Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown Arnold Genthe's series of historic photographs of San Francisco Chinatown are on display. Ongoing. (M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.)

Contemporary Crafts Market Over 350 artists, including Glenn Dizon, Takashi Honda, Joy Hana Imai, Taeko Kobayashi, Michael Leu, Junko Nakazawa, Suzye Ogawa, Waka Ozawa, Kayoke and Nori Tachibana and Itsudo Takeda, will exhibit and sell their works. March 12-14, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Fort Mason Center at Maria and Buchanan. 415-995-4925.)

Face to Face An exhibition of portraits by child artists around the world will be on display through May 15. 50 cents-$1. (International Children's Art Museum, World Trade Center, First Floor, San Francisco. 415-772-9977.)

Gladys Wong The artist's charcoal works will be on display starting March 16. An artist's reception will be held March 18, at 5:30 p.m. (Evolving Space, 536 Pacific Ave., San Francisco. 415-989-2992.)

Shades of San Francisco: A Community Photo Album of the Western Addition The exhibit features family, community and neighborhood photographs from the Western Addition/Fillmore neighborhoods, assembled from private scrapbooks and collections dating from the 1880s to the present. Through March 25. (San Francisco Public Library, Skylight Gallery, Civic Center, San Francisco.)

Taxi Karma/the dissident Performance artist Canyon Sam poses questions about her role as a third-generation Chinese American with respect to global issues, including the struggle between China and Tibet. Sunday, 2 p.m. (Asian Art Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.)

Visual Artists Critique Group Participants receive feedback on their works through this diverse group, which meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday of every month. Call 415-821-7282 for more information.

To Your Health! Art installations by Kaleo Ching and Elise Dirlam-Ching, and paintings by Younhee Paik are one display as part of this exhibit. Through April 13. An artists' reception will be held March 23, 6 p.m. (Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino. 408-864-8836.)

Urban Yearnings Twenty-four paintings by Chinese artists Liu Qinghe, Su Xiping and Zhang Yajie, on loan from the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, will be on display. Their work focuses on the artists' vision of cosmopolitan life in a rapidly changing society. Through May 2. (Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St., Third Floor, San Francisco. 415-986-1822.)

Wendy Yoshimura The brilliant and colorful still-life watercolors of Wendy Yoshimura will be on display through April 14. An artist's reception will be held Saturday, 1 p.m. (Women's Cancer Resource Center, 3023 Shattuck, Berkeley. 510-548-9286.)

Events

Malihini Orchid Society Show The American Orchid Society judged show will include displays, lectures and demonstrations. Orchids of most genera and special fragrant cymbidiums from Taiwan will be on sale. Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (San Jose Town and Country Village, Suite 840, Winchester and Stevens Creek boulevards. 408-743-7888.)

Urban Artbeat: A Celebration of Community Kearny Street Workshop and Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians presents a benefit featuring dance, music, poetry, video and also a silent auction. The line-up includes poet Norman Jayo, the Art Hirahara Jazz Trio The emcee will be KRON co-anchor Wendy Tokuda. March 18, 6 p.m. $25. (International Center, Grand Ballroom, 50 Oak St., San Francisco. 415-543-0520.)

Film

Feng Shui: Creating Environments for Success and Well-being Deborah Gee's introduction to the increasingly popular Chinese practice of feng shui will air on KQED Channel 9. March 13, 4:30 p.m.

Raymond's Portrait Donald Young's profile of Raymond Hu, a 19-year-old born with Down syndrome who has become a celebrated artist, airs on PBS stations on Friday, 10:30 p.m. (Check local listings for more information.)

Music

Peony Pavilion Tang Xianzu's masterpiece of Ming Dynasty opera, Peony Pavilion, directed by Peter Sellars with music by Tan Dun, will feature kun opera star Madame Hua Wenyi. Friday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; March 7, 3 p.m. $32 and $46. (Zellerbach Hall, U.C. Berkeley. 510-642-9988.)

