January 2012Community CalendarThrough January 13 Art: Ray Anthony Barrett at SOMArts SOMArts presents Ray Anthony Barrett’s drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures and poems investigating the language, materials and symbols that define the artist’s experience of contemporary consumer culture. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Friday, 12 to 7 p.m.; Saturday 12 to 5 p.m. Free. 934 Brannan Street. Information: www. somarts.org.
Art + Food: Lunch Break at SFMOMA SFMOMA transforms into a neighborhood lunch break room to celebrate the final weeks of Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break. In The Schwab Room off the museum’s atrium, Vietnamese pop-up café Rice Paper Scissors joins SFMOMA mainstays Blue Bottle Coffee Company and Caffè Museo in offering special menus inspired by the exhibition. 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third Street, San Francisco 415.357.4170 www.sfmoma.org
Performance: Future Motive Power Mugwumpin returns with the world premiere of a mind-bending performance piece inspired by the life of inventor Nikola Tesla, created for the vault level of the historic Old Mint. Tesla’s riveting, peculiar life provides the inspiration for Mugwumpin’s newest original performance about ambition, transcendence, and the terrible price of genius. 8 p.m. Tickets: $30. The Old Mint, 88 Fifth Street. Information: www.mugwumpin.org.
Kids: Magic Classes If abracadabra is one of your favorite words, this class is for you. In celebration of the exhibition Houdini: Art and Magic, the Museum offers kids a chance to develop their magic skills. Class open to seven through nine year olds. 2 – 3:15 p.m. $12. Contemporary Jewish Museum. 736 Mission Street. Information: www.thecjm.org
January 11 through February 5 Theatre: Food Stories Word for Word presents a foodie’s theatrical delight: satirist T.C. Boyle’s Sorry Fugu and award-winning Alice McDermott’s sensuous Enough. Boyle’s story presents Willa, a renowned food critic, who arrives at Albert’s restaurant only to witness disaster. Enough chronicles a woman’s life, from licking ice cream bowls as a kid to aging and the endless variety of pleasures. Wednesday and Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 8 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m. Tickets: $30 – $40; previews January 11, 12 & 13 at 7 p.m. $20. 450 Florida Street. Information: www.zspace.org.
Music: JimBo Trout Music verteran JimBo Trout has been lighting up San Francisco stages for 20 years. As a soloist, JimBo performs on guitar, banjo, and harmonica from a huge catalog of songs and styles, including bluegrass, ragtime, blues, cowboy music, swing, honky-tonk, Appalachian, rock+roll, and more. 7:30 p.m. Free. Farley’s, 1315 18th Street. Information: www.jimbotrout.com.
Music: Captain Casual Blues Band Captain Casual is local stringbender Andrew Goberman, with Paul Olguin on bass and Peter Tucker on drums. The band plays a mix of blues-based favorites and obscurities, some swing tunes and some early-1960’s “brill building blues.” There’s always an interesting guitar on hand, some snappy patter and good clean musical fun. 7:30 p.m. Free. Farley’s, 1315 18th Street.
Community: SFMTA Parking Proposal Public Hearing Join in the discussion on the new parking meter proposals for Potrero Hill, Mission Bay and Dogpatch. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will hold a public hearing to garner citizen’s reactions to its proposal. 10 a.m. Room 416, Hearing Room 4, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. Information: www.sfmta.com/cms/chomepk/meetpkindx.htm.
Environment: Tours of Heron’s Head Park Tour Heron’s Head Park, guided by high school interns. Tours are one hour long, beginning every half hour at 10 a.m. Experience the thrill of observing and learning about the waterfowl, shorebirds and wading birds that call the park their winter home. 10 to 11:30 a.m. $10 adults; kids free. Heron’s Head Park, Jennings Street at Cargo Way. Information: www.sfnature.org/programs/heron_head_park.html.
Music: President’s Breakfast Enjoy live music by President’s Breakfast, a collective of some of the Bay Area’s most talented Jazz and Funk musicians. 6 p.m. Free. Farley’s, 1315 18th Street.
Music: Soul Delights The ever-popular Soul Delights return to Farley’s. 7:30 p.m. Free. 1315 18th Street.
Dance: The Furthest Distance Between Two Points PerceptionsWest, a new, bi-coastal contemporary dance company, presents the multimedia duet The Furthest Distance Between Two Points from directors Molly Fletcher Lynch (SF) and Melissa Gendreau (NY) and Table Talk, a new group work by Lynch. [Part of The Garage’s RAW (Resident Artist Workshop) program.] 8 p.m. Tickets: $10 - $20. The Garage, 975 Howard Street. Information: www.975howard.com.
Family: Folktales Across the African Diaspora Luisah Teish tells stories about the environment through her character Millie Greenleaf. These original tales employ traditional African-American storytelling devices, such as trickster wisdom, rhymes and call and response. The interactive presentation concludes with the creation of mixed-media crafts using natural objects and other recycled materials. 2 to 4 p.m. Free with paid admission. Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street. Information: www.moadsf.org.
Dance: So I Married Abraham Lincoln... Dance Mission Theater presents the world premier dance about the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, featuring a hot parade of first ladies and a host of cross-dressing male ghosts. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 – 18. Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street. Information: www.dancemission.com.
January 27 Through March 3 Theater: Vice Palace— The Last Cockette’s Musical Thrillpeddlers’ original Vice Palace cast returns to San Francisco with their smash hit revival. This performance follows Divina, played by drag king superstar Leigh Crow, an eccentric and wealthy woman who spares no expense to keep her jet-set party guests entertained, while the villagers just beyond the walls of her lavish estate are ravaged by the plague. Each performance must top the next in this bizarre race to escape the one uninvited party guest, death, while looking fabulous. Only 12 performances. 8 p.m. Tickets: $30 – $35. The Hypnodrome, 575 10th Street. Information: www.thrillpeddlers.com.
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This Month's StoriesSFMTA Temporarily Parks Meter Plan District 10 Supervisor Sees Herself as a “Connector” City Searches for Next Drop of Water Residents Mobilize to Defeat Proposed Parking Plan Herrera to Run for Reelection to City Attorney’s Office Hill Resident Designs Unique Garden Spaces Residents Question Whether Former Klein’s Space Suitable for a Pre-School Oscaryne Williams Infant and Toddler Center Provides Safe Place for Wee Ones to Thrive City College Copes with State Budget Crunch Mendell Plaza: Bayview’s Ailing Heart Third St. Business Corridor a Work-in-Progress Bayview Club Continues to Serve Southside Limon Rotisserie Adds Peruvian Flavors to Third St. Many After-School Programs Available on Potrero Hill Honey Available for Tasting at Thick House On-going Features
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