Alameda
[Every 3rd Friday]
TILT, stand-up comedy and storytelling at Pacific Pinball Museum, 6 PM
[Starts 3/6] Show Your Work – Creative Entrepreneur Share & Support 12 week Series with creative life coach Heidi Bennett, 10 AM to 11:30 AM [Tickets]
Ano Nuevo
[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
[3/4-3/5] Women and Cannabis Salon, 4 PM to 7 PM [Tickets]
Costa Mesa
[3/15] Whipped Cream, a ballet with sets and costumes by Mark Ryden at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Hermosa Beach, California
[3/11] Corey Feldman & The Angels at Saint Rocke, 9 PM [Tickets]
Los Angeles
[Ongoing] 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
[Ongoing] Cinefamily events
[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!
[3/12] Trisha Brown: In Plain Site at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, 4:30 PM to 5:15 PM [Free]
[Until 4/2] Pop Art Design at OCMA
[Until 5/17] David Bowie: Among the Mexican Masters at Forest Lawn Museum
[Starts 10/2017] Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Broad
[3/5] Charles Phoenix’s “Disneyland” Tour of Downtown Los Angeles, a “6-hour Walking And Bus Experience Of DTLA As A Big Theme Park!” 11 AM to 5 PM
[3/5] 7th Annual Burner Day at Disneyland, meet at 11:11 AM in front of the Castle, 10 PM for a drink at Trad’r Sam’s
[3/17] Allee Willis, The Color Green – A Patrick’s Day Special at The E Spot Lounge, Studio City [Tickets]
[3/25] Immersive Performance Skills Workshop with Marissa Nielsen Pincus at Basic Flowers, 10 AM to 1 PM & 2 PM to 5 PM, $100
[11/10-11/11] National Beard and Mustache Championship
Maxwell
[6/15-6/18] Camp Tipsy 2017, “an annual rotten boat building contest and campout”
Menlo Park
[Until 3/31] The Institute Presents: NEUROSOCIETY, a “series of interactive environments created by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar that present the emerging work of fifteen cognitive neuroscience labs around the world” at PACE Art + Technology [Tickets]
Oakland
[Until 4/2] Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture at OMCA
3/3] March Open House at Because We Can, 5 PM to 9 PM
[3/4-3/5] Oakland Museum’s White Elephant Sale
[3/5] Kraftworks Parking Lot Yard Sale at 2600 Magnolia Street, 9 AM to 4 PM
[3/10] Ganja Goddess Celebration Art Show, 5:30 PM to 9 PM
[3/12] Sugar Rush: A Cupcake Tasting Event at East Bay Community Center, 5447 Telegraph, 2 PM to 5 PM [Tickets]
[3/17] Yarn, a comedy storytelling show especially for women who are “Hollywood old,” aka over 29, at the Octopus Literary Salon [Tickets]
[3/24] Extra Action Marching Band & Friends Standing Rock Benefit at Starline Social Club, 9 PM [Tickets]
[3/25] 2017 Oakland Onesie Pub Crawl, 6 PM on
[4/4] Yarn, a comedy storytelling show especially for women who are “Hollywood old,” aka over 29, at the Octopus Literary Salon [Tickets]
[4/7] Opening for Nasty Women Exhibition Oakland at Omi Gallery, 6:30 PM to 9 PM [Tickets] show runs through 4/30
[4/8] Yuri’s Night – Bay Area at Chabot Space and Science Center, 7 PM, 21+ [Tickets]
[4/13] The New Pornographers at Fox Theater, 8 PM [Tickets] (2/2 presale code: kuhl)
[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.
