March Events
March 1- May 31
Elegant Needlework: Embroidery from Shanghai
The Chinese Center of the Main Library hosts a Shanghai embroidery exhibition that showcases vivid and gorgeous handmade works of embroidery art. At the Chinese Center, San Francisco Public Library, 3/F, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Free. Visit www.sfpl.org or call 415-557-4277
March 2, at 5:30 PM
Opening Event of the Jews in Modern China Exhibit
A viewing of the exhibit, a reception and a discussion featuring Professor Pan Guang of Shanghai’s Center for Jewish Studies and Professor Thomas Gold of UC-Berkeley. Presented by the American Jewish Committee and Asia Society Northern California
At the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., The Presidio, San Francisco. Ticket information to come. Visit ajcsanfrancisco.org/china or call 415-777-3820.
March 3 - June 27
Assignment Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution
Riveting images taken by a young Life photographer who was sent to Shanghai in 1946 to document the Chinese civil war. Presented by UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
At UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Tickets $8 general; $5 seniors, disabled persons, students, and 13–17 year-olds. Visit www.bampfa.berkeley.edu or call 510-642-0808.
March 4, at 6:30 PM
Behind the Scenes of the Shanghai Exhibition: SAA First Thursday Lecture Series
Cathy Mano, registrar of the Asian Art Museum, and Katherine Holbrow, head of conservation, offers a behind-the-scenes look at what has gone into the presentation of the Shanghai exhibition. Presented by the Society for Asian Art.
At the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco. Tickets $5 after museum admission. RSVPs required; email saa@asianart.org or call 415-581-3701.
March 4, at 7 PM
Shanghai’s Jews – Art, Architecture and Survival
A captivating discussion about the Jews in Shanghai, covering art, architecture, survival and other aspects of their experience. Presented by the Asian Art Museum, the Contemporary Jewish Museum and the American Jewish Committee.
At the Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., San Francisco. Tickets $5 (includes access to all galleries). Visit www.thecjm.org or call 415-655-7800.
March 4, 11, 18, 25, at 12 PM
Thursday at Noon Film Series – Shanghai: City of the Future
The San Francisco Public Library screens four popular documentary films about Shanghai, Fist of Legend, The Painted Veil, Shanghai Ghetto and Seeking Art in Shanghai.
At San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Free. Visit www.sfpl.org or call 415-557-4277.
March 6, at 9 AM - 5:30 PM
Moderne and Modernity: Visual Narratives of Inter-War Shanghai
What kind of city was Shanghai in the first part of the 20th century? Panelists discuss the city’s dynamic changes then--in its visual culture, new Art Deco architecture, and roles for women—which were as monumental as those of today. This symposium is presented by UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies and co-sponsored by UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies and Asian Art Museum.
At the Museum Theater at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2621 Durant Ave., Berkeley. Visit http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2010.03.06.html or call 510-643-6492.
March 7, at 11 AM & 2 PM
Shanghai Film Series: High Times to Revolution
Shanghai emerged in the 1920s as China’s first film capital and today hosts one of Asia’s largest annual film festivals. Showing today at the Asian Art Museum, at 11 AM: Shanghai Triad (1995), an epic of greed, revenge and lust for power set in 1930s Shanghai, by famed director Zhang Yimou (who choreographed the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony); 103 minutes, in Chinese with English subtitles, rated R. At 2 PM: Two Stage Sisters (1964), about the changing lives of China's women in the context of the Chinese opera world; 112 minutes, in Chinese with English subtitles. A program of Target First Free Sunday.
At the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco. Visit www.asianart.org or call 415-581-3500.
March 7, at 2 - 4 PM
Remembering Rena
A program honoring the late Rena Krasno, a Shanghai-born Russian Jew whose books, lectures and archival projects documented the Jewish experience in Shanghai and China. Friends, family, colleagues and Shanghai-born Jews now living in the Bay Area will speak. Presented by the American Jewish Committee San Francisco Office, with Pacific View Press and the Sino-Judaic Institute.At the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., The Presidio, San Francisco. Free. Visit www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china or call 415-751-2535.
March 10, at 7 - 9 PM
A Young Man
in Shanghai: Troubles and Triumphs
Audrey Friedman Marcus discusses the Shanghai experiences of her late husband, Fred Marcus, who fled from Germany at age 15. His recently published diary depicts the challenges and struggles that he and some 20,000 fellow Jewish refugees encountered. Presented by the American Jewish Committee San Francisco Office and the Bureau of Jewish Education of San Francisco.At the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., The Presidio, San Francisco. Free. Visit www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china or call 415-751-2535.
March 12, at 9 - 10:15 AM
Walk-through of the Shanghai Exhibition Galleries
Dany Chan, curatorial assistant for Chinese art, gives context and commentary while guiding you through the Shanghai exhibit. Presented by the Society for Asian Art.
At the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco. Tickets $15 for Society for Asian Art members; $25 for non-members. RSVPs required; email saa@asianart.org or call 415-581-3701.
March 12 - 14, at 12 - 4 PM
AsiaAlive: Propaganda Poster Art
Former propaganda poster artist Ren Ming discusses his experiences during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, in this presentation by the Asian Art Museum.
At the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco. Free with museum admission. Visit www.asianart.org or call 415-581-3500.
March 14, at 2 - 4 PM
Shanghai 2010: A Documentary
Explore Shanghai at a pivotal time in its history: now, as it prepares to host the largest World Expo in history. The film, produced by D3 Productions, Inc. of Oakland and presented by the San Francisco Public Library, looks at the construction of elaborate Expo pavilions, typical Shanghai eats, and the jazz scene reminiscent of the 1930s.
At San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Free. Visit www.sfpl.org or call 415-557-4277.
March 14, at 2 - 4 PM
Founders of the Shanghai Jewish Community: The Sephardic Story
Shanghai-born Leah Jacob Garrick discusses the history and legacy of Sephardic families who were significant in shaping Shanghai's business world and architecture and also formed the foundation of the city's Jewish community. Presented by the American Jewish Committee San Francisco Office.At the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., The Presidio, San Francisco. Free. Visit www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china or call 415-751-2535.
March 14, at 8:15 PM; March 15, at 9 PM
Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest
The 28th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival presents Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest (Parts 4 & 5), the most ambitious work of acclaimed Shanghai artist Yang Fudong. Based on real-life 3rd-century Taoist intellectuals, the films are a metaphorical fantasy of seven people who withdraw from contemporary urban society. Yang's work is a dreamlike, thought-provoking discourse on men and women, history and modernity, and individuals and society.
At Viz Cinema, 1746 Post. St., San Francisco. Visit http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/2010/ or call 415-863-0814.
March 21, at 4 - 6 PM
Jews in Modern China: Personal Stories and Reminiscences
Bay Area residents, representative of the Sephardic, Russian, and Holocaust-refugee Jewish communities that settled in China, speak about formerly living there. Presented by Lehrhaus Judaica and co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee San Francisco Office.
At Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1316 University Ave., Berkeley. Visit www.lehrhaus.org or call 510-845-6420.
