Art, Festivals, Launches, & Parties in the Bay

If you’re still recovering from the craziness of Outside Lands, check out a more mellow local show, a community poetry reading, or art exhibition!  There are tons of these events for the Bay Area’s creative community at the end of August, so don’t miss out.  And if you still can’t get enough of those music festival vibes, Noise Pop’s 20th St Block Party is back for another year.

(UN)KNOWING
Join VSCO for opening night of (Un)Knowing, a Micro Gallery exhibition and conversation featuring local Bay Area artists Bryce Carrington and Genevieve Diaz, as well as curator YeTunde Olagbaju. Meet the artists, explore their work, and enjoy light bites and drinks with the VSCO community.

MICRO GALLERY OPENING NIGHT – (UN)KNOWING
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 5 – 8PM
VSCO, 1500 BROADWAY #300
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TIMBUK2 ART SHOW | DECONSTRUCTED
Timbuk2’s team is stepping away from their desks to throw an art show in our factory’s garage space to celebrate the faces behind the bags. So join them for some tunes, food, fun and awesome artwork at their Mission location!

TIMBUK2 ART SHOW | DECONSTRUCTED
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 6 – 9PM
TIMBUK2, 587 SHOTWELL ST
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OAKLAND ART LIBRARY V
The Oakland Art Library is back for another edition– stop by to the only library in the Bay Area where members can borrow art instead of books.  This event will include new art, drinks, live music from Tha Spyryt, and an appearance from Oakland Magazine!

OAKLAND ART LIBRARY V
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 7 – 9PM
OAKLAND ART LIBRARY, 357 12TH ST
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UNFINISHED LAUNCH & PARTY & ART SHOW
UNFINISHED is a collection launch party celebrating the community of San Francisco natives who call this city home.  Their first pop-up experience will include local artwork, live music, an interactive plant space, food/drinks, and of course, first dibs on our UNFINISHED collection launch.

UNFINISHED: COLLECTION LAUNCH PARTY & ART SHOW
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 4 – 10PM
LAUGHING MONK BREWING
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THE OFFICIAL SCRIBBLER QUARTERLY BOOK PARTY & READING
This is a celebration of The Scribbler Quarterly’s 10th Anniversary where there will be books, food, and tons of fun.  There will also be a live performance from DeWayne Dickerson, Ellaraine Locke, Liv Max & Ananda Esteva.

THE OFFICIAL SCRIBBLER QUARTERLY BOOK PARTY & READING
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 7 – 9:30PM
THE OCTOPUS LITERARY SALON
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REBOOTING THE FUTURE
Rebooting the Future: Multimedia & Performance Arts Festival, is a free, all ages two-day festival that brings together Bay Area artists who leverage technology and new media in order to access the imagination, Futurity, and the Divine.  There will be a total space activation filled with tons of interactive works and creative performances.

REBOOTING THE FUTURE: MULTIMEDIA & PERFORMANCE ARTS FESTIVAL
AUGUST 16 – 17
SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER
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NOISE POP’S 20TH ST BLOCK PARTY
Noise Pop’s annual 20th St Block Party is back– it’s a part street food festival, part music festival and part local vendor bazaar. This year’s 20th St Block Party will benefit 826 Valencia and La Cocina!  This is a smoke-free event. No outside food or drinks allowed.

NOISE POP’S 20TH ST BLOCK PARTY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 12 – 6PM
MISSION DISTRICT
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30 YEARS SINCE DR. HUEY P. NEWTON
The African American Museum & Library at Oakland (AAMLO) announces a public conversation on Saturday, August 17 ahead of the thirtieth anniversary of the death of the slain political icon, Dr. Huey P. Newton.  The program—created collaboratively with the performative think tank, MATATU—will take place at AAMLO, 659 14th Street in downtown Oakland.

30 YEARS SINCE DR. HUEY P. NEWTON: HUSBAND, SOULMATE & FATHER
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2 – 4PM
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT OAKLAND
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RAIN AND HONEY: POETRY BOOK RELEASE PARTY
Join Transmission Gallery in celebrating the publication of Rain and Honey, a book of poems by David Zeltzer with — for each poem — a visual by Livia Stein.  There will be a live poetry reading from the author– David will read each poem and the gallery will be projecting the accompanying painting or drawing by Livia.

RAIN AND HONEY: POETRY BOOK RELEASE PARTY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 7:30 – 9PM
TRANSMISSION GALLERY
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NEW BODY BOOK RELEASE PARTY
Join CRTL+SHFT to celebrate the release of NEW BODY! Artists featured in the original SOCIAL OBJECTS exhibition, curated by Emilia Shaffer-Del Valle at CTRL+SHFT Collective in 2018, will be in conversation on a panel with the writers who creatively responded to their work.  After the panel, stick around for DANCING! DRINKS! FRIENDS! FUN! YES!