[6/10] Figment Oakland 2017 at Mosswood Recreation Center, 11 Am to 6 PM
[7/1-7/2] Burger Boogaloo 5 Year Anniversary Party at Mosswood Park [Tickets]
[7/8-8/20] KRK TV, The Art of KRK Ryden at Compound Gallery (“with ambient theremin music played by the artist”)
Palm Springs
[Until 2/26] Palm Springs Modernism Week
[7/7-7/10] Yes and Yes Yes at the Ace Hotel
Pasadena
[Every Friday in February] Serial Killer Speed Dating: Escape Room Edition at The Bunker Experience, Old Town
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”
[8/10-8/13] Tiki Oasis: International Espionage
San Francisco Bay Area GENERAL
TEXT 415-NEON-RAT OFTEN
[Ongoing] Joshua Raoul Brody’s Beatles Thingy
[4/7-4/10] Event Horizon, a “new standalone sci-fi larp for adults” [Tickets]
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
[Dates in March] American Anarchist, a film about William Powell, the author of The Anarchist Cookbook, at Little Roxie [Tickets]
[Dates in April] The Ask Dr. Hal Show [Tickets]
[Until 3/18] Lovesick – The Cat Allergy Musical, a “comedic musical romp through the sad sad world of internet dating” at EXIT Stage Left [Tickets]
[Until 3/27] Library Music, a new composition by artists Andrew Cowitt, Suki O’Kane and Michael Wertz, who make up the musical combo BC3, at SF Public Library 2nd Floor, Free
[Until 3/30] Real Housewives of Macaroni, new portraits by Jason Mecier at Dolores Park Cafe
[Until 4/16] Vintage: Wine, Beer, and Spirits Labels from the Kemble Collections on Western Printing and Publishing at California Historical Society
[Until 4/18] Spirituality X: The San Francisco Documentary Film Series
[Until 5/29] Monet: The Early Years at Legion of Honor
[3/1] DorkbotSF 92 at Noisebridge, 7 PM to 10 PM
[3/2] PlaySFMOMA Mixed Reality Pop-Up Arcade at SFMOMA 12 PM to 8 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]
[3/2] Lost Levels, a “radically-casual annual “unconference” picnic during Game Developer Conference (GDC) that aims to be more inclusive and accessible,” under the Gazebo at Yerba Buena Gardens, Noon
[3/4] Market-Mission-Castro Neon Walking Tour, 5 PM to 7 PM [Tickets]
[3/4] 2017 San Francisco Onesie Pub Crawl, 6 PM to 1 AM
[3/4] Burning Man – SF Burnal Equinox Art Salon & Mixer! at Public Works, 6 PM
[3/7] Odd Salon: Badass at Public Works, 6:30 PM to 10 PM [Tickets]
[3/10] Holding the Edge at The Marsh, 8 PM to 11 PM
[3/12] Breasts. An Art Exhibit of Form and Function at The Public Works SF, 6 PM
[3/12] Panic & Give Up with Rosin Coven & Victoria and the Vaudevillains at the K (a secret speakeasy location), 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM [Tickets] Password: panickedgoodbye Thanks, Suzanne!
[3/16] Reali-Tea Bites, topic: PRIVILEGE, a “tea-salon where people give talks/presentations regarding current events/issues, And there is tea. And booze. And booze in tea. And tea bites,” at The Uptown Nightclub, 6 PM [Tickets]
[3/18] Beware the Brides of March 2017 at Bar Fluxus, 2:30 PM to 8:30 PM [More Info]
[3/18] Luminary: Art, Tech, Music – Feat: Shigeto at The Midway, 6 PM to 2 AM [Tickets]
[3/19] Market-Mission-Castro Neon Walking Tour, 5 PM to 7 PM [Tickets]
[3/22] Dancehall of Beautiful Radiant Figments (“social-mixer-disguised-as-a-slow-dance-club”), a fundraiser to benefit FIGMENT Oakland 2017 at Verdi Club, 7:30 PM to 11 PM [Tickets]
[3/30] The Residents at Exploratorium, 7:30 PM [Tickets]
[4/1] Cow Hollow Neon Walking Tour, 7 PM to 8:30 PM [Tickets]
[4/1] The Obfuscia Hotel, a big immersive art party by Foma Labs at the Battery (members only, sorry!), 8 PM to 11 PM [Tickets] “To begin exploring the Obfuscia Hotel now, dial the concierge at 415-769-3790, and tell us a story..”
