Events on Sunday, April 5

<em>Chronicle of a Summer</em> (1960)

Film: Documentary

Chronicle of a Summer

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Exercises in both research and recreation, the films of Jean Rouch aimed to document, as his sociologist colleague Edgar Morin wrote,... 

Ongoing Events

The 5th Annual San Francisco Women's Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

San Francisco Women's Film Festival

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Various locations

Hitchcock, Scorsese, Kubrick, Tarantino, the Coen brothers — the book of cinematic history is filled with the names of male filmmakers... 

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

Art

Irreverent

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ SFMOMA

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

Yves Saint Laurent

Special Event

Yves Saint Laurent

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Heroes and Villains</em>

Art

Heroes and Villains

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ 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... 

Jean-Luc Godard's <em>Made in U.S.A.</em> (1966)

Film

Made in U.S.A.

Sunday 4/ 5 @ The Castro Theatre

Godard's Made in U.S.A. (1966) was shown once in the United States, at the 1967 New York Film Festival, after which... 

Special Event: Benefit

The Freake Folke Fridge Faire

Sunday 4/ 5 @ Outhouse of the Apocalypse

Located in the deepest reaches of Devendra Banhart's wet dreams, the freak-folk forest's famed fridge is the best
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2008 SECA Art Award

Art

2008 SECA Art Award

Sunday 4/ 5 @ SFMOMA

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

<em>Warhol Live</em>

Art

Warhol Live

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ SFMOMA

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

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Galaxy

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Sunday 4/ 5 @ 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...