FILM: Director David Fine will be in person at tonight's screening of his documentary, Salaam Dunk, which kicks off YBCA's Human Rights Watch Film festival. The film follows an Iraqi women’s basketball team, whose players come from all ethnicities and sects—Arab, Kurd, Christian, Sunni, Shiite, providing them with a blissful release from the realities of a war-torn nation and revealing an Iraq not shown in the news. (7:30 p.m., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street) more ›

ART: The SFAC Gallery and PhotoAlliance present You Look Familiar, an exhibition that depicts groups of people who share activities, identities, locations or some form of common ground -- "[f]rom fashionistas to sports fans, and from mountain climbers to rockabilly swing dancers, how do we identify people who look familiar to each other?" (5:30 to 7:30 p.m., San Francisco City Hall, ground floor, San Francisco City Hall, ground floor) more ›

CLUB: Death Guild celebrates its 18th Anniversary with the first of three events this week. Tonight's show features live performances by Assemblage 23, System Syn, and FGFC820, along with DJs Decay and Lexor. more ›

FOOD: Celebrate Tet Holiday with Rice Paper Scissors, a pop-up Vietnamese cafe, featuring "small tables, even smaller stools, fresh Vietnamese condiments, Cambodian pop music, and delicious food." The menu includes Dungeness Crab Glass Noodles, Imperial Rolls, which can be made vegan, pho, and much more. Yum! more ›

EROTICA: Get to Orgasmic! early for some tasty free vegan cupcakes (while supplies last), and stay for the tasty erotica by local sexpert, author and editor Violet Blue and New York author, editor and cupcake blogger Rachel Kramer Bussel, along with local contributors to Orgasmic Susie Hara, Dusty Horn, and Donna George Storey. more ›

PHOTOGRAPHY: SF Camerawork presents As Yet Untitled: Artists and Writers in Collaboration, which blurs the boundaries between photography and writing and suggests possibilities for what exists beyond the confines of each, featuring works dealing with poetry, short stories, performance notes and storyboards, the visual tropes of cinema, and new media strategies. Runs through April 23. more ›

ART: A group of diverse artists from California, Seattle, Toronto, Nevada, and New York will show their latest work at Hot Freaks. Live music by Pure Ecstasy, Sleep Over, Young Prisms, and oOoOO starts at 9 p.m. more ›

CRAFT: Scissors for Lefty will perform at the opening night party for TechnoCRAFT: Hackers, Modders, Fabbers, Tweakers and Design in the Age of Individuality, which focuses on the intersection of technology and craft and traces the current trend of open design platforms, which invite the end-user to participate in the creative process. more ›

FILM: French filmmaker Chris Marker's lesser-known essay film from 1963, Le joli mai, features spontaneous, on-the-street interviews with Parisians from all walks of life, thanks to the brand-new development of lightweight, synch-sound film equipment. The film is part of SFMOMA's 75 Years in the Dark: A Partial History of Film. more ›

ART: It's the opening night of the Open Source Embroidery exhibit at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. The show brings together individual and collectively made artworks by artists, makers, computer programmers and html users that explore the relationship between craft and code through social and digital networks. The exhibit will coincide with the launch of the museum's Etsy Labs, in which local artists will teach visitors how to embroider or brush up on their knitting skills with a quick and easy scarf, free of charge. more ›

Wow, there's a lot of day-time events happening this weekend. We are fried from putting this all together. Time to get outside! more ›

Intimated by Martha Stewart? Of course you are. But Apartment Therapy has a nice round up of Thanksgiving Table settings they found on Flickr. These are worth browsing for some last minute inspiration. more ›

This lifted our sad, oil soaked hearts. The Craft Gym will be hosting their 2nd annual Craft-Off competition this Friday. Following the model of Iron Chef, there will be a secret 'ingredient' revealed to teams before the 30-minute DIY battle begins. A random assortment of craft supplies and tools will be available for teams to use in the creation of their creative masterpieces. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team, who will be... more ›

No not Plushies, you perv. Softies. Who doesn't like watching cute handmade creatures come to life? Created by Andrew Moran and yours truly. Happy Friday.... more ›

If you missed the great piece on decor stores that also act as galleries in yesterdays SF Chron be sure to check it out here. Anh-Minh Le does a great job of profiling some unique shops that support local artists and crafters. And as if shopping in these stores wasn't enough, this weekend presents itself with some great excuses to visit. Folklore: Drawings and Paintings by Diana Fayt Tonight! 6:30-8:30pm Candy Store - 3153... more ›