Welcome to Tenderloin Arts LIVE, a collection of monthly Tenderloin arts events sourced from organizations, individuals, and venues from the neighborhood. Here are some of the many arts & culture happenings in the Tenderloin this month.
Want to submit your events for next month’s listing? Email info [at] tlcbd [dot] org to receive the event submissions form.
Sting, starring in THE LAST SHIP
GOLDEN GATE THEATRE
1 Taylor Street
FEB. 20 – MAR. 22, 2020
Rock superstar Sting stars in THE LAST SHIP, an epic tale of community, hope and a great act of collective defiance. When a sailor named Gideon Fletcher returns home after seventeen years at sea, tensions between past and future flare in both his family and his town. The local shipyard, around which Wallsend has always revolved, is closing and no-one knows what will come next, only that a half-built ship towers over the terraces. With the engine fired and pistons in motion, picket lines are drawn as foreman Jackie (Sting) and his wife Peggy fight to hold their community together in the face of the gathering storm. With an outstanding score from multiple Grammy Award winner Sting, this new musical is personal, political and passionate.
High Fantasy Memory Index
Date: February 4, 6-9pm
Location: Tenderloin Museum, 398 Eddy St
Facilitated by performer Silk Worm and artist Raphael Villet, High Fantasy Memory Index is a public celebration and archive of photographs, videos and artworks made about High Fantasy, a drag performance and party that ran every Tuesday at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge from 2010 to 2018. This archive, which marks the end of the Tenderloin Museum’s broader series of programs about Aunt Charlie’s, also kicks off the museum’s creation of their highly anticipated book, Aunt Charlie’s: San Francisco’s Working Class Drag Bar.
As an open submission archive, this civic project invites viewers to submit their work—and aims to show High Fantasy from the many perspectives of its performers, hosts, bartenders, DJs, regulars, and guests. After the reception, attendees are also invited to attend Angels, Aunt Charlie’s Lounge’s new Tuesday night party.
Want to submit your work about High Fantasy to TLM? Email us at [email protected].
Concerts at CENTER FOR NEW MUSIC
Multiple Dates
Location: 55 Taylor Street
C4NM presents concerts of all types of new creative music. From contemporary classical to avant-garde, to new jazz, and more. Here are the shows happening this month.
Click here for more info on all shows listed below..
Sat, Feb 1 | 7:30 PM | Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir: Portraits
Sat, Feb 8 | 8 PM | Areon Flutes and Siroko Duo: Current Winds
Thu, Feb 13 | 8 PM | Mana Makes Sense
Fri, Feb 14 | 8 PM | John Halle & Friends Obliterate Standards
Sun, Feb 16 | 4 PM | SSSS: Surround Sound Salon Series #2
Mon, Feb 17 | 7:30 PM | Ochs- Merkey- Perkis with Special Guest Francois Houle
Wed, Feb 19 | 8 PM | Latitudes: Henry Birdsey & Angel Archer
Thurs, Feb 20 | 6 PM | Closing Reception Clamorworks By Bryan Day
Fri, Feb 21 | 7:30 PM | Eldad Tarmu & Glenda Bates: Winter Migrant
Wed, Feb 26 | 7:00 PM | Jared Redmond: Contemporary Piano Recital
Fri, Feb 28 | 8 PM | Graphite: Josh Dorman Artwork, Hovatter Music, FEAT. Colibri Duo
Sat, Feb 29 | 7:30 PM | Trio Electrique + Glenda Bates/Oboetronics
PIANOFIGHT, Multiple Live Performances Nightly
Location: PianoFight, 144 Taylor Street
Welcome to PianoFight! We are a community-driven indy arts venue that takes pride in partnering with local artists to make great shows, mouth watering eats and delicious cocktails adding up to a uniquely San Francisco experience.There of 20-25 shows per week. Check out the complete show calendar online.
Music Box Orchestra and The Traveling Mural
Date: February 7, 3-5pm
Location: CounterPulse, 80 Turk St.
Join us for a double-billed Block Fest party!
Get your paint on with Dawn Leigh’s Black Hawk Traveling Mural Project and join the fun of finishing the Traveling Murals that will travel around San Francisco. Connect with the community through art making, and admire the murals that will be celebrated throughout the city. This project draws from Tenderloin’s history to celebrate the legendary Black Hawk Night Club, a jazz venue that was one of the only places where mixed race audiences could sit together, countering the nationwide racial segregation of the time.
