Gallery Exhibit – Mike Brodie and Jenny Vogel
SF Camerawork
April
Mike Brodie documents the train-hopping youth of America who are, he says, "one of the most important, overlooked, and temporary underground cultures of modern times." Jenny Vogel repurposes appropriated imagery from personal webcams and low-contrast surveillance cameras to create a pensive and poetic take on distance and desire.
Cost – $5 General, $2 Seniors/Students, Free to Members
For more information call 415/512-2020.

Gallery Exhibit – The Streets of San Francisco
The Society of California Pioneers
April
Learn the identities of those individuals whose names are perpetuated in asphalt and concrete. The exhibit incorporates maps, photographs, prints, and artifacts that recall San Francisco’s transformation from mission outpost to instant metropolis as well as the people who made significant contributions to the life of the community. 
Cost – $5 General, $2.50 Seniors/Students
For more information call 415/957-1849.

Film/Video – Non-Western Westerns
SFMOMA
April
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.

Event – Eco-licious Cocktail Mixer
XYZ Bar at the W San Francisco
April, Monday-Friday, 5:30-7:30
Step into XYZ Bar and W Cafe for organic-chic cocktailing. Join W San Francisco for the eco-licious Cocktail Mixer and sip on handcrafted organic cocktails, micro brew beers and biodynamic wines paired with mouth-watering organic bar bites by XYZ Executive Chef Paul Piscopo. For menus, go to xyz-sf.com.
Cost – Free Admission
For more information call 415/817-7836.

Event – Ecocity Lecture: Sonoma Mountain Village
UC Berkeley Extension
April 1, 7-9pm
Enjoy this installment in a series featuring cutting-edge sustainable development projects from Northern California. This evening includes Geoff Syphers, chief sustainability officer of Codding Construction, as he discusses Living with a One Planet Ecological Footprint.
Cost – Free
Fore more information or to reserve a space call 510/642-4111.

Film/Video – This is No Joke
SFMOMA
April 2, 12-1pm
Organized in conjunction with the exhibition In Collaboration: Early Works from the Media Arts Collection, this April Fool’s Day video-art program showcases the absurdist and parodic critique artists employ in their deadpan investigations of perception and meaning. Brace yourself for a glimpse of whom and what they captured.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Event – Book Talk and Signing by Judy Yung
California Historical Society
April 3, 6-8pm
Judy Yung, Professor Emeritus will read and discuss from her books Unbound Feet, Unbound Voices, and Island. This event will highlight the struggles and experiences of Chinese Americans from the beginning of the 20th century to the present.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/357-1848.

Community Meeting – Yerba Buena Alliance Neighborhood Meeting
Metreon
April 3, 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.

Party – Opening Reception
SF Camerawork
April 3, 5-8pm
Meet the artists of three new exhibitions opening on First Thursday in April. In the galleries: "Mike Brodie: The 2008 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers," "Past is an image we form in the present," and "Jenny Vogel: Your lips are no man's land but mine."
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/512-2020.

Event – Artist Lecture Series: Pierre Picot
UC Berkeley Extension
April 3, 5-6pm
Enjoy this second 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.

Artist Talk – An-My Lê: Small Wars
SFMOMA
April 3, 6:30pm
Discuss with photographer An-My Lê her work, included the current exhibit Small Wars that brings together 50 photographs from the two most recent series of works. Both series address the United States’ relationship to war, inflected by the experience of a Vietnamese émigré.
Cost – Free with Museum Admission
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Event – Burberry Made-to-Measure
Nordstrom
April 5, 10am-5pm
You’re invited to the exclusive Burberyy Men's Made-to-Measure clothing event for Spring/Summer 08.
Cost – Free
For more information or to reserve a private appointment call 415/243-8500, x 1220.

Event – The Family Studio: Art with Andy
SFMOMA
April 6, 12-3pm
Explore the colorful works of Andy Warhol through painting and repetition, then watch Puffer the Puffin interview Warhol in Dropping In on Andy Warhol, by Pam Stephens and Jim McNeill.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Event – Ecocity Lecture: Parks as Urban Regenerators 
UC Berkeley Extension
April 8, 7-9pm
Enjoy this installment in a series featuring cutting-edge sustainable development projects from Northern California. This evening includes Isabel Wade, Executive Director of the San Francisco Neighborhood Parks Council.
Cost – Free
Fore more information or to reserve a space call 510/642-4111.

Event – Fourth Annual Comics 4 Comics
Cartoon Art Museum
April 10, 7-10pm
Comics and comics collide as the funnies meet the funny in the fourth annual fundraiser and silent art auction for San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum. Join the Bay Area’s funniest folk for a night of food, drink and entertainment, and bid on original art by some of today’s brightest stars in comics.
Cost – $25 General, $20 Members
For more information or to purchase tickets call 415/227-8666.

Gallery Exhibit – The Cosmos: Group Exhibition
Crown Point Press
Starts April 10
Featuring new etchings by Julie Mehretu as well as prints by John Cage,Tom Marioni, Pat Steir, and Fred Wilson.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/974-6273.

Event – Gallery Opening: Reclaiming Materials: Four Sculptors Recycle
Sculpturesite Gallery
April 10, 5:30-7:30pm
View this group exhibition of sculpture by four woman artists who use recycled and found materials. Wine and cheese will be served.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/495-6400.

