The Haight Street Art Center presents We Are the One: San Francisco Punk, 1970s – 1980s is an exhibition of S.F. punk club posters and flyers, punk films, local punk music and 150 striking photographs of such bands/musicians as Crime, the Avengers, the Ramones, Devo, Mutants, Blondie, the Nuns, John Cale, Lou Reed, Nico, the Dead Kennedys, Sleepers, Flipper, and many more. The exhibit has been curated by S.F. punk expert, Michael Goldberg, a former Rolling Stone West Coast music editor who reported on the local scene during its heyday. The show runs from July 25 through September 22, with an opening celebration on the evening of August 2.

Closing party on September 28th, 6-9 PM

Live music, patch workshop, exclusive merch, drinks and more! Featuring False Flag! There will be limited standing room to see the band in our Print Studio. Tickets: $10.

Participating in We Are the One are Search & Destroy publisher V. Vale, Avengers singer/songwriter Penelope Houston, former Crime drummer/current filmmaker Henry Rosenthal, Target Video’s Joe Rees and photographers Ruby Ray, Chester Simpson, Kamera Zie, Vincent Anton Stornaiuolo, Jeanne Hansen, Richard Alden Peterson, Michael Goldberg, Jonathan Postal, and the late Bruce Conner. Also on exhibit will be photos by the late Jeff Good and the late Bobby Castro. And there will be rare punk club flyers and posters from Kareem Kaddah’s extensive collection.