Events on Friday, March 19

Film Screening: <em>Neil Young Trunk Show</em>

Film: Documentary

Film Screening: Neil Young Trunk Show

Friday 3/19 @ Lumiere Theatre

This is the second Neil Young film by Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Stop Making Sense). It captures... 

Art

Chased + Repoussé

Friday 3/19 @ Velvet da Vinci 2015 Polk Street San Francisco, CA 94109

Velvet da Vinci says: Chased + Repoussé is an exhibition curated by Nancy Megan Corwin in conjunction with her book by... 

Tingel Tangel Second Anniversary Party feat. Joey Arias

Performing Arts

Tingel Tangel feat. Joey Arias

Friday 3/19 @ Cafe du Nord

The bi-coastal underground cabaret is celebrating its second birthday party, with legendary drag performance artist Joey Arias as host. You’re in... 

de Young Poetry Series with Michael Ondaatje

Books: Poetry

de Young Poetry Series with Michael Ondaatje

Friday 3/19 @ Koret Auditorium

Michael Ondaatje is the author of The English Patient and Anil's Ghost, but long before his novels were attracting Booker Prizes... 

Special Event

Hubba Hubba Revue: Awards Show

Friday 3/19 @ DNA Lounge

Hubba Hubba Revue says: Join the Stars of Hubba Hubba Revue as they take on the glitz, glamour and over-the-top antics... 

The Harlem Gospel Choir

Music

The Harlem Gospel Choir

Friday 3/19 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

From the heart of New York, these ambassadors of African-American culture bring their foot-stomping, hand-clapping blues, jazz and joyous gospel to... 

Blasphemous Rumours : a tribute to Depeche Mode + The Cured: a tribute to The Cure + Luv'n Rockets: a tribute to Love and Rockets

Music

Blasphemous Rumours : a tribute to Depeche Mode + The Cured: a tribute to The Cure + Luv'n Rockets: a tribute to Love and Rockets

Friday 3/19 @ Slim's

Meticulous attention to detail and an emphasis on accuracy in sound, imagery, and performance set Blasphemous Rumours apart from other Depeche Mode... 

Ongoing Events

Castillo: <em>Bloodlines</em>

Art

Castillo

Friday 3/19 @ Parque de los Pobladores

Los Angeles-based sculptor, painter, and installation artist Castillo literally wraps up her month-long residency at San Jose's MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y... 

Gomez w/ Buddy

Music

Gomez w/ Buddy

Friday 3/19 @ Great American Music Hall

Gomez got their first break in 1998 when Michael Eavis, founder of Glastonbury Festival, asked them to plug a last minute... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Friday 3/19 @ 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>Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf</em>

Art

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Friday 3/19 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

When French photographer and painter Linda Ellia picked up Mein Kampf five years ago, she saw potential — for healing, discussion,... 

<em>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Friday 3/19 @ 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... 

Human Rights and Film

Festival: Film

Human Rights and Film

Friday 3/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Rives Granade

Friday 3/19 @ 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,... 

<em>The Art of Emily the Strange</em>

Art

The Art of Emily the Strange

Friday 3/19 @ Gallery Extraña

Emily the Strange's black bangs make her hard to miss, and her cheeky misanthropy has won her legions of adoring fans.... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Friday 3/19 @ 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... 

28th Annual SF International Asian American Film Festival

Festival: Film

SF International Asian American Film Festival

Friday 3/19 @ Various locations

"The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival" may be a mouthful, but it's also one of the premier festivals of... 

Luc Tuymans

Art

Luc Tuymans

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

Influenced by the Northern European painting tradition as well as by photography, television, and cinema, Luc Tuymans blends filmic techniques with... 

Groove Armada w/ Lilofee

Music: Electronic

Groove Armada

Friday 3/19 @ The Fillmore

Dance band Groove Armada say they want to show a "darker side" with their new album, Black Light. The production style... 

<em>Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain</em>

Art

Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain

Friday 3/19 @ 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... 

Ascension to Detail by Aaron Zonka

Art

Ascension to Detail

Friday 3/19 @ Mission: Comics & Art

Aaron Zonka's art comically depicts the difference between a "hip ster" (a sunglass donned man who is rapidly stirring a cup-of-joe)... 

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

Art

Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present

Friday 3/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Friday 3/19 @ 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>Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf</em>

Art

Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf

Friday 3/19 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

The exhibition is the result of French painter and photographer, Linda Ellia's, encounter with a copy of Mein Kampf in 2005. The... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Friday 3/19 @ 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... 

To Curry Favor: Scented Work on Paper

Art

To Curry Favor

Friday 3/19 @ 18 Reasons

Scratch 'n' sniff usually gets relegated to Lisa Frank novelties, but To Curry Favor, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik's latest exhibit at the... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Friday 3/19 @ 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... 

The Sugar Witch at New Conservatory Theater

Theatre

The Sugar Witch

Friday 3/19 @ 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>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Friday 3/19 @ Asian Art Museum

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

David Trautrimas and Kristina Lewis: <em>Article X</em>

Art

David Trautrimas and Kristina Lewis

Friday 3/19 @ Johansson Projects

In the hands of artists David Trautrimas and Kristina Lewis, the trappings of everyday life — coffee pots, bathroom scales, high... 

Thrillpeddlers presents <em>Pearls Over Shanghai</em>

Theatre

Pearls Over Shanghai

Friday 3/19 @ Hypnodrome

The Cockettes, San Francisco's original acid-fried gender-benders, are the honorary fairy godmothers of every queen who has flown a freak flag... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Friday 3/19 @ 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... 

Ewan Gibbs: <em>San Francisco</em>

Art

Ewan Gibbs: San Francisco

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

This suite of drawings, commissioned by SFMOMA, offers an evocative glimpse of San Francisco's urban landscape and landmarks. British artist Ewan... 

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Friday 3/19 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

It begins with parchment, ink, a hand-sharpened feather quill, and a scribe who states out loud the intention to write a... 

The View from Here

Art

The View from Here

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

Just as photography has been instrumental in shaping California's popular image, the state — and San Francisco, in particular — has... 

Dispatches from the Archives

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This exhibition showcases museum-produced... 

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Theatre

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Friday 3/19 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Friday 3/19 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

It is said that every one of the 304,805 letters in the Torah corresponds to a soul. CJM visitors both to... 

The Anniversary Show

Art

The Anniversary Show

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

On January 18, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's... 

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Art

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

In Bruce Conner's electric Three Screen Ray ('06), a new acquisition that premieres in this exhibition, Ray Charles' '59 hit... 

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Art

Paul Klee: Three Exhibitions from the Djerassi Collection

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

Carl Djerassi's generous promise to give SFMOMA a substantial group of intimate works — mostly drawings, prints, and watercolors — by... 

ODC/Dance Downtown

Dance

ODC/Dance Downtown

Friday 3/19 @ ODC

Reserve the edge of your seat. 3 Different Programs. 2 World-class Choreographers. 1 Extraordinary Company. World premieres by... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

How does a museum best known for showing the work of others choose to publicly present itself? This presentation in the... 

Focus on Artists

Art

Focus on Artists

Friday 3/19 @ SFMOMA

From its early days, SFMOMA has been devoted to fostering close relationships with artists, and these ties often have led to...