Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Cheaper Than Therapy

Shelton Theater10pmBar opens at 9pm, show starts a…

Come spend an intimate evening enjoying unadulterated stand-up comedy with some of the best comedians from the Bay Area and beyond at Cheaper…

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Figuration/Abstraction: Highlights from the Collection

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

One of the questions posed by "Figuration/Abstraction" is this: "Isn’t all art an abstraction of what it represents, to a greater or lesser…

Into the Forest: Landscape as Subject and Studio in 19th-Century France

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm Wed-Mon, Thurs until 8pm. CLOSED TUESDAY

This installation of prints, drawings, and photographs explores how French artists depicted the landscape in the modern age and approached making…

Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

This exhibition presents the sketchbooks of celebrated 20th-century painter Richard Diebenkorn—Stanford’s most accomplished and recognized…

Intimate Frontiers: The Male Gaze in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

"Intimate Frontiers" is a new exhibition that explores the social and domestic world of women through the eyes of prominent male artists in…

Blood in the Sugar Bowl

Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thurs until 8pm, CLOSED TUESDAY

This exhibition focuses on sugar plantation slavery during the peak of the sugar trade, the late 18th–mid-19th century. On display are sugar…

7th Annual Poetry Invitational

San Jose Museum of Art7pm-8pm

Art inspires art at the annual Poetry Invitational sponsored by SJMA and Poetry Center San Jose. In its annual event SJMA invites Bay Area poets…

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"The dark midnight, fearful waves, and the tempestuous whirlpool"

Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA)9am-7pm

Ala Ebtekar’s artwork is influenced by his Persian heritage. Through this body of work, he envisions what the present could look like if it…

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Luminosity

SLATE Contemporary6:00 PM - 8:00 PMArtist's Reception

SLATE contemporary is pleased to present Luminosity, featuring new paintings by Elise Morris, Carol Lefkowitz, and Audra Weaser.. A fitting…

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The Art of Expressive Collage Drop-In Class

NUMU Museum11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Learn collage basics, freestyle collage, mandala collage, create a custom deck of transpersonal collage cards, or create your own vision board.…

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Sculpture Exhibition, Sale and Party

Art Object Gallery 11am-5pm

In celebration of International Sculpture Day, Pacific Rim Sculptors, http://www.pacrimsculptors.org , a chapter of the International Sculpture…

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Geoffrey Detrani

K. Imperial Fine Art11am-6pm

K. Imperial Fine Art is pleased to present Fictive Landscapes, its first solo exhibition of the work of Geoffrey Detrani. Employing pencil…

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12,000 Years in the High Desert

Dickerman Prints6-9pm

Ancient and hidden petroglyphs, timeless landscapes, wild animals, indigenous tribes and North America’s oldest human settlements come together…

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The Art of Expressive Collage Drop-In Class

NUMU Museum11:00 to 2:00

Learn collage basics, freestyle collage, mandala collage, create a custom deck of transpersonal collage cards, or create your own vision board.…

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Portola Art Gallery Presents Misako Kambe’s "Beauty of Wood Fire, Vol. 2"

Portola Art Gallery10:30AM-4:30PM

Portola Art Gallery Presents Misako Kambe’s “Beauty of Wood Fire, Vol. 2” EXHIBITION: Misako Kambe’s “Beauty of Wood Fire, Vol. 2”…

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Hats Off: Highlights from the NUMU Permanent History Collection

NUMU MuseumM U S E U M H O U R S Wednesday 1pm-5pm Thursday 11am-8pm Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 11am-5pm Sunday 11am-5pm

In the spirit of celebrating our local history and its connection to global customs, trends and cultural production, New Museum Los Gatos is…

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Michael Tompkins: Recent Paintings & Landscape Drawings

Paul Thiebaud Gallery10:00 am-6:00 pm

The Paul Thiebaud Gallery presents Michael Tompkins: Recent Paintings & Landscape Drawings March 15 through May 7, 2016. These concurrent shows…

Susan O'Malley: You Are Exactly Where You Need to Be, Part II

San Jose Institute of Contemporary ArtTue-Fri 10am-5pm Sat-Sun 12pm-5pm

February 20 – May 22, 2016 Opening Reception Sunday, February 28, 2016, 2-4pm Free and open to the public. Guided Meditation: In Memory…

Myth, Allegory, and Faith: The Kirk Edward Long Collection of Mannerist Prints

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

Selected from the Kirk Edward Long collection of 16th-century prints, this exhibition illuminates the development of the Mannerist style in…

On Top of the Game

de Saisset Museum11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Long before the 49ers built Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara--before they built a dynasty at Candlestick Park--there was another team that dominated…