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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.
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Bay Area
TEXT 415-NEON-RAT[4/7-4/10]
Event Horizon, a “new standalone sci-fi larp for adults”
Various 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
[Ongoing] Joshua Raoul Brody’s Beatles Thingy
[Until 9/23] Dan Savage’s Hump! Festival
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
[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]
[2/13] Design Your Vibrant Vision – A Creative Business Intention Setting Camp at the Sewing Room, 10 AM to 2 PM
[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
[2/5] Experimental Drawing Workshop with Sonja Hinrichsen at Berkeley Art Center, 1 PM to 4 PM
[2/7] Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia, public preview at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 7 PM to 10 PM
[2/11] Hippie Modernism Forum: Counterculture / Cyberculture at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 1 PM
[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]
[2/18] Hippie Modernism Home Movie & Family Album Day at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 1 PM to 6 PM
[2/28] Gil Stancourt’s Dipped: The Tasting Party at the Homemade Cafe, 7 PM to 9 PM [Tickets]
Black Rock City, Nevada
[8/27-9/4] Burning Man 2017: Theme is Radical Ritual
Brockton, Massachusetts
[2/11-6/4] Playa Made: The Jewelry of Burning Man at Fuller Craft Museum
— [2/11] At 2 PM, Reception, then a panel talk with Karen Christians, Christine Kristen, George Post, and Sumner Silverman
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
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
[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
[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
[Starts 10/2017] Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Broad
[2/18] Fleetmac Wood Presents Rumours Rave at Los Globos, 10 PM to 2 AM [Tickets]
[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
[3/25] 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
Malden, Massachusetts
[Ongoing] Boda Borg
Maxwell, California
[6/15-6/18] Camp Tipsy 2017, “an annual rotten boat building contest and campout”
Nashville, Tennessee
[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
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
[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 <<–Great exhibit!
[Until 4/2] Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture at OMCA
[2/1] Haus of Kulture Salon :: v.1 at Starline Social Club, 2 PM to 5 PM
[2/9] Yarn, comedy storytelling esp. for women over 29 at Octopus Literary Salon, 7 PM
[2/16-2/19] Hot Couture 2017 at the Crucible [Tickets]
[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
[3/12] Sugar Rush: A Cupcake Tasting Event at East Bay Community Center, 5447 Telegraph, 2 PM to 5 PM [Tickets]
[3/25] 2017 Oakland Onesie Pub Crawl, 6 PM on
[4/7] Opening for Nasty Women Exhibition Oakland at Omi Gallery, 6:30 PM to 9 PM [Tickets] show runs through 4/30
[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.
Oregon
[8/17-8/23] Oregon Eclipse 2017, a “total solar eclipse gathering”
Palm Springs, California
[2/18] Charles Phoenix: Fins, Flair & Futurism a “Live Comedy Slide Show Performance Celebrating Space Age Automotive Styling,” at Palm Springs Art Museum, 10 AM to 2 PM
[7/7-7/10] Yes and Yes Yes at the Ace Hotel
Pasadena, California
[Every Friday in February] Serial Killer Speed Dating: Escape Room Edition at The Bunker Experience, Old Town
Plains, Georgia
[Sundays] (Former President) Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School Class
Portland, Oregon
[3/25] 2017 Portland Onesie Pub Crawl
Sacramento, California
[2/3-2/25] ArtStreet, “a temporary series of arts events, which included exhibitions, salons, lectures, film premieres, book debuts, musical performances, and artist receptions” {backstory} Thanks, David!
[2/18] A Vision Board Camp For Creative Entrepreneurs at Focus & Flow, 1 PM to 5 PM
[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
[Until 3/19] LogJam Cafe, part of Tom Sachs’ Space Program: Europa exhibition, a must see!
