Events on Wednesday, March 31

Pirate Cat Radio Benefit Oldies Dance Party

Special Event: Benefit

Pirate Cat Radio Benefit

Wednesday 3/31 @ The Blue Macaw

Do the twist to Chuck Berry and Little Richard for the freedom of free radio. After 13 years of spinning secretively... 

Out of Order Seder

Party

Out of Order Seder

Wednesday 3/31 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Join us for an unforgettable, "unorthodox" Seder led by the Bay Area's most creative and boundary-pushing artists, performers, writers, musicians, and... 

Grow The F*ck Up! Writers Reading from New Work

Books: Reading

Grow The F*ck Up!

Wednesday 3/31 @ Hemlock Tavern

Support seven local literary live-wires as they read from their latest works at the Hemlock Tavern. Among the writing talent is... 

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound w/ Radio Moscow

Music

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound w/ Radio Moscow

Wednesday 3/31 @ Elbo Room

San Franciscans have never forgotten the day-glo '60s, when Haight Street dwellers expanded their minds with psychoactive drugs and Pink Floyd's... 

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Blues Band

Music

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Blues Band

Wednesday 3/31 @ Great American Music Hall

Around the 4th of July in 2008 Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Sugar Blue, Willie Smith and Bob Stroger assembled in New... 

Conversation with Rich Cohen

Special Event

Conversation with Rich Cohen

Wednesday 3/31 @ City Arts & Lectures

Journalist Rich Cohen is known for his energetic and humorous writing about characters past and present.  Cohen's reporting has appeared in Harper's,... 

Ongoing Events

Castillo: <em>Bloodlines</em>

Art

Castillo

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ahmet Öğüt

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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.... 

Outdoor Exploratorium

Special Event

Outdoor Exploratorium

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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>Shanghai</em>

Special Event

Shanghai

Wednesday 3/31 @ Asian Art Museum

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

To Curry Favor: Scented Work on Paper

Art

To Curry Favor

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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>Cartier and America</em>

Art

Cartier and America

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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... 

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

Art

Route 1: R for Replicant

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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>Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 &ndash; Present</em>

Art

Chain Reaction 11 / Replay: SFAC Gallery 1970 – Present

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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... 

The Sugar Witch at New Conservatory Theater

Theatre

The Sugar Witch

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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>Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain</em>

Art

Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain

Wednesday 3/31 @ 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 3/31 @ Berkeley Repertory Theater

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