Global
[8/13] Wait But Hi: A Global In-Person Hangout Thanks, Sam!
United States
[Now until 8/19] Tiny Book Show, a touring bookmobile of little books handcrafted by artists and writers
Alameda, California
[8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24] Intro to Cultivating Compassion with Heidi Bennett, at Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, 5 PM to 6:45 PM [Tickets]
[8/6] Free Edwardian Picnic Dance: 1906 at Lincoln Park, 10 AM to 4:30 PM
[8/7] Intro to Improv at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 7 PM [Tickets]
[8/8] Self Care Craft Camp with Creative Life Coach Heidi Bennett: “Let’s Color,” 10 AM – 11:45 AM [Tickets]
[8/12-8/14] Tomorrow Youth Rep’s Fiddler on the Roof at Kofman Auditorium [Tickets]
[8/15] Self Care Craft Camp #2 – Let’s Make Coconut Sugar Scrub!, 10 AM – 11:45 AM [Tickets]
[11/5] The 23rd Annual Le Bal des Vampires at Alameda Elks Lodge [Tickets]
Austin, Texas
[8/12] Landry’s Austin, TX Solo Gallery Show, 7 PM to 10 PM Thanks, Piph!
[9/3] Austin Stories Reunion Show at Spiderhouse Ballroom, 10 PM
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
“ Cool Places to Buy Weird Shit in Los Angeles”
[Dates in Summer and Fall] Krampus mask-masking workshop
[8/6-8/7] Scare LA, a convention dedicated to Halloween with Elvira, Pasadena Convention Center
[8/8-10/2] The Tension Experience: Ascension, “more than immersive theatre, more than a haunted house, more than anything you could imagine. It is a journey into darkness with the possibility of being reborn in the light” [Tickets]
[8/14] BrunchCon LA at The Reef, 9 AM to 3 PM Thanks, Josh!
[Begins 9/13] 8-week long Neon workshop at Lili Lakich Studio, 6 pm to 9 PM
[Until 9/4] “Portrayals And Perceptions Of Gays In Hollywood” at The Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor Building
[10/1] Dolly Parton at Hollywood Bowl [Tickets]
[10/8-10/9] David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption at Ace Hotel via
[12/5-12/8] Henry Rollins at Largo
Mountain View
[9/24] Dolly Parton at Shoreline, 8 PM [Tickets]
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
[Ongoing] Jungle-Ized by Sound Collective, Free
[Ongoing] The Ferry Play on the Staten Island Ferry, $1.99
[Ongoing] More NYC events
[Ongoing] Madame Tussauds New York hyper-reality Ghostbusters Experience
[Until 8/7] Mushroom Cure, “Inspired by a scientific study showing that hallucinogenic mushrooms may cure obsessive-compulsive disorder, Adam Strauss embarked on a program of vigilante psychopharmacology.” [Tickets]
[9/22] Shep Gordon in Conversation with Anthony Bourdain at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 7 PM
[10/26] Opening night for Wilderness, a “multimedia, documentary theatre experience that illuminates the quest for connection within the 21st century American family”
[11/10] Allee Willis is performing in New York City [More details as I get them] Oakland
[1st 3 Saturdays in August] Neon soldering party at Cool Neon
[Until 8/14] Opera at the Station, at Oakland’s abandoned station
[8/18] Adventure Design Group, featuring Epic Immersive at the The Go Game HQ, 6:30 PM
[8/27] Puppeteer Tony Urbano at Children’s Fairyland, 2 PM
[8/27] Forbidden Puppet Cabaret at Children’s Fairyland, 21+ [Tickets]
[Until 9/25] Altered State: Marijuana in California at OMCA
[Until 9/9] Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden Concerts, Fridays, 12 PM to 1 PM, Free Thanks, Jewelz!
[8/9] Heather Gold’s YARN at Octopus Literary Salon, 7 PM to 9:30 PM [Tickets]
[8/21] Flash Mob Short Play Festival
[8/31] Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) performs a Living Room show, $35
[9/10] Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium at Oakland Museum, 1 PM to 6 PM Paris, France
[Until 8/29] Habiter le Campement, Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine au Palais de Chaillot
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Help!
