Night+Day

monday
february 26
Crasy Crips A film about a Long Beach Samoan gang, Jean-Pierre Gorin's My Crasy Life works like a collaboration with its subjects; the camera functions as stage and mirror. Though the main narrative follows a beat cop's attempts to "save" one youth, gang notions of family and culture are underlying themes. My Crasy Life screens at 7 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive, 2625 Durant, Berkeley. Tickets are $3.50-5.50; call (510) 642-1124.

tuesday
february 27
New Tales to Tell "Tuezzday Stories" is a monthly program matching literature and theater: Programs feature Magic Theatre artists and actors reading/performing short stories from Tex-Mex, Cuban, and Welsh cultures. West Coast fiction from ZYZZYVA dominates this month's installment: Isabel Allende, Jess Mowry, devorah major, and John L'Heureux are the featured authors. The verbiage starts at 7 p.m. at Magic Theatre, Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D, S.F. Free; call 441-8822.