Events on Sunday, April 12

Bring Your Own Big Wheel 2009

City Gems

Bring Your Own Big Wheel 2009

Sunday 4/12 @ Vermont St at 20th St

Ah, the Big Wheel: vehicle of childhood fun, harbinger of many a scraped elbow and knee. Relive those precious memories at... 

The Anvil Experience

Music

The Anvil Experience

Sunday 4/12 @ Slim's

Based on cultural stereotypes involving maple syrup, socialized healthcare, and general congeniality, heavy metal wouldn't seem to be Canada's forte. Then... 

Ongoing Events

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 4/12 @ 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... 

Nick Cave: <em>Meet Me at the Center of the Earth</em>

Art

Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Sunday 4/12 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

In an exhibit that the New York Times labeled "must be seen to be believed," dancer and visual artist Nick Cave... 

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

Art

J. MAYER H.

Sunday 4/12 @ SFMOMA

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

42nd Annual Cherry Blossom Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Cherry Blossom Festival

Sunday 4/12 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

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

Art

Irreverent

Sunday 4/12 @ 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... 

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

Art

William Kentridge

Sunday 4/12 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Warhol Live</em>

Art

Warhol Live

Sunday 4/12 @ 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>Heroes and Villains</em>

Art

Heroes and Villains

Sunday 4/12 @ Rock Paper Scissors Collective

The aptly titled Heroes and Villains is an eclectic exhibition bringing together a spectrum of works that focus on everyone's favorite... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Sunday 4/12 @ 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>Inside/Outside: Artist Environments</em>

Art

Inside/Outside

Sunday 4/12 @ 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>Our City Dreams</em> (2008)

Film: Documentary

Our City Dreams

Sunday 4/12 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Chiara Clemente's Our City Dreams is a lyrical and joyful portrait of five female artists reflecting on their shared home of... 

<em>Under a Full Moon: 30 Years of Perpetual Indulgence</em>

Special Event

Under a Full Moon

Sunday 4/12 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Clad in their trademark brazier-like wimples and Kabuki-meets-Mardis Gras makeup, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have always carried out their good... 

2008 SECA Art Award

Art

2008 SECA Art Award

Sunday 4/12 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Galaxy

Sunday 4/12 @ 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... 

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

Art

PostSecret

Sunday 4/12 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 4/12 @ 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... 

Ranjani Shettar

Art

Ranjani Shettar

Sunday 4/12 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 4/12 @ 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...