Portland, Oregon
[8/11-8/15] World Domination Summit [Tickets]
[9/8-9/11] XOXO 2016 at the Revolution Hall [Register]
Sacramento, California
[8/5] If you do me, I’ll do you Opening Art Reception, 6 PM to 8 PM Thanks, Heidi!
San Diego
[8/18-8/21] Tiki Oasis: “Monster Island”
San Francisco
“Best storytelling events in the Bay Area”
Upscale vs. Frugal SF
[Ongoing] Elsewhere Philatelic Society
[Ongoing] More SF events
[Through Oct] San Francisco Neon Survivors and Icons From the Archives, SF Library, Main Branch, 4th floor
[Until 10/30] Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition at The Contemporary Jewish Museum (highly recommended!)
[Through Sept] Midwayville, a mixed reality popup carnival at SoMa StrEat Food, 7 PM to 12 AM
[8/3 and 8/5] Mass Media Hacking Workshop w/ UBERMORGEN at Gray Area, 6 PM to 9 PM
[8/5-8/7] Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park
[8/6] Raiders of the Lost Ark at Great Star Theater, 3 PM [Tickets]
[8/9] Odd Salone: Archive at DNA Lounge’s Big Room, 7 PM to 10 PM [Tickets]
[8/10] Fireside Storytelling: “Nerve” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM
[8/12-10/1] The Speakeasy: illicit bar, crooked casino, immersive theatrical experience at a discreet location near you [Tickets]
[8/12-8/14] Wes Ander-thon Weekend at Roxie Theater, [Tickets]
[8/13] Daylong Retreat with Michael Taft, 10 AM to 4 PM
[8/14] Chinatown Neon Walking Tour, $15
[8/15] Cherry’s Cheeky Tiki Bang Gang: The Case of the Creepy Christian Camp book launch at Chez Poulet, 7 PM
[8/21] The New Pornographer’s at Stern Grove Festival, Free
[8/27] Tender Nob Neon Walking Tour, $15
[9/14] Fireside Storytelling: “Storyteller’s Choice” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM
[9/16] Bona Fide (7:30) and Bawdy Storytelling (10:30) at Verdi Club
[9/21-9/22] Dent: Space at Innovation Hangar
[9/29] Bobby Bare Sr. + Bobby Bare Jr. at Doc’s Lab, 8 PM [Tickets]
[10/1] Release party for Chicken John’s The Book of the Un at 111 Minna, $20 admission (includes book price)
[10/12] Fireside Storytelling: “Games People Play” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM
[10/13] Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary, 8 PM [Tickets]
[10/15-10/23] The Natives Are Restless: “From overthrow to uprising, an epic tale of Hawaiian resilience” at The Palace of Fine Arts [Info]
[11/9] Fireside Storytelling: “Caught in the Act” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM
[12/14] Fireside Storytelling: “Hot!” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM
[10/2017] 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love
San Jose, California
[9/24] Art Party 2016 — An Occasional and Irrational San Jose Arts Fest, 6 PM
SF Bay Area
[Ongoing] Best swimming holes in the SF Bay Area
[10/7-10/9] Art Car Fest [Crowdfund]
Santa Fe, New Mexico
[Ongoing] Meow Wolf [Read this] [Tickets]
[9/2] The 92nd Annual Zozobra
Seattle
“The Obscure, the Charming and the Odd: Mark Pahlow’s Guide to Seattle”
Sonoma County, California
[8/12-9/25] We Players presents Romeo and Juliet, “ a site-responsive staging of the classic” in Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, “a historic old California rancho” Thanks, Albert!
Sun Valley, Idaho
[3/19/2017-3/22/2017] Dent 2017, a creative retreat for people who want to “put a dent in the universe,” as Steve Jobs once said. (Highly recommended!)
Tomales Bay, California
[7/30-7/31] Bioluminescence Kayaking-Salty Sound, “a 24 hour camping trip located on a kayak only group camp site”
HEY YOU, YES YOU
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