Events on Wednesday, March 24

Acid Mothers Temple w/ OGOD

Music

Acid Mothers Temple w/ OGOD

Wednesday 3/24 @ Bottom of the Hill

They may be from Japan, but when Acid Mothers Temple visit North America's most psychedelic city, it always feels like a... 

High Places w/ Mi Ami and Protect Me

Music

High Places

Wednesday 3/24 @ Rickshaw Stop

Mary Pearson and Rob Barber, aka best-friend duo High Places, moved from NYC to LA a year ago, in search of... 

Comedy (and Economics) Night with Yoram Bauman and <em>The Cartoon Introduction to Economics</em>

Special Event

Comedy (and Economics) Night with Yoram Bauman and The Cartoon Introduction to Economics

Wednesday 3/24 @ The Booksmith

If 2009 taught us anything, it’s that economics matters to everybody. But how many American voters have a thorough understanding of... 

The Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace

Special Event

The Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace

Wednesday 3/24 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

For nearly 20 years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace as an... 

Harry Kreisler on Conversations with History

Special Event

Harry Kreisler on Conversations with History

Wednesday 3/24 @ Berkeley Arts and Letters

Ongoing Events

Castillo: <em>Bloodlines</em>

Art

Castillo

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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... 

<em>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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 3/24 @ 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... 

Ascension to Detail by Aaron Zonka

Art

Ascension to Detail

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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... 

To Curry Favor: Scented Work on Paper

Art

To Curry Favor

Wednesday 3/24 @ 18 Reasons

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

The Sugar Witch at New Conservatory Theater

Theatre

The Sugar Witch

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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 3/24 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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>The Runaways</em>

Film

The Runaways

Wednesday 3/24 @ Landmark Bridge Theater

The Runaways is the debut feature for Floria Sigismondi, acclaimed video director for the White Stripes, Bowie, and Marilyn Manson. When... 

<em>Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain</em>

Art

Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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... 

Human Rights and Film

Festival: Film

Human Rights and Film

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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>Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs</em>

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 3/24 @ 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... 

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Theatre

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Wednesday 3/24 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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