Thursday, March 8th

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Thursday, March 8, 2012 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Living in Studio Kuchar
San Francisco Art Institute
Living in Studio Kuchar highlights the inimitable genius of independent film legend and SFAI faculty member George Kuchar, who died in September 2011. Coinciding with the exhibition, a campus-wide special event, SFAI Celebrates the Life and Work of…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:00pm
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Bold Local Nightlife @ Cal Academy of Sciences $12
Celebrate the best of San Francisco by touring a series of “meta-hoods” throughout the Academy, curated in partnership with The Bold Italic. In Twin Steeps, local coffee and tea purveyors will reveal the secrets to steeping success. In Makers…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Whisky and Women Unite - International Women's … $5
Cocktail Bill Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts
In honor of International Women's Day 2012, an all-star line-up of LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of the Endangered Cocktails) ladies will be shaking and stirring for charity. Drink up to celebrate the success of all SF women and to…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:00pm
RADAR Reading Series
San Francisco Public Library
This month's installation of the RADAR reading series features Eileen Myles, Miranda Mellis, Lorna Dee Cervantes, and Nate Lippins, four awesome writers reading their work (and giving out cookies!). It's a participatory event, so come ready for the Q…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:00pm
Mission Night Market free
Ken Ken Ramen
Inspired by Asian night markets full of interesting stalls, vendors, food, and craziness, Ken Ken Ramen is turning its noodle factory into a three-night Mission Night Market. Set up next door to Ken Ken Ramen at 3376 18th St, Mission…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:30pm
DesignSpeak Presents Julie Beeler and Daniel Meyers …
Academy of Art University: Morgan Auditorium
Second Story is a pioneering interactive design firm that creates unique and diverse media experiences. This lecture, by Julie Beeler and Daniel Meyers of Second story, is all about how to make a project with a personality, identity and meaning,…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 7:30pm - Midnight
SFAI Celebrates the Life and Work of George Kuchar
San Francisco Art Institute
Coinciding with the opening of the Walter and McBean Galleries' exhibition Living in Studio Kuchar (March 9 – April 21, 2012), this event celebrates the life and work of independent film legend and longtime SFAI faculty member George Kuchar, who died…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:00pm - Friday, March 9, 2012 8:00pm
The Vagina Monologues $20
Women's Building
Unless you've been living under a rock, you know about the Vagina Monologues phenomenon. Hailed by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," The Vagina Monologues, which was first performed…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:00pm
The Idea of India at Oddball Films $10
Oddball Films
This program of films explores Indian culture from science to spirituality, from art to anthropology, from ritual to religion. The films run the gamut from the 1930s to the present day, featuring rare home movies, seldom screened ethnographic films,…

Friday, March 9th

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Friday, March 9, 2012 5:00pm
Reliquary Annual Blowout Sale
Reliquary
Score small designer and hand picked vintage goods up to 75% off, check out the under $20 rack, and get 10% off the entire collection of jewelry on Friday if you mention this flier. And there will be wine! The sale ends Sunday, March 11. Don't show…
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Friday, March 9, 2012 6:30pm - 9:30pm
"Outside In" @ 1AM
1:AM
Due to the exhibit’s popularity last year, 1AM is proud to present the second installment of “Outside In”, a collection of urban artists bringing the stylized art form of graffiti into the gallery. We often walk past tattooed walls without noticing…
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Friday, March 9, 2012 8:00pm
Mighty Mr. Marshall McLuhan with Oddball Films $10
Oddball Films
Famous for coining the phrase "The Medium is the Message" and predicting "The Global Village" in the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan revolutionized how we think of technology and culture. Featuring films that reflect his writings and influence as…
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Friday, March 9, 2012 8:30pm - 11:30pm
Comedy! Comedy! at Engine Works $5
Engine Works
Ready to get your fill of cheap drinks and subsequently laugh your ass off? Engine Works is making it happen. Their comedy show is one to behold, and it's modest, too (it's entitled The Best Comedy Show, so if it lives up to its title it should be a…

