Events on Sunday, February 3

The 12th Annual Vietnamese New Year’s Tet Festival of San Francisco: The Year of the Rat

Festival: Performing Arts

Tet Festival

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Tenderloin District

January 1st may have passed, but the Tenderloin is still abuzz with New Year's cheer. The neighborhood's 12th annual Tet Festival... 

Ongoing Events

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

With all the media attention surrounding the upcoming presidential election, the war in Iraq, and Britney Spears' latest breakdown, it's easy... 

<em>The Battle of Algiers </em>(1966)

Film

The Battle of Algiers

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Red Vic

Still one of the most incendiary political films ever made, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers now seems as prescient for... 

Douglas Gordon: <i>Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from About 1992 until Now</i>

Art

Douglas Gordon

Sunday 2/ 3 @ SFMOMA

The ultimate in one-stop viewing, Scottish multimedia artist Douglas Gordon's cheekily titled installation is a veritable retrospective: the work's title serves... 

<em>Persepolis</em>

Film: Animation

Persepolis

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Various locations

Not since Art Spiegelman's Maus has a graphic novel so successfully mined its medium to render universal a fiercely specific political... 

African Film Festival

Film

African Film Festival

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive has picked the cream of the NYC-based African Film Festival's crop for this monthlong series. Opening night... 

Caroline Hwang: <em>Salvage</em>

Art

Caroline Hwang

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Giant Robot

Reinventing the art of quilting, artist Caroline Hwang brings a selection of quirky new fabric pieces to Giant Robot. Her simple,... 

Chim: <i>The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)</i>

Art

The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)

Sunday 2/ 3 @ de Young Museum

Until he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while covering the 1956 Suez War armistice, Polish-born David Seymour (also known as... 

The Films of Emile de Antonio

Film: Documentary

The Films of Emile de Antonio

Sunday 2/ 3 @ SFMOMA

Though often given short shrift in film histories, the political documentaries of Emile de Antonio played a major hand in shaping... 

<em>4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days</em>

Film

4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Embarcadero Center Cinema

In late-80's Romania, close friends Otilia and Gabita are faced with the urgent problem of Gabita's unwanted pregnancy. Their solution is... 

RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Art

RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Berkeley Art Museum

Like a new-media update on Marcel Duchamp's mustachioed Mona Lisa, the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive's latest show exhibits contemporary artists'... 

<em>Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe</em>

Film: Documentary

Black White + Gray

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Roxie Theater

Sam approaches Robert seeking "somebody to spoil." Robert responds, "you found him." So goes the momentous meeting between iconoclastic curator/collector Sam... 

<em> Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait </em>

Film: Documentary

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Novellus Theater

High-definition television has made watching sports a uniquely eye-popping experience, though the onscreen graphics and exquisite close-ups sometimes obscure a sense... 

<em>Conduits of Labor</em>

Art

Conduits of Labor

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Queen's Nail Annex

In the new exhibition Conduits of Labor, QNA examines the aestheticization of the laboring body. Ana Teresa Fernandez presents her Sisyphean... 

An-My L&ecirc;: <em>Small Wars</em>

Art

An-My Lê

Sunday 2/ 3 @ SFMOMA

An-My Lê's stunning Small Wars and 29 Palms series find the photographer capturing Vietnam War enthusiasts who recreate scenes of battle... 

David Mamet: <i>Speed-the-Plow</i>

Theatre

Speed-the-Plow

Sunday 2/ 3 @ American Conservatory Theater

In Speed-the-Plow, playwright David Mamet dissects the behind-the-scenes manipulations and machinations that drive Hollywood. Bobby Gould... 

San Francisco Bluegrass &amp; Old-Time Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Various locations

Despite being so far west of the Mississippi, San Francisco can seem like a bluegrass lover's paradise. The annual Hardly Strictly... 

<em>An Equal Playing Field</em>: New Work by Peter Stegall

Art

An Equal Playing Field

Sunday 2/ 3 @ Triple Base

Of his recent paintings, Peter Stegall has exclaimed, "Color has me on the end of a string!" It's a strange statement... 

<i>Marie-Antoinette and the Petit Trianon at Versailles</i>

Art

Marie-Antoinette and the Petit Trianon at Versailles

Sunday 2/ 3 @ The Legion of Honor Museum

Celebrity retreats, situated far from the gossip-hungry public, are anything but a new phenomenon. Marie-Antoinette's Petit Trianon at Versailles was just... 

Noir City Film Festival

Film

Noir City Film Festival

Sunday 2/ 3 @ The Castro Theatre

Eddie Muller and the rest of the Film Noir Foundation keep the night alive with another Noir City Film Festival. As...