Everywhere
Austin, Texas
[3/18] Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion
[3/11-3/15] SXSW Interactive
Berkeley, California
[1/23] The Calling All Choir’s 2016 Winter Finale at the Crowden School [Tickets]
Join the Spring 2016 Calling All Choir here.
Burbank, California
[1/13] Comedian Laura House and Friends at Flapper’s, 7:30 PM [Tickets]
(North) Berkeley/Kensington, California
[1/24] Cozy January Cuddle Party, 3 to 6 PM [Tickets]
Copenhagen, Denmark
[Until 1/24] Yayoi Kusama
: In Infinity, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Denver, Colorado
[2/3-2/5] Women Grow Summit
Houston, Texas
[4/9] The 29th Annual Houston Art Car Parade
Lake Iseo, Italy [6/18 to 7/3] Christo’s Floating Piers
Las Vegas
[Ongoing] Akhob, an immersive “Ganzfeld effect” experience by artist James Turrell at Louis Vuitton [by appt only: 702-730-3150] HIGHLY recommended!
Lisbon, Portugal
[11/7-11/10] Web Summit 2016
London
[July 2016] EVA London 2016
Los Angeles
[January] Mourning David Bowie events in Los Angeles
[1/18] Crispin Hellion Glover Live! Los Angeles 10th anniversary at The Egyptian/ American Cinematheque
[1/21] I Know You Are But What Am I? The Artists Behind Pee-wee’s Playhouse, 7 PM
[2/4] A Skate Night for David Bowie at Moonlight Rollerway, Glendale
[2/27] The Edwardian Ball
[3/19] Crispin Glover Live! 10th anniversary Part 1 and Part 2 of IT trilogy
[4/1-4/3] Roaring Twenties Weekend 2016 [Tickets]
Melbourne, Australia
beinArt Gallery opens in early 2016
[2/20] White Night Melbourne
Napa Valley, California
[5/27-5/29] BottleRock [Tickets]
New York City
Brooklyn: “From Bumper Cars to Torah Taxidermy: A Guide to 25 of Brooklyn’s Most Unusual Museums”
[Ongoing] Sleep No More at The McKittrick Hotel
[Ongoing] The Ferry Play on the Staten Island Ferry, $1.99
[1/14-1/16] Walter Dundervill: ARENA, an installation dance piece, Brooklyn [Tickets]
[Until 1/23] Dodecahedron, an exhibit by Mark Ryden at Paul Kasmin Gallery
[Dates in January] Broken Bone Bathtub, Siobhan O’Loughlin’s immersive theater experience, various bathtubs in NYC
[Dates through March] 8Players, an immersive roleplaying experience, Secret locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, 21+ [Tickets]
[1/30- ] The Grand Paradise by Third Rail Projects, 383 Troutman Street, Brooklyn [Tickets]
[2/5-2/7] Versailles 2016 at a secret location in Hastings on Hudson, by En Garde Arts [Tickets]
[2/19-2/23] Insignificance by Terry Johnson, Langham Place Hotel, Manhattan [Tickets]
[Until 3/27] Then She Fell, An immersive theater experience combining a hospital ward, the writings of Lewis Carroll, and only 15 audience members per show [Tickets]

Oakland
[1/17] Cartooning with Paul Sharky, free classes for kids
[1/31] Oakland Museum’s White Elephant Preview Sale, $15 [pdf for Tickets]
[2/4-2/6] Oakland Fair: Play at Frank Ogawa Plaza
[2/7] Pie Day at Humanist Hall
[2/12 and 2/13] Hot Couture: Alchemy & Ardor at The Crucible, [Tickets]
[3/5 and 3/6] Oakland Museum’s White Elephant Sale, Free
[July] Burger Boogaloo, Mosswood Park
Palm Springs, California
[2/13] Charles Phoenix Space Age Slide Show at Palm Springs Art Museum, 10 AM [Tickets]
[7/8-7/11] Yes and Yes Yes (YxYY) at the Ace Hotel, a “summer retreat for anyone who considers themselves a thinker, maker, creator, nerd, or weirdo.”
