Events on Tuesday, March 10

Secret Chiefs 3: Play the Music of Masada Book II

Music: Experimental

Secret Cheifs 3

Tuesday 3/10 @ Yoshi's San Francisco

As a guitarist for bizarro rock acts Mr. Bungle and Faith No More, Trey Spruance toed the line between heavy funk... 

Richard Price and Michael Chabon

Special Event

Richard Price and Michael Chabon

Tuesday 3/10 @ Herbst Theater

Richard Price's gripping dialogue is as snappy as television and as layered as classic literature — which makes perfect sense, considering... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Wild Child</em> (1970)

Film

The Wild Child

Tuesday 3/10 @ Landmark Opera Plaza

François Truffaut's exquisite L'Enfant Sauvage is based on the true(ish) story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron, an 18th-century feral child... 

<em>Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art</em>

Art

Irreverent

Tuesday 3/10 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Sleek, colorless efficiency be damned; Irreverent presents two sides of the new Scandinavian art. Blending homage to traditional materials and processes... 

<em>Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History</em>

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Tuesday 3/10 @ 499 Castro St

One of the many transformations that occurs in Gus van Sant's Milk is that of the Castro from a sleepy, working-class... 

Yan Pei-Ming: <em>YES!</em>

Art

Yan Pei-Ming

Tuesday 3/10 @ San Francisco Art Institute - Walter and McBean Galleries

The large-scale oil paintings and watercolors in Yan Pei-Ming's first West Coast show bear the scars of an ongoing struggle with... 

<em>Warhol Live</em>

Art

Warhol Live

Tuesday 3/10 @ de Young Museum

"Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art," Andy Warhol once quipped. Warhol Live focuses on the artist's... 

Frank Warren's <em>PostSecret</em>

Art

PostSecret

Tuesday 3/10 @ Bedford Gallery

It all started in 2004, when Frank Warren distributed 3,000 postcards to total strangers. The rules were simple: write down a... 

Paul McCarthy: <em>Low Life Slow Life: Part 2 </em>

Art

Paul McCarthy

Tuesday 3/10 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Paul McCarthy's career can be described as a movement from liquids to solids. The artist's early performance-based work — which found... 

Jim Gaylord: <em>Cliffhanger</em>

Art

Jim Gaylord

Tuesday 3/10 @ Gregory Lind Gallery

The late critic Paul Virilio noted the way in which digital media constantly strive to anticipate an "unknowable" passing event, creating... 

<em>In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)</em>

Theatre

In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

Tuesday 3/10 @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Don't be misled by its parenthetical title — the early 20th-century ancestor of the Hitachi Magic Wand is only one link... 

<em>transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix</em>

Art

transPOP

Tuesday 3/10 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

In transPOP, 16 artists reveal and restructure the love/hate triangle between Korea, Vietnam, and the United States. This international survey examines... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 3/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Jews on Vinyl is a unique exhibition based on Roger Bennett and Josh Kun's new book: And You Shall Know Us by... 

<em>The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers:</em> Kristen Morgin

Art

Kristen Morgin

Tuesday 3/10 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Looking at artist Kristen Morgin's nimbly crafted sculptures — such as a faded, dent-laden pedal car — it's hard to avoid... 

<em>Equivalents: The Work of Elliot Anderson</em>

Art

Equivalents

Tuesday 3/10 @ Gallery 16

In a time when technology often overshadows conventional art forms, the work of SF-based artist Elliot Anderson seamlessly merges the techno-savvy... 

<em>Test Patterns: Recent Video Work from South Africa</em>

Art

Test Patterns

Tuesday 3/10 @ SF Camerawork

South Africans first watched television in 1976, when all media was still controlled by their Nationalist government. Since the abolition of... 

J. MAYER H.: <em>Patterns of Speculation</em>

Art

J. MAYER H.

Tuesday 3/10 @ SFMOMA

J. MAYER H., a progressive architecture firm based in Berlin, understands all too well the modern compunction to confuse, rather than... 

<em>Inside/Outside: Artist Environments</em>

Art

Inside/Outside

Tuesday 3/10 @ Museum of Craft and Folk Art

From Kurt Schwitter's Merzbau to Donald Judd's Marfa, Texas ranch, artists have long made their homes extensions of their studios, and... 

Yves Saint Laurent

Special Event

Yves Saint Laurent

Tuesday 3/10 @ de Young Museum

After popular exhibits on the clothing of Vivenne Westwood and socialite Nan Kempner, the de Young has struck the mother lode:... 

2008 SECA Art Award

Art

2008 SECA Art Award

Tuesday 3/10 @ SFMOMA

SFMOMA's biennial award for local talent — bestowed by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) — always highlights... 

<em>Wings for Words: New Bookworks from Korea and Japan</em>

Art

Wings for Words

Tuesday 3/10 @ San Francisco Center for the Book

The San Francisco Center for the Book adds an international spin to its venerable collection of artists' books with Wings for... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 3/10 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Jews on Vinyl is a unique exhibition based on Roger Bennett and Josh Kun's new book: And You Shall Know Us by...