Events on Tuesday, February 21

Celebrate Mardi Gras Parade w/ Extra Action Marching Band

Festival: Parade

Celebrate Mardi Gras Parade

Tuesday 2/21 @ Place Pigalle

Sure, San Francisco's annual Carnaval festivities happen in May, but that doesn't mean that today isn't officially Fat Tuesday. Celebrate with... 

Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck feat. Maxine Hong Kingston

Books: Discussion

Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck

Tuesday 2/21 @ SomArts Cultural Center

San Francisco loves its books. San Francisco loves its food. So when literature and culinary delights marry for a night, chances... 

Mardi Gras with Henry Clement & the Gumbo Band

Music

Mardi Gras with Henry Clement & the Gumbo Band

Tuesday 2/21 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Henry Clement, or Big Chief Takawaka, the "Swamp Doctah," as a jokingly calls himself, is a unique and entertaining performer. When... 

Ongoing Events

14th Annual SF IndieFest

Festival: Film

SF IndieFest

Tuesday 2/21 @ Various locations

Sundance may have sold out, but SF IndieFest keeps it real with its annual run of low-budget independent films and parties.... 

5th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show

Art: Photography

International Juried Plastic Camera Show

Tuesday 2/21 @ RayKo Photo Center

This fifth annual exhibit at the respected photo center is composed entirely of images taken on cheap plastic cameras — you... 

Noise Pop 2012

Festival: Music

Noise Pop 2012

Tuesday 2/21 @ Various San Francisco venues

In January of 1993, Noise Pop began humbly as a one-day event with five acts. Nineteen years later, San Francisco's once-subdued... 

Yoga on the Labyrinth at Grace Cathedral

Workshop/Class: Yoga

Yoga on the Labyrinth

Tuesday 2/21 @ Grace Cathedral

Join yoga teacher and author Darren Main on Tuesday nights for this gentle and nurturing yoga practice. You don't need to... 

Mark Bradford

Art: Multimedia

Mark Bradford

Tuesday 2/21 @ SFMOMA

If one man's trash is another man's treasure, then it's never been more true than in the case of LA-based artist... 

<em>Noise Pop at 20: A Photo Retrospective</em>

Art: Photography

Noise Pop at 20: A Photo Retrospective

Tuesday 2/21 @ Bottom of the Hill

The Noise Pop Photo Retrospective takes a look back at the past 19 years of Noise Pop Festivals: the artists, the... 

Betabrand

Fashion/Style

Betabrand

Tuesday 2/21 @ Betabrand.com

Chris Lindland appreciates irony that you can wear. His San Francisco-based clothing company, Betabrand, grew out of his first sartorial invention,... 

<em>Seeing Double: The Best of DOUBLEtruck Magazine</em>

Art: Photography

Seeing Double: The Best of DOUBLEtruck Magazine

Tuesday 2/21 @ City Hall

In publishing lingo, a "double truck" is a full two-page spread and the best kind of display of a published image... 

Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman: <em>Manifest Destiny!</em>

Art: Installation

Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman

Tuesday 2/21 @ Hotel des Arts

Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman's Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of... 

<em>Pariah</em>

Film: Wide Release

Pariah

Tuesday 2/21 @ Embarcadero Center Cinema

Winner of the Cinematography Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Pariah is a gritty and heartfelt coming-of-age drama starring talented... 

Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts

Art

Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts

Tuesday 2/21 @ Asian Art Museum

Explore the life and times of India’s great kings by getting close to the objects they used and the art they... 

Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought

Art: Installation

Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought

Tuesday 2/21 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

From the very first chapters of the Torah where one encounters them in the Garden of Eden, to the commandment Bal...