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HEY YOU, YES YOU
Know about a cool happening, soiree, and/or event? Been to someplace quirky? I can’t be everywhere and know about everything, so
share it with me! I’ll do my best to include it in the next issue, especially if you get it to me before my deadline each week (Monday at 5 PM).
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Various Cities
[Ongoing]
Silent Book Club
[Ongoing]
Escape rooms and adventures, curated by No Proscenium
[Ongoing]
The Joy Experiment, “inspired by the ideas of the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu as chronicled in
The Book of Joy, The Joy Experiment is an attempt to “test” those ideas in the real world”
[Ongoing]
Puff, Pass & Paint, BYOC painting events
[Until 2/2017] A Good Trip Tour with Shaune Mauss, comedy centered around psychedelics
[2/3] I Am Not Your Negro opens in theaters
[Until 2/9] Mortified Live! “Witness a night of adults telling stories about their lives by sharing their most mortifying childhood artifacts (diaries, letters, lyrics, poems, home movies)… in front of total strangers”
Adelaide, Australia
[3/3-3/19] Adelaide Festival Thanks, Jeff!
[3/10-3/13] WOMADelaide 2017, the World’s Festival Thanks, Jeff!
Akron, Ohio
[2/10-5/7] Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose at Akron Art Museum
Alameda, California
[1/13] Opening party for Dead of Winter Art Party, former A-i-R’s Adam Davis new show, at Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, 7 PM to 9 PM
[1/15] Envision Your Well Rounded Life – A Vision Board Camp For Creative Entrepreneurs by Heidi Bennett at The Sewing Room, 10 AM to 2 PM, $54 [Tickets]
[1/19] Book Club Van Kleefs’ Artists Reception and Museum Open House at Pacific Pinball Museum, 5 PM to 9 PM
[Every 3rd Friday] TILT, stand-up comedy and storytelling at Pacific Pinball Museum, 6 PM
[2/12] Pinball and Pints at Pacific Pinball Museum ANNEX, 1680 Viking St, 3 PM to 8 PM [Tickets]
[2/18] Bubbles after Dark at Rhythmix, 8 PM [Tickets]
Ano Nuevo, California
[Through March] Public Elephant Seal Walk, see a large colony of Northern Elephant Seals as they come to shore to birth and mate [Reservations]
Berkeley, California
[2/2] That Really Happened??? A night of true stories at the Monkey House, 1638 University Ave, Doors 7 PM, Show 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, BYOB, Sliding scale: $10-$20
[2/12] Eric McFadden Acoustic Featuring Queen delphine & Gabby La La at Revival, 9 PM to 11 PM , no cover
[2/17] Analog Light Show Workshop at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 6 PM to 8 PM [Tickets]
Black Rock City, Nevada
[8/27-9/4] Burning Man 2017: Radical Ritual
Chattanooga, Tennessee
[Until 10/31] Wayne White‘s Wayne-o-Rama at 1800 Rossville Avenue, open Weds-Sun, 11 AM to 6 PM and by special appointment
Denver, Colorado
[4/8-4/9] DINK: Independent Comic Expo, “Urban art with literature, zines, small press publishers, underground comix and cocktails!” Thanks, Mike McDaniel!
Detroit
[4/2017] Allee Willis’ The “D” premieres at the Fisher Building, party to follow
El Segundo, California
[1/27] Tikiyaki 5-0 plus Aloha Screwdriver at the Purple Orchid, 9 PM on
Emeryville, California
[1/14] Trader Vic’s Cocktail Workshop at Trader Vic’s, 7 PM to 10 PM [Tickets]
Hermosa Beach, California
[3/11] Corey Feldman & The Angels at Saint Rocke, 9 PM [Tickets]
Las Vegas
[Ongoing] Akhob, an immersive “Ganzfeld effect” experience by artist James Turrell at Louis Vuitton [by appt only: 702-730-3150] HIGHLY recommended!
Los Angeles
:: Iconic diners of L.A.
[Ongoing] Mojo Maps: Venice Land Walking Tour, former Disney Imagineer and team “combine live performance, original music and interactive activities sending you on a journey to another time and place” via
[Every Wednesday] Scot Nery’s Boobie Trap, a “live variety show that features big names in cirque, variety, comedy, magic and music” at Cafe Club Fais Do-Do, 8 PM [Tickets] Thanks, Kyle!
