March 5 2003

events

Events listings are compiled by Sarah Han. See 8 Days a Week for information on how to submit items to the listings.

wednesday 5

Around town

'A Date with Kate' Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, 100 Larkin; 557-4277. 6:30pm, free. Playwright, author, and performance artist Kate Bornstein is interviewed by Carol Queen.

Benefits

Benefit comedy night Magic Theatre, Fort Mason, Bldg D, Third fl; 642-5778. 7:30pm, $20. Al Madrigal, W. Kamau Bell, and other local comics present stand-up and sketch comedy performances to benefit 826 Valencia.

'The Importance of Being Oscar' Cocktail party: Gaia Building, 2116 Allston Way, Berk, 6-7pm; performance: Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant, Berk, 8pm; (510) 663-7958. $50. This event features a cocktail party followed by a performance of Michael Mac Liammoir's play to benefit AIDS Project East Bay.

Authors

Michael Chabon, Daniel Handler Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness; 392-4400. 8pm, $18. The authors discuss their works to benefit the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center.

thursday 6
Benefits

'Mardi Paws' San Francisco Gift Center, 888 Brannan; 522-3535, www.barkandwhine.org. 7-10:30pm, $75-450; $20 for animals. Critter Lovers at Work present this party for people and their pets; highlights include food by McCall Associates and music by the Dick Bright Orhcestra; proceeds benefit the San Francisco SPCA's Cinderella Fund.

friday 7
Around town

'AIDS Has a Woman's Face' Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell; 364-1444. 10:30am-12:30pm, free. Helene Gayle, MD, presents a lecture on gender and strategies for HIV prevention. Benefits

'Let's Swing' Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway; (510) 673-4498. 8pm-midnight, $20. This dance party benefitting the Teen Dance Company of the Bay Area will get you doing the lindy hop and fox-trot to the sounds of Swing Session.

saturday 8
Around town

Community clean up West Portal Playground, Lenox at Ulloa; 554-5447. 9am. Clean City Coalition and the San Francisco Department of Power and Water sponsor this West Portal and West Twin Peaks community clean-up event.

'Contemporary Crafts Market' Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, Marina and Buchanan; 995-4925. 10am-6pm, $6. This crafts market features works by more than 240 artists. Also Sun/9.

'Imagine' Golden Gate Park Band Shell, near 8th Ave and Fulton; (510) 233-6813. 11am-5pm, donations suggested. SpiralMuse and Gather the Women present this International Women's Day celebration featuring performances by Christine Silva and Native American drummers, a global peace prayer, and more.

'Women in Black' Union Square, Powell at Geary; (510) 434-1304. 1-2:30pm. San Francisco Women in Black invite women to wear black and join them in a silent antiwar vigil.

'Women in War Zones: Building a Global Anti-War Movement' New Valencia Hall, 1908 Mission; 864-1278. 7:30pm, $2-8.50. Radical Women present this forum in celebration of International Women's Day; speakers include Therese Mughannam, Wendy McPherson, Laure Reichek, and Uchechi Kalu.

Benefits

Crab Fest Fundraiser Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa; 338-3575. 5:30pm, $35. The San Francisco State Alumni Association presents this evening of crab eating, a silent auction, a raffle, and more; proceeds benefit San Francisco State Alumni Association.

RAY Project Benefit and Auction Abadá-Capoeira/Brazilian Cultural Center, 3221 22nd St; 206-0650. 7pm, $15. This fundraiser for Reaching All Youth Project features live capoeira performances, music by Vivendo de Pao, a dance performance by Energia do Samba, a video screening, an auction, and much more.

sunday 9
Around town

'Contemporary Crafts Market' Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, Marina and Buchanan; 995-4925. 10am-6pm, $6. See Sat/8.

Benefits

'Cultural Exchange Japanese Drumming Benefit' Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College, Berk; (925) 798-1300. 2pm, $5-10. Emeryville Taiko performs.

'(Day After) International Women's Day Benefit' Tuva Space, 3192 Adeline, Berk; (415) 273-4681. 8pm, $7-70 donation. Northern California Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan supporters and Fire Museum present this evening of musical performances by Samsara, Danielle DeGruttola and Robert Morales Manzanares Duo, Erica Ballinger, and D'yara; proceeds benefit RAWA.

tuesday 11

Around town

'Bouquets to Art' California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 100 34th Ave; 750-3504. 9:30am-5pm, $5-8. This show features more than 100 floral arrangements. Through March 14.

'Community Heart, Hand and Hope ... The Tastes, Sounds and Spirits of San Francisco' Golden Gate Club, 135 Fisher Loop, Presidio; (925) 472-5902. 5:30-8:30pm, $40. The Northern California Chapter of Meeting Professionals International hosts this event featuring food and wine from 30 different restaurants, caterers, and wineries.

'Guns and Gandhi: The Challenge of Africa's Liberation Struggle for Nonviolent Activists' Friends Meeting House, 65 Ninth St; www.globalexchange.org. 7pm, free. Noted pacifist George Houser speaks.