Remembering Mama Tina The 10th annual Kapalakiko (San Francisco) Hawaiian Music Get Together will include Hawaiian music and hula with performances by the offspring of the late Regina "Mama Tina" Kaapana. The concert will benefit the Kapalakiko Productions Calendar of Hawaiian Events. March 13, 5 p.m. $15, free for children 12 and under. (Riordan High School gymnasium, 175 Phelan Ave., San Francisco. 415-468-7125.)

Readings

Poets Against Rape: Resistance More than 20 women poets-including Kahaleole Hall, Meeta Rani Jha, Maiana Minahal and Sima Shakhsari-will read at this poetry jam and silent auction to benefit San Francisco Women Against Rape. March 13, 7 p.m. $5-$20. (Center for African and African American Arts and Cultures, 762 Fulton, San Francisco. 415-861-2024.)

Theater

Birthday Flesh and Blood Theater presents this play directed by Bob De Natale. Monday, 8 p.m. $8.50. (Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. 415-621-7978.)

Paper Son San Francisco-based TV and stage comedian Byron Yee presents an autobiographical journey chronicling the Oklahoma-born Yee's search for the Chinese heritage that he had previously ignored. Through March 14. $18-$20. (Cliff Osmond Theatre, 340 Mason St., San Francisco. 415-388-4449.)

Power of Saturn The Abhinya Dance Co. presents a classical South Indian dance with Balinese shadow theater by ShadowLight. They will perform the mythological story of Nala and Damayanti, and how their love invoked the anger of the planet Saturn, personified as a god. March 20, 7:30 p.m.; March 21, 4 p.m. $10-$20, $40 for families of four. (Louis B. Mayer Theater, University of Santa Clara. 408-246-1160.)

The tico tico puppet theater show Puppeteer Ramod Abad's collaboration with other Filipino American artists will be performed. Tuesday, 8 p.m. (Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. 415-621-7978.)

Workshops

Feng Shui Lily Chung will teach a class in Chinese astrology and feng shui, covering procedures to find your cosmic composition by the five elements and your harmony index. March 20, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. $20. (Eastwind Books, 1435 Stockton St., San Francisco. 415-772-5888.)

Jade The museum's incredible collection of jade works will be on display. Ongoing. (Asian Art Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 379-8805.)

Relax With Tax California Lawyers for the Arts will hold its annual tax workshop for creative people. The program provides artists of all disciplines to access updated tax law and procedures. Tuesday. $40 general admission; $30 CLA, ProArts and SFAI members. (ProArts, 461 Ninth St., Oakland. 510-444-6351 or 415-775-7200.)

Arts

From Hearth to Heaven: Chinatown Living Over 2,000 objects, including photo albums, tea cups, biscuit tins and home furnishings, are on exhibit, telling stories of everyday lives of Chinatown's first settlers. Through March 31. (El Pueblo Gallery, E-13 Olvera St., Los Angeles. 213-626-5240.)

In Search of Gold Mountain A photographic exhibit about the history of Chinese Americans in San Diego is on view. Ongoing. (San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, 404 Third Ave., San Diego. 619-338-9888.)

Van Gogh and Japanese Print Artworks re-intepreted by Vincent Van Gogh into paintings, including woodblock artist Hiroshige's Sudden Shower on the Great Bridge Near Atake and Eisan's Courtesan will be on display. Works by Hiroshige, Eisan and Kunisada that Van Gogh reproduced in the background of two portraits of Pere Tanguy are also on display, as well as other Japanese prints known to have been in Van Gogh's personal collection. Ongoing. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 213-857-6000.)

Theater

Carry the tiger to the mountain The East Coast Players present their West Coast premiere of Cherylene Lee's play dramatizing the life story of Lily Chin, a postwar picture bride who became a civil rights activist following the 1982 beating death of her son, Vincent, near Detroit. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., through March 14. $25-$27 orchestra, $20-$22 balcony. (David Henry Hwang Theater, Union Center for the Arts, 120 N. Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles. 800-233-3123.)

Arts

Chinese Shadow Puppets A collection of Chinese shadow puppets collected in Beijing during the 1930s are on display. The collection includes 360 puppets dating from the 19th century. Ongoing. (Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect, Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill, Seattle. 206-654-3100.)

