Events on Tuesday, April 7

Mirah

Music

Mirah

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ Bimbo's

More Björk than Cher, quirky-smart anti-diva Mirah's voice has a little-kid quality to it; her halting pace and soft-sweet vocal textures... 

Ongoing Events

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

Film

Made in U.S.A.

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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... 

<em>The Story</em>

Theatre

The Story

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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... 

2008 SECA Art Award

Art

2008 SECA Art Award

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Wings for Words

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

PostSecret

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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>Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History</em>

Special Event

Passionate Struggle

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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... 

Ranjani Shettar

Art

Ranjani Shettar

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Sean McFarland

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ SF Camerawork

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

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

Art

Paul McCarthy

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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>Inside/Outside: Artist Environments</em>

Art

Inside/Outside

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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>Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art</em>

Art

Irreverent

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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>The Watcher in the Woods</em>

Art

The Watcher in the Woods

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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... 

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

Art

J. MAYER H.

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Yan Pei-Ming

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Tuesday 4/ 7 @ 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...