Gallery Exhibit – Nathan Oliveira: Rocker II
Crown Point Press
March
Experience the five new prints by celebrated Bay Area artist Nathan Oliveira. The exhibition also includes two figurative sculpture works and four large drawings the artist created by intricately working over photolithographs created in 1995.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/ 974-6273.
Film/Video – Non-Western Westerns
SFMOMA
March
These are not just Westerns in different flavors; many non-Western Westerns challenge the mythologies that constitute the genre. In doing so, they force us to think differently about some of the fundamental beliefs that underpin the United States. Visit www.sfmoma.org for complete listing.
Cost – $5 General/Seniors/Students
For more information call 415/357-4000.
Gallery Exhibit – The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama
YBCA
through March 16
Experience works by more than 88 artists from 30 countries in this landmark exhibition that offers up art as a lens through which we experience our common humanity. Established and emerging artists, celebrities and others, have been invited to create works that capture the essence of His Holiness and his mission of peace.
Cost – $7 General, $5 Seniors/Students/Teachers, Free to members
For more information call 415/978-2787.
Gallery Exhibit – Anna Halprin: At the Origin of Performance
YBCA
March
Experience this audio/visual installation, including archival documents, photos, films, sound recordings, scores, press cuttings, and illustrated partitions. A pioneer of postmodern dance and performance, Halprin is known for blurring boundaries: between art forms, professional and amateur, performer and audience.
Cost – $7 General, $5 Seniors/Students/Teachers, FREE for Members
For more information call 415/978-2787.
Event – Family Program: Split That House!
SFMOMA
March 2
Taking a cue from the architecture and design exhibition Cut: Revealing the Section, we focus on what is revealed when a home is split vertically. The afternoon includes a screening of Toccata for Toy Trains, by Charles and Ray Eames.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/357-4000.
Film/Video – Peace is Every Step
YBCA
March 2, 2pm
This portrait of Vietnamese Zen teacher, author and activist Thich Nhat Hanh explores his efforts to heal the wounds of war among war and peace veterans and survivors. Q&A with director Gaetano Kazuo Maida following screening.
Cost – $8 General, $6 Members/Seniors/Students/Teachers
For more information call 415/978-2787.
Event – Exhibition Spotlight: Cut: Revealing the Section
SFMOMA
March 4, 12-1pm
Join exhibition curator Henry Urbach for a midday discussion of the current architecture and design presentation Cut: Revealing the Section. Learn about a variety of works in the SFMOMA collection—reflecting a range of media—that highlight the architectural concept of the section, from architectural drawings to models to a site-specific installation in the galleries by Peter Wegner.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/357-4000.
Community Meeting – Yerba Buena Alliance Neighborhood Meeting
Catharine Clark Gallery
March 6, 8:45-10am
Meet other members of the Yerba Buena Neighborhood, learn about businesses and other issues impacting the area, network, and enjoy breakfast.
Cost – Free
For more information or to RSVP call 415/541-0312.
Event – Chatauquan Performance: "Dr. Yee, California Pioneer"
California Historical Society
March 6, 6-8pm
Historically costumed in the long gown and pants worn by 19th century Chinese, Dr. Yee delivers an animated, colorful presentation narrating the events of his life. Following the narrative, Dr. Yee invites questions from the audience related to the stories that he has just shared.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/678-1848, x217.
Film/Video – Demons in the Details: Ten Poems in Basilicata with John Giorno
YBCA
March 6, 7:30pm
This new film captures him in his ancestral home in Italy, performing poems that deeply connect to the heart themes of Buddhism: yearning, compassion, despair and inspiration. Q&A with director Antonello Faretta following the screening.
Cost – $8 General, $6 Members/Seniors/Students/Teachers
For more information call 415/978-2787.
Film/Video – Confessions of a Free Woman
YBCA
March 7, 8, 9
Filmed over five years, this epic modern-day road movie asks the questions: What do women really want? Why is sexual freedom so precarious? Does choice equal happiness, let alone freedom? What does it mean to be "free?" Flying is presented in two three-hour sections. Please see website for dates and times.
Cost – $8 General, $6 Members/Seniors/Students/Teachers
(One ticket admits to both parts.)
For more information call 415/978-2787.
Event – Tory Burch Trunk Show
Nordstrom San Francisco Centre
March 12, 4-7pm
Enjoy a show of the latest from this popular designer.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/243-8500, x 1445.
Event – Reading: Another Country: Poets, Place, Photography
SFMOMA
March 13, 6:30pm
Listen to poet Natasha Trethewey – winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry – reflect on personal and national histories, as she is joined by Camille Dungy and C.S. Giscombe for readings motivated by American places, pictures, and memories.
Cost – $10 General, $7 Members/Seniors/Students
For more information call 415/357-4000.
Event – Artist Lecture Series: Sandow Birk
UC Berkeley Extension
March 13, 5-6pm
Enjoy this first of three installments in L.A. Cool, a focus on the art world of Los Angeles. Los Angeles artist Birk with show a view of life served up with humor—sometimes biting, other times sweet—and always quick.