NEW BODY BOOK RELEASE PARTY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 4 – 7PM
CTRL+SHFT
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HOT GIRL SUMMER / SAD BOY FALL
Cliterary Salon is a monthly literary show focusing on work not traditionally prioritized in the mainstream by writers who subvert convention.  This month’s edition has been called “Hot Girl Summer / Sad Boy Fall,” so if either of those categories apply to you, go check out this event.

HOT GIRL SUMMER / SAD BOY FALL
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 7PM
ROCKRIDGE IMPROVEMENT CLUB, OAKLAND
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SUMMER FRIENDSHIP QUEST 2019
Check out this show at El Rio featuring musical acts from both touring and local artists.  The music will be experimental and features a IDHAZ, a local producer, singer, and poet who transports through dark portals to sounds of undiscovered emotion, past, future, and fractured light.

AVOLA, ELROND, IDHAZ, GALAXY EXPRESS 555
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 8 – 11PM
PRO ARTS GALLERY & COMMONS
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JIM MARSHALL: SHOW ME THE PICTURE
Join Leica Store San Francisco and Jim Marshall Photography LLC in a celebration of Jim Marshall’s photography and the book launch of ‘Jim Marshall: Show Me The Picture.’  Sip Jim’s Marshall’s signature cocktails and enjoy live music while you browse Jim’s photography from the book on display, along with his collection of Leica cameras and his Grammy Award.

BOOK LAUNCH & RECEPTION: JIM MARSHALL: SHOW ME THE PICTURE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 6 – 8:30PM
LEICA STORE SAN FRANCISCO
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3 FISH STUDIOS SIDEWALK SALE
3 Fish Studios, an art gallery in the Sunset, is bringing back their annual summer sidewalk sale with hundreds of prints, paintings, reproductions and one-of-a-kind items made in house.  Although items for sale feature little imperfections that make the items not-ready-for-retail, it certainly makes them affordable, as everything will be up to 50% off!

ANNUAL SIDEWALK SALE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 11AM – 5PM
3 FISH STUDIOS
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Sample Sale!

9 local, women-owned fashion and accessory businesses are joining together to host the second annual sample sale at The Ruby in San Francisco! 40%-80% off local designer samples, one-of-a-kind items, and discontinued styles from your favorite women designers!  You MUST Rsvp to this sample sale to get the address for The Ruby, as this is a private location and it is not listed on google. You will receive an email from us 48 hours before the sale with the exact address.

Sat, August 24, 2019, 12-4pm
The Ruby SF, 23rd and Bryant St SF.
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SFZF ZINE PICNIC
Come hang out and meet other zine- and comics-makers at our fifth annual zine picnic!  Bring snacks, some zines to trade or to work on, and be ready to browse the SFZF zine library.  This is a great time to get to know other makers, meet the organizing team, and maybe even find out how you can volunteer to help make SF Zine Fest 2019 the best one yet.  To get to the picnic area: take the elevator to the 6th floor and look for signs leading you to the zine picnic on the outdoor terrace.

ZINE PINIC HOSTED BY SF ZINE FEST 2019
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 12 – 4PM
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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DE/CODE AT THE GROWLERY
DE/CODE is a new exhibition that celebrates the creative vigor and historical narratives of artists of color working across mediums of new media and fine art in the Bay Area.  The opening reception will also include a food pop-up by Milktooth and a live performance from 4orplay.

OPENING RECEPTION: DE/CODE: RITUAL, FUTURITY, AND AUTHOETHNOGRAPHIC PRACTICE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 6 – 9PM
THE GROWLERY
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CONSTANCE HOCKADAY | FUTUREHELLNOW
Artist Constance Hockaday will be giving a performative lecture staged inside of her A+P+I installation.  The performance includes a stream of associations exploring how sandy beach survival strategies, homemade boats, linguistic investigations of the word “hope,” normalcy bias, and the artist’s own personal anecdotes come together to illustrate the terrifying and liberating ways we make sense of our lives in the age of disaster.

CONSTANCE HOCKADAY | FUTUREHELLNOW
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 7 – 8PM
MILLS COLLEGE ART MUSEUM
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FELY TCHACO NEW ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
Come check out this special intimate soiree with a live music performance featuring FELY TCHACO and her BAND previewing her latest new album.  There will be food tasting and drinks, opportunities to network and mingle with fellow creatives, an album listening, and a special guest artist.

FELY TCHACO NEW ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 7 – 9PM
MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
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