Friday, March 23, 2012

To Hell and Back: Sandow Birk's Divine Comedy

San Jose Museum of Art11am - 5pm

To Hell and Back: Sandow Birk's Divine Comedy features a selection from the museum's permanent collection of Birk's series of lithographs.…

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Free Exotic Tree Tours

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Planetarium2-3pm

Join Our City Forest on March 10, 17, 24, & 31 @ 2-3pm for an exotic afternoon tree tour! Discover unusal trees, flora and historical trivia…

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Do Not Destroy; Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought

The Contemporary Jewish Museum11am-5pm

From the very first chapters of the Torah where one encounters them in the Garden of Eden, to the commandment Bal Tashchit (do not destroy)…

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New Dimensions: Prints and Multiples from the Anderson Collection

de Young Museum9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday

The original objective of Los Angeles–based print workshop Gemini G.E.L. was to print and publish prints. During its first decade, however,…

Renegade Humor Exhibition

San Jose Museum of Art11am - 5pm

The San Jose Museum of Art examines West coast artists' nontraditional and often entertaining use of and humor in the upcoming "Renegade Humor"…

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The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk

de Young Museum9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday

Dubbed fashion’s enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier launched his first prêt-à-porter collection in 1976 and founded his own couture house in…

Making the Modern Picture Book: Children’s Books from the Victorian Era

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

The end of the 19th century was a formative period for the design, production and marketing of children’s books in England. Due in large part…

The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900 is the first major exhibition to explore the unconventional creativity of the British…

Two New Art Exhibitions Opening at The Art Museum of Los Gatos

Art Museum of Los Gatosopen regular business hours

The Art Museum of Los Gatos presents Two Apart: Works by Cuong Nguyen; and Ourselves and Others: Works by Mary Ann Henderson, Deborah Matlack…

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Celebrate Spring

Playland-Not-At-The-Beach10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

March 24 - 25 Celebrate Spring at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach The flowers do bloom, the birds do sing—it must be the season for Playland-Not-at-the-Beach's…

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Watershed Tour of Adobe Creek

Committee For Green Foothills9am-3:30pm

Explore the Adobe Creek watershed by bus, with several stops in Palo Alto and Los Altos, expert speakers and lunch. Moderate walking required.…

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2012 Public Season at Martin Griffin Preserve

Martin Griffin Preserve10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Martin Griffin Preserve (formerly called Bolinas Lagoon Preserve) hosts one of the most studied Great Egret nesting sites on the West Coast.…

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How to Successfully Pitch an Animated Cartoon

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center10:00AM-12:00PMReservations required

Join cartoonist Mike Gray for a detailed walk through the step-by-step process of creating, pitching, selling and producing an animated short.…

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"It's a Fine Line"

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center11AM-5PM, weekends: 10AM-5PM

"It's a Fine Line" examines Schulz's pen line and includes a display and description of his "tools of the trade".

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State Of Mind: New California Art circa 1970

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11AM - 5PM

Have you ever heard the sound of ice melting? State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, part of Pacific Standard Time, offers an in-depth…

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Andy Warhol: Polaroids MATRIX 240

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11AM - 5PM

I’ve never met a person I couldn’t call a beauty.—Andy Warhol From 1970 to 1987 Andy Warhol took scores of Polaroid and black-and-white photographs,…

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Abstract Expressionisms: Paintings and Drawings from the Collection

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11 AM-5 PM

Come spend some time with the work of seminal Abstract Expressionists this winter and spring at BAM/PFA. Forceful paintings by Mark Rothko,…

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Tables of Content: Ray Johnson and Robert Warner Bob Box Archive / MATRIX 241

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11AM - 5PM

In 1988, New York–based collagist Robert Warner began a correspondence with the enigmatic artist Ray Johnson. Until Johnson’s death in 1995,…

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"Leveling the Playing Field"

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center11AM-5PM, weekends:10AM-5PM

2012 is the 40th anniversary of the passing of the Title IX legislation to ban discrimination in schools so its a perfect time to learn more…

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"Hit the Road, Snoopy"!

Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center11:00AM-5:00PM, weekends:10AM-5PM

Snoopy's most famous road trips will be revisited in the 56 original Peanuts strips featured in this exhibition. The full length animated feature…

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