Saturday, March 10th

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Saturday, March 10, 2012 2:00pm
TOP CHEF ALUMNI SERVE IT UP AT THE COOK SALON
Superfrog Gallery
Food is the next rock n’ roll. From celebrity chefs to food trucks, our culinary culture is exploding with innovative new tastes and eating establishments. Many of the must-try offerings are Asian American restaurants and pop-ups. In this salon, we…
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Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:00pm
The Conscious Clock with Oddball Films
Oddball Films
Oddball presents a program of rare and unique short films exploring the temporal dimensions of the outer and inner worlds. The program includes The Story of Time (1949), a dazzling stop-motion short from the Rolex watch company, and…
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Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:00pm - Midnight
Everything Went Black: An Artist Tribute to Black Flag
Pretty Pretty Collective
Over 50 (!) artists are participating in this tribute to punk rock legends Black Flag, a collaboration between the Pretty Pretty Collective and Still Life Tattoo.
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Saturday, March 10, 2012 9:00pm
Clift Sessions with WATERS
Clift Hotel
This Clift Session with WATERS kicks off another great season of free music in the iconic Redwood room at the Clift Hotel. WATERS is the new project of singer/songwriter Van Pierszalowski (of the late Port O'Brien). His new work is…

Wednesday, March 14th

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:00pm
Jonathan Safran Foer, Nathan Englander, Lemony Snick… $10
Jewish Community Center
With Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander In conversation with Nathaniel Deutsch and Daniel Handler (AKA Lemony Snicket) Read each year during Passover, the Haggadah exists as one of the oldest, most timeless, and sacred books in…

Thursday, March 15th

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Thursday, March 15, 2012 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Rare Device: New Store Opening
Rare Device
Rare Device is moving! Check out their new digs and enjoy delicious and locally made eats from Bånh Mî Love You Long Time, Pandan_La and Simply Mochi. We know Rare Device for all its awesome gifts, jewelry, housewares, children's toys,…
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The Rich History of Grand Marnier and the Cognac Reg… $25
Cocktail Bill Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts
Grand Marnier Master Distiller Patrick Raguenaud comes to SF to walk you through the rich history of his brand, its production and bottling. He'll answer all of your questions, and yes, you'll be able to taste your way through the products and the…
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:00pm
Misfit Dinner Series
Grand Cafe
Chef Alicia Jenish is starting a whole-animal dinner series highlighting animals and techniques that reach beyond traditional French brasserie style dishes featured on the Grand Cafe menu. In the kick-off series, which you can experience…
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:00pm
Alain de Botton: Religion for Atheists $10
Jewish Community Center
The popular philosopher and bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy and How Proust Can Change Your Life presents a deeply provocative argument for benefiting from the wisdom and power of religion -- without having to “believe” in any of…
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:00pm
RADAR Book Club Presents Alan Kaufman's Drunken Angel
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March brings another installment of the RADAR Book Club, the monthly reading and author conversation series produced by San Francisco's queer literary fixture, RADAR Productions. This month's book pick is Alan Kaufman's Drunken Angel, presented in…
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:00pm
Ali Wong at Punch Line SF
The Punch Line Comedy Club
Ali Wong is a stand-up comedian living in Los Angeles, CA. After SF Weekly selected her as “The Best Comedian of 2009″ and the SF Bay Guardian awarded her “Best of the Bay,” she decided that it was finally time to depart her hometown. …
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:00pm
Free to Be You and Me with Oddball Films
Oddball Films
Get on your footy pajamas and get ready to shuffle down memory lane as Oddball Films and guest curator Kat Shuchter bring you the complete 1974 Emmy award-winning television broadcast of Free to be You and Me. Marlo Thomas gathered…

