The Asian Art Museum's monthly throwdown, Matcha, kicks off around 6pm with DJs, tours, workshops and cocktails. The Live Action Cartoonists, a performance troupe that combines comics and theatre, will perform highlights from Science (Fiction) an experimental production that re-interprets Tezuka Osamu’s Astro Boy. 200 Larkin St., SF. Dance away your Independence Day hangover at the Rickshaw Stop! Fleeting Joys(shimmery, Cocteau Twins-esque tunes out of SacTown) Christopher Willits (think Postal Service, but better) and......

Tonight we're all about The Asian Art Museum's monthly Matcha event. (As well we should be, as we're a sponsor!) Every first Thursday through November hit the museum between 6-7 to see a local DJ or musician, or by 7 to catch their featured artist. It's all free with admission to the museum (which is 5 bucks after 5 p.m.). Tonight's featured artists come to us from Intersection For The Arts, which will be......

Wednesday, gas, or grass: no one rides for free. Tonight: we told you, we're going to be at the Bitch Magazine 10th Anniversary Birthday Bash at the Rickshaw Stop! So we can't go to the SoMa Leadership Council party, where SoMa residents can meet every single person running for the District 6 seat on the Board of Supes over a potluck dinner. Check here for food assignments. 6-9 p.m., at the Arc (1500 Howard, x......

The Asian Art Museum is rapidly becoming our favorite educational hang out, what with all their awesome Thursday night events. We're proud to sponsor the newest on their list, MATCHA, their "new monthly evening series that brings culture and the cocktail hour together in one harmonious union." You had us at "cocktail"! The first MATCHA event runs from 6-9 Thursday night, and features electronic artist collective Dhamaal. Admission is free with Museum admission, which......

Chinese artists have been painting the Yangtze River valley and its famous Three Gorges canyons for millennia, adhering to the tradition of painting not just what the valley looks like physically, but also aspiring to portray the spiritual essence of the rocks and gnarled trees. (Wow, it's good to see that we totally have not moved beyond our sophomore "Introduction to Chinese Painting" class in our level of art historical analysis.) Contemporary Chinese artist Liu......

While we’ve been stuck inside our stuffy apartment in the Tenderloin, nursing a nasty cough amid empty tissue boxes and cartons of Chunky Monkey (hey, we have a very sore throat), we’ve started to feel a touch of the cabin fever. Despite our frail and sickly condition, we’re determined to get a little fresh air and check out the following shows starting tonight. We hope to see you there, just don’t stand too close.......

The new hot couple: Wednes-gelina! Tonight: Got apiarian tendencies? The San Francisco Beekeepers are having their monthly meeting tonight at the Randall Museum at 7:30. Past president Stan Williams will be reminiscing about his days in the club. Also -- looks like some unspecified drama on their bee-log! Thursday: The Asian Art Museum is featuring performances of Chinese dances by local troupe Peony Performing Arts at 7 p.m, with music by the South Bay Chinese......