Well
at A.C.T. (Geary Theater) (8 pm) Performance Arts
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Well begins with OBIE Award–winning writer/performer Lisa Kron (2.5 Minute Ride; The Five Lesbian Brothers) performing a theater piece about her personal experiences of healing. But soon an irreverent coup d'état breaks out onstage: the company of actors critiques the script, Kron's onstage flashbacks don't match her memories, and she quickly loses control. MORE

Candida Höfer
at Rena Bransten Gallery (10:30 am - 5:30 pm) Galleries
Höfer's exhibit consists of mostly large-scale color photographs describing a selection of public buildings such as hotels, libraries, museums, and palaces in Dublin, Paris, Prague, and Venice. MORE

Robert Bechtle
Prints 1965 - 2004
at Crown Point Press Gallery (810 am - 6 pm) Galleries
In coordination with a retrospective of Robert Bechtle's paintings at the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Crown Point Press Gallery, which is nearby the museum, presents a survey of the artist's prints. MORE

FutureSoul at Luna Lounge (9 pm - 1 am) Clubs

HuggerMugger at Lit Lounge (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs

The Ant Show at Studio Z (8 pm - 2 am) Music

Be Cool at Loews Theatre at Metreon (7:30 pm) Film Screening

"Blue Blanket Bust-Up" at 50 Mason Lounge _ SF Comedy Club (8 pm) Performance Arts

Big Deal and Blow Up at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (11 am - 5 pm) Museums

Dark Sparkle with Miz Margo and Sage
at DNA Lounge (10 pm - 3 am) Music
San Francisco's premier celebration for denizens of the dark, featuring the dark side of the '70s and '80s. MORE

Intel Developer Forum Conference
at Moscone Center (7am - 7:30pm) Conference/Expo
IDF is an industry-wide event that brings developers and technology and business decision-makers together for three days of face-to-face, hands-on, in-depth give-and-take about where technology is heading and how it's going to change the ways people live and work. MORE

David Lyle: Fame
at Heather Marx Gallery (10:30 am - 5:30 pm) Galleries
In "Fame," Lyle has exposed - with compassion and humor - the seductive notion of fame, especially as it relates to middle class America. MORE

Soul Kitchen at Red Eye Lounge (7 pm) Clubs

Bossa Suave at Lingba Lounge (8 pm - late) Music

Phil Crumar Loves Little Fuzzy at Rickshaw Stop (8 pm) Music

Sinister Dexter at Elbo Room (10 pm - 1 am) Music

Whit Ingram "Assemblage" at Takada Gallery (11 am - 5 pm) Galleries

Taste & Smell: The Art Of Wine Appreciation at Fort Mason Center (7 pm - 9:30 pm) Wine

ODC Dance's 34th Annual Spring Season
Dancing Downtown
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (7 pm) Performance Arts
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This year’s season features four world premieres by ODC Artistic Director Brenda Way and Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson. A special Opening Night Celebration will mark the Company’s return to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. ODC Dance, San Francisco’s most prominent contemporary dance company, is known for its athleticism, passion and intellectual depth. MORE

Rena Effendi: Lost & Found
Slide Lecture, contemporary urban life in post-Soviet Azerbaijan
at Graduate School of Journalism (7:30 pm - 9 pm) Organizations
The stories of “Lost & Found” are about people and places stuck in time, pending for change and abandoned. Through powerful photographic essays and music, Effendi offers a rare glimpse into contemporary urban life in post-Soviet Azerbaijan, including the award-winning work, Mahalla: Faces of Change. A Question and Answer period will be included in the program. MORE

Memento
House-SpaceFunk-Downtempo
at Buzz 9 (10 pm - 2 am) Clubs
Every first Thursday of the month, B.McCarthy and C.Gray serve you spacefunk, deep house and downtempo specials. MORE

A Reckoning
at Magic Theatre (8:30 pm) Performance Arts
An American premier from playwright Wesley Moore. When a daughter returns home after her mother's death, she confronts her father w/painful memories of the past. MORE

