Events on Wednesday, March 11

<em>Handmade Nation</em>

Film: Documentary

Handmade Nation

Wednesday 3/11 @ Mezzanine

First-time documentarian Faythe Levine traipsed across the US to stitch together insights into America's DIY community. The end result is Handmade... 

Ongoing Events

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

Film

The Wild Child

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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>Test Patterns: Recent Video Work from South Africa</em>

Art

Test Patterns

Wednesday 3/11 @ SF Camerawork

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

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

Art

Yan Pei-Ming

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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... 

Jim Gaylord: <em>Cliffhanger</em>

Art

Jim Gaylord

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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)

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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>Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art</em>

Art

Irreverent

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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>The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers:</em> Kristen Morgin

Art

Kristen Morgin

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

PostSecret

Wednesday 3/11 @ Bedford Gallery

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

<em>Galaxy: A Hundred or So Stars Visible to the Naked Eye</em>

Art

Galaxy

Wednesday 3/11 @ Berkeley Art Museum

With the financial crisis affecting all spheres of the market, including the art world, it's not surprising that museums are looking... 

Yves Saint Laurent

Special Event

Yves Saint Laurent

Wednesday 3/11 @ de Young Museum

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

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

Art

transPOP

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Paul McCarthy

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Wings for Words

Wednesday 3/11 @ 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...