Events on Wednesday, April 8

Pico Iyer: <em>The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama</em>

Books: Reading

Pico Iyer

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ Diesel, A Bookstore

One of the most erudite and well-traveled commentators on the changing global landscape, Pico Iyer has had the privilege of logging... 

Mayor Gavin Newsom: <em>Cities and Time</em>

Special Event

Mayor Gavin Newsom

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ Cowell Theater

Regardless of how many times he has justifiably earned the ire of his constituents, been ribbed for his flashy personal style,... 

Vetiver CD Release Party

Music

Vetiver

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ Great American Music Hall

The Great American Music Hall invites you to celebrate the release of Tight Knit, the fourth full-length from country-tinged folk outfit... 

Ongoing Events

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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>Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art</em>

Art

Irreverent

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Sean McFarland

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ SF Camerawork

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

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

Art

Galaxy

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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>Heroes and Villains</em>

Art

Heroes and Villains

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Paul McCarthy

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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>Warhol Live</em>

Art

Warhol Live

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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 Story</em>

Theatre

The Story

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Watcher in the Woods

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

Yan Pei-Ming

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art

PostSecret

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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>Wings for Words: New Bookworks from Korea and Japan</em>

Art

Wings for Words

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Migdalia Valdes

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Jonathan Runcio

Wednesday 4/ 8 @ Ratio 3

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