Events on Wednesday, March 10

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Music

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Wednesday 3/10 @ Amoeba Music

BRMC has picked up, moved around, and finally found themselves. They currently reside in LA, but a crucial stop on the... 

Mary Gaitskill: <em>Don't Cry</em>

Books: Reading

Mary Gaitskill: Don't Cry

Wednesday 3/10 @ Diesel, A Bookstore

Matricide, a woman who intends to have sex with 1,000 men, Iraqi veterans, and the theft of turtles from Bronx Zoo.... 

Thee Oh Sees w/ The Fresh & Onlys, The Baths, and Ty Segall

Music

Thee Oh Sees

Wednesday 3/10 @ El Rio

Bombastic Bay Area star John Dwyer is a grizzled and chiseled rock 'n' roller fitted with all the clichés (while in... 

The Big Pink + A Place to Bury Strangers

Music

The Big Pink + A Place to Bury Strangers

Wednesday 3/10 @ Great American Music Hall

This London duo use gritty beats, droning guitars, abstract effects and dreamy vocals to create a soundscape that is arty yet... 

YNPN Book Club at The Booksmith: Discussing Half theSky

Special Event

YNPN Book Club at The Booksmith: Discussing Half theSky

Wednesday 3/10 @ The Booksmith

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + The Whigs + Cellar Doors

Music

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + The Whigs + Cellar Doors

Wednesday 3/10 @ Slim's

Somewhere between the five full-length albums and a decade-long road test across the highways of the world, Black Rebel... 

Ongoing Events

Human Rights and Film

Festival: Film

Human Rights and Film

Wednesday 3/10 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

When the MSM is as focused on the health care gridlock as Tiger Woods' infidelities, it's easy to forget there is... 

The Sugar Witch at New Conservatory Theater

Theatre

The Sugar Witch

Wednesday 3/10 @ New Conservatory Theatre

The Sugar Witch mashes-up myth, Southern Gothic, and same-sex romance. Annabelle, the protagonist witch's magic power is storytelling. With it, she... 

<em>Route 1: R for Replicant</em>

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Wednesday 3/10 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

From George Washington's cherry tree chop to the sale of Manhattan for a pocketful of beads, American history is full of... 

<em>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 3/10 @ de Young Museum

"Wonderful things." So said Howard Carter when the archaeologist was asked what he saw upon peeking into the just-opened tomb of... 

Kirk Crippens: <em>Foreclosure, USA: The Great Recession</em>

Art: Photography

Kirk Crippens

Wednesday 3/10 @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery

Created without any staging or manipulation, the photographs in Kirk Crippens' Foreclosure, USA: The Great Recession capture the emotion and enormity... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Wednesday 3/10 @ Asian Art Museum

By any metric, Shanghai is a city of superlatives: it boasts the largest population of any metropolitan area in China, and... 

<em>Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 &ndash; Present</em>

Art

Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present

Wednesday 3/10 @ Various locations

SFMOMA isn't the only cultural institution in town celebrating a milestone this year. In honor of its 40th anniversary the city-run... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Wednesday 3/10 @ Cartoon Art Museum

Somewhere between madman and uncanny visionary, cartoonist Andy Ristiano creates comics as exhilarating for their bold flourishes of color as for... 

<em>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Wednesday 3/10 @ The Legion of Honor Museum

Adorning royal personalities from the Duchess of Windsor to Daisy Fellowes and a cabal of Hollywood beauties, Cartier was the standard bearer... 

Rives Granade: <em>Love Force</em>

Art

Rives Granade

Wednesday 3/10 @ Steven Wolf Fine Arts

While well-documented in photography, the eerie picturesque of slick corporate environments has been addressed much less in painting. Cue Rives Granade,... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 3/10 @ 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... 

Ahmet &Ouml;ğ&uuml;t: <em>Exploded City</em>

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Wednesday 3/10 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Large-scale models recreating the structural causalities of recent acts of terrorism form the clumpy, futuristic metropolis of Ahmet Öğüt’s Exploded City.... 

<em>Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain</em>

Art

Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain

Wednesday 3/10 @ Creativity Explored

Hold that tiger! Creativity Explored's new exhibit, inspired by the Chinese Lunar New Year's regal symbol, has plenty of tigers burning... 

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Theatre

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Wednesday 3/10 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

Mysterious flashes of ancient Japan nestle with sexy snapshots of modern Tokyo in this world premiere. Well before the digital age,...