Events on Tuesday, March 25

Passing on the Pen: Ann Bannon and Victor J. Banis

Books: Reading

Ann Bannon and Victor J. Banis

Tuesday 3/25 @ GLBT Historical Society

If queer lit's tangled roots can be traced to pulp fiction, then Ann Bannon and Victor J. Banis wrote some of... 

Eric Alterman: <em>Why We're Liberals</em>

Special Event

Eric Alterman

Tuesday 3/25 @ First Congregational Church of Berkeley

Professor and media critic Eric Alterman shouldn't have much trouble explaining the title of his latest tract to a sympathetic Berkeley... 

Greil Marcus

Special Event

Greil Marcus

Tuesday 3/25 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

A combination of erudition and adventure fuels the writing of Greil Marcus, a Berkeley-based critic best known for his explications of... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Victor Cartagena

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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,... 

ODC/Dance Downtown 2008

Dance

ODC

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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'... 

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

Art

An-My Lê

Tuesday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Leonora Carrington

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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>Drama and                    Desire</em>: <em>Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690&ndash;1850</em>

Art

Drama and Desire

Tuesday 3/25 @ Asian Art Museum

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

Zhan Wang

Art

Zhan Wang

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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>Last Year at Marienbad </em>(1961)

Film

Last Year at Marienbad

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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... 

<em>At the Movies</em>

Art

At the Movies

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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>The Fabric of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, Globalization</em>

Fashion/Style

The Fabric of Cultures

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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 —... 

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

Art

James Gobel

Tuesday 3/25 @ Marx & Zavattero

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

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

Art: Photography

Annie Leibovitz

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

Chuck Arnett

Tuesday 3/25 @ GLBT Historical Society

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

Still Lives: The Films of Pedro Costa

Film

The Films of Pedro Costa

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

Paul McCarthy

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

Matt Furie

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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... 

Barbara Takenaga: <em>Paintings</em>

Art

Barbara Takenaga

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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... 

Gilbert &amp; George

Art

Gilbert & George

Tuesday 3/25 @ de Young Museum

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

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

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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>Friedlander</em>

Art: Photography

Friedlander

Tuesday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

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

Chris Johanson

Art

Chris Johanson

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Whimsy

Tuesday 3/25 @ RayKo Photo Center

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

Deric Carner: <em>Double Heading</em>

Art

Deric Carner

Tuesday 3/25 @ Ping Pong Gallery

Armed with a lexicon of vivid symbols and isolated texts, Deric Carner designs placards that displace icons from their native environments.... 

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

Art

You ROYGBIV Me

Tuesday 3/25 @ Tartine Bakery

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

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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... 

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

Art

In Collaboration

Tuesday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Jeremy Blake

Tuesday 3/25 @ 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>Persepolis</em>

Film: Animation

Persepolis

Tuesday 3/25 @ Various locations

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