Events on Saturday, March 29

Style Lounge San Francisco

Fashion/Style

Style Lounge San Francisco

Saturday 3/29 @ W Hotel SF

At this posh affair organized by DAI (Designers, Artists, Innovators), everyone is treated like a celebrity, sans drama. With scores of... 

Melinda Stone: <em>Home Sweet Homestead</em>

Film: Documentary

Melinda Stone

Saturday 3/29 @ Artists' Television Access

With the popularity of Etsy and ReadyMade magazine, the DIY movement shows no sign of slowing down. Taking things to the... 

Devin the Dude w/ Bun B

Music: Hip-Hop

Devin the Dude

Saturday 3/29 @ Mezzanine

Talking sex, smoke, and Chinese food — sometimes all at once — Houston's Devin the Dude brings laughs and funky beats... 

Eugenia Paulicelli: Going Global: Italian Style and the Movies in the Boom Years

Special Event

Italian Style and the Movies in the Boom Years

Saturday 3/29 @ Museum of Craft and Folk Art

When we think of Italy, we think of fashion; brands like Gucci and Prada seem as Italian as espresso.... 

Red Dot feat. Tim Sweeney, DJ Kaos, TK Disko, and Conor

Music: DJ

Tim Sweeney

Saturday 3/29 @ Vessel-no

"Music takes me where I want to be," goes a line in an old disco song by Musique — and DJ... 

<em>Exiled </em>(2006)

Film

Exiled

Saturday 3/29 @ SFMOMA

While Hong Kong action films seem like a dime a dozen these days, the best ones still have the power... 

Gravy Train!!!! w/ hey willpower, the Judy Experience, and Hottub

Music

Gravy Train!!!!

Saturday 3/29 @ Bottom of the Hill

Tonight's lineup showcases the Bay Area's finest ironic indie-dance bands. Oakland's Gravy Train!!!!, perhaps most famous for the addictively inane laptop... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Paul McCarthy

Saturday 3/29 @ 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... 

<em>Vertigo </em>(1958)

Film

Vertigo

Saturday 3/29 @ The Castro Theatre

Like Scottie and his phantasmic Madeleine, San Francisco just can't give up the ghost of Vertigo. And why should we? Has... 

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

Fashion/Style

The Fabric of Cultures

Saturday 3/29 @ 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 —... 

<em>Divorce, Italian Style </em>(1961)

Film

Divorce, Italian Style

Saturday 3/29 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

Marcello Mastroianni gives a great comic performance in this sharp satire of Sicily's gentry. His Ferdinando is a twitchy... 

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

Art: Photography

Protest in Paris 1968

Saturday 3/29 @ 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 3/29 @ 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,... 

Paul Sietsema: <em>New Work</em>

Art

Paul Sietsema

Saturday 3/29 @ SFMOMA

Los Angeles artist Paul Sietsema presents an exceptional body of recent drawings and films in SFMOMA's New Work series. Sietsema straddles... 

Lucas DeGiulio, Bill Jenkins, and Chadwick Rantanen

Art

DeGiulio, Jenkins, and Rantanen

Saturday 3/29 @ 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 3/29 @ 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>Friedlander</em>

Art: Photography

Friedlander

Saturday 3/29 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Matt Furie

Saturday 3/29 @ 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 3/29 @ 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... 

Reed Danziger and Liliana Porter

Art

Reed Danziger and Liliana Porter

Saturday 3/29 @ Hosfelt Gallery

Hosfelt Gallery presents two concurrent solo exhibitions of work by Liliana Porter and Reed Danziger. Porter's trademark tchotchkes star in Fox... 

<em>Ukranian Citizens and Strangers</em>

Art

Ukranian Citizens and Strangers

Saturday 3/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Drama and Desire

Saturday 3/29 @ Asian Art Museum

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

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Saturday 3/29 @ 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... 

ODC/Dance Downtown 2008

Dance

ODC

Saturday 3/29 @ 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'... 

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

Art

James Gobel

Saturday 3/29 @ Marx & Zavattero

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

Zhan Wang

Art

Zhan Wang

Saturday 3/29 @ Haines Gallery

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

Chris Johanson

Art

Chris Johanson

Saturday 3/29 @ 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> Lautrec in Leather: Chuck Arnett and the Birth of the San Francisco Scene</em>

Art

Chuck Arnett

Saturday 3/29 @ 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 3/29 @ 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>The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics</em>

Art

The Way That We Rhyme

Saturday 3/29 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

American culture always seems poised to pronounce feminism down for the count, when it clearly still has plenty of fighting to... 

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

Art: Photography

Annie Leibovitz

Saturday 3/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

An-My Lê

Saturday 3/29 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

In Collaboration

Saturday 3/29 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Amor Cubano: In a Bottle, a Tube, and a Small Packet </em>

Theatre

Amor Cubano

Saturday 3/29 @ La Peña Cultural Center

Maceo Cabrera Estévez's multimedia performance Amor Cubano is a sexy, tongue-in-cheek exploration of modern culture's quest for a miracle cure. Plumbing... 

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

Art

Jeremy Blake

Saturday 3/29 @ 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 3/29 @ 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... 

Barbara Takenaga: <em>Paintings</em>

Art

Barbara Takenaga

Saturday 3/29 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Saturday 3/29 @ Museum of Performance & Design

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

Still Lives: The Films of Pedro Costa

Film

The Films of Pedro Costa

Saturday 3/29 @ 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... 

Enrique Chagoya: <em> Borderlandia </em>

Art

Enrique Chagoya

Saturday 3/29 @ 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 3/29 @ 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 3/29 @ 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 3/29 @ 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>Feral</em>

Art

Feral

Saturday 3/29 @ 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>Whimsy: Photography by BAPC</em>

Art: Photography

Whimsy

Saturday 3/29 @ RayKo Photo Center

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