Welcome to the Anglerfish – A short list of interesting and odd, smart and independent events coming up each week.
Each week we’re looking for upcoming local events that get lost in other events lists, or never quite make it to them in the first place. All the events here are picked based on the all important criteria that the editors here think it sounds like something they’d like to check out. If you have an event you’d like to submit, let us know>
This week’s Anglerfish Curator: Annetta Black, of Odd Salon
¡DEMASIADO! Benefit for SOMArts
SOMArts
An evening of experimental performance, artist-designed installations, and dance, honoring pioneering Chicano artist and curator René Yañez
SOMArts: 934 Brannan Street, San Francoisco
Saturday, April 14, 9pm |$25 | Ages 21+
SF Neon Chinatown Tour
San Francisco Neon/Historic Neon Network
Explore Chinatown’s neon history with San Francisco Neon authors and photographers Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan
Meeting at the Chinatown Branch YMCA, 855 Sacramento St, San Francisco
Saturday, April 14, 6:45 pm | $25
Science vs. Cinema: Memento
Science vs. Cinema
Kishore Hari hosts a look at the film Memento, and an open discussion of the science behind it
Alamo Drafthouse:
Monday, April 16, 7pm | $15.25 | Ages 18+, children with adult
Odd Salon: ABANDONED
Odd Salon
Cocktails & stories of history’s lost cities, forgotten places, and cast off ideals
Public Works: 161 Erie St, San Francisco
Tues, April 17, 6:30pm-10pm | $15-25 | Ages 21+
Astrolecture Series – Are Red Dwarf Planets Habitable?
San Francisco Amateur Astronomers
Gibor Basri of U.C. Berkeley discusses the question of whether a red dwarf could in fact actually harbor life
Presidio Observation Post, 211 Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco
April 17, 7:30pm | Free | All ages
Nerd Nite SF #95: Parallel Worlds, Elderly Sex, Privacy
Nerd Nite SF
An evening of astrophysics, future sex, and the consequences of our digital footprints
Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street, San Francisco
Wed, April 18, 7pm | $8 | All ages
Memento Mori: Lessons from a Decade Among the Dead
UC Berkeley
Author and photographer Dr. Paul Koudounaris shares his work documenting the ossuaries and crypts of the world
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber HallHearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall
Thursday April 19 | 6-8 pm | Free with museum admission | All ages
You’re Going to Die
Reimagine: End of Life
An open mic night of poetry and prose dedicated to themes of mortality, part of the “Reimagine End of Life” week long series of events
The Lost Church, 65 Capp St San Francisco
Thursday, April 19, 7pm | $10
LIVE with the InSight Lander Roadshow: Mission to Mars
Exploratorium After Dark
Live webcast at the Exploratorium: Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory offer a peek at the upcoming InSight Mars mission & a chance to see a half-scale model of the lander and an array of instruments
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio at the Exploratorium, Pier 15, San Francisco
Thursday, April 19, 8pm | $19.95/free for members | Ages 18+
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Caveat Eventor: just because we mention an event here, does not mean it won’t be terrible. Anglerfish curators are looking for events that sound like fun to them – your mileage may vary.