Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Castro/Upper Market, Film Festivals

55th SF Intl Film Festival: Closing Night

Castro Theatre7 pmFilm Screening

The 55th San Francisco International Film Festival ends on a high note�a really high note�with an all night celebration kicked off by a rousing…

Japantown/Fillmore, Film Festivals

55th SF Intl Film Festival: Kinotek- Karolina Sobecka

SuperFrog Gallery2:00�8:00 pm

As part of the Film Society�s ongoing KinoTek programming stream, trailblazing artist Karolina Sobecka will install several dynamic works at…

Stonestown/SFSU

Classes at the Chinese Culture Center

Chinese Culture Center of San FranciscoAll day

The Chinese Culture Center brings over 45 years of teaching experience and was voted best in the Bay Area for Beginner's, Advanced Beginners,…

Mission, Stand Up Comedy, Happy Hour / Game Nights

Comedy Bodega

Esta Noche - CLOSED8:00 pmMiss Persia, Kurt Weitzmann, Mi…

Comedy Bodega is a free weekly stand-up comedy showcase, presenting the funniest women and men in the Bay Area and fueled by the energy of its'…

Downtown/Financial District, Painting & Drawing

Libby Black: Nothing Lasts Forever

Marx & Zavattero10:30-5:30 Tue-Fri; 11-5 Sat

In "Nothing Lasts Forever," Bay Area artist Libby Black�s fourth solo exhibition at Marx & Zavattero, the artist invites viewers into an intimate,…

415-627-9111

�Casting Call� from Hyatt Regency San Francisco

Hyatt Regency San FranciscoAll Day

Boasting the Guinness Book of World Records� largest atrium lobby, of over 42,000 square feet, the Hyatt Regency San Francisco is the ideal…

Mission Bay/Dog Patch

PAST FUTURE NOW!

Oddball Film + Video8PM

Oddball Films proudly presents PAST FUTURE NOW! Films from the PAST have been selected by curator/artist Ashley Lauren Saks, that are about…

415.558.8117 Buy Tickets

Japantown/Fillmore, Other Music, Poetry

The Life and Poetry of Rachel the Poet

Jewish Community Library7:00 pm

Rachel Bluwstein (1890 � 1931), known in Israel as Rachel the Poet, wrote some of the most beautiful lyric poetry in modern Hebrew literature.…

415-567-3327

SoMa, Art Openings

Textured "Paintings"

12 Gallagher Lane � un salon d�art5:30 PM - 9:00 PMOpening Reception - goes throug…

12 Gallagher Lane � un salon d�art is pleased to announce Artist Jonah Ward�s third installment at the salon. This new body of work departs…

415.896.5700

Are We There Yet?

Creativity Explored7:00pm - 9:00pm

The Golden Gate Bridge is admired by Creativity Explored artists just as much, if not more, than everyone else. In celebration of the 75th Anniversary…

415-863-2108

Are We There Yet?

Creativity Explored7:00pm - 9:00pm

The Golden Gate Bridge is admired by Creativity Explored artists just as much, if not more, than everyone else. In celebration of the 75th Anniversary…

415-863-2108

North Beach/Telegraph Hill

Lin Yilin: Golden Journey

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)5:30-7:30 pmOpening Reception

Lin Yilin: Golden Journey is a solo exhibition documenting new site-specific performances by Lin Yilin, a leader of the Chinese avant-garde…

415.749.4563

Union Square/San Francisco Centre, Plays

Down to This

Exit Stage Left8:00 pm

Down To This by Adam Chanzit Directed by: Tore Ingersoll - Thorp Packing a .38 special & a pulpy punch, this eighty minute roller coaster…

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San Francisco, Other Organizations

Strength of Our Spirit: 24th Annual Gala

Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption5:30 pm - 9 pm

Join Asian Women's Shelter as we celebrate our 24th anniversary. This is the year of the dragon-- the same year that AWS opened its doors! Join…

HYATT REGENCY SAN FRANCISCO ANNOUNCES SAN FRANCISCO ICONS �HYATT CULTURE CLUB� EXHIBIT 2012

Hyatt Regency San FranciscoSunday-Thursday 9 a.m. � 11 p.m. and Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. � Midnight

Boasting the Guinness Book of World Records� largest atrium lobby, of over 42,000 square feet, the Hyatt Regency San Francisco is the ideal…

415 788 1234

San Francisco, Children's Festivals & Events

Celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the Brothers Grimm in 2012

Goethe Institut German Cultural CenterExhibit: �M�rchenwelten / Fairy Tale worlds�through May 19

Celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the Brothers Grimm in 2012 The world famous fairy tale collection by the Brothers Grimm was first published…

415 263 8760

San Francisco, Schools, Volunteer

Get on the BEAT:

Meridian Gallery6:00-9:00pmCo-founders Thomas Keown and An…

Join us at Meridian Gallery for a special evening to benefit One Home Many Hopes, a grassroots non-profit which rescues, houses and educates…

415.308.4921 Buy Tickets

Union Square/San Francisco Centre, Blues

Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute with Alan Iglesias & Crossfire

Biscuits & Blues8&10pm

Alan Iglesias began playing guitar professionally in �69 and toured the New England area extensively with local blues-based rock bands. Feeling…