Obsolete Californias: Opening January 9
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We're kicking off 2013 with Obsolete Californias presented by Shipping & Receiving. It's one of our most ambitious projects to date at StoreFrontLab, but what is it exactly?
Is it a store? An art gallery? A history museum? A community center? An elaborate joke? According to Shipping & Receiving's founders, Heather Smith and Torreya Cummings, the answer is: Yes.
Smith and Cummings, both writers and artists, are purveyors of the 31st state's many histories and entwined futures. The installation will explore the relics and customs of Californias that no longer exist and propose opportunities for exchange.
Rather than asking more questions, we suggest you drop by and see for yourself. Visit Obsolete Californias at StoreFrontLab from January 9-25, Wednesday through Sunday. Admission and all special programs are free, but we encourage you to register in advance.
GRAND OPENING
// Wednesday, January 9, 5-8PM [RSVP]
STOREFRONT HOURS
January 9-25
// Wednesday–Friday, 5-8PM
// Wednesday–Friday, 5-8PM
// Saturdays, 2-8PM
// Sundays, 11AM-5PM
Subject to change; follow @shipandreceive
on twitter for updates
MOVIE NIGHT
// Thursday, January 10, 6:30 [RSVP]
Barbary Coast (1935) and San Francisco (1936).
Two films about late early San Francisco.
NOT A BAR, NOT YOUR HOUSE
// Friday, January 11, 5-8 [RSVP]
Want to go to a place that’s not a bar, and not your house?
Ship/Rec is warm, cheery, atmospheric. Bring a bottle, a friend,
a book, pull up a tuffet, and reinvent the fine art of hanging out.
WRESTLE
// Saturday, January 12, 5-8PM* [RSVP]
// Sunday, January 13, 2-5PM* [RSVP]
Fight therapist Melissa Wyman brings her mats and some
moves. The history (& future) of California involves struggle
over territory and resources. Wyman helps you make it literal
with a Collaborative Combative Drawing event.
*Times subject to refinement; register to receive updates.
WHITTLE
// Wednesday, January 16, 6-8PM [RSVP]
If you have small-scale whittling or carving projects, bring them. Not really a workshop or skillshare, unless you feel like teaching someone something. Bring a snack or beverage, if you'd like to.
MOVIE NIGHT
Thursday, January 17, 6:30PM [RSVP]
That Boy (1974)and Nights in Black Leather (1973). Excerpts from two films featuring Peter Berlin, and various scenes of gay sex
subculture, streets, cars, bars, and San Francisco in the 1970s.
Mercifully, the DJ will make music happen over any dialogue.
NOT A BAR, NOT YOUR HOUSE
// Friday, January 18, 5-8 [RSVP]
EMPEROR NORTON I
// Wednesday, January 23, 6:30-8:30PM [RSVP]
Please join us in welcoming our esteemed guest, Emperor Norton I,
Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico, speaking on the topic of his life and possibly E Clampus Vitus.
MOVIE NIGHT
//Thursday, January 24, 6:30PM [RSVP]
Sneakers (1992). Legendary computer caper set in the Bay Area, from the early days of the interwebs.
NOT A BAR, NOT YOUR HOUSE
// Friday, January 25, 5-8 [RSVP]