Events on Wednesday, March 3

Allen Toussaint

Music

Allen Toussaint

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Great American Music Hall

Though Allen Toussaint is closely associated with New Orleans, the piano player/producer/songwriter's list of past collaborations extends well past Louisiana state... 

Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin

Special Event

Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ City Arts & Lectures

Jeffrey Toobin is a familiar face for the politically well-informed. Toobin is an Emmy Award-winning analyst for CNN and long time... 

Music

Phantogram (Baruk), City Light, The Frail

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Rickshaw Stop

PHANTOGRAM New York duo with a new disc just out on Barsuk Records. "Phantogram is one part Josh Carter (guitar) and... 

HEY! A Dean Snider Birthday Celebration [Part II]

Film

HEY! A Dean Snider Birthday Celebration [Part II]

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ San Francisco Cinematheque

Screening at New Nothing Cinema (map) presented in association with New Nothing Cinema curated & presented by Douglas Katelus A long... 

HELENE JORGENSEN / Sick and Tired: How America's Health Care System Fails Its Patients / at The Booksmith

Books: Reading

HELENE JORGENSEN / Sick and Tired: How America's Health Care System Fails Its Patients / at The Booksmith

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Booksmith

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NPR’s Susan Stamberg

Special Event

NPR’s Susan Stamberg

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

THE PRITZKER FAMILY LECTURE

One of the most popular broadcasters on public radio, Stamberg is known for her... 

HEY! A Dean Snider Birthday Celebration [Part I]

Film

HEY! A Dean Snider Birthday Celebration [Part I]

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ San Francisco Cinematheque

Screening at Dolby Screening Room (map) presented in association with New Nothing Cinema curated & presented by Douglas Katelus  A long... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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 Red Shoes</em> (1948)

Film

The Red Shoes

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Castro Theatre

Many a musical pales in comparison to this Technicolor fantasia — or Pantone tonic, if you will. Directed by Michael Powell... 

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

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

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

Art

Cartier and America

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Kirk Crippens

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery

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

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

Art

Rives Granade

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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/ 3 @ 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... 

Small Press Spotlight: Andy Ristaino

Art

Andy Ristaino

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain</em>

Art

Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

Chris Ballantyne: <em>Some Songs from the Shore</em>

Art

Chris Ballantyne

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Hosfelt Gallery

Brooklyn-based painter (and San Francisco Art Institute grad) Chris Ballantyne creates strange intersections of the natural and the man-made. But his... 

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

Special Event

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ 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>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Asian Art Museum

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

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Theatre

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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

Alternorthern: Contemporary Art from Canada

Art

Alternorthern: Contemporary Art from Canada

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ The Lab

"Alternorthern," curated by Kevin Betram and Jason Gowans, features the work of Sonny Assu, Valerie Boxer, Vincent Chevalier, Brendan Fernandes, Jenny... 

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

Film

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

Wednesday 3/ 3 @ Roxie Theater

David Lynch Presents
A film by Werner Herzog

"Werner Herzog's second fiction feature of 2009 works...