Pescadero, California
[1/30 and 1/31] Elephant Seal Adventure tours at Ano Nuevo [Tickets]
Portland, Oregon
[8/11-8/15] World Domination Summit [Tickets]
Provincetown, Massachusetts
[8/13-8/19] Carnival 2016: Back to the 80’s
Riverside, California
[5/20-5/22] Beyond Brookledge at the Galleria at the Mission Inn
San Francisco
[Dates in January] Noir City, the 14th annual San Francisco Film Noir festival
[Dates in January] SF Sketchfest, the 15th annual San Francisco comedy festival
[Until 1/18/2016] Janet Cardiff’s The Forty Part Motet, an immersive sound installation at Fort Mason Center, Free with RSVP
[Until 2/10] San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2016 [Tickets]
[1/13] Bawdy Storytelling’s “Slave to Love” at Verdi Club [Tickets]
[1/13] Phonographic Memory January 2016 Session, The main library downtown {Tickets]
[1/14] Dolores Park Grand Opening, 4 PM to 7 PM
[1/14] In Memoriam: David Bowie the Class of ’84 at Cat Club SF
[1/15] Friends of Single People, “part roast, part game-show, part social experiment” at PianoFight, 9 PM [Tickets]
[1/16] Going Deeper: Freedom, Liberation & Mindfulness at Against the Stream’s San Francisco Center
[1/16] Appetite Obscure: Dating, a potluck event for surrealist dating, 7 PM to 10 PM
[1/19] Dr Sketchy’s SF presents Maid of Might at SFIOP, 7 PM to 10 PM, $12 [Tickets]
[1/20-2/26] Ellingson & Wertz at Mule Gallery, Opening reception on 2/5 from 6 pm to 9 pm
[1/20] Nerd Nite SF #68: Politics, Stem Cells, and TBA! [Tickets]
[1/20] Bawdy Storytelling at SketchFest! at Eureka Theatre, 8 PM [Tickets]
[1/21] Kava Lounge to open at 901 Divisadero
[1/21-1/24] Internet Cat Video Festival [Tickets]
[1/22] The Edwardian Ball World’s Faire, 8 PM [Tickets]
[1/23] The Edwardian Ball [Tickets]
[1/23] The Groundlings’ Children’s Show at JCCSF, 1 PM
[1/23] ESCAPE FROM AT&T PARK
[1/24] Cultivated Wit’s Comedy Hack Day 10 at Alamo Drafthouse, 7 PM, $25 [Tickets]
[1/27] Design workshop with Foma Labs‘ Uriah Findley and Anthony Rocco at The Rathskeller Club (The Mission)
[1/29-1/31] Last Minute Light Art, A show of LIght Art and Illuminated Art at 5 Months Gallery
[1/29, 1/30] Pancakes & Booze Art Show – FREE Pancakes at 111 Minna Gallery [Details]
[1/29] Dan Deacon at The Fillmore
[1/30] The Bay Lights return, with fireworks, at 7:25 PM
[1/30] The Calling All Choir’s 2016 Winter Finale at Mission Dolores Basilica, 8 PM [Tickets]
Join the Spring 2016 Calling All Choir here.
[2/3] An Evening with Cheryl Strayed at Herbst Theatre, 7 PM [Tickets]
[2/5] IN THE RED, a gallery party and silent auction at SOMArts, San Francisco, to help fund the Flaming Lotus Girls’ next big project
[2/10] Pussy Riot at the Warfield [Tickets]
[2/10-2/13] Fog City Magic Fest at EXIT Theatre
[2/11] Playful Get-To-Know-You Experiences: Tangible Possibility (Lea Redmond) & Appetite Obscure, 6:30 PM
[2/11] Monica Lewinsky at JCCSF

[2/11-3/5] Miss Behave’s Game Show at Greek Star Theatre [Tickets]
[3/4] Dead Kennedys at the Fillmore [Tickets]
[3/19 and 3/20] San Francisco Pop-up Ball pit Bar at the Romper Room
[4/16] SFMOMA to reopen
[7/10] Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge at DNA Lounge [Tickets]
[7/23] The Murray Invitational. A Bill Murray Art Exhibition and Golf Party at Public Works
[10/2017] 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love
Seattle
“The Obscure, the Charming and the Odd: Mark Pahlow’s Guide to Seattle”
Sun Valley, Idaho
[3/20-3/23/2016] DENT
Spain
[7/4-7/10] Nowhere
HEY YOU
If YOU would like to co-curate an issue of Rusty’s Electric Dreams, I’d love to hear your idea! Please email me: rusty@blazenhoff.com.Know about a cool event? Share it. I’ll do my best to include it in the next issue.
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