Fog Food at De Young Art Center (11:30 am - 4 pm) Festivals/Fairs

Celebrate the Fight Against Cancer at Rickshaw Stop (7 pm) Clubs

DJ Canyon at Wish (10 pm - 2 am) Clubs

Butter For Your Soul at Butter (9:30 pm - 2 am) Clubs

Coco Montoya at Biscuits & Blues (9 pm) Music

pc munoz and the amen corner LIVE at 1751 Social Club (9:30 pm) Music

Pat Methany Group at Paramount Theatre (8 pm) Music

DMBQ (Japan) at Hemlock Tavern (9:30 pm) Music

Xiu Xiu at Bottom of the Hill (9 pm) Music

Mapping the Landscape of Learning at California College of the Arts - Oakland Campus (9 am - 4 pm) Galleries

Issue #2 Release at Valencia Street Books (7 pm) Literary Arts

Indestructible
Three evenings of performance, music, & art celebrating International Women's Day
at The Women's Building (7 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Indestructible will move audiences with the raw and revealing stories of three young women who come into their own power under the surreal circumstances of everyday life. MORE

DJ Hofwegen
Searching for the perfect beat!
at The Tunnel Top (9:30 pm) Clubs
Spinning anything with a groove to start your weekend of right at The Tunnel Top. DJ Hofwegen (Associated Stress) & Friends spin AcidJazz, Soul, Funk, House and Beats. Live percussion by the Gil Carvalho Trio. MORE

Sila and the Afrofunk Experience
at Elbo Room (10 pm) Music
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Sila has exploded onto the Bay Area world music scene with an irresistible blend of traditional African and Afro-Latin rhythms, slinky guitar, and Sila's syrupy Swahili and English vocals. MORE

Double Dutch
hip hop, soul, funk, dancehall and breaks
at 26 Mix (10 pm) Clubs
Dropping hip hop, soul, funk, dancehall and breaks. With residents Cyrus, Blaqwest, Neta, Paulytek, Pause and Ross Hogg. MORE

Solo Exhibitions
Opening Reception
at Southern Exposure (7 pm - 9 pm) Galleries
Before the Rush, Installation by Adriane Colburn. The Visionary Drawings of Edward Matthew Taylor, by Frederick Loomis. Northern Lights, 16mm Film by Kerry Tribe. Liquidations – The Dance of Water & Power, Installation Video by Jessica Tully. MORE

Revive at Element Lounge (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs

further at Mighty (9 pm - late) Clubs

FreeFlo Fridays at Kingman's Lucky Lounge (8 pm - 2 am) Clubs

Pure Hip Hop Fridays at Fluid Ultra Lounge (9 pm - After Hours) Clubs

Ean Golden at Dragon Bar (8 pm - 2 m) Clubs

The 3rd Annual Noche de Skatemoc at La Pena Cultural Center (9 pm) Music

G. Love & Special Sauce at The Warfield (8 pm) Music

Antony & and the Johnsons at Great American Music Hall (8 pm) Music

Dandelion Dancetheater’s 2005 Home Season, and Coital Canvas II at ODC Theater (7 pm and 9:30 pm) Performance Arts

Big City Improv at Shelton Theater (10 pm) Performance Arts

San Francisco's 2nd Cafe Haiku Slam at Caffé Roma (7 pm - 9 pm) Literary Arts

Opel 3 Year Anniversary Event
Infuse: The Divine Mirror
at Terra (9 pm - 4 am) Clubs
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The Opel 3 Year Anniversary party has all the elements of a truly special music / dance / art / cultural event. Epic music, diverse, friendly, colorful crowd, spoken word, multiple artistic genres, all in a unique, beautiful off the beaten track event space - this one is not to be missed. MORE

Killing My Lobster Kisses a Toad
at Theatre of Yugen/Noh Space (7 pm & 9 pm) Performance Arts
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KML next tackles a subject near and dear to the hearts of not only 4 year olds, but the inner-child in all of us: fairy tales! KML attacks, subverts, rewrites, and reinvents story tales you grew up with and still have a soft spot for. From princesses to wolves big and bad, from fiary godmothers to talking animals, Kisses a Toad presents a storybook's worth of hilarious sketches that put the "oo!" in "Mother Goose." MORE

