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Mike Giant’s art is found on skateboards, walls, t-shirts, and even skin. Although found in different forms and venues, his signature black & white style holds true to the sense of urban surrealism often linked to the skateboard, tattoo and graffiti culture, while still being recognizably unique. Mike Giant’s art has been displayed in galleries from San Francisco, where he resides, to Los Angeles, Spain and Australia. Watch the interview from “Dithers,” available for the first time to the public for free, on Walrus TV.Mike Giant’s art is found on skateboards, walls, t-shirts, and even skin.... more
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Sometime when you get bummed out out here and somebody does hand you that twenty-five cents, three pennies, five-dollar bill or whatever, it means a lot. Even the big, old, gruffy gangster-looking son of a guns, they actually care too.
-William
Spare Paint features San Francisco artists David Choong Lee and Brian Barneclo as they engage two homeless men panhandling the rush hour traffic. They offer their talents to paint new, visually striking cardboard signs. Willam, a home restoration specialist, and Joe, a Vietnam Veteran denied retirement benefits, share their stories of what it's like to live on the streets and why they ended up there. Watch the interview, available for the first time to the public for free, from Walrus TV.Sometime when you get bummed out out here and somebody does hand you that twenty-five... more
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The word is “keep pressing on.” And you guys take that from an old soldier, you keep pressing on, man.
-Joe
Spare Paint features San Francisco artists David Choong Lee and Brian Barneclo as they engage two homeless men panhandling the rush hour traffic. They offer their talents to paint new, visually striking cardboard signs. Willam, a home restoration specialist, and Joe, a Vietnam Veteran denied retirement benefits, share their stories of what it's like to live on the streets and why they ended up there. Watch the interview, available for the first time to the public for free, from Walrus TV.The word is “keep pressing on.” And you guys take that from an old... more
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Every Month DSSF interviews another amazing artist(s) about their work, how they got involved with DSSF and the philosophy of their work. Project 218, a collection of artists from the commercial fields of video games and film discuss how the created project 218 and their philosophies.Every Month DSSF interviews another amazing artist(s) about their work, how they got... more
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Painter Randall Stoltzfus shows "luminous paintings of visionary landscapes" at LIMN Art Gallery, precisely 2,905 miles further west of the artist's Brooklyn Studio. Critic Barbara Rose says Stoltzfus "is not afraid of the hard work required to create his sophisticated, painstakingly detailed, labor-intensive paintings. His work recalls the romantic mood of the American masters William Inness and Albert Pinkham Ryder... Stoltzfus is a strong new voice in painting based on an implacable faith in craft and in the resonance of paint itself that, like the religion of his Mennonite forebears, can resist all efforts to stamp it out."
The show runs from April 18th through May 30th, with an opening reception with the artist on April 17th from 6-8 PMPainter Randall Stoltzfus shows "luminous paintings of visionary landscapes"... more
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"Kerry James Marshall stands before a canvas the size of a movie screen. The milky greens, blues and pinks, rendered in paint-by-number patterns and connect-the-dots figures, seem as if they might swallow him and his id whole. But Mr. Marshall and, he hopes, visitors to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art can hold the Crayola madness in check by studying silhouettes embedded in the landscape.
The two three-story murals depict Mount Vernon and Monticello, the estates of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Planted in Where’s Waldo fashion among the bushes and trees in this childlike maze are outlines of the slaves who maintained the estates of a new nation’s champions of liberty.
“The coloring book stuff seduces people to become engaged and has them acknowledge the subtext of these places at the same time,” said Mr. Marshall, who painted the work over a two-week period last month with a crew of local muralists.
Mr. Marshall, a Chicago artist known for exploring racial identity and black history, said he wants people to acknowledge the contradictions that underlie the veneration of the founding fathers. “I think a more realistic representation is appropriate," he said, rather "than the kind of mythologizing that goes with Jefferson as the author of the Declaration of Independence and Washington as the father of the country."""Kerry James Marshall stands before a canvas the size of a movie screen. The... more
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Celebrate Sweater Day!
When: Friday, March 20, 2009, 7:00 PM
Where: San Francisco, CA
Cost: Free
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In honor of what would have been Mister Rogers' 81st birthday on March 20, Mr. McFeely-- let's continue the tradition!!!
From the 2008 event:
The public relations director for Family Communications, Inc. (the nonprofit company founded in 1971 by Fred Rogers) -- has a special request."We're asking everyone (including members of the media) everywhere (from Pittsburgh to Paris) to wear their favorite sweater on that day," he asks. "It doesn't have to have a zipper down the front like the one Mister Rogers wore on the program, it just has to be special to you."Celebrate Sweater Day!
When: Friday, March 20, 2009, 7:00 PM
Where: San... more
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Saturday February 14, 2009 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Justin Herman Plaza
1 Market Street
Embarcadero Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94101
PILLOW FIGHT!!!
Rules:
1) Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
2) Wait for the Ferry Building clock to strike 6:00pm
3) Don’t hit anyone with out a pillow (unless they want it)
4) Don’t hit anyone with a camera
5) HAVE FUN!!!
