Events

Millinery studio walk in hours. Stop by and see our in stock men's and women's hats or chat about having something custom-made. DeAnna Gibbons is the granddaughter of a tattooed sailor with a woodworking shop who had a penchant for secretly knitting and crocheting. After receiving a degree in Metal Arts and Textiles at SF State, she couldn't resist the passionate call of hat making...

Join us for a celebration of hip-hop with an evening filled with live muraling, DJ-ing, break dancing, and a midnight gallery unveiling of artwork by the StreetSmARTS urban artists. StreetSmARTS is a pilot program put on by the San Francisco Arts Commission and Department of Public Works, which commissioned ten murals throughout the city to curb illegal graffiti vandalism. This round of StreetSmARTS artists includes Francisco "Twick" Aquino, Jonathan Brumfield, Max “Eon75” Ehrman, Vera Gordeev-Lowdermilk, Jet Martinez, Marina Perez-Wong (aka Micho P. Wong), Jeff Petersen, Rattlecan Blasters, Meagan Spendlove, and Bryana Fleming. Exhibition Dates: June 19 – September 30 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 19 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. African American Art and Culture Complex 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco

"Understanding A Whale Fall/Whale Watch" is a store wide exhibition by Carrie Hott at Adobe Books that represents a process of inquiry, primarliy into whales, with occasional tangents taken to related topics and site specific investigations. Through the representation of research and its methods, Hott makes visible the action searching and being guided by curiousity in order to orient and understand. In the back room, "Understanding A Whale Fall" represents an interior space that is the site for a personal ongoing investigation into whales and their history. "Whale Watch," in the windows of the Adobe Books Parlor, is a two-part installation and participatory project that broadens the scope of the backroom investigation and brings an additional focus onto the surrounding city and its history. The storewide exhibition nods to the communal atmosphere of Adobe Books, which draws inquisitition and reflection in various forms, by visualizing the process of searching and inviting visitor contributions in the form of log recordings throughout the store.

An evening of multidimensional film, sound, and live performance, featuring short films by Clipson. Clipson's largely improvised, in-camera-edited Super-8mm films often employ multiple exposures, dissolves, and macro imagery, bringing to light subconscious preoccupations and unexpected visual forms. This evening's films feature soundtracks by Bay Area musicians and sound artists including Tarentel, Gregg Kowalsky, and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma; Clipson also presents new works with live performances by Cantu-Ledesma and Portraits. $5 general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in the Haas Atrium).