Austin, Texas
[3/17] Pee-wee’s Big Holiday premieres at SXSW
[3/18] Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion
Barcelona
[3/2017] Spannabis
Berkeley, California
[3/26] Heather Gold’s “Everything Is Subject to Change” – One Night Only
[3/26] The Real Numbers, Love Axe, and Annie Bacon at the Starry Plough
East Park Reservoir in Colusa County, California
[5/20-5/26] Camp Tipsy, an “annual rotten boat building contest and camp-out”
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!
Desert beyond Las Vegas
[4/29-5/1] Further Future Festival [Tickets]
Lisbon, Portugal
[11/7-11/10] Web Summit 2016
London
[July 2016] EVA London 2016
Los Angeles
“ Cool Places to Buy Weird Shit in Los Angeles”
[3/18-3/19] Crispin Hellion Glover’s Big Slide Show, Parts 1 & 2 at the Egyptian Theatre
[3/19] Crispin Glover Live! 10th anniversary Part 1 and Part 2 of IT trilogy
[3/24] Cat Art Show LA 2: The Sequel at Think Tank Gallery
[4/1-4/3] Roaring Twenties Weekend 2016 [Tickets]
[4/2-5/12] Hooray for L.A., A full Marionette Musical Variety Hour at Bob Baker Marionette Theater [Tickets]
[12/5-12/8] Henry Rollins at Largo
Marble Falls, Texas
[10/7-10/10] Camp Grounded
Melbourne, Australia
beinArt Gallery opens in early 2016
New Orleans
[2/28/2017] Mardi Gras
[2/13/2018] Mardi Gras
[3/5/2019] Mardi Gras
[2/25/20] Mardi Gras
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] The Ferry Play on the Staten Island Ferry, $1.99
[Dates through March] 8Players, an immersive roleplaying experience, Secret locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, 21+ [Tickets]
[3/22] Pee-wee’s Big Holiday screening followed by a conversation with Paul Reubens at Kaufmann Concert Hall
[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]
[4/1] 31st Annual April Fools’ Day Parade, starts at Noon at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street
[Ongoing] More NYC events
Oakland
Paris, France
Editor’s note: Last January I had the good fortune to spend the night in an artist’s yurt. My photos from that visit will be included in this show…in PARIS!
[4/13-8/29] Habiter le Campement, Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine au Palais de Chaillot
Portland, Oregon
[Until 4/3] Kenny Scharf: Cosmic Cavern Thanks, Michael! Great one!
[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
“Best storytelling events in the Bay Area”
[Ongoing] Elsewhere Philatelic Society
[Until 3/31] Hanaa Zeid paintings at Chez Poulet
[Until 3/31] Sophocles’ Unidentified Fragment (S.116) at the Wave Organ
[3/16] Nerd Nite SF #70: Stem Cell Types, Architectural History, and California Prisons, 7 PM, $15 [Tickets]
[3/18] The WunderKreature & Other Natural Oddities from History, 7 PM to 10 PM [Tickets]
[3/19 and 3/20] San Francisco Pop-up Ball pit Bar at the Romper Room
[3/23] Daniel Clowes presents “Patience” at Green Apple Books on the Park, 7:30 PM
[3/23, 3/25, 3/26] E.T. with live score by the San Francisco Symphony, 7:30 PM [Tickets]
[3/24] Comedian Maria Bamford at Nourse Theater
[3/24] Bawdy Storytelling: True Stories of Sexual Adventure at JCCSF [Tickets]
[3/24] Broke Ass Stuart’s Crazy Fucking Purim Costume Party at Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 21+ [Tickets]
[4/1] St. Stupid’s Day Parade, meet at Embarcadero Plaza, “Bring socks for the sock exchange, pennies for the banker’s heart, dead lottery tickets for the Federal Reserve, noise/music makers for the exorcism and a well dressed sense of absurdity”
[4/13] Fireside Storytelling: “Achilles Heel” at Chez Poulet, 7:30 PM Doors, $15
[4/14-4/15] The Chocolate and Art Show at SOMarts
[4/16] SFMOMA to reopen
[4/21-4/24] The Gray Area Festival, a conference, performances, workshops, and an exhibition surveying culture through the lens of art and technology
[5/5] Jason Mecier’s “Celebrity Trash” at 111 Minna
[5/11] Fireside Storytelling: “Gotta Bail” at Chez Poulet, 7:30 PM Doors, $15
[6/11-10/2] Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life at The Broad [pdf]
[6/12-6/13] Season finale of Calling All Choir at Mission Dolores Basilica
[6/12] Mac Sabbath at Slim’s, 8 PM, all ages [Tickets]
[6/24-6/26] New Games with John Law
[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
[8/5-8/7] Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park
[10/13] Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary, 8 PM [Tickets]
[10/2017] 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love
[Ongoing] More SF events
SF Bay Area
[Ongoing] Best swimming holes in the SF Bay Area
San Mateo, California
[5/20-5/22] The 11th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area [Tickets]
San Rafael, California
[5/7] David Sedaris at Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 8 PM [Tickets]
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, YES YOU
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