Events on Tuesday, April 1

Tobias Wolff

Special Event

Tobias Wolff

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ Herbst Theater

In his award-winning writing, Tobias Wolff explores the lives of average men and their existential struggles. His stories, which span from... 

[SOLD OUT] GZA w/ Blue Scholars and J-Boogie

Music: Hip-Hop

GZA

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ The Independent

All Tomorrow's Parties hit on a golden idea with Don't Look Back, a series that invites bands to recreate their most... 

<em>Something Wild </em>(1986)

Film

Something Wild

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ The Castro Theatre

It's refreshing to see Something Wild share a bill with David Lynch's Blue Velvet. Both films were celebrated for their subversions... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Deric Carner

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ Ping Pong Gallery

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

Heinz Emigholz: <em>Architecture as Autobiography</em>

Film: Documentary

Heinz Emigholz

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

German filmmaker Heinz Emigholz casts his cinematic eye on the wonders of visionary architecture. Each of his documentaries shown tonight profiles... 

<em>At the Movies</em>

Art

At the Movies

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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 4/ 1 @ 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 —... 

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

Art

Jeremy Blake

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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>The Cool School </em>

Film

The Cool School

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ Roxie Theater

These days, referring to the LA art scene as a contradiction in terms is an unfounded cliché. Back in the early... 

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

Art

Victor Cartagena

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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 McCarthy: <em>Low Life Slow Life: Part 1</em>

Art

Paul McCarthy

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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... 

Chris Johanson

Art

Chris Johanson

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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 4/ 1 @ RayKo Photo Center

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

Still Lives: The Films of Pedro Costa

Film

The Films of Pedro Costa

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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>Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet</em>

Special Event

Art & Artifice

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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 4/ 1 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Paul Sietsema

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ SFMOMA

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

RE/Search presents the <em>Pranks </em>Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Pranks Film Festival

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ Roxie Theater

RE/Search's 1987 publication Pranks was a postmodern update to André Breton's Anthology of Black Humor (1940), itself a compendium of mischievous... 

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

Art

Chuck Arnett

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ GLBT Historical Society

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

Tim Lee

Art

Tim Lee

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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 4/ 1 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Drama and Desire

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ Asian Art Museum

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

Gilbert &amp; George

Art

Gilbert & George

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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>The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics</em>

Art

The Way That We Rhyme

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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... 

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

Art

An-My Lê

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ SFMOMA

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

Reed Danziger and Liliana Porter

Art

Reed Danziger and Liliana Porter

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ Hosfelt Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Annie Leibovitz

Tuesday 4/ 1 @ 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...