Events on Saturday, March 22

Jens Lekman w/ the Honeydrips

Music

Jens Lekman

Saturday 3/22 @ Bimbo's

A Swedish sweetie-pie of the most huggable variety (seriously, he's like a puppy), Jens Lekman may be the most agreed-upon indie-pop... 

Surya Dub feat. Flying Lotus

Music: DJ

Flying Lotus

Saturday 3/22 @ Club 6ix

Flying Lotus (aka Steven Ellison) gained notoriety while making beats for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, joining the ranks of off-the-wall hip-hop... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Friedlander</em>

Art: Photography

Friedlander

Saturday 3/22 @ SFMOMA

Over the last half-century, photographer Lee Friedlander has made a career of cataloging America's urban — and increasingly suburban — landscape.... 

ODC/Dance Downtown 2008

Dance

ODC

Saturday 3/22 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

San Francisco's Oberlin Dance Collective has long enjoyed the admiration of international modern dancers and critics alike, impressing with its performers'... 

Matt Furie: <em>Nature Freak</em>

Art

Matt Furie

Saturday 3/22 @ Jack Fischer Gallery

Matt Furie lets his freak flag fly in this collection of meticulous colored-pencil and ink drawings, evoking Marcel Dzama by way... 

Campo Santo presents <em>June in a Box</em>

Theatre

June in a Box

Saturday 3/22 @ Intersection for the Arts

Award-winning theatre ensemble Campo Santo has been bringing innovative productions to the Bay Area for more than a decade now. The... 

Jeremy Blake: <em>Winchester Redux</em>

Art

Jeremy Blake

Saturday 3/22 @ Catharine Clark Gallery

Through haunting, polychromatic compositions, the late Jeremy Blake's digital-video works sought to unify the realms of painting and film. When Blake... 

<em>Propogations</em>

Art

Propogations

Saturday 3/22 @ Johansson Projects

Paul Hayes' folded-paper-and-wire sculpture Cultivated Momentum hangs from Johansson Projects' ceiling like a recycled-kelp forest, its black squiggles calling fish to... 

<em>Whimsy: Photography by BAPC</em>

Art: Photography

Whimsy

Saturday 3/22 @ RayKo Photo Center

Whimsy, a group show by members of the Bay Area Photographers Collective, manages to be lighthearted without coming off as frivolous.... 

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Saturday 3/22 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Although it's tempting to dismiss Vancouver-based artist Tim Lee's use of comedy-as-conceptual-device as lacking in depth or social concern, to mistake... 

Jeronimo Roldan and Amanda Curreri: <em>You ROYGBIV Me</em>

Art

You ROYGBIV Me

Saturday 3/22 @ Tartine Bakery

Tartine Bakery is usually known for its pastry-mad crowds and the sweet smell of butter floating down 18th Street, but recently,... 

James Gobel: <em>Bear Hunting</em>

Art

James Gobel

Saturday 3/22 @ Marx & Zavattero

Between the scene-stealing bear family in John Waters' A Dirty Shame (2004), the fuzzy visage of the Scissor Sisters' Babydaddy, and... 

<em>Landscape, Nature, and Space</em>

Art

Landscape, Nature, and Space

Saturday 3/22 @ Bucheon Gallery

Bucheon Gallery's new group exhibition might have been smothered under any number of names referencing each artist's respective take on the... 

<em> Lautrec in Leather: Chuck Arnett and the Birth of the San Francisco Scene</em>

Art

Chuck Arnett

Saturday 3/22 @ GLBT Historical Society

June 26, 1964: Life magazine proclaims San Francisco "the gay capital" in its landmark spread, "Homosexuality in America." The cover photo... 

Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough: <em>Symptom of the Universe</em>

Art

Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough

Saturday 3/22 @ Silverman Gallery

Taking its title from a Black Sabbath tune, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough's solo show Symptom of the Universe taps Ozzy's evil vibes... 

<em>Feral</em>

Art

Feral

Saturday 3/22 @ The Luggage Store

In Feral, Monica Canilao and Swoon build a wild, creative world out of layers of urban flotsam and jetsam, fabric scraps,... 

<em>Persepolis</em>

Film: Animation

Persepolis

Saturday 3/22 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

An-My Lê

Saturday 3/22 @ SFMOMA

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

Still Lives: The Films of Pedro Costa

Film

The Films of Pedro Costa

Saturday 3/22 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

Few filmmakers have elicited as strong and divided a response from critics and cinephiles as Portuguese director Pedro Costa. He isn't... 

<em>In Collaboration: Early Works from the Media Arts Collection</em>

Art

In Collaboration

Saturday 3/22 @ SFMOMA

San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art was one of the first major museums to establish a department specifically dedicated to media... 

Zhan Wang

Art

Zhan Wang

Saturday 3/22 @ Haines Gallery

Coveted by Chinese intellectuals and nobles, scholar's rocks could once be found everywhere from university courtyards to private gardens. They existed... 