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FreeSaturday February 14, 2009 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm
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"The problem with television is that ... the average American hasn't got time for it."
- New York Times in regards to the prototype television shown at the 1939 World's Fair.
http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/tvfuneral
presented by
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA),
Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) and
The Long Now Foundation
Date: Tuesday February 17, 02009*
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Location: Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA 94720
Cost: free, bring cash and id for full bar courtesy of the RockStar Bartenders
Extras: donate your Analog TV for recycling! (one per person please)
Website: http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/tvfuneral
On February 17th join author Bruce Sterling, technology pundit Paul Saffo, and other special guests at the Berkeley Art Museum to mourn the loss of our long time acquaintance, the Analog Television Signal. Born in the 01920's the signal has been an integral part of all our lives, bringing us news of the rich, the famous, the politicians, the wars, the Apollo landings, the thrills of victory, and the agonies of defeat. While Analog Television has not been a good friend to us all, it has been important to each and every one of us. Analog Television is survived by its wife Digital Television, and its second cousin Internet Television.
Please bring your Analog TV with antenna for display (and free recycling by ACCRC), as we will stack as many sets as we can in memoriam to our life long friend. At the ceremony Paul Saffo will spell out the sordid history of the Analog TV Signal's life, the group Author and Punisher will perform the funeral dirge, and just before the signal winks out for the last time, author Bruce Sterling will deliver the eulogy via pirate television broadcast supplied by Neighborhood Public Radio.
Note: Bruce Sterling will not be speaking live, this will be a televised appearance he has created specifically for this event.
Also note: Apropos of the soap-operatic life of TV, there is a chance that Congress may issue an 11th hour stay of the "do not resuscitate order" on the Analog TV Signal, however this event will go forward either way as February 17 marks the day they will begin going off air.
Donated TV's will be responsibly reused or recycled by The Alameda County Computer Resource Center who will be on hand to help with TV collection. If you cant make it, but have a TV that needs to be recycled ACCRC will take it free!
Funeral Program:
7:00pm – Doors open (free admission) Durant Lobby - Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA, 94720 - add your working Analog TV and antenna to the recycling pile, cash bar
7:30pm – Museum Theater - Paul Saffo speaks, theater seats 230, overflow served by TV broadcast to lobby
8:00pm – Back to Durant Lobby for reminiscing
8:30pm – Bancroft Lobby, Art Museum - Funeral Dirge performance by Author and Punisher
9:00pm – Bancroft Lobby - Bruce Sterling delivers eulogy
9:30pm – Snowcrash of the Analog Television Signal begins
9:40pm – There is a rumor that the signal may be pirated by the NPR group
10:00pm – End of event
Midnight – Video of Bruce Sterling eulogy released on the Internet"The problem with television is that ... the average American hasn't got... more
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Day of the Dead San Francisco is a community event that has been happening for the last 30 years. There are many organizations and people that contribute to the richness of this event, The Mission really comes together in a beautiful way. Please connect to our community links page to see other participating organizations!
The annual procession, lead by Rescue Culture Collective, will be on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 7:00 PM at 24th & Bryant, in the Mission District of San Francisco.
The procession will end in Garfield Park at the Festival of Altars 8:30 PM at 26th & Harrison.
Please bring flowers, candles, and remembrances of your loved ones for our community altar. This event is FREE and open to the public, wheel chair accessible.Day of the Dead San Francisco is a community event that has been happening for the... more
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This race is a halloween alleycat with considerable points for costumes.
$5 entry with the proceeds donated to the Bike Kitchen.
Registration will be 6:30 PM at City Hall/Civic Center plaza on Friday, 10/31This race is a halloween alleycat with considerable points for costumes.
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North Beach Art Walk sponsered in part by ArtSpan and The Telegraph Hill Dwellers
October 25 & 26, 11 am to 6 pm
Fivepoints Arthouse will be showcasing several works from local north beach resident artists, as well as work by our founders, Jason Bryan, Erik Parra, and Jessica Laurent. On Saturday, October 25, we will screen films from Telegraph Hill's own Judy Irving: ì19 Arrests, No Convictions,î is about a legendary Italian-American bar owner who redeems himself as a San Francisco Bay open-water swimmer, "escaping" from Alcatraz to the mainland; and a SNEAK PREVIEW of new sequences from the double-disc ìWild Parrotsî Collectorís Edition DVD, which will be released nationally Oct. 28th.
To help increase foot traffic in our neighborhood during the weekend of ArtSpan's Open Studios, and, to create an opportunity for more artists to participate, THD's Art & Culture Committee is organizing an art walk and inviting participation of all artists and merchants in North Beach.
Artists will be included on a map along with everybody participating in the Art Walk and/or the Open Studios. Regardless of whether you're planning to show your work/performance/poetry reading on the sidewalk, in your studio, or in a gallery, we would like to know about it and get you on our list of participating artists and merchants and have you on the map. At no cost to you, we will print this list and design a map and make it available to the public.