[4/14-4/15] Queers & Comics Conference 2017 with Mariko Tamaki and Gengoroh Tagame at California College of the Arts
[4/15] ResurrEGGtion2! The Second Coming at Sons of Italy Lodge, 5051 Mission Street, 8 PM to 2 AM [Tickets]
[4/21] Erika Chong Shuch’s For You at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
[4/23] Guinness World Record – Longest Chain of Roller Skaters, Kennedy Drive at Golden Gate Park, 2 PM to 5 PM
[4/26] Graduate with John Waters, an event where John Waters reads from his new book, Make Trouble (“inspiring advice for artists, graduates, and anyone seeking happiness and success on their own terms”), at Green Apple Books on the Park [Tickets]
[5/6] Tender-Nob Neon Walking Tour, 7:30 PM to 9 PM [Tickets]
[5/7] How Weird Street Faire: The Summer of Weird, 12 PM to 8 PM [Tickets]
[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
San Mateo
[5/19-5/21] Maker Faire Bay Area 2017 – 12th Annual
[NOW] Call for makers
Santa Rosa
[3/31] An Evening with Neil Gaiman at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 8 PM to 9:30 PM [Tickets]
Woodside
[Various dates in 2017] ART///SKY Sculpture Hikes for the Djerassi Resident Artists Program [Reservations begin March 1 at 9 AM]
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COLORADO
Denver
[4/8-4/9] DINK: Independent Comic Expo, “Urban art with literature, zines, small press publishers, underground comix and cocktails!” Thanks, Mike!
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IDAHO
Sun Valley
[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!
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MASSACHUSETTS
Brockton
[Until 6/4] Playa Made: The Jewelry of Burning Man at Fuller Craft Museum
Malden
[Ongoing] Boda Borg
Somerville
[9/23] What the Fluff Festival
Stockbridge
[Until 5/29/2017] Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning at Norman Rockwell Museum via
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MICHIGAN
Detroit
[4/2017] Allee Willis’ The “D” premieres at the Fisher Building, party to follow
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MINNESOTA
Minneapolis
[3/11] Glitch Art is Dead: Minneapolis – Exhibit Opening at Gamut Gallery, 7 PM to 11 PM
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NEVADA
Black Rock City
[8/27-9/4] Burning Man 2017: Theme is Radical Ritual
Las Vegas
[Ongoing] Akhob, an immersive “Ganzfeld effect” experience by artist James Turrell at Louis Vuitton [by appt only: 702-730-3150] HIGHLY recommended!
Reno
[7/1/2017-1/28/2018] City of Dust: The Evolution of Burning Man at Nevada Museum of Art
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NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe
[Ongoing] Meow Wolf [Read this] [Tickets]
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NEW YORK
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
[3/18 Preview/ 3/25 Event] Dark Before Dawn, “Explore a vacant apartment building to discover speakeasies, a feminist nightmare, bedtime stories, psychic surgery, stellar displacement and much more” at a Secret Location by the Myrtle-Wyckoff L/M station [Follow]
[4/1] The 32nd Annual April Fools’ Day Parade will begin at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street at 12 noon, rain or shine [Print your mask here]
[5/3] Cory Doctorow with Edward Snowden: Dystopia, Apocalypse, and other Sunny Futures at Celeste Bartos Forum, NYPL, 7 PM
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OHIO
Akron, Ohio
[Until 5/7] Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose at Akron Art Museum
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OREGON
[8/17-8/23] Oregon Eclipse 2017, a “total solar eclipse gathering”
Portland
[3/8 & 3/10] Comedian Laura House performs for a live taping, at Curious Comedy Theater
[3/25] 2017 Portland Onesie Pub Crawl
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PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia Thanks, Sam!
[Until 3/7] Anne Minich: The Truth of Being Both/And at PAFA
[Until 3/12] Sh*theads, a new play set in a dying bike shop [Tickets]
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TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
[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
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Nashville
[5/20] Charles Phoenix Retro Wild West Slideshow at Nashville Boogie, a “Live Comedy Performance Celebrating Classic And Kitschy Country & Western Life & Style” 3:30 PM
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TEXAS
Austin
[3/11] Art on the Edge at the Blanton Museum of Art, 8 PM to Midnight [Tickets]
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WASHINGTON
Seattle
“The Obscure, the Charming and the Odd: Mark Pahlow’s Guide to Seattle”
[Open now] The Art of Rube Goldberg at Museum of Pop Culture
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MULTIPLE CITIES
[2nd Sunday of every month] Solidarity Sundays
[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, to “test” those ideas in the real world”
[Ongoing] Puff, Pass & Paint, BYOC painting events
[Until 5/31] The Found Footage Festival
[Until 9/23] Dan Savage’s Hump! Festival
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AUSTRALIA
Adelaide
[3/3-3/19] Adelaide Festival Thanks, Jeff!
[3/10-3/13] WOMADelaide 2017, the World’s Festival Thanks, Jeff!
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ITALY
Venice
[5/13-11/26] We are from the Dust is participating in VIVA ARTE VIVA, The Venice Art Biennale: 57th International Art Exhibition
