readings from their work. Ben Mirov is the author of two books of poetry, Hider Roser and Ghos... More >>
The Exhibitionist
2:50 pm
May. 15, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Read Local: Michelle Tea's Mermaid in Chelsea Creek New York City might be home to the big houses, but this scrappy city just happens to be the epicenter of publishing on the Best Coast. Join Alexis Coe every other Wednesday for Read Local, a colu... More >>
The Exhibitionist
10:53 am
May. 15, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Holy Ginormous Paintings, Batman! Epic battles were waged, blood was spilt, villains vanquished, heroes triumphed and love endured, all on the battlefields conjured in our childhood bedrooms. Action figures from GI Joe to Barbie, ... More >>
Art
12:00 am
May. 15, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Off the Farm: Globe-Hopping Street Artist Aryz Gifts the City With a Five-Story Canvas and a Few Small Ones On a hot Saturday afternoon, the celebrated street artist Aryz is perched 100 feet above Polk and Eddy streets as he paints a farm girl onto a... More >>
Artcap
12:00 am
May. 15, 2013
San Francisco Art News
The Other 'Burbs: Michael Jang's Family Photos Defy the Brady Bunch In the 1970s, the Bay Area was 86 percent white and just four percent Asian, according to U.S. Census data. Asian faces were rarely in visual... More >>
The Exhibitionist
2:45 pm
May. 14, 2013
San Francisco Art News
New Gutzy Clothing Line Says It Will Get You Laid As with so many modern innovations (butt-plugs, cellphones, Google glass) we're excited (and terrified) by the implications of Arizona entrepreneur Kari Holt's new Gutzy brand. Gutzy, "meet-me" ... More >>
The Exhibitionist
5:29 pm
May. 13, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Artist's Statement: Chris Sollars on the Need for Humor in Art It was Renoir who said that a work of art "must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, and carry you away." Interviews with artists should have a similar effect. With "Artist's Statement," our we... More >>
The Exhibitionist
5:15 pm
May. 13, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Cool to the Touch: Eifman Ballet's Rodin, Reviewed Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg returned to Zellerbach Hall Rodin May 10-12 at Zellerbach Hall with Boris Eifman's 2011 ballet Rodin, about the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. In contrast to other ... More >>
The Exhibitionist
10:50 am
May. 13, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Indulge! A Benefit For ODC Theater There are at least two things we simply cannot resist here at SF Weekly: sweets and a good show. Indulge! provides them both. A benefit for ODC Theater, Indulge! in-vites the community onto the OD... More >>
The Exhibitionist
10:27 am
May. 12, 2013
San Francisco Art News
You Ain't Seen Liberal Until You've Seen Barney Frank Barney Frank is a liberal's liberal. He called Bill O'Reilly "boorish," on live TV, dismissed Michelle Bachmann as "an odd lady," and famously responded to a woman who compared Obama to Hitler wit... More >>
The Exhibitionist
9:43 am
May. 12, 2013
San Francisco Art News
YBCA Presents A New Ballet Shoe Season Spring is special in San Francisco. In a city where we spend most of the year wrapped up in sweaters and scarves to fend off the harsh ocean winds, the sun peaking out from behind a perpetual fog ... More >>
The Exhibitionist
2:08 pm
May. 11, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Yes You Cancan Despite modern burlesque's associations with elegantly taking one's clothes off before a live audience of hooters and hollerers, burlesque is an art form that was originally intended to make us la... More >>
The Exhibitionist
9:37 am
May. 11, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Sweet Transvestite Does The Horror Picture Show Here in the Bay Area, we aren't lacking for opportunities to watch the wildly popular cult musical, The Rocky Horror Picture Show -- there's a screening pretty much every week. That's why drag sup... More >>
The Exhibitionist
3:51 pm
May. 10, 2013
San Francisco Art News
It's Not Your Fault You Are Shallow, Blame the Internet By Alyssa Jaffer Information technology expert Nicholas Carr reveals how the rapidly developing technology around us encourages fragmented, scattered thinking. In short, our superficial thinking... More >>
The Exhibitionist
1:39 pm
May. 10, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Your Dose of Verbose Drinking at the Make-Out Room When you move to San Francisco and ask about the literary scene, Writers With Drinks is likely the first thing people tell you about. For one thing, most of us can get behind drinking as a social ... More >>
The Exhibitionist
12:36 pm
May. 10, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Not Enough Pussy Love! Oakland's Internet Cat Video Festival Some people work their whole lives as entertainers, but their acts never live up to the purity that is a cat-related pratfall. The Great Wall of Oakland is hosting an Internet cat video festival S... More >>
The Exhibitionist
11:32 am
May. 10, 2013
San Francisco Art News
Bob's Burgers For All The cast of the Fox animated comedy series Bob's Burgers, which centers around an eccentric family that owns a struggling burger restaurant, is coming to San Fran-cisco for a live show. The show f... More >>

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Off the Farm: Globe-Hopping Street Artist Aryz Gifts the City With a Five-Story Canvas and a Few Small Ones Off the Farm: Globe-Hopping Street Artist Aryz Gifts the City With a Five-Story Canvas and a Few Small Ones

On a hot Saturday afternoon, the celebrated street artist Aryz is perched 100 feet above Polk and Eddy streets as he paints a farm girl onto a Tenderloin apartment building.… More >>

The Other 'Burbs: Michael Jang's Family Photos Defy the Brady Bunch The Other 'Burbs: Michael Jang's Family Photos Defy the Brady Bunch

In the 1970s, the Bay Area was 86 percent white and just four percent Asian, according to U.S. Census data. Asian faces were rarely in visual media, except occasionally as… More >>

Lifting the Veil: Brava Theater Imports Pakistan's Most Controversial Play Lifting the Veil: Brava Theater Imports Pakistan's Most Controversial Play

Shahid Nadeem, a three-time prisoner of conscience in Pakistan for his prominent work as an activist and dramatist, when asked about performing his play Burqavaganza in his home country, can… More >>

Name Recognition: Eleanor Coppola's Time in Hotels Inspires Her Latest Work Name Recognition: Eleanor Coppola's Time in Hotels Inspires Her Latest Work

"Coppola." In cinema, the name inspires a million associations — everything from Apocalypse Now and a fat Marlon Brando to Lost in Translation and an existential Bill Murray. Through Francis… More >>

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