Events on Thursday, March 25

San Francisco Twestival

Special Event: Fundraisers

San Francisco Twestival

Thursday 3/25 @ Horizon Restaurant and Lounge

Twestival is an annual grassroots event with the tagline, "Tweet. Meet. Give." It was founded in 2009 by Amanda Rose, when... 

The New 7th Heaven Roller Disco

Party

The New 7th Heaven Roller Disco

Thursday 3/25 @ Mezzanine

Who says Disco is dead? Boogie on down to the roller rink revival at Mezzanine for a four-wheelin' chic, freak out.... 

<em>ODDSAC</em> with Danny Perez and members of Animal Collective

Film

ODDSAC

Thursday 3/25 @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema

Animal Collective are pushing boundaries again, this time by making a visual album. They've teamed up with filmmaker Danny Perez, who... 

Allison Smith Residency

Art

Allison Smith Residency

Thursday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

Smith’s Arts & Skills Service considers SFMOMA’s original location in the War Memorial Veterans Building... 

Alex Lemon, &nbsp;<em>Happy: A Memoir</em>

Books: Reading

Alex Lemon,  Happy: A Memoir

Thursday 3/25 @ The Booksmith

Alex Lemon is a thirty-year-old professor, critically acclaimed and award-winning poet, and recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for... 

Shit and Shine w/ Eugene Robinson, Mokele Mbembe and Naupli

Music: Experimental

Shit and Shine w/ Eugene Robinson, Mokele Mbembe and Naupli

Thursday 3/25 @ The Lab

Shit and Shine, London's extreme noisemakers, spew out industrial psychedelia. Oakland's free-form transmitters Mokele Mbembe transform curious sounds into visions of... 

Special Event

Curator Talks

Thursday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

Henry Urbach (Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design) on Constant’s New Babylon... 

AFI + Said Radio + Scarlet Grey

Music

AFI + Said Radio + Scarlet Grey

Thursday 3/25 @ Slim's

Ongoing Events

Castillo: <em>Bloodlines</em>

Art

Castillo

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ 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>The Art of Emily the Strange</em>

Art

The Art of Emily the Strange

Thursday 3/25 @ Gallery Extraña

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

Luc Tuymans

Art

Luc Tuymans

Thursday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

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

The Sugar Witch at New Conservatory Theater

Theatre

The Sugar Witch

Thursday 3/25 @ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ 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>Route 1: R for Replicant</em>

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ 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... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Thursday 3/25 @ 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>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Thursday 3/25 @ 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... 

<em>Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain</em>

Art

Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain

Thursday 3/25 @ 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... 

<em>The Runaways</em>

Film

The Runaways

Thursday 3/25 @ Landmark Bridge Theater

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

Human Rights and Film

Festival: Film

Human Rights and Film

Thursday 3/25 @ 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... 

Ascension to Detail by Aaron Zonka

Art

Ascension to Detail

Thursday 3/25 @ 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)... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Thursday 3/25 @ 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... 

<em>Jews on Vinyl</em>

Art

Jews on Vinyl

Thursday 3/25 @ 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... 

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Art

Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ ODC

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

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Art

As It Is Written: Project 304,805

Thursday 3/25 @ 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... 

Focus on Artists

Art

Focus on Artists

Thursday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

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

People's Torah

Art

People's Torah

Thursday 3/25 @ 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... 

Art

Dispatches from the Archives

Thursday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

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

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

Art

Ewan Gibbs: San Francisco

Thursday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

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

Afrolicious

Music: Global

Afrolicious

Thursday 3/25 @ Elbo Room

Afrolicious with DJs/hosts brothers Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz, along with resident drummers J. Elrod and B. Lee bring you the best in Latin and... 

The View from Here

Art

The View from Here

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ 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

Thursday 3/25 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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

The Anniversary Show

Art

The Anniversary Show

Thursday 3/25 @ SFMOMA

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