Flights of Fancy: Natural and Supernatural Imagery in Japanese Art Longtime favorite screens, scrolls and lacquers from the museum's collection are assembled for a holiday feast of fantasy in Japanese art. Ongoing. (Seattle Asian Art Museum, 14th Ave. E., Volunteer Park, Seattle. 216-654-3100.)

Korean Folk Painting Folk art screens and portraits from private collections, featuring colorful imagery and bright colors and highlighting classical themes, are on display in the Korean art gallery. Ongoing. (Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle. 206-654-3100.)

Vietnamese Ceramics The first U.S. exhibit to explore this tradition-which incorporates aspects from diverse cultures such as Cambodia and India-features more than 50 pieces dating from the second through the 16th centuries. Ongoing. (Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect, Volunteer Park, Seattle. 206-654-3165.)

Woven Legacies Art and social history merge in this exhibit, which aims to illustrate the transition of traditional Asian clothing to Asian American clothing. It traces trends in Asian clothing from the upper classes to certain styles popular in Seattle. Ongoing. (Wing Luke Asian Museum, 407 Seventh Ave. S., Seattle. 206-624-5124.)

Arts

Bamboo Masterworks The Asia Society presents the first comprehensive exhibition of Japanese bamboo baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen collection. One hundred exquisite baskets will be on display. Through May 30. $2-$4. (Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York. 212-517-ASIA.)

China Chic More than 100 garments and accessories tracing the evolution of Chinese dress and its influence on modern western fashion will be on display. Through April 24. (Fashion Institute of Technology Museum, Seventh Avenue and 27th Street, New York City, 212-217-7642.)

Chinese Celadon Ceramics Forty-four glazed stoneware vessels made in China between the Western Han dynasty and the Qing dynasty are on display. Ongoing. (Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Jefferson Drive at 12th St. S.W., Washington, D.C. 202-357-2700.)

Family Portraits Images of New York Chinatown's diverse families are on display. Ongoing. (Museum of the Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., Second Floor, New York. 212-619-4785.)

First Steps: Emerging Artists from Japan The works of seven contemporary Japanese artists between the ages of 20 and 40 working in a variety of mediums are on display. Through March 20. (Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York.)

literati life in the 20th century Calligraphy works by the late Chinese scholar and artist Wang Fangyu as well as works in Fangyu's personal collection, including those by Bada Shanren, Qi Baishi and Zhang Daquin, will on exhibit. Ongoing. (China Institute, 125 E. 65th St., New York. 212-744-8181.)

Obstrusion and Obstruction Raw Gallery presents a new installation by ceramist and sculptor Yuki Nakamura. Her porcelain works define what is private and public space. An opening reception will be held today, 5 p.m. The exhibition will be on display through March 28. (Northwest Asian American Theater, 409 Seventh Ave. South, Seattle. 206-340-1445.)

The Arts of the Zodiac The 12 animals that make up the Chinese zodiac are the subject of this exhibit celebrating the Lunar New Year. Through March 12. (Taipei Gallery, McGraw-Hill Building, 1221 Avenue of the Americans, New York. 212-373-1854.)

Where Is Home? Chinese in the Americas Artifacts and personal testimony documenting the Chinese diaspora-as it relates to women, faith, youth and home-are on display. Ongoing. (Museum of the Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., Second Floor, New York. 212-619-4785.)

Music

Erhu Demonstration Acclaimed Chinese fiddle player Wang Guowei explains and demonstrates the performance of the erhu from a historical, theoretical and practical perspective. March 14, 2 p.m. Free. (Music From China, 149 Canal St., Second Floor, New York City. 212-962-5698.)

Shall We Pipe? The Tokyo Pipe Band, which features bagpipers, drummers and dancers, will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a performance of bagpipe music. March 16, 6:30 p.m. $10, $12. (Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., New York City, 212-752-3015.)

Toshiko Akiyoshi The Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band, featuring saxophonist Lew Tabackin, performs every Monday, with sets at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. $15 cover. (Birdland, 315 W. 44th St., New York City. 212-581-3080.)