Salted
Grand Opening
at Mighty (10 pm - 5am) Clubs
Join Salted on for the Grand Opening of San Francisco's newest weekly Saturday night party featuring residents Miguel "Migs", Julius Papp, Mauricio Aviles & DJ MFR on the main floor spinning deep House well into the morning hours. MORE

3rd annual mardi gras in march!
with beads and masks straight from the Big Easy
at The Canvas (9:30 pm - 2 am) Clubs
Featuring DJ Nihal (chakra sf) playing world chill; DJ Hakan playing world beats + salsa, samba, flamenco mixes, mediterranean beats + turkish pop; Belly Dance by Kristina Cañizares performing The Nekyia: Performance Odyssey. MORE

The Knockout at Club Six (9 pm - 4 am) Clubs

DJ Dan at Ruby Skye (8 pm - 4 am) Clubs

Her Story (Women in Hip Hop) at M.A.C.L.A. (8 pm) Clubs

New Wave City at Space 550 (9 pm - 3 am) Clubs

Ides of March at Bhakti Mandir (House of Devotional Ecstasy) (8 pm - 12:30 am) Clubs/Spiritual

Tito Y Su Son de Cuba at Cigar Bar & Grill (9 pm - 2 am) Music

"Swing into Spring Gala Event" at Potrero Hill Neighborhood House (7 pm - 10 pm) Music/Dance

OK Go / The Plus Ones / The Famous at Cafe du Nord (8:30 pm) Music

Anime Overdose 2005 at Holiday Inn - Golden Gateway (TBA) Film

UC Berkeley Asian American Studies and APASD present John Cho at Wheeler Auditorium (7 pm - 10 pm) Performance Arts

Bullfight Review #2 Issue Release Party at Rite Spot (8 pm - 12 midnight) Literary Arts

"The Red Ball" at Move On Art! (7 pm - 11 pm) Organizations

Conservatory of Flowers presents
Nature’s Pharmacy
The Healing Power of Plants
at Conservatory of Flowers (9 am - 4:30 pm) Museums
Wormwood, bitterleaf, spiny devil’s club – no, this isn’t the latest menu on Fear Factor. These are just some of the many thousands of plants that make their way from the world’s forests, fields and deserts into your medicine cabinet and onto the shelves of your local vitamin store. MORE

A Chorus Line
at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (1 pm & 6:30 pm) Performance Arts
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Experience A Chorus Line live, as it was meant to be enjoyed. Genius choreographer, Michael Bennett, created this fabulous show, winner of 9 Tony Awards, including: director, choreography, musical, score and book. MORE

Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire
at Alameda Point: Former Naval Air Station (6 am - 3 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Antiques by the Bay presents The Alameda Point Antiques & Collectibles Faire, California’s largest monthly antiques and collectibles show. With over 800 outdoor dealers selling merchandise twenty years old or older, it’s like having several hundred little antique shops all in one convenient location! MORE

Everything Must Go at Club Six (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs

Smile at Hush Hush Lounge (10 pm - 2 am) Clubs

Tokyo Dark Castle SF at DNA Lounge (8 pm - 2 am) Clubs

Sunset Story at Red Vic Movie House (2:00, 4:00, 7:15, 9:15 pm) Film

Musicians from Marlboro at Hertz Hall (3 pm) Performance Arts

The Merry Widow @ Legion of Honor at Florence Gould Theater (2 pm) Performance Arts

Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater
Noches de Tango
at ODC Theater (7 pm - 11 pm)Performance Arts
Bring your fancy shoes, and join us as we bring together modern dancers and performance artists, the Mission community, and Argentine Tango lovers for an evening of dance not to be missed. MORE

John Szarkowski
Photographs
at SFMOMA (4:30 pm) Museums
Before he became one of the most influential photography curators of the 20th century, John Szarkowski was himself an accomplished photographer. Since his retirement from New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1991, he has returned to his art. MORE

Club Dread at Studio Z (10 pm - 2 am) Clubs

Monday Movie Night - Metallica: Some Kind of Monster at The Independent (8 pm) Film

Stairway to Heaven at Intersection for the Arts (8 pm) Performance Arts

Journey to the Source at SF Center for the Book (10 am - 5 pm) Galleries

An exhibition of the comic art and photography of Garret Izumi at Salmon Graphics (10 am - 4 pm) Galleries