Cartoon Art Museum
April 12, 1-3pm
Learn a wide variety of skills, with subjects ranging from character design to storyboarding to creating unique mini-comics. These classes are recommended for students from 8-14 years old.
Cost – $5 General, covers student’s admission to museum and art supplies
For more information or to make a reservation call 415/227-8666.

Event – Family Activity Day: Fabric of Cultures
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
April 12, 1-3pm
You’re invited to take a guided tour of the exhibition Fabric of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, Globalization. Stay after to help your childe make their own tie-dye masterpiece to take home.
Cost – $5 Adults, $4 Seniors, Free for Children Under 18
For more information call 415/227-4888.

Event – Great Plains Shopping Party
Nordstrom
April 12, 12-3pm
Come experience this exciting shopping event featuring Great Plains.  Enjoy a live dj and informal modeling while viewing the latest from Great Plains. 
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/243-8500, x 1320.

Lecture – Bay Area Conversation: Landscape is Destiny
SFMOMA
April 12, 3pm
Speakers from the rich intellectual and artistic communities of our region come together for a conversation on contemporary issues, including photographer Michael Light, artist Trevor Pagien and writer Rebecca Solnit. A book signing and reception follow the discussion.
Cost – $10 General, $7 Members, Seniors, Students
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Party – Reception for Phil Frank Exhibit
Cartoon Art Museum
April 14, 6-7pm
Celebrate an exhibition of Phil Frank’s work, including the Beach Blanket Babylon-inspired Hearts in San Francisco heart which was recently donated by Beach Blanket Babylon producer Jo Schuman Silver.
Cost – Free
For more information or to RSVP call 415/421-4284

Event – Ecocity Lecture: Califia
UC Berkeley Extension
April 15, 7-9pm
Enjoy this final installment in a series featuring cutting-edge sustainable development projects from Northern California. This evening includes Scott Fossel, Executive Director of the Green Century Institute.
Cost – Free
Fore more information or to reserve a space call 510/642-4111.

Event – Members Critique
SF Camerawork
April 16, 6-8:30pm
Camerawork members are invited to present photographic and video media for critical feedback at this monthly critique session. Not yet a Camerawork member? Join now at www.sfcamerawork.org/membership.
Cost – Free to Members
For more information call 415/512-2020.

Event – Cartoonist-in-Residence: David Crosland
Cartoon Art Museum
April 19, 1-3pm
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about cartoonists--but were afraid to ask. David Crosland in an artist and the co-creator of Puffed, his art has appeared in comic books, such as Slop: Analecta, The Popgun Anthology, Puffed, and Scarface: Scarred For Life.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/227-8666.

Event – Target Family Day
MoAD
April 19, 11am-4pm
Join in a lively, family-friendly day featuring Oakland’s Bantaba Ensemble, Mamadou and Vanessa - Mali Blues trio, and the Prescott Circus Theater’s drumming stilt walkers. Sample a taste of Ethiopia. Make jewelry from telephone wire. Create textile designs and chalk murals, and more!
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/ 358-7200.

Event – Spring Fragrance Festival
Nordstrom
April 19, 9am-5pm
Come and experience the new fragrance introductions, gift sets and limited-edition items. Receive an exclusive Nordstrom tote bag with your purchase of $100. Space is limited; call to reserve your appointment today.
Cost – Free
For more information or to reserve your appointment call 415/243-8500, x 1420.

Event – The Family Studio: Paul Klee, Creature Creations
SFMOMA
April 20, 12-3pm
Use sculpture to explore the whimsical creatures created by Paul Klee, then enjoy a video screening based on Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Event – Earth Day Reception with artist Jesse Allen
Chandler Fine Art and Framing
April 22, 6-9pm
Celebrate Jesse Allen’s stunningly detailed works that find symbolic meaning in each individual plant, creature, and earth form, and get a chance to talk with the artist about his work. Exhibit runs from April 8 through May 30.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/546-1113.

Event – Great Quest to Keep San Francisco Green: Earth Day Event
Whole Foods 
April 22, 12-6pm
Enjoy an afternoon of food, live music, massages, and more at this exciting event. Over thirty venders will be providing demonstrations of a wide range of ways to make your everyday life more “green.”
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/618-0066.

Performing Arts – Erik Friedlander
SFMOMA
April 24, 8pm
In this performance cellist Friedlander showcases beautifully spare compositions from his new solo album accompanied by iconic images from his father, noted photographer Lee Friedlander. The album, Block Ice and Propane, is inspired by family road trips organized by the elder Friedlander when Erik was a child.
Cost – $15 General, $12 Members, Seniors, Students
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Event – Smashbox Photo Event
Nordstrom
April 26, store hours
Enjoy this unique cosmetic event featuring the newest Spring/ Summer looks from Smashbox.   Receive a complimentary cosmetic photo shoot with your $100.00 Smashbox purchase.
Cost – Fre
For more information call 415/243-8500.

Party – Opening Reception: Reuben Lorch-Miller and Christoph Draeger
Catharine Clark Gallery
April 26, 6-9pm
Come enjoy the opening reception of concurrent solo exhibitions: Reuben Lorch-Miller and Christoph Draeger with a live performance by experimental jam-band Ascended Master at 8pm.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/399-1439.

Event – Yerba Buena Gallery Walk
Yerba Buena Neighborhood
April 26, 1-6pm
Stroll between ten galleries located within three blocks and experience painting, sculpture, performance art, and more! Refreshments from Neighborhood establishments will be provided at each of the galleries, along with walking maps of participating galleries. Please see www.yerbabuena.org/GalleryWalk for more details.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/541-0312.