Nathan Baker: People at Work and Bill Owens: Leisure
at Robert Koch Gallery (10:30 am - 5:30 pm) Galleries

Robert Koch Gallery is pleased to present People at Work, an exhibition of large-scale color photographs by Nathan Baker. Also on display: An exhibition of photographs by Bill Owens, featuring images from the previously unreleased final installment of his landmark Suburbia series. MORE

Mail Order Wife
Directed by Huck Botko & Andrew Gurland
at Lumiere Theater (5:15, 7:30, 9:40 pm) Film
A match made in hell is the subject of filmmakers Andrew Gurland and Huck Botko's surreal satire, a dark comedy that shows the lengths some men will go to for the companionship of an attractive woman. MORE

Incircle Parties.com presents
An Evening of Meeting, Mingling & Socializing
at 111 Minna Street Gallery (6:30 pm - 9 pm) Clubs
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Another great evening of Meeting, Mingling and Socializing. All this happens at one of San Francisco's Hottest night spots! MORE

Fearless Tales Genre Fest
at Victoria Theatre (Various) Film
San Francisco's premiere film festival devoted to Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Noir. 6 nights of the best independent and classic genre films! Guests include John Landis, Ulli Lommel, Jeff Burr, Matt Cimber, Tim Sullivan and Christa Campbell. With many surprise guests to come! MORE

Nedelle
Album Release Party
at Cafe du Nord (8:30 pm) Music
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Nedelle's soulful, languidly sensual songs will hang on your ears like a pair of chandelier earrings. She has the phrasing of an Astrud Gilberto and the cool stylings of a modern Nina Simone. MORE

The Brazilian Girls
plus DJ Franky Boissy
at Bimbo's 365 Club (9 pm) Music
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Brazilian Girls have taken the elegant seduction and gentle mystery of a Film Noir nightclub act, and infused it with the force and vivacity of the dance beat. MORE

8th Annual
Sonoma Valley Film Festival
Cinema Epicuria Opening Night
at Sonoma Community Center (9 pm) Festivals/Fairs
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Cinema Epicuria celebrates filmmaking that captures the richness of the human experience. Human stories, character-driven, engaging films that delve deeply into relationships and community, tales from diverse places and cultures around the globe, and movies reveal – often subtly, occasionally with a rush of recognition – our common humanity; these are the films of Cinema Epicuria. MORE

F.O.B. (Fresh Off the Boat) and F.O.P. (Fresh Off the Plane)
A two cycle play
at Magic Theatre (7 pm & 9 pm) Performance Arts
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In F.O.B., Grace, Dale and Steve, three twenty-something-year olds in 1978 explore their Chinese and Chinese American identities among the Bee-Gees, Chinese food, and ancient Chinese ghosts. MORE

Pachanga
at Suite one8one (10 pm) Clubs
A new concept for a San Francisco club night mixing the power of a live Salsa band with DJs spinning the hottest Merengue, HipHop and Reggaeton. MORE

En Masse
Work by SF Camerawork members
at SF Camerawork (2 pm - 5 pm) Galleries
San Francisco Camerawork presents En Masse: Work by Camerawork Members, featuring the work of seventeen photographers. MORE

27th Annual
St. Stupid's Day Parade
at Justin Herman Plaza (12 pm) Parades/Marches
Starting at the Embarcadero Plaza, down at the foot of Market Street. Bring your old lottery tickets, pennies and socks for the stations of stupid and dress accordingly. MORE

Mushroom Jazz 5 Release Party
Featuring Mark Farina
at Mighty (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs
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Mark Farina's legendary Mushroom Jazz series is back. The 5th installment of the series features tracks from J Boogie, DJ Spinna, Thes One, Red Astaire and Mark himself mix it up with instrumental hip-hop beats from Pete Rock and Zion I on the fifth installment of this series. MORE

Fabric 8 presents
415
the area code. the date. the party.
at 111 Minna Street Gallery & House of Shields (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs
A very special evening celebrating San Francisco culture in two places for one price! Featuring DJs Andrew Jervis, Apollo, David Harness, and much more! MORE

Verve Remixed 3 Official CD Release Soirée
at Bambuddha Lounge (8 pm - 2 am) Clubs
Verve Remixed 3 (in stores april 5) continues the series' mission of shaping jazz and tapping into the creative visions of an influential generation of beat-makers. MORE

