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| A Delicious Obsession: The Work of M.F.K. Fisher Book Club of California | Mon., September 8, 5:00pm | North Beach/Chinatown | |
John Updike called her the poet of the appetites. W.H. Auden said, I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose. And yet Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, who published more than 20 books from 1937 on, remained largely on the periphery of American... More >> |
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| Mogwai, Fuck Buttons The Regency Center | Mon., September 8, 8:00pm | Nob Hill/Russian Hill | |
Many have heard guitar-heavy instrumental band Mogwai without knowing it. By the time the Scots had released their soaring 2006 album Mr. Beast, their tunes had repeatedly blasted through CSI: Miami and wafted through Sex and the City. With their recent sixth album, The Hawk Is Howling, these... More >> |
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| Built to Spill, Quasi, Off Campus Slim's | Daily from Mon., September 8 until Tue., September 9, 8:00pm | South of Market | |
The recent trend of bands performing classic albums in their entirety generates mixed feelings. The concept can be a gimmicky nostalgia trip, smacking of artists conceding that their best work is behind them. Then again, you could do a whole lot worse than to experience Built to Spill blazing... More >> |
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| "Goldmine Shithouse Residency" McCaig, Welles, and Rosenthal | Daily from Wed., September 3 until Sat., September 13 | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
David Hochbaum, Travis Linquist, and Colin Burns are living in an art gallery. They're just kinda in there, making art, scratching themselves, doing whatever artists do. Not unlike the zoo, the gallery invites you to watch and perhaps interact with them, at the "Goldmine Shithouse Residency,"... More >> |
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| San Francisco Fringe Festival Multiple San Francisco locations | Daily from Wed., September 3 until Sun., September 14 | Union Square/Financial District | |
If we have to tell you how the Fringe Festival works, you're either very young or a dipwad. Some of both of you are out there, so here's how it goes. There are lots of plays. They are in theaters close to each other. You can walk from one to the other, then go get dinner, and then come back to... More >> |
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| "Slow Time and Unnecessary Conversation" Noh Space |
Mon., September 8 more dates/times |
Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Korean composer Hyo Shin Na's work for piano inspired Paige Starling Sorvillo to dance; not a unique experience, but truly good to know about. The performance tonight, in conjunction with Blindsight Productions, "Slow Time and Unnecessary Conversation," includes Sorvillo's solo, with music... More >> |
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| After-School Program LYRIC | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 3:00pm | Castro/Noe Valley | |
| AIDS/HIV/Hepatitis C Nightline Multiple San Francisco locations | Daily | Union Square/Financial District | |
| "In a New Light: The Asian Art Museum Collection" Asian Art Museum | Daily | Hayes Valley/Tenderloin | |
| Basic Brown Bear Factory Tour Basic Brown Bear Factory | Daily, 10:00am | Potrero Hill | |
| Permanent Exhibit Cable Car Museum | Daily | North Beach/Chinatown | |
| "Destination Universe" Chabot Space & Science Center | Daily | East Oakland | |
| "Mars Encounter" Chabot Space & Science Center | Daily | East Oakland | |
| "One Giant Leap: A Moon Odyssey" Chabot Space & Science Center | Daily | East Oakland | |
| "Astronomy in California 1850-1950: Telescope Makers, Telescopes, and Artifacts" Chabot Space & Science Center | Daily | East Oakland | |
| "Skywise -- Astronomy Cartoon Exhibit" Chabot Space & Science Center | Daily | East Oakland | |
| Children's Docent at the Conservatory of Flowers Conservatory of Flowers | Daily | Sunset (Outer) | |
| Crissy Field Maintenance Crissy Field | Daily | The Presidio | |
| "Traits of Life" Exploratorium | Daily | Marina/Cow Hollow | |
| Family Story Times Multiple San Francisco locations | Daily | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Foot! Walking Tours Multiple San Francisco locations |
Daily, 1:00pm more dates/times |
Union Square/Financial District | |
| Introduction to Buddhist Meditation Sahara Buddhist Center |
Every week Monday, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Ingleside/Excelsior | |
| "Forces That Shape the Bay" Lawrence Hall of Science | Daily | Downtown Berkeley | |
| "NanoZone" Lawrence Hall of Science | Daily | Downtown Berkeley | |
| "Prove It -- A ChemMystery" Lawrence Hall of Science | Daily | Downtown Berkeley | |