<em>Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg</em>

Art: Photography

Protest in Paris 1968

Saturday 3/22 @ Berkeley Art Museum

Forty years after Paris' famous May 1968 protests, the true meaning of the uprisings is debatable — but that's not for... 

Victor Cartagena: <em>The Invisible Nation</em>

Art

Victor Cartagena

Saturday 3/22 @ Galería de la Raza

Salvadoran artist Victor Cartagena has worked in the Bay Area for nearly three decades, cataloging heartfelt narratives about cultural displacement, immigration,... 

<em>Drama and                    Desire</em>: <em>Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690&ndash;1850</em>

Art

Drama and Desire

Saturday 3/22 @ Asian Art Museum

On display for a limited time because of the delicate nature of the artwork, this collection is a treasure trove of... 

<em>Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet</em>

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Saturday 3/22 @ Museum of Performance & Design

Emerging with a rejuvenated image and collection in March, the Museum of Performance & Design mounts an impressive exhibit chronicling the... 

<em>Last Year at Marienbad </em>(1961)

Film

Last Year at Marienbad

Saturday 3/22 @ The Castro Theatre

Stanley Kubrick, Michel Gondry, and even George Romero owe a debt to Alain Resnais' New-Wave classic Last Year at Marienbad. The... 

Enrique Chagoya: <em> Borderlandia </em>

Art

Enrique Chagoya

Saturday 3/22 @ Berkeley Art Museum

The first major museum retrospective of Enrique Chagoya's mixed-media work revels in thorny cultural hierarchies and identity politics. Chagoya immigrated to... 

Leonora Carrington: <em>The Talismanic Lens</em>

Art

Leonora Carrington

Saturday 3/22 @ Frey Norris Gallery

Leonora Carrington's paintings are populated by mystics, crones, demons, and damsels with wan, Byzantine faces. There is magic in the air,... 

<em>Flaming Sin: London's Grand Guignol</em>

Theatre

Flaming Sin

Saturday 3/22 @ Hypnodrome

Scandal and terror have always gone hand in hand in the Thrillpeddlers' repertoire of Grand Guignol-revival theatre, but the two have... 

<em>At the Movies</em>

Art

At the Movies

Saturday 3/22 @ Giant Robot

It's not often that Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is spoken of in the same breath as Akira Kurosawa's... 

<em>Ukranian Citizens and Strangers</em>

Art

Ukranian Citizens and Strangers

Saturday 3/22 @ Queen's Nail Annex

Four Walls founder Julie Deamer organized Ukrainian Citizens and Strangers, an impressive collaboration between nine American and Ukrainian artists. Filled with... 

Annie Leibovitz: <em>A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005</em>

Art: Photography

Annie Leibovitz

Saturday 3/22 @ The Legion of Honor Museum

Working since the late '70s, photographer Annie Leibowitz has created both iconic celebrity portraits and intimate views of everyday people. She's... 

Paul McCarthy: <em>Low Life Slow Life: Part 1</em>

Art

Paul McCarthy

Saturday 3/22 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Paul McCarthy built his impeccable reputation from art's most basic materials: paint, food, human bodies, and criticism of cultural codes. McCarthy's... 

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

Saturday 3/22 @ Various locations

"The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival" may be a mouthful, but it's also one of the premier festivals of... 

<em>The Fabric of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, Globalization</em>

Fashion/Style

The Fabric of Cultures

Saturday 3/22 @ Museum of Craft and Folk Art

This exhibit tracks the history of clothing and the evolving nature of fashion — from ceremonial robes to haute couture —... 

Chris Johanson

Art

Chris Johanson

Saturday 3/22 @ Jack Hanley Gallery

2002 was the year long-time Mission fixture Chris Johanson achieved large-scale success in the art world, landing a site-specific installation in... 

Katsushige Nakahashi: <em>The Depth of Memory</em>

Art: Photography

Katsushige Nakahashi

Saturday 3/22 @ SF Camerawork

While reenactments and reconstructions often serve the purpose of more fully understanding an event or object, Japanese photographer Katsushige Nakahashi's pieces... 

Barbara Takenaga: <em>Paintings</em>

Art

Barbara Takenaga

Saturday 3/22 @ Gregory Lind Gallery

Mesmerizing fields of color and pattern gently radiate outward from Barbara Takenaga's new series of paintings. While the artist has limited... 

Lucas DeGiulio, Bill Jenkins, and Chadwick Rantanen

Art

DeGiulio, Jenkins, and Rantanen

Saturday 3/22 @ Jancar Jones Gallery

Jancar Jones Gallery consecrates its new space with a group exhibition showcasing works from Lucas DeGiulio, Bill Jenkins, and Chadwick Rantanen.... 

Gilbert &amp; George

Art

Gilbert & George

Saturday 3/22 @ de Young Museum

Gilbert & George, the art-world enfants terribles in natty bespoke suits, celebrate 40 years of having made their lives their work...