Alameda
[Every 3rd Friday]
TILT, stand-up comedy and storytelling at Pacific Pinball Museum, 6 PM[3/21]
Design your vibrant vision, intention setting for creative professionals with Heidi Bennett at Phoenix (a brand new co-working space!), 6 PM to 9 PM
[3/23] Phoenix Stand-up, a comedy show at Phoenix in downtown Alameda, 8 PM to 10 PM [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
[4/6] That Really Happened??? a night of true stories at The Monkey House, 1638 University Ave Berkeley, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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!
[Until 4/2] Pop Art Design at OCMA
[Until 5/17] David Bowie: Among the Mexican Masters at Forest Lawn Museum
[3/12] Trisha Brown: In Plain Site at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, 4:30 PM to 5:15 PM [Free]
[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
[3/25-3/26] Fear is What We Learned Here, a “synesthetic experience that explores the use of fear as a social framework for control. The experience challenges the individual to consider their own perception biases and asks what is necessary to subvert systems of manipulation in order to foster equality for all persons”
[4/1-4/23] The Nest, an immersive experience in LA, 21+ [Tickets]
[5/30] Bjork with orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall [Tickets]
[Starts 10/2017] Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Broad
[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
[3/8] Ara Jo Memorial Art Show at Oakland Public Library, 6 PM to 8 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]
[3/18] Medical Marijuana Farmers Market at Magnolia Wellness (must be a MW patient to attend), 9 AM to 5 PM
[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
[7/7-7/10] Yes and Yes Yes at the Ace Hotel
Palo Alto
[4/4-5/23] The Art and Science of Leadership: New Tools for Organizational Design, a class at Stanford by Ellen Petry Leanse
Sacramento, California
[3/11] Tie Dye for Adults at Verge Center for the Arts, 2 PM to 4 PM [Tickets]
[6/11-9/17] Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose at Crocker Art Gallery
San Diego
[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 March] Sound Meditation at the SF Conservatory of Flowers, “Walk through the botanical gardens, settle down for a soothing sound bath, and explore golden gate park in a lucid state”
[Dates in April] The Ask Dr. Hal Show [Tickets]
[Now] Breaking Open, a show by Angela Fisher (Angi Love) and Jason Thomas at Chez Poulet
[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
[3/8] Fireside Storytelling: Do or Die at Chez Poulet, 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
[3/10] Holding the Edge at The Marsh, 8 PM to 11 PM
[3/11-4/8] Putas Asesinas at an undisclosed private residence, formal attire highly encouraged
[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]
[3/23] LIGHTS! CAMERA! NORTON!, an evening of three films about Emperor Norton at the Roxie Theater, 7 PM to 9 PM [Tickets]
[3/25] Eve Fleishman’s Atmospheric Epic Show with Justin Seagrave at Monument, 7 PM to 10 PM [Tickets]
[3/30] The Residents at Exploratorium, 7:30 PM [Tickets]
[3/31-4/5] Donnie Darko at Roxie Theater [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..”
[4/3-5/14] Dixie De La Tour’s Standing O Storytelling, a six-week workshop with a final performance at Valencia Gardens
[4/8-8/20] The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll, an “exhibition of iconic rock posters, photographs, interactive music and light shows, costumes and textiles, ephemera, and avant-garde films” at de Young Museum
[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
Santa Rosa
[3/31] An Evening with Neil Gaiman at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 8 PM to 9:30 PM [Tickets]
Vallejo
[4/14] 5th Anniversary Party at Obtainium Works, 5 PM to 12 Am [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
[3/24] Hanky Code with SethTyler.com at Trade, 9 PM to 2 AM
[4/8-4/9] DINK: Independent Comic Expo, “Urban art with literature, zines, small press publishers, underground comix and cocktails!” Thanks, Mike!
[5/20] RISK! with Kevin Allison at The Bluebird Theater, 9 PM to 12 AM [Tickets]
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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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ILLINOIS
Chicago
[4/9] The Second Annual Chicago Pizza Summit at Chop Shop, 2 PM to 9 PM [Tickets]
[4/22] Chicago Donut Fest at Old Crow Smokehouse River North, 12 PM to 4 PM [Tickets]
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MASSACHUSETTS
Brockton
[Until 6/4] Playa Made: The Jewelry of Burning Man at Fuller Craft Museum
Cambridge
[3/10] Author Mimi Graney will be signing books at Spindler Confections where they make Fluff caramels, 5 PM to 7 PM
Malden
[Ongoing] Boda Borg
Somerville
[3/26] Join Mimi in Fluff’s hometown of Somerville for a book talk and signing at the Somerville Public Library, 3 PM
[9/23] What the Fluff Festival
Stockbridge
[Until 5/29/2017] Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning at Norman Rockwell Museum via
Waltham
[3/22] Learn about Fluff’s sticky 100-year legacy from Mimi Graney herself at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation for a book talk and signing, 6:30 PM
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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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NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
[3/18] Hello Kitty Cafe Truck East at Northlake Mall, 10 AM to 8 PM
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OHIO
Akron
[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 3/12] 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
Hermitage
[5/6] The Great Gatsby Lawn Party at Tulip Grove Mansion, 11 AM to 6 PM [Tickets]
Nashville
[3/17-3/18] Questival Nashville 2017, a “24 hour adventure race” [Tickets]
[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]
Houston
[4/7-4/9] 30th Annual Houston Art Car Parade and events, 11 AM to 4 PM [INFO]
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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
[4/22] Drone Cinema Film Festival 2017, 8 PM to 11 PM Thanks, Scot!
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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
[Until 3/19] Adelaide Festival Thanks, Jeff!
[3/10-3/13] WOMADelaide 2017, the World’s Festival Thanks, Jeff!
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IRELAND
Dublin
[6/3-6/5] Forbidden Fruit Festival 2017 at Irish Museum of Modern Art
[9/9-9/24] Dublin Fringe Festival
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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