Cost – Free
For more information or to reserve a space call 510/642-4111.
Event – Bliss ‘Eau’-lection
W San Francisco
March 13, 7-9pm
Kick-off the Bliss ‘Eau’-lection at W San Francisco with complimentary hand massages from Bliss® Spa to test out the Bliss bath and body collection candidates. Vote for your favorite scent to decide which will be in the new sink side six this fall. Then, enjoy special cocktails that mimic the new body scents.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/777-5300.
Community Meeting – Yerba Buena Community Benefit District Overview Lunch
Yerba Buena Alliance
March 13, 12-1:30pm
Join your neighbors for lunch to discuss the creation of a Community Benefit District in the Yerba Buena Neighborhood. This meeting is your opportunity to learn about the proposed CBD, ask questions, and provide feedback and suggestions for moving forward.
Cost – Free with RSVP to katie@yerbabuena.org
For more information or to RSVP call 415/541-0312.
Performing Arts – 12th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Semi-Finals
SFMOMA
March 14 and 15, 7-10pm
Part of the month-long Spoken Word Festival, this event spotlights the Bay Area’s best young poets. Participating poets have overcome numerous challenges on the road to the semi-finals, where they will vie for a chance to compete in the Grand Slam Finals.
Cost – $10 General, $4 Seniors/Youth (age 20 and under)
For more information call 415/357-4000.
Party – Opening Reception: Chester Arnold and Jeremy Blake
Catharine Clark Gallery
Reception March 15, 2-4pm, Exhibit through March
In The Road to Paradise Chester Arnold continues his ongoing visual exploration into notions of accumulation and dispersal. View Winchester Redux by Jeremy Blake in the video room, inspired by the artist’s interest in the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/399-1439.
Event – Family Program: Sprouting Sculpture
SFMOMA
March 16
Celebrate construction of SFMOMA’s new rooftop sculpture garden by creating your very own garden model. Then enjoy a reading of Roberto the Insect Architect, by Nina Laden.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/357-4000.
Event – Hickey Freeman Trunk Show
Nordstrom San Francisco Centre
March 19, 1-9pm
Check out the latest in this popular designer’s collection.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/243-8500, x 1220.
Event – UnScene San Francisco
W San Francisco
March 19, 7-9pm
Feast your lens on never before seen images of the city by the bay, taken by local emerging artists at the UnScene San Francisco photography exhibit. Mix and mingle with art lovers and take home a fav photo or two. One lucky photographer will also win the chance to be "seen" at the Jack Fischer Gallery in downtown SF. Zoom in on who will be the lucky winner!
Cost – Free with RSVP to rsvpwsfevents@whotels.com
For more information call 415/777-5300.
Event – Artist Talk: Katharina Sieverding
SFMOMA
March 20, 6:30pm
Join curator Rudolf Frieling and renowned German artist Sieverding, for a discussion of Sieverding’s career over the last four decades. In this talk she addresses the cinematographic impulse and relations within her photography and film works.
Cost – Free with Museum Admission
For more information call 415/357-4000.
Film/Video – City of Photographers
YBCA
March 20, 7:30pm
During Augusto Pinochet’s long regime, a motley crew of photojournalists shot and framed Chile’s people and turmoil from many points of view. Pinochet had the power and the guns, but these photographers had the camera—the people’s weapon.
Cost – $8 General, $6 Members/Seniors/Students/Teachers
For more information call 415/978-2787.
Event – Public Lecture Series: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature
UC Berkeley Extension
March 25, 7-9pm
Learn from the first of four in this free public lecture series featuring cutting-edge sustainable development projects from Northern California. This week features Geoff Syphers, the chief sustainability officer of Codding Construction.
Cost – Free
Fore more information or to reserve a space call 510/642-4111.
Film/Video – Unforseen
YBCA
March 27, 7:30pm
Gary Bradley became one of Texas’ most powerful real estate developers, but when his endeavors began to threaten a local Austin treasure—a natural springs swimming hole—the community fought back and the subdivision became a lightning rod for environmental activism.
Cost – $8 General, $6 Members/Seniors/Students/Teachers
For more information call 415/978-2787.
Event – Armani Made-to-Measure Trunk Show
Nordstrom San Francisco Centre
March 29, 10am-7pm
Stop by during this day-long event dedicated to the latest designs from this famous designer.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/243-8500, x 1220.
Film/Video – Enemies of Happiness
YBCA
March 30, 2pm
A film that centers on Malalai Joya, who became one of Afghanistan’s most famous and infamous women. She challenged the power of warlords in the country’s new government and in 2005 ran the country’s first democratic parliamentary election in over 30 years.
Cost – $8 General, $6 Members/Seniors/Students/Teachers
For more information call 415/978-2787.
Thousands of people visit the Yerba Buena Neighborhood to attend conferences at the Moscone Center each month. To learn more about which conventions are in town please visit their Web site.
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