Carl Cox
Fabric 20 CD Release Party
at Ruby Skye (9 pm - 4 am) Clubs
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So much has been said about one of the greatest DJs in the world. Carl Cox has excelled as a producer, artist, remixer, radio DJ, businessman, and ambassador for dance music. MORE

Bliss
at Loft 11 (9:30 pm - afterhours) Clubs
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Come and party with the sexiest people in the city, Exotic Go-Go Dancers, and top DJs spinning the best of Soulful, Disco, and European House music. MORE

A Belly Dance Birthday
with Guest of Honor Amany
at Al-Masri Egyptian Restaurant (5 pm) Restaurants
Join Al-Masri Restaurant in celebrating a birthday for the Bay Area's most glamorous and esteemed belly dance performer & our favorite house dancer, Amany! MORE

DJ Hofwegen LIVE
Searching for the perfect beat!
at Tunnel Top (9 pm - 2 am) Clubs
DJ Hofwegen (Associated Stress) & Friends spin Acid-Jazz, Soul, Funk, House and Beats. Live percussion this week by the Gil Carvalho Trio. MORE

The Sixth Annual
Oyster and Beer Festival
at Washington Square (11 am - 6 pm) Festivals/Fairs
Though only entering its sixth year the San Francisco Oyster & Beer Festival is already the largest Celtic festival in San Francisco drawing over 10,000 people to the park in 2004. MORE

Miss Coco Peru is Undaunted!
at New Conservatory Theatre (8 pm) Performance Arts
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The one-and-only Miss Coco Peru, star of the hit indie films Trick and Girls Will Be Girls, makes her San Francisco debut in her latest show, Miss Coco Peru Is Undaunted. MORE

Easy with the Blunted Funk!
at EZ5 (19 pm - 2 pm) Clubs
Serving a new vibe every first Saturday of zee month, res-o-dent DJ Jon Sy will have a reckoning with the turntables this April with very special guest/record hustler, Sneak-E Pete (Blunted Funk Recordings). MORE

Quiet Pressure
Kirstin E. Williams' Strong Current Dance Company
at ODC Theater (8 pm) Performance Arts
Quiet Pressure unveils the nuanced silence surrounding social expectations of women as mothers. MORE

Trouble Man
Opening Reception
at African American Museum and Library (1 pm - 4 pm) Museums
Soul Salon 10, a fusion of visual artists from the Bay Area and Southern California, present a new exhibit titled Trouble Man in homage to rhythm and blues legend Marvin Gaye. MORE

The Blue Dress
at New Conservatory Theatre (2 pm) Performance Arts
The true story of an imaginative young six year old boy who loves wearing dresses and lip synching to Judy Garland. The year is 1970 and the boy soon finds himself in the office of Dr. Richard Green at the U.C.L.A. Neuro Psychiatric Ward. MORE

KoberFest
Jen Kober Stand-up Comedy and Music Show
at Hotel Utah (8 pm - 10 pm) Performance Arts
Jen Kober's show is described as an original blend of stand-up, southern-style storytelling and improvised rock-n-roll. MORE

Antiques By The Bay presents
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. MORE

INdTV presents
"Take Back Your TV" Make Your Voice Heard
Live Performances hosted by Mos Def
at Across from SBC Park (6 - 8:30 pm) Music
INdTV, a new, independent cable TV network based here in San Francisco. On April 4 at 6:30 pm, they're holding a pre-launch celebration in the street across from SBC Park. Hosted by Mos Def with live performances from Michael Franti & Spearhead plus Goepele, the Crown City Rockers and spoken word from Youth Speaks poets. MORE

The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation Presents A
One Night Only Caberet
featuring company members from the cast of Evita
at Club Fugazi (7:30 pm) Performance Arts
An outrageous evening of song, dance & comedy. Mistress of Ceremonies: Broadway star & Grand Diva, Carole Cook. Proceeds benefit the The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS. MORE

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
at Cafe du Nord (8:30 pm) Music
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“Authentic.” “Timeless.” “Harmonious.” “Exhilarating.” Any or all of these adjectives could describe the folk-rock sound created by Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. MORE