[Until 4/2] Pop Art Design at OCMA
[1/14] Soulgasm black velvet art show opens at Velveteria, 711 New High Chinatown
[1/19-1/22] Riot LA Comedy Festival
[1/27-1/29] stARTup Fair LA, “Los Angeles’s contemporary art fair for independent artists”
[1/27-5/17] David Bowie: Among the Mexican Masters at Forest Lawn Museum
[Starts 10/2017] Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Broad
[11/10-11/11] National Beard and Mustache Championship
Malden, Massachusetts
[Ongoing] Boda Borg
Maxwell, California
[6/15-6/18] Camp Tipsy 2017, “an annual rotten boat building contest and campout”
New Orleans
[Now until Fat Tuesday 2/28] Mardi Gras parades
[7/18-7/23] Tales of the Cocktail
New York City
Quirky NYC by Oriana Leckert:
:: “From Bumper Cars to Torah Taxidermy: A Guide to 25 of Brooklyn’s Most Unusual Museums”
:: “From Elevators to Outsider Art: A Guide to 16 Under-the-Radar Museums in Queens”
[Ongoing] Sleep No More at The McKittrick Hotel [Tickets]
[Ongoing] The Ferry Play on the Staten Island Ferry, $1.99
[Ongoing] More NYC events
[Ongoing] Madame Tussauds New York hyper-reality Ghostbusters Experience
[Through 1/8] Pip’s Island, an “indoor immersive experience lasting one hour for children between the ages of 4-10” [Tickets]
[Until 1/15] Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest at New Museum, 235 Bowery, Manhattan, Free
[Until 1/29] The Strange Undoing of Prudence Hart at The McKittrick Hotel [Tickets]
[Through 2/2017] Refuge, an “immersive performance and gameplay experience set in a mirrored 2016 reality where coastal cities are going underwater, temperature increases have caused nearly all vegetation to disappear, and natural disasters are wreaking havoc across every continent,” Needs a team of 4 to play [Tickets]
Oakland
[Until 2/17] All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50 at OMCA
[Until 4/2] Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture at OMCA
[1/14] Mark Growden’s Calling All Choir Season Finale at Kehilla Community Synagogue, 7:30 PM Doors, 8 PM Show, Ticket donations at door
[1/15] Tourettes Without Regrets at Oakland Metrohouse, $15
[1/21] Women’s March Oakland, starts at Madison Park, 9th and Madison, 10 AM to 3 PM [More info] [Register]
[1/21] Kinky Salon: Armagedd it on, 10 PM
[1/29] Oakland Museum’s White Elephant PREVIEW Sale, 10 AM to 5 PM, [Tickets] $15-$20
[2/4] Bawdy Music Festival at Awaken Cafe, 1429 Broadway
[2/22-2/23] Mental Illness Happy Hour LIVE at New Parkway, 7 PM
[2/24] Puff, Pass & Paint, BYOC, 7 PM to 9 PM [Tickets]
[3/4-3/5] Oakland Museum’s White Elephant Sale
[3/25] 2017 Oakland Onesie Pub Crawl, 6 PM on
[4/19-4/24] Psychedelic Science 2017 at Oakland Marriott Center [Tickets]
[6/2] East Bay Open Studios at the Abandoned Train Station, hosted by Salle des Artistes. 9 PM to 12 AM.
Current CALL FOR ARTISTS: Looking for traditional artists, as well as short films, installations, projection mapping, and short dance performances. Cutting edge projects welcome. Also: Volunteers, help opportunities.
Oregon
[8/17-8/23] Oregon Eclipse 2017, a “total solar eclipse gathering”
Pasadena, California
[Until 1/28] Enchanted: Forest of Light, an interactive, nighttime experience at Descanso Gardens [Tickets]
Plains, Georgia
[Sundays] (Former President) Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School Class
Portland, Oregon
[3/25] 2017 Portland Onesie Pub Crawl
Tulare and Sacramento, California
[Weekends until 1/6] Global Winter Wonderland
Sacramento, California
[6/11-9/17] Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose at Crocker Art Gallery
San Diego
[3/4-3/11] JoCo Cruise 2017, “a whole cruise ship full of music, comedy, and general nerdery”
San Francisco
:: “Best storytelling events in the Bay Area”
:: Upscale vs. Frugal SF
[Ongoing] Elsewhere Philatelic Society, highly recommended!
[Ongoing] More SF events
[Ongoing] Prelinger Library events
{Gallery] Keane Eyes Gallery featuring the art of Margaret Keane, 3040 Larkin Street
[1/12-1/29] SF Sketchfest
[1/14] Kids in the Hall: “Brain Candy” Live Staged Reading at Castro Theatre
[1/25] Bawdy Storytelling with Dixie de la Tour at Punchline Comedy Club [Tickets]
[Until 1/14] Street Talk: Puerto Rico, MFA Thesis Show, at Desai | Matta Gallery
[Until 1/15] LogJam Cafe, part of Tom Sachs’ Space Program: Europa exhibition, a must see!
[Until 1/29] Curious Contraptions featuring cabaret mechanical theatre at the Exploratorium [Tickets]
[Until 1/29] Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection at Legion of Honor Thanks, Whitney!