Businesses and storefront owners are lined up to showcase an artist's work or, lend their empty storefront window for that weekend.
This event is not limited to visual arts. If you're a poet, writer, or a musician, plan a reading or performance at any location in the hood and let us know.
For more information on how to get involved and to be included in the map please email historian@thd.org
North Beach Art Walk sponsered in part by ArtSpan and The Telegraph Hill Dwellers... more
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Neal Stephenson's long-awaited book Anathem will be released to the public on Tuesday September 9, 02008. Join us on this evening to hear the author read from his new work and converse with Stewart Brand and Danny Hillis of The Long Now Foundation. We'll also have a special musical performance of math-based chanting created for Anathem by composer David Stutz . A book signing, reception and all-around celebration will follow (we'll have a cash bar too). Additional copies of the book will also be for sale at the event, but we can only guarantee that pre-ordered books will be signed.
The concept behind Anathem germinated in 01999* when Danny Hillis asked Stephenson and several other contributors to sketch out their ideas of what Long Now's 10,000 Year Clock might look like. Stephenson tossed off a quick sketch and promptly forgot about it. Five years later, however, when he was between projects, the idea came back to him and he began to explore the possibility of building a novel around it - Anathem is the result.
"It is a great story, set in an alternative reality where people take long-term thinking seriously." -Danny Hillis
"Long Now’s 10,000-year clock inspired Neal Stephenson’s new story, Anathem, and now Anathem is inspiring the Long Now. In ten centuries, no one will be sure which came first." -Kevin Kelly
Tickets are $10 for the event only, or $42.50 for the event and a SIGNED copy of Anathem ($10 ticket and $32.50 book, includes tax -- only pre-ordered books are guaranteed to be signed).
Members of The Long Now Foundation receive a complimentary ticket with RSVP, and can choose to pre-order a SIGNED copy of Anathem for $32.50 when they RSVP (only pre-ordered books are guaranteed to be signed).
Tickets and Member RSVP are available through Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/42323
We will also be doing a live stream of this event at 7pm PST on 9/9/08 on http://www.longnow.org/anathem/Neal Stephenson's long-awaited book Anathem will be released to the public on... more
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This Current Gallery profiles the work of Oakland, California Artist: Ezra Li
http://www.ezrali.comThis Current Gallery profiles the work of Oakland, California Artist: Ezra Li... more
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Next month, Bay Area artist pc muñoz (whose musical career includes work with Jackson Browne, Dr. Fink of Prince and the Revolution, and longtime Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud) will release his latest, and most diverse, collection of songs under the album title "Grab Bag" (Talking House Records). I was able to catch up with him in the studio during the album's final mastering session, with sound engineer Willie Samuels, and got an exclusive glimpse into the making of his most recent sonic adventure. Next month, Bay Area artist pc muñoz (whose musical career includes work with... more
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Somehow these guys didn't get into the San Francisco Chronicle's weekend guide, so I'm trying to get the word out that S.F.'s very own film festival (the Frozen Film Festival) is starting this week with an opening bash on Thursday at the Space Gallery. Come on down and support local independent filmmaking. Thanks!Somehow these guys didn't get into the San Francisco Chronicle's weekend... more
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The Long Now Foundation Presents
Mechanicrawl
www.mechanicrawl.org
Saturday July 12, 02008
from 3pm to 8pm
Spend a summer day exploring the mechanical marvels along San Francisco's North Shore! See giant running steam engines, turn of the century automata, mechanical computers, an 8 foot high mechanical planetarium and more...
You'll be able to map your own route for the event and spend as much time at each location as you'd like. Maps, routes and additional info are listed under Map Your Crawl.
You can purchase tickets for Mechanicrawl, or join one of the participating organizations and get in free! Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children (under 6 are free) and $11 for students and seniors.
A great way to support these mechanical marvels of San Francisco is through their membership programs; links are included under Main Attractions.
The Long Now Foundation Presents
Mechanicrawl
www.mechanicrawl.org
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Here is a small vid I did of our show the other weekend for the new zine
more info can be found at
www.asiwouldsay.com
Thank you to Current for the Flip Cam Love!Here is a small vid I did of our show the other weekend for the new zine
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Many have lamented the slow fade of vinyl records. Even if you were born after the rise of the CD, it's easy to get nostalgic about the warm crackle of the spinning turntable or the large-scale beauty of album art. Lower Haters' newest show is a record reconnaissance, bringing vinyl into the digital age without diminishing its traditional pleasures. More than 30 local artists have turned shiny black discs into canvases, flooding the grooves with paint. At the opening, DJs TopCat, Romanowski, and Enki put their vinyl to use the old-fashioned way.
– Nicholas Nauman [Flavorpill]
http://flavorpill.com/sanfrancisco/events/2008/6/6/vinyl-apocalypse-new-and-original-art-on-vinyl?context=artMany have lamented the slow fade of vinyl records. Even if you were born after the... more
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