Friday, March 16th

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Friday, March 16, 2012 10:00am - 2:00pm
Bay Area Health Collective, a Pop-Up Affordable Heal…
SF LGBT Center
Don't miss this. The San Francisco LGBT Center and the Bay Area Health Collective are partnering to host a Pop-Up health and wellness clinic. Seven practitioners will be offering sliding scale services ($20.00 to $35.00) for twenty to forty minute…
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Friday, March 16, 2012 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Opening Party + SF Debut on the International Postal…
Ramon's Tailor
This is the San Francisco debut of the Round Table [Collaboration] Postal-Collage Project No. 1, which involves 50 collaborators assembled in ten groups, ranging in age from 4 to 82 hailing from the USA, Ireland, the UK, Denmark, France, Germany, and…
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Friday, March 16, 2012 5:00pm
Kill List
San Francisco Film Society
Ben Wheatley follows up his heralded Down Terrace with another inventive, genre-flouting film. Taking a non-traditional approach to the horror genre, Kill List begins with an uncomfortable dinner party with two hit men in attendance and takes several…
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Friday, March 16, 2012 7:00pm - 4:00pm
Gregory Eltringham: Something For Everyone
Satellite 66 Gallery
For his first solo West coast show, Savannah-based painter Gregory Eltringham presents an array of imagery that serve as tiny windows into a psychological and provocative realm. With a fearless use of rich colors and earnest brushwork, Eltringham…
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Friday, March 16, 2012 8:00pm
Fooled By a Feeling with Oddball Films
Oddball Films
Oddball Films and guest curator Emily Schleiner present Fooled By A Feeling!, an evening of films about self-fulfilling prophecies, wacky prejudice, and, ultimately, the process of making difficult choices. Featuring excerpts from…

Saturday, March 17th

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Saturday, March 17, 2012 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Succulent Terrarium Workshop
Urban Bazaar
Brandi of Urban Bazaar will teach you how to create a tiny world of succulents, rocks, and moss, encapsulated in a glass orb terrarium. Each student will get to make one terrarium to take home with them, and will be able to use the skills they'll…
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Brewtruc Charity Beer Garden $20
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The second in a series of charity-sponsored beer gardens, this event will benefit the SF Lighthouse For The Blind. In addition to craft beer from “pro” breweries like PacBrewLab, Southern Pacific, and Stone, the events feature homebrew in a…
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Untitled (Black Painting)
Will Brown
This exhibit is a history of black monochromatic painting. On the walls of the gallery hover outlines of the most important black monochromes since 1915. True to scale and too large to fit comfortably in the gallery's space, the edges of the…
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 8:00pm
Get Lucky with Oddball Films
Oddball Films
Oddball Films and guest curator Margaret Jamieson present Get Lucky. Look out! Is it good luck, bad luck, lady luck or no luck at all? A playful blend of high advertising, low camp, sweet narratives and the real explanation for superstitions this…
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 8:00pm
Sutekh Hexen+ Jon Porras + Meridians + John Krausbauer
63 Bluxome Street Gallery
Join Voices Bend for a St. Patrick's night of sound and vision, AKA "music in its absolute sovereignty." Sutekh Hexen: Ambient black metal and "sheer surface radiant noise."…

Sunday, March 18th

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Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday Brunch Pop Up with Rice Paper Scissors
Rice Paper Scissors
Inspired by their month long trip to Vietnam, Rice Paper Scissors is bustin’ out Beef Pho for their Sunday Brunch on March 18th, 11-4pm. And just as they do in Vietnam, they’ll be popping up in a garage location at 14th and Folsom (exact location…
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 1:00pm - 5:00pm
TransportedSF SunDay sfSecrets Tour $30
TransportedSF
TransportedSF and SFSecrets are two great tastes that taste great together. Tyler MacNiven, world adventurer, sniffer of secrets, the pope of pizazz, guides TransportedSF riders on a four-hour tour of some of the Bay Area's secret gems. Every ride is…
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Crewel Runnings: Embroidery with Michelle Bock-Haynes  $50
Gravel & Gold
Learn crewel embroidery techniques! Crewel is comprised of different stitches, which when used together, create a highly textured, three dimensional effect. Crewelwork came into vogue during the 18th century in Northern Europe, adorning everything…