Meanwhile, stop by to create your own melodies with Rick Darnell’s Music Box Orchestra! Stop by to create your own melodies with hand cranked music boxes. We will record and playback our tunes by punching holes in paper strips, and play them in the music box- just like an old time player piano. Have fun creating small “orchestra” compositions and unique music! At the end, we will document our lovely projects share them with friends and family on social media.
Be sure to be there at 4:30 for Ms. Rita Whittaker’s (Tenderloin chanteuse) performance of “I will Survive!”
Fog City Magic Fest
Date: Feb 5-8th
EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street
It’s our fifth annual FOG CITY MAGIC FEST, bringing together a spellbinding array of magic-makers for four days of mystery and wonder. This year’s shows include opening gala with festival co-curator Jay Alexander, a mind-bending evening with Sebastian Boswell III, The Beauty of Magic with the enchanting Jade, our family show with Glen Micheletti, an afternoon of close-up magic with EXIT Theatre resident magician Ryan Kane, and our festival headliner, three-time Magic Slam winner, David Gerard. Special guests include local faves David Hirata, Susan Zeller, Danny Cheng, and Dennis Kyriakos, plus internationally-renowned David Regal!
Wednesday, Feb 5, 8PM, Fog City Magic Opening Gala, with Jay Alexander & friends
Thursday, Feb 6, 8PM, An Evening of Incogitable with Sebastian
Boswell III Friday, Feb 7, 8PM, The Beauty of Magic with Jade
Friday, Feb 7, 8:30PM The Magic of Ryan Kane
Sat, Feb 8, 1PM, Not That Guy, the Family Show with Glen Micheletti
Sat, Feb 8, 4PM, Close-up Encounters with Ryan Kane & special guests
Sat Feb 8, 8PM, David Gerard LIVE!
13+ recommended except all-ages family show, Not That Guy, on Saturday, Feb 8, at 1PM.
Cost
$30, General Admission. $20, all-ages family show Not That Guy, on Saturday, Feb 8, at 1PM.
DIVA or Die Burlesque
EXIT Theatre (Café) 156 Eddy Street
February 15 8:30PM
The history of burlesque is the history of parody and the history of pressing boundaries. Drawing from the rich and varied images of burlesque over the ages, The DIVA or Die Burlesque cabaret takes the audience on a voyeuristic journey allowing them a sensuous peek at the bold women and times of burlesque. First introduced at the 2012 DIVAfest, Red Velvet, now assisted by Dola Belles, has continued to bring today’s look at burlesque in monthly DIVA or Die reviews, offering women the opportunity to claim their power and strut their stuff in an art form that goes back to the Greeks. Red Velvet is a prolific choreographer and performs throughout the SF Bay Area, teaches cancan and burlesque classes and is the lead choreographer, costume designer, and DIVA for the new Can-Can performance group, The Velvettes.Dola Belles is new to the name, but not to the stage. She has been spreading her sparkle across the SF Bay Area since 2015. The my little pony that will fucking cut you, she is the Fandom Fatale.
SF First Thursday Art Walk: Tenderloin and Lower Polk
Date: Every First Thursday
Multiple Locations
Sponsored by the Lower Polk Community Benefit District, SF First Thursday Art Walk happens every first Thursday of the month from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm, and features locally-owned and operated galleries and artists’ studios in downtown San Francisco. Each gallery has its own unique style with new monthly exhibits.
Subversion, with IncivilitySF
EXIT Theatre (Café)
Feb 28th 8PM
Click here for tickets, they’re free!
IncivilitySF is an irreverent showcase of politically-inspired work from San Francisco’s underground. Subversion, our new development series invites artists working with themes of social justice, community-empowerment, and political awakening to come try out new work/work-in-progress in front of a live audience. Each evening we’ll have four featured performers, plus an optional facilitated feedback session afterwards for those seeking input on their creations. Come be a part of the process and get incivil with us!
Doors open at 8:00, show at 8:30. The bar will be OPEN, so come grab a beverage before the show and settle in. We must start and end on time!
Co-curated by Sabrina Wenske of Naked Empire Bouffon Company, Nicole Gluckstern of EXIT Theatre, and Larry Bogad, Director of the Center for Tactical Performance, and co-founder of the Clown Army.
Saturday Write Fever
EXIT Theatre (Café)
Feb 8 8:30PM
Every second Saturday of the month, we invite writers, actors, directors, theater creators, and theater audiences alike for a free evening of quick script-making and flash-fried performance. Admission to this event is free, and the Café is open and staffed so you can purchase drinks and snacks all night long! No need for reservations, though be there from 8:30pm-8:50pm to get your name on the writer-list, which caps at 16. And, if we have 16 writers, we’ll also need 16 actors so come early and let us know you want to play!
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