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WEDNESDAY
May 21, 2008
The Arts
| Call | "The Other Afghanistan". Photographer Gloriann Liu brings Afghanistan and its people to life. In this breathtaking exhibit, she captures the raw, etherea… World Affairs Council of Northern California. (Festival - Photography Exhibit). 415-293-4600 |
| Call | "Charge It" - An Exhibition of Artwork Dealing with Money and Debt. Presented by ARTworkSF Gallery in association with Rhodes & Fletcher, LLC, this exhibition is open to the public. Rhodes & Fletcher LLC. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 415-673-3080 |
| Call | Zoom In / Zoom Out - An Exhibition of Youth Artwork. Featuring k-8 work from After School Studio program and unveiling our teen Leadership Enterprise program's Public Art campaign d… The Preview Room. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 415-229-9197 |
| Call | Intergenerational Writers Workshop 2008 Reading. Spanning three months of workshops led by six lead artists, and four public readings and performances, this evening features rea… Intersection for the Arts. (Performance - Staged Reading). 415-626-3311 |
| 9:00 am- 6:00 pm | Susquehanna - Photographs by Johanna Case-Hofmeister. Having recently relocated to the Bay Area many of the images in the show were made in the rural area of Upstate New York called… In Color 2. (Festival - Photography Exhibit). 415-861-3997 |
| 10:00 am- 3:00 pm | Group Art Exhibition: Quarter Century. Creativity Explored celebrates 25 years of making art and changing lives with a rare exhibition of its archives and permanent co… Creativity Explored. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 415-863-2108 |
| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm | Lure : Chinese-American Contemporary Artist Beili Liu. Beili Liu explores the ties that bind lovers in this dramatic, large-scale installation, pesented by the Chinese Culture Center… Chinese Culture Center. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 415-986-1822 |
| 12:00 pm- 5:00 pm | Jenny Vogel: Your Lips Are No Man's Land But Mine. New York-based artist Jenny Vogel repurposes appropriated imagery from personal webcams and low-contrast surveillance cameras to… SF Camerawork. (Festival - Photography Exhibit). 415-512-2020 |
| 12:00 pm- 5:00 pm | Mike Brodie: The 2008 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers. Mike Brodie, aka "The Polaroid Kidd," now using 35 mm film, presents his current series of photographs entitled The Rockaway Sum… SF Camerawork. (Festival - Photography Exhibit). 415-512-2020 |
| 12:00 pm- 6:00 pm | How I Learned To .... A collaborative installation by Weston Teruya and Michele Carlson that looks at the construction of nationhood and identity thro… Intersection for the Arts. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 415-626-2787 |
| 12:00 pm- 5:00 pm | Past Is An Image We Form In The Present. In this show curated by Chuck Mobley and Emma Tramposch, three artists who make use of and manipulate vernacular images from fam… SF Camerawork. (Festival - Photography Exhibit). 415-512-2020 |
| 12:00 pm- 5:00 pm | Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet. The exhibition is filled with original costumes, set designs, rare photographs and video documenting thrilling designs from many… Museum of Performance & Design. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 415-255-4800 |
| 8:00 pm- 10:00 pm | Happy Hump Day Comedy Showcase. Bring a date or your friends to the newly remodeled Julie's Supper Club and enjoy the hottest Bay Area comedians before they hit… Julie's Supper Club. (Performance - Show Comedy). 510-847-4156 |
| 8:00 pm | The Barbary Coasters, Middle Class Murder & The HiWatters Benefit for Blue Bear School of Music. Three fun bands will come together to benefit a great program at the Blue Bear School of Music. The program is called Studio 101… Red Devil Lounge. (Arts - Concerts). 415-921-1695 |
Sports
| 12:30 pm | Oakland Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays.  MLB Baseball Game. McAfee Coliseum. (Sports - Pro Baseball). 510-568-5600 |
| 3:30 pm | Wednesday Night Drags. The Wednesday night feature is open to anyone with a driver's license whose car passes a brief inspection. This summer, the Top… Infineon Raceway. (Sports - Car Racing). 800-870-RACE |
Community
| 9:00 am- 5:00 pm | The Butterfly Zone: The Conservatory of Flowers' Exhibition of Live Butterflies. You'll walk amongst a wide variety of brightly colored blossoms, watching, and sometimes ducking, as butterflies fly from flower… Conservatory of Flowers. (Educational - Science & Nature). 415-666-7001 |
| 11:30 am | "U.S. Involvement in the Middle East: The Origin and Consequences". Lawrence Freedman argues that three pivotal events in 1979 helped establish the foundations for U.S. involvement in the Middle E… World Affairs Council of Northern California. (Community - Lecture). 415-293-4600 |
| 6:00 pm | "War in Your Living Room: The Legacy of Ace Combat Photographer Norman Lloyd". This program will include gripping scenes of jungle warfare from Norman Lloyd's coverage of the U.S. incursion into Cambodia, as… Marin Art & Garden Center. (Community - Lecture). 415-293-4600 |
| 6:00 pm | "Film Screening-Iraq: The Lost Generation". Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy discusses her award-winning film. World Affairs Council of Northern California. (Community - Lecture). 415-293-4600 |
| 6:45 pm- 10:00 pm | Free Real Estate Investing Education and Networking Event. Wealthy local, experienced investor will provide education, information, and networking opportunity so that you can learn to dup… Acqua Hotel. (Educational - Workshop). 415-455-9040 |
| 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm | Intergenerational Writers Lab Night 3. The evening features readings by creative nonfiction writer Bushra Rehman and journalist and music writer Jeff Chang, and IWL 20… Kearny Street Workshop. (Educational - Workshop). 415-503-0520 |
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