San Francisco June 2019 Calendar of Unique Events
Published By Dean Badessa
 
                   
                   
                   
                   
What's happening this month in San Francisco
Courtesy of Dean Badessa
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June 1 – Union Street FairUnion Street, Gough to Fillmore - The Union Street Festival provides a unique opportunity to experience everything San Francisco has to offer. VISIT THE SITE

June 2 – Tattoos In Japanese PrintsAsian Art Museum - Tattoos in Japanese Prints recounts how large-scale, densely composed pictorial tattoos emerged in 19th-century Japan in tandem with woodblock prints depicting tattooed heroes of history and myth. VISIT THE SITE

June 3 – 18th Annual SF Documentary Film Festival Presents CirclesRoxie Theatre – Shot over two years, the film follows Eric Butler's impassioned efforts to nurture troubled youth and keep them in school, fighting racial discrimination by replacing snap suspensions and expulsions with gritty, intimate and honest mentoring. VISIT THE SITE

June 4 – Carmina BuranaDavies Symphony Hall - Arguably the most iconic choral work of the twentieth century, its unforgettable opening, “O Fortuna,” has become a pop culture phenomenon. VISIT THE SITE

June 5 – SF Opera Presents CarmenWar Memorial Opera House - Meet the hottest woman in all of Seville—a free spirit who knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to go get it. VISIT THE SITE

June 6 – After Dark: #SelfieThe Exploratorium - Ponder the ways popular culture can shape us as individuals by reflecting, forming, or refracting our concept of self, then consider the spaces where we take back control—social media, fan culture, subcultures—to prompt popular culture to better represent our unique selves. VISIT THE SITE

June 7 – Savage Love LivePalace of Fine Arts Theatre - Dan's graphic, pragmatic, and humorous advice has changed the cultural conversation about monogamy, LGBT rights, kink, religion, and politics. VISIT THE SITE

June 8 – West Coast CraftFort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion - Enjoy browsing for fine craft items including ceramics, sculpture, fiber arts, textiles, home furnishings, paper goods, wood crafts, bath and body products, and more. VISIT THE SITE

June 9 – 42nd Annual Haight Ashbury Street FairHaight St, between Stanyan and Masonic – Music, crafts, art and food! VISIT THE SITE

June 10 – Andy Warhol – From A to B and Back AgainSFMOMA This exhibition is the first Warhol retrospective organized in the U.S. since 1989; it reconsiders the work of one of the most inventive, influential, and important American artists. VISIT THE SITE

June 11 – It’s Not Them, It’s UsPunchline Comedy Club - If you’ve dated or been in a relationship, this is the comedy show for you! Liz Grant returns to The Punch Line with the best material from all of her highly acclaimed shows. VISIT THE SITE

June 12 – The White Devils’ Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown with author Julia Flynn Siler in conversation with Bonnie TsuiMechanics Institute - With an investigative historian’s sharp eye, Siler tells the story of both the abolitionists who challenged the corrosive anti-Chinese prejudices of the time and the young women who dared to flee their fate. VISIT THE SITE

June 13 – SF Black Film Festival Opening NightFillmore Heritage Center – The SF Black Film Festival mission is to celebrate African American cinema and the African cultural Diaspora and to showcase a diverse collection of films – from emerging and established filmmakers. Join us for opening night. VISIT THE SITE

June 14 – 37th SF Jazz Fest Presents The Mattson 2 w/ Special Guest Calvin KeysMiner Auditorium - With this performance, the band revisits Coltrane’s iconic music as captured on their 2018 release, Play “A Love Supreme,” and in the continuing spirit of collaboration, they are joined by Keys. VISIT THE SITE

June 15 – 69th Annual Juneteenth FestivalFillmore, between Geary and Golden Gate Ave - Today the historic San Francisco Juneteenth is one of the largest African American celebrations in California. VISIT THE SITE

June 16 – The 65th Annual North Beach FestivalNorth Beach District - Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to participate in this San Francisco tradition which is known nationally and internationally. VISIT THE SITE

June 17 – Transgender Health In The Age of Trump: An Attempted Erasure of Trans AmericansCommonwealth Club - We will highlight and discuss trans policy under the Trump administration. VISIT THE SITE

June 18 – Rhinoceros The Absurd Is RealAmerican Conservatory Theatre - Hailed as “masterful . . . and downright hilarious,” this outrageous, comedic story of a civilized community shifting from defiance to compliance is chillingly resonant and riotously funny. This evening is Wine Night! VISIT THE SITE

June 19 – American Artist Presents Dignity Images Bayview – Hunter’s PointMusuem of the African Diaspora - This exhibition seeks to explore the idea of the dignity image as it relates to Bayview-Hunters Point, aptly labeled as the “Most Isolated Neighborhood in San Francisco.” VISIT THE SITE

June 20 – Fresh Meat Festival 2019Z Space - The 2019 Fresh Meat Festival features edgy, exquisite, extraordinary dance, theater and live music … and a cornucopia of regional and world premieres! VISIT THE SITE

June 21 – ClusterfestCivic Center Plaza & Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - Clusterfest is an unhinged extravaganza of comedy, music, podcasts, drag queens and more. VISIT THE SITE

June 22 – HamiltonOrpheum Theatre - Hamilton is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary. VISIT THE SITE

June 23 – Stern Grove Festival Presents Los Van Van19th & Sloat - Los Van Van heats up the Grove with its revolutionary “songo” sound, a uniquely Cuban concoction of rock, jazz, and son designed for one thing—dancing! VISIT THE SITE

June 24 – Frameline 43 Presents Before You Know ItCastro Theatre - Exceptionally funny, smart, and heartfelt, Before You Know It welcomes us into the eccentric Gurner family home, perched atop their business: a community theater in downtown NYC. VISIT THE SITE

June 25 – Specters of DisruptiondeYoung Museum - Drawing from their historic holdings and re-contextualizing them with modern and contemporary art, Specters of Disruption connects the museums’ colonial and geological underpinnings to the current conditions of the Bay Area and the evolving trajectories of American art histories. VISIT THE SITE

June 26 – DidoSF Masonic - She was the girl who got away. But after five years of silence, Dido is back. VISIT THE SITE

June 27 – Remembering Barbara Hammer, San Francisco CinemathequeYBCA Screening Room - San Francisco Cinematheque and Canyon Cinema present a special memorial screening in honor of the recently departed pioneering lesbian feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer. VISIT THE SITE

June 28 – Daria Martin: Tonight The WorldContemporary Jewish Museum - San Francisco-born artist Daria Martin’s newly-commissioned installation combines computer gaming technology and film to explore the unconscious memories of her paternal grandmother who fled the former Czechoslovakia from the Holocaust. VISIT THE SITE

June 29 – Northern California Soy & Tofu Festival – St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center - This exciting culinary and cultural event showcases soy and tofu vendors, offers live music and cultural entertainment, interactive games and tofu eating contests, and culminates with the Soy and Tofu Dessert Competition. VISIT THE SITE

June 30 – San Francisco Pride ParadeMarket St, Embarcadero to Civic Center - San Francisco Pride is one of the oldest and largest LGBTQIA parades in the world. Contingents march through the heart of the city, along Market Street, with more than 100,000 spectators. VISIT THE SITE

 
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