[Until 4/16] Vintage: Wine, Beer, and Spirits Labels from the Kemble Collections on Western Printing and Publishing at California Historical Society
[1/11] Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Choose your Own Adventure’ at Verdi Club, 8 PM [Tickets]
[1/11] Fireside Storytelling: Second Chance at Chez Poulet, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
[1/12-1/14] Noise Club moves to a boat cruising the SF Bay, launching from Pier 40
[1/14] Popcorn for Breakfast: The King of Cartoons at Roxie Theater, 11 AM to 12:30 PM [Tickets]
[1/14] Opening reception for The Cakeland Fête Noir: Scott Hove Returns to SF at Heron Arts, 7 PM to 10 PM
[1/14] Pop Americana: an evening of art, music and performances at the brand new DaDa Bar, Mechanics Institute Building, 65 Post Street, 8 PM on
[1/19] You’re Going To Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes at The Lost Church, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM [Tickets]
[1/20] OhNo!Gural Ball at Verdi Club, 8 PM to 11 PM [Tickets]
[1/20-1/29] Noir City, the “world’s most popular film noir festival” at Castro Theatre
[1/21 & 1/28 & 2/4] The Cakeland Fete Noir: Scott Hove Returns to SF at Heron Arts, 7 Heron Street, 12 PM to 4 PM (and by appointment)
[1/21] The Calling All Choir’s 2017 San Francisco Fall/Winter Finale at Mission Dolores Basilica, 7:30 PM Doors, 8 PM to 10 PM, Ticket donations at door
[1/26] The Real Numbers, David Brookings, Maya McNeil at Amnesia, 8 PM to 12 AM
[1/26] The Story of Anchor Steam with tasting samples at Presidio Officers Club, 6 PM, Free
[1/27-1/29] Fear is What We Have Learned Here, a “synesthetic immersive experience that explores the use of fear as a social framework for control” Must sign a waiver to participate (!) [Tickets] $50
[1/27] The Sound Healing Symphony at Grace Cathedral, 8 PM to 9:30 PM
[1/28-1/29] Worlds Fair Nano [Tickets]
[2/4] Opening party for An Art Show Tribute to the Films of Hayao Miyazaki at Spoke Art, 6 PM to 9 PM
[2/9] Bawdy Music Festival at Doc’s Lab, 124 Columbus Ave
[2/10] Decentralized Dance Party SF – Valentine’s Day 2017, Bring a boombox, 7 PM [Tickets]
[2/12] Phenomenauts ~ Mustard Plug ~ Aloha Screwdriver at Bottom of the Hill
[2/18] 7th Annual Hard French Winter Ball at Gray Area’s Grand Theater, 8 PM to 2 AM [Tickets]
[2/19] BawdySlam at the Oasis, 298 11th St, 10 PM
[2/20] Opening reception for Meredith Dittmar: New Works at Mirus Gallery, 7 PM to 10 PM
[2/23] BUFFY Musical Sing-Along at The Lone Star Saloon, 7 PM to 11:30 PM
[2/25] Bawdy Storytelling’s 10 year Anniversary Show 1: Decadent at Verdi Club, 7 PM
[2/25] Bawdy Storytelling’s 10 year Anniversary Show 2: Best of Bawdy at Verdi Club, 10 PM
[3/2] Studies Have Shown, a live concert film event, featuring original music, dance, aerials, video projections, and more presented by Rachel Lark and the Damaged Goods at DNA Lounge [Tickets]
[3/4] 2017 San Francisco Onesie Pub Crawl, 6 PM to 1 AM
[3/12] Breasts. An Art Exhibit of Form and Function. 6 PM
[3/18] Beware the Brides of March 2017 at Bar Fluxus, 2:30 PM to 8:30 PM [More Info]
[4/21] Erika Chong Shuch’s For You at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [Application]
[6/25] NerdGASM!, Burlesque, gaming, comedy at STUDSF, 8 PM to 11 PM
[7/21-7/23] San Francisco Art Book Fair [accepting submissions in January 2017]
[10/2017] 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love
Santa Fe, New Mexico
[Ongoing] Meow Wolf [Read this] [Tickets]
Scottsboro, Alabama
[Ongoing] Unclaimed Baggage Center Thanks, Farrah!
Seattle
“The Obscure, the Charming and the Odd: Mark Pahlow’s Guide to Seattle”
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
[Until 5/29/2017] Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning at Norman Rockwell Museum via
Sun Valley, Idaho
[3/19-3/22] Dent 2017, a creative retreat for people who want to “put a dent in the universe,” as Steve Jobs once said. Highly recommended!
Venice, Italy
[5/13-11/26] We are from the Dust is participating in VIVA ARTE VIVA, The Venice Art Biennale: 57th International Art Exhibition