March Events: Asian Art Museum, SF Jazz, Screenings and More

KQED Member Days at the Asian Art Museum Fri, Mar 13 & Sat, Mar 14 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco     Seduction: Japan’s Floating World reveals the urban pleasures of Edo-period Japan through more than 60 works of art, including paintings, kimonos and an almost 58-foot-long handscroll vividly portraying a visit to the Yoshiwara — Edo’s most celebrated pleasure district.  FREE to KQED members plus guest with KQED MemberCard   Not a member? Join today!   SPONSORED BY         Off The Menu: Asian America at CAAMFest 2015 Sun, Mar 15, 2:20pm Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco     From the Gulf Coast of Texas to the freeways of LA to New York’s Lower East Side and beyond, Off The Menu: Asian America, a CAAM and KQED co-production, delves into a wealth of stories, traditions, and unexpected characters that explore what it means to be Asian American today. BUY TICKETS   America's Two Best Ideas—Public Education and Public Lands Thu, Mar 26, 7pm Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley     Join KQED’s Michael Krasny for a conversation with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, UC President Janet Napolitano, historian Douglas Brinkley, and UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks. In conjunction with "Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century."  FREE | Tickets available on event day at Wheeler Auditorium.   SPONSORED BY California Academy of Sciences Journey below the ocean's surface, inside the forest floor, and high into the clouds with Habitat Earth, a new planetarium show at the California Academy of Sciences. Discover the "living networks" that connect the natural world and learn how all organisms — large and small — play a part in the web of life. Get tickets at www.calacademy.org     Free Screening: Women In War Thu, Mar 29, 6:30pm KQED, 2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco     Join KQED and the Veteran’s Affairs Department of San Francisco for a celebration of Women’s Heritage Month. Makers: Women in War tracks women’s increasing participation in war from Vietnam to the present. A reception will follow the screening and panel discussion.  FREE | RSVP   KQED Member Discount Zakir Hussain & Celtic Connections at SFJAZZ Center Thu, Apr 2 - Fri, Apr 3 SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco     KQED Members save 25% on Zakir Hussain & Celtic Connections at the SFJAZZ Center in Hayes Valley, April 2-3. The Bay Area’s Zakir Hussain brings the greatest Indian musicians together with artists from the Celtic tradition to explore their cross-cultural language.  Buy Tickets | Use promocode KQED25