events

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

wednesday 30
Around town

National Dance Week event San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum, 401 Van Ness; 392-4400. Lecture: 6pm, free; screening: 7:30pm, $4-8. The San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum presents two programs celebrating National Dance Week: a lecture by Jeff Friedman on the history and mission of LEGACY Oral History and a screening of three dance films about Anna Halprin. See "For the Record."

Authors

Nigella Lawson A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, 601 Van Ness; 441-6670. 7pm. See 8 Days a Week.

thursday 1
Around town

Ba-da-Bingo! 150 Eureka; www.badabingo.com. 7pm, $12. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence host this popular bingo event.

Benefits

'Spring Forward: A Lunchtime Walk to Benefit Homeless Families' Justin Herman Plaza, One Market St; 399-9406, ext 304. 11am-1:30pm, $35. This 1K walk along the Embarcadero benefits Compass Community Services; Kazzy the Camel performs.

friday 2
Around town

'Behind the Makeup Series' SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market; 865-5633. 8pm, $8-15. DJ Taffy D hosts this drag event at which drag performers including Pepper Spray, Princess Kennedy, and Precious Moments discuss their lives, identities, and performances.

'Mural Awareness Month Gala Opening Party' Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitor's Center, 2981 24th St; 285-2287. Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center presents this celebration of murals with guest speaker John Pugh, live music, food, and refreshments.

Bay Area

'Cinco de Mayo Fiesta' Oakland City Hall, Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 14th St and Broadway, Oakl; (510) 238-7794. 11:30am-1:30pm. City of Oakland Chicano/Latino Employees Association present this 12th annual Cinco de Mayo celebration featuring music, dance artists, arts, food, and more.

Benefits

'Voices of Power Speak Out Against War' New Valencia Hall, 1908 Mission; 864-1278. 7pm, $2. Wanda Sabir, Germán Donatien, Mairone Daniels, Ben Eckstein, Charlie Klett, Maliheh Razazan, and others speak at this antiwar May Day celebration; proceeds benefit the Freedom Socialist newspaper.

saturday 3
Around town

'Forum on Korean Workers, Labor, and the Bush War Drive' 522 Valencia; 282-1908. 7pm, $5. Founder and member of Labor News Production Myoung Joon Kim presents a forum and video screening on the worker's movement in Korea against the war on Iraq.

Free Comic Book Day Various participating comic book stores, see www.freecomicbookday.com for more information. Participating comic book shops across the country give away comic books to celebrate Free Comic Book Day.

'Norway Day Festival' Glass Palace, Crissy Field, 924 Mason; 986-0766. 10am-5pm, $8-12. This festival features Norwegian food, music, art, fashion, and more.

'San Francisco Leather Dyke Daddy and Dyke Diva 2003' Space 550, 550 Barneveld; 550-8286. 4-7pm. Contestants compete to be San Francisco's daddy or diva of the year.

'Spring Open Studio' Hunters Point Shipyard, near Evans and Third St; 387-5936, www.springopenstudio.com. 11am-6pm, free. Tour more than 150 artists' studios at the Hunters Point Shipyard, the largest community of artists in the United States.

Benefits

Benefit show for Not in Our Name! Balazo/Mission Badlands Gallery, 2811 Mission; (510) 444-6466. 8pm, $5-10. Blackfire, Blessed I, Ras H'Dee, 8. Bliss, and Diskarte Namin perform to benefit Not in Our Name Project.

'Strands of Light: A Multi-disciplinary Performance Invocation for Peace' Venue 9, 252 Ninth St; 289-2000. 8pm, $10-15 sliding scale. Footloose presents this benefit program for Venue 9 featuring dancing, music, and storytelling by Vitali Kononov, Pipaluck Supernova, Carol Swann, and others.

Bay Area

'Saturday Night Fever Dance Benefit' University Christian Church Social Hall, 2401 LeConte, Berk; (510) 849-8280. 7pm, $10. This '70s- themed party features music, food, a no-host bar, and raffle to benefit New Spirit Community Church of Berkeley.

sunday 4
Around town

'Beyond the Valley of the Malls: The Poetics of the San Fernando Valley' Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito; (415) 331-2787, www.headlands.org. 4pm, $8-10. See 8 Days a Week.

'Expo for the Artist and Musician' Cellspace, 2050 Bryant; www.artsandmedia.net/expo. 11am-6pm, $2. This fourth annual community fair for artists and musicians features panels, booking and promotions workshops, grant-writing workshops, and more.

Benefits

'An Evening in Cuba' Roccapulco, 3140 Mission; 920-0125, ext. 4. 7pm, $45. See 8 Days a Week.

monday 5
Around town

'A Conversation with Sarah Jones' San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum, 401 Van Ness; 255-4800. 7pm, $5. The hip-hop performance artist discusses her work with former Bay Guardian theater critic Brad Rosenstein.

Eva Zeisel Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, 700 Howard; 626-6008. 7:30pm. The ceramic artist discusses her work.

Authors

Michael D. Lemonick Cody's Book, 2454 Telegraph, Berk; (510) 845-7852. 7:30pm. See 8 Days a Week.

tuesday 6
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