Monday, March 19th

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Monday, March 19, 2012 7:30pm
Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: R.H. Quaytman
San Francisco Art Institute
Over the last decade Quaytman’s practice has encompassed various roles, including artist, writer, and curator. Quaytman’s recent projects include the artist’s book Spine, published in 2011, and directorship of the New York gallery Orchard, a…
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Monday, March 19, 2012 7:30pm
San Francisco and the Bay Area: The Haight-Ashbury E…
Booksmith
There’s no lack of historical books about the Haight-Ashbury, but this is the first book to portray the modern Haight with its rich mix of 60s tie-dyes, 80s Deadheads and 00s murals recalling the past: a neighborhood with history and culture…

Tuesday, March 20th

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:00pm
Travel Tavern: Stories from the Road
Public Works
Hostelling International's inaugural Travel Tavern, bringing you travel-sized tales, written and performed by local storytellers, in honor of World Storytelling Day. Highlights: - Two sisters arriving in Athens are forced to navigate…

Wednesday, March 21st

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:00pm
Rock Bar Grand Opening: Donkey Party
Rock Bar
While busily filling their walls with mining and rock themed ephemera, the good people over at Rock Bar have also been developing an original list of classic and modern beverages. They're working on collaborations with Front Porch and Aquarius…
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:00pm
Burger Boogaloo Pre-Party $12
Bottom of the Hill
Burger Boogaloo Pre-Party. For the full weekend listings, go here: http://www.facebook.com/events/240999549319074/?ref=ts Hunx and his Punx (11pm) Nobunny (10pm) Heavy Cream (9:15pm) Shannon and the Clams (8:30pm) …

Thursday, March 22nd

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Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Obama Campaign Tech Field Office Opening
The Obama Campaign's SF Tech Field Office
The launch of the Obama campaign's San Francisco-based Technology Field Office, the first-ever in American political history. As a hub for technology and innovation, the Bay Area has an exciting opportunity to ensure President Obama’s…
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:00pm
Latino Night at SFMOMA $25
SFMOMA
Now this is the way to view art. Check out the new SFMOMA Photography In Mexico exhibition (with special tours) while enjoying Don Julio tequila tastings, Nopalito catering, music from DJ Santero, and a Mexican wrestling themed photo booth.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:00pm - 11:00pm
So You Think You Can Paint? free
Club Six
The concept is simple. Club Six provides space, paint, brushes, tunes, cheap drinks, and a ton of wall space to anyone and everyone who wants to make some pretty pictures. The idea is to complete as many 8 foot pieces as possible by 11pm. …
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:00pm
Dave Eggers: 21st Century Award
The Herbst Theatre
INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club is hosting Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Bay Area humanitarian, for a conversation about education at The Herbst Theater. They'll also be honoring him…
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:00pm
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Disposable Film Festival 2012 - Opening Night at The Castro $14
One of the world's “coolest film festivals” according to MovieMaker Magazine, The Disposable Film Festival premieres its 5th annual competitive shorts program here in San Francisco before screening it around the world. Be the first to see this year's…
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:00pm
Save KUSF benefit featuring Ralph Carney and Melodio…
Oddball Films
Oddball Films hosts a benefit for Save KUSF featuring the great Ralph Carney & Guests live on the Cinestage! Mr. Carney is a jazz multi-instrumentalist/horn player who has spent the better part of the last 2 decades criss-crossing the world, on…
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:00pm
New Moon with Jon Porras
Will Brown
Inspired by late 19th century spirit photography, Porras has been working with obscured moving images, including the projection of film behind layers of fog, on sheets of fabric, and reflected off mirrors. Exploring classic ideas of illusion and…
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:00pm
Burger Boogaloo Pre-Party #2
Knockout
Burger Boogaloo Pre-Party #2. For the full weekend line-up, go here: http://www.facebook.com/events/240999549319074/?ref=ts The Legendary Stardust Cowboy (11pm) Rock and Roll Adventure Kids (10:15pm) The Shrouds (9:30pm) DJ…
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