[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
[Now] The Cakeland Fete Noir: Scott Hove Returns to SF at Heron Arts, 7 Heron Street, 12 PM to 4 PM (and by appointment)
[2/2-2/16] 19th Annual SF Indie Film Fest
[2/2] Conjuring Wonder: Magician Dennis Kyriakos at the Musto Bar, the Battery, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
[2/3-3/30] Real Housewives of Macaroni, new portraits by Jason Mecier at Dolores Park Cafe
[2/9] Opening reception, 6 PM to 8 PM
[2/3] Fleetmac Wood Presents Rumours Rave at Public Works, 9:30 PM to 2:30 AM [Tickets]
[2/4] Opening party for An Art Show Tribute to the Films of Hayao Miyazaki at Spoke Art, 6 PM to 9 PM

[2/4] Cardboard Animal Parade, meet at 7 PM at Precita Park, parade starts at 8 PM, goes from Precita Park to Dolores Park to Castro to ??, FREE, Friendly dogs and kids welcome
[2/5] Cuddle Party, 6 PM to 10 PM [Tickets]
[2/5] Conspiracy of Beards, an all-male choir who cover Leonard Cohen songs, playing at Rickshaw Stop with Society of Rockets, 8 PM [Tickets] Thanks, Joshua!
[2/8] Fireside Storytelling: Surprise at Chez Poulet, 7:30 PM doors, 8 PM show
[2/10] The Bay Area Pun-Off at The Go Game, 7 PM to 10:30 PM [Tickets]
[2/12] Lost Landscapes Marathon, 8 years, 8 shows, 10 hours at Shaping San Francisco, Noon to 10 PM
[2/12] Phenomenauts ~ Mustard Plug ~ Aloha Screwdriver at Bottom of the Hill
[2/14] PillowFight SF at Justin Herman Plaza, 5:50 PM
[2/14] Decentralized Dance Party SF – Valentine’s Day 2017, Bring a boombox, 7 PM [Tickets]
[2/14] Anti-Valentine’s Day Power Ballad Sing-a-Long at Roxie Theater, 9:30 PM
[2/15] Chinatown Neon Walking Tour, 4 PM to 6:30 PM [Tickets]
[2/16] ARTandVR: A Futurist Festival at Hackt, 7 PM to 11 PM [Tickets]
[2/16] Microdosing: A Psychedelic Approach to Mood Disorders at Nourse Theater, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM [Tickets]
[2/16] Speechless, “Armed only with a laser pointer and a deck of random slides, presenters put their talents to the test,” at Public Works, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM [Tickets]
[2/18] The Power of Mindful Self Compassion at CISS Public Programs, 9:30 M to 4:30 PM [Tickets]
[2/18] 7th Annual Hard French Winter Ball at Gray Area’s Grand Theater, 8 PM to 2 AM [Tickets]
[2/20] Opening reception for Meredith Dittmar: New Works at Mirus Gallery, 7 PM to 10 PM
[2/20] The Edwardian Ball World’s Faire 2017 at the Regency Ballroom, 8 PM [Tickets]
[2/23] BUFFY Musical Sing-Along at The Lone Star Saloon, 7 PM to 11:30 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] 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
[3/12] Breasts. An Art Exhibit of Form and Function at The Public Works SF, 6 PM
[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]
[4/1] Cow Hollow Neon Walking Tour, 7 PM to 8:30 PM [Tickets]
[4/1] The Obfuscia Hotel at the Battery, 8 PM to 11 PM
[4/21] Erika Chong Shuch’s For You at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [Application]
[4/23] Guinness World Record – Longest Chain of Roller Skaters, Kennedy Drive at Golden Gate Park, 2 PM to 5 PM
[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 Jose, California
[1/28] Mac Sabbath at The Ritz, 8 PM to 11 PM [Tickets]
Santa Fe, New Mexico
[Ongoing] Meow Wolf [Read this] [Tickets]
Santa Rosa, California
[3/31] An Evening with Neil Gaiman at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 8 PM to 9:30 PM [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!
Torrance, California
[2/11] Charles Phoenix: This is Americana, a “Live Comedy Slide Show Performance Celebrating Classic & Kitschy American Life & Style!”
Vancouver, B.C.
[2/18] Pinata Workshop with Meaghan Kennedy at Blim, 2 PM to 5 PM
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