Events on Saturday, April 18

Brass, Bows & Beats feat. Lyrics Born

Music: Hip-Hop

Lyrics Born

Saturday 4/18 @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

Tom Shimura, better known as Lyrics Born, averages around 150 shows a year worldwide — so chances are he'll be back... 

Cinemapocalypse: <em>Mister Scarface</em> (1976) and <em>Chained Heat</em> (1983)

Film: Double Feature

Cinemapocalypse

Saturday 4/18 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Austin's famed Alamo Drafthouse takes over YBCA's screen with a double-header chockablock with grizzled tough guys and even tougher women. Jack... 

Morrissey

Music

Morrissey

Saturday 4/18 @ Paramount Theatre

If Morrissey is actually planning to retire at 55 like he claims, that leaves us with just over five years to... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

Sean McFarland: <em>Pictures of Earth</em>

Art: Photography

Sean McFarland

Saturday 4/18 @ SF Camerawork

In 2003, an 1857 albumen print of Gustave Le Gray's The Great Wave, Sète set the new world record for the... 

2008 SECA Art Award

Art

2008 SECA Art Award

Saturday 4/18 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Inside/Outside

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

Shanghai San Francisco

Special Event

Shanghai SF

Saturday 4/18 @ Coit Tower

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

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

Art

Galaxy

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

<em>The Watcher in the Woods</em>

Art

The Watcher in the Woods

Saturday 4/18 @ Gallery 1988

If you've ever seen Disney's one-off horror film The Watcher in the Woods (1980), you can imagine the creepiness of a... 

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

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

Jonathan Runcio

Saturday 4/18 @ Ratio 3

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

Cathleen Naundorf: <em>Rare Elegance</em>

Art: Photography

Cathleen Naundorf

Saturday 4/18 @ Robert Tat Gallery

One of the world's foremost fashion photographers, Cathleen Naundorf often looks to the medium's golden age for inspiration. Typically shooting in... 

<em>Heroes and Villains</em>

Art

Heroes and Villains

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Saturday 4/18 @ 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>Draw</em>

Art

Draw

Saturday 4/18 @ The Shooting Gallery

Draw offers up over 300 sketched specimens from the urban jungle — skateboard designs, music-related art, tattoos, graffiti — with everything... 

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

Art

Paul McCarthy

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

Yan Pei-Ming

Saturday 4/18 @ 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>The Story</em>

Theatre

The Story

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

Matt Keegan: <em>Postcards and Calendars</em>

Art

Matt Keegan

Saturday 4/18 @ Altman Siegel Gallery

Matt Keegan's work — on display for the first time in San Francisco — features video, photographic, and sculptural elements, exploring... 

Migdalia Valdes: <em>Every Day in Black and White</em>

Art: Photography

Migdalia Valdes

Saturday 4/18 @ Intersection for the Arts

Ten years ago, Migdalia Valdes decided she would snap a roll of film a day for the rest of her life.... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

William Kentridge

Saturday 4/18 @ SFMOMA

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

42nd Annual Cherry Blossom Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Cherry Blossom Festival

Saturday 4/18 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

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

Art

PostSecret

Saturday 4/18 @ 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>Warhol Live</em>

Art

Warhol Live

Saturday 4/18 @ 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>Under a Full Moon: 30 Years of Perpetual Indulgence</em>

Special Event

Under a Full Moon

Saturday 4/18 @ 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... 

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

Art

J. MAYER H.

Saturday 4/18 @ SFMOMA

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

Ranjani Shettar

Art

Ranjani Shettar

Saturday 4/18 @ 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 4/18 @ 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.... 

Desir&eacute;e Holman: <em>Reborn</em>

Art

Desirée Holman

Saturday 4/18 @ Silverman Gallery

Desirée Holman knows a thing or two about the power of make-believe. The recent SECA Award recipient often utilizes handmade costumes,... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Saturday 4/18 @ 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...