Oakland visual arts events

David Copperfield at MGM Grand Las Vegas

Monday, Jun 17 7:00p

MGM Hollywood Theatre, Las Vegas

David Copperfield has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as the greatest illusionist of our time...

Cirque du Soleil presents Criss Angel Believe

Tuesday, Jun 18 7:00p

Luxor Theater, Las Vegas

Criss Angel, the most famous magician on the planet - in partnership with Cirque du Soleil - presents CRISS ANGEL Believe, an illusion spectacular at the Luxor Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas...

Explorations Westward

Saturday, Jun 29 6:00p

MINE, Fairfax

MINE gallery in Fairfax is opening a new show entitled Explorations Westward. Works shown by local bay area artists: Brian Evjenth, Richard Dieterich, Judith Miller, Saskia Pouw and Sawyer Rose...

Impressionists on the Water

Tuesday, Jun 18 9:30a

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Embark on an artistic voyage during the America’s Cup in San Francisco with a sensational exhibition that explores the significant role sailing played in the lives of the Impressionists and Post-Im...

"Benicia and Beyond" - Mark Monsarrat at Benicia Plein Air Gallery

Thursday, Jun 20 12:00p

Benicia Plein Air Gallery, Benicia

Experience the Craftsman-style landscapes of Mark Monsarrat, featured in June at Benicia Plein Air Gallery...

Waterfront Flicks at Jack London Square

Thursday, Jun 27 8:00p

Jack London Square, Oakland

Jack London Square invites moviegoers to cozy up on the waterfront this summer for free outdoor screenings of hit movies, as part of the Square’s Waterfront Flicks series...

frustrules

Friday, Jun 21 12:00p

Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland

Rachel Abrams’ studio practice of experimentation combines material studies with research focused on science and language...

Liberty Ship Experience: 4th of July Fireworks on the SS Jeremiah O'Brien

Thursday, Jul 4 7:30p

Liberty Ss Jeremiah O'brien, San Francisco

The SS Jeremiah O'Brien is a World War II Liberty Ship named for an American Revolutionary war captain...

Pro Arts PROJECT: Mitra Fabian

Tuesday, Jun 18 10:00a

Pro Arts at the Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland

Displayed in Pro Arts' PROJECT window, Mitra Fabian's Reckoning uses thousands of feet of receipt paper to create an installation that explores line, movement, and pattern...

DaMaDa... Experimental Chinese music for the Super Moon... art by Neil Ledoux

Thursday, Jun 20 9:30p

Disco Volante, Oakland

DaMaDa... Experimental Chinese music for the Super Moon... art by Neil Ledoux

Warriors For Peace Film Premier

Sunday, Jun 30 12:30p

The New Parkway Theater, Oakland

The Spot Youth Center (www.thespotoakland...

Members Only featuring Jennie Ottinger

Friday, Aug 2 5:00p

Johansson Projects, Oakland

In her new exhibition Members Only, Ottinger explores the little laws that separate the chosen ones from the masses, whether they be members of a congregation, Boy Scouts or sorority sisters...

Two Door Cinema Club

Tuesday, Oct 29 8:00p

Fox Theater, Oakland

Fairyland - A Memoir of My Father

Thursday, Jun 20 6:30p

Sf Public Library Main Branch, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco

Join us for a reading and booksigning with Alysia Abbott, author of Fairyland, a vibrant memoir about growing up motherless in 1970s and ’80s San Francisco with an openly gay father...