Events on Saturday, March 21

Four Tet

Music

Four Tet

Saturday 3/21 @ Mezzanine

London-born electronics innovator Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) has been playing with a laptop since the 20th century, maliciously chopping up... 

Third Annual International Chocolate Salon

Food/Wine

International Chocolate Salon

Saturday 3/21 @ Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center

If 30,000 square feet devoted solely to gourmet chocolate sounds like your personal paradise, then the International Chocolate Salon is bringing... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Test Patterns

Saturday 3/21 @ SF Camerawork

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

Jewish Music Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Jewish Music Festival

Saturday 3/21 @ Various locations

The most prominent and longest-running event of its kind, the Berkeley-based Jewish Music Festival continues to play with preconceptions of what... 

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

Art

J. MAYER H.

Saturday 3/21 @ SFMOMA

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

William Kentridge: <em>Five Themes</em>

Art

William Kentridge

Saturday 3/21 @ SFMOMA

Although any dutiful curator will point out that William Kentridge's extensive career includes media as disparate as tapestries and puppets, each... 

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

Art

Galaxy

Saturday 3/21 @ 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... 

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 3/21 @ Coit Tower

Equal parts walking tour, scavenger hunt, and interactive play, this playful excursion leads participants into a hard-boiled noir adventure. Provided with... 

SF International Asian American Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

SF International Asian American Film Fest

Saturday 3/21 @ Various locations

"The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival" may be a mouthful, but it's also one of the premier festivals of... 

2008 SECA Art Award

Art

2008 SECA Art Award

Saturday 3/21 @ SFMOMA

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

Ranjani Shettar

Art

Ranjani Shettar

Saturday 3/21 @ SFMOMA

Bulbous wicker material thins to a curly finish; iron lotus chips meekly huddle together like bathing sea lions; a flotilla of... 

<em>Audacious Artefacts: Parisian Grand Guignol</em>

Theatre

Audacious Artefacts

Saturday 3/21 @ Hypnodrome

Horror, erotica, and live theatre collide and combine for the nage-à-trois of hair-raising delights that is the Thrillpeddlers' modern-day Grand Guignol.... 

<em>Warhol Live</em>

Art

Warhol Live

Saturday 3/21 @ 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>Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art</em>

Art

Irreverent

Saturday 3/21 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Saturday 3/21 @ Fort Mason Center

Since 1969, the Exploratorium has merged science and fun with its hands-on collection; now, it brings that curatorial savvy outdoors, with... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Saturday 3/21 @ 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... 

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

Art

Kristen Morgin

Saturday 3/21 @ 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>Inside/Outside: Artist Environments</em>

Art

Inside/Outside

Saturday 3/21 @ 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... 

<em>The Story</em>

Theatre

The Story

Saturday 3/21 @ SF Playhouse

In the West Coast premiere of Tracey Scott Wilson's play, the ever-present issue of integrity in journalism is brought to the... 

ODC presents Dance Downtown

Dance

ODC presents Dance Downtown

Saturday 3/21 @ Novellus Theater

Some of the world's best dancers congregate at ODC, a company known for its athleticism and innovation. This year's Dance Downtown... 

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

Art

PostSecret

Saturday 3/21 @ 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

Saturday 3/21 @ 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... 

Jonathan Runcio: <em>Capital Zero</em>

Art

Jonathan Runcio

Saturday 3/21 @ Ratio 3

Even though SF artist Jonathan Runcio has likened his vibrantly hued, three-dimensional works to "crumpled paintings," his exhibition at Ratio 3... 

Killing My Lobster presents <em>Pure Shock Value</em>

Theatre

Pure Shock Value

Saturday 3/21 @ EXIT Theatre

The local sketch-comedy savants of Killing My Lobster certainly make good on the title of their second full-length play, Pure Shock... 

Vintage Fashion Expo

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Vintage Fashion Expo

Saturday 3/21 @ SF Concourse and Exhibition Center

The semi-annual Vintage Fashion Expo draws historical revivalists and fashion mavens by the hundreds. This clothes horse's paradise features retro attire... 

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

Art

Wings for Words

Saturday 3/21 @ 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>Tokyo!</em>

Film

Tokyo!

Saturday 3/21 @ Landmark Lumiere Theatre

Fresh from screening at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival this imaginative, three-part ode to Japan's capital is cleverly... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 3/21 @ 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>Equivalents: The Work of Elliot Anderson</em>

Art

Equivalents

Saturday 3/21 @ 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... 

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

Art

Yan Pei-Ming

Saturday 3/21 @ 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... 

Nicolai Gogol's <em>The Nose</em>

Theatre

The Nose

Saturday 3/21 @ The Phoenix Theater

In honor of Nicolai Gogol's 200th birthday, the renowned International Theater Ensemble has created a three-part experiment in narrative, centered on... 

Yves Saint Laurent

Special Event

Yves Saint Laurent

Saturday 3/21 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 3/21 @ 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...