2015 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival and Parade
Japantown Peace Plazaall day12:30p – 3:30p PARADE – NO PERF…
Sun Apr 19: 12:30p – 3:30p PARADE – NO PERFORMANCES The parade begins at the Civic Center at 1:00 p.m., proceeding up Polk to Post Street,…
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San Francisco's Mission District Food Tour
Our Mission District Food Tour showcases the innovation and trendy restaurants of the San Francisco culinary world - the best in the city! Stroll…
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More Than your Selfie
NUMU MuseumWednesday 1pm-5pm Thursday 11am-8pm Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 11am-5pm Sunday 11am-5pm
The selfie is an ancient medium of art that only recently has been trivialized. Rembrandt painted himself throughout his life, capturing the…
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Shifting Currents: Highlights from the 20th-Century Chinese Collection
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am -5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
The Cantor's Asian collection features works in a variety of media. With especially strong holdings of Chineseand Japanese art, the collection…
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Promised Land: JACOB LAWRENCE at the Cantor. A Gift from the Kayden Family
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am - 5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
This exhibition features an exceptional group of 56 works by the 20th-century American artist, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), and one by his spouse,…
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Drama of Heaven and Earth: The Theatrical Traditions of Japan
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am -5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
During medieval and early-modern times, the Japanese theatrical art of Noh developed from a form of popular performance to the solemn, abstract…
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Imagining the Oceans
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Ocean environments have nourished the imagination of visual artists across history and cultures, yielding a dramatic spectrum of influential…
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American Battleground: Photographs of the Civil War, 1861-1865
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Photography was invented in France more than two decades before the Civil War erupted in America. By the 1860s, visual culture and fine art…
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Free Entrance Days in the National Parks
San FranciscofreeNational Park Week -- see list …
Free National Parks Day -- April 18th & 19th -- at participating California National Parks: * Cabrillo * Death Valley * Joshua Tree * Lassen…
Big WOW! ComicFest
San Jose McEnery Convention Center10am-5pm
Bowie almost got it right. We can be heroes, all right--but not just for one day. The Big WOW! Comicfest 2015 lasts a full 48 hours this coming…
Whale Migration Through Pacifica, CA
Pacifica State BeachAll Day
For those that are interested in viewing the northbound journey of migrating whales, Pacifica sets the stage as an ideal viewing post because…
Operation Babylift: Perspectives & Legacies
Presidio Officers' Club10AM - 6PM; Closed Mondays
Operation Babylift: Perspectives and Legacies explores the diverse experiences and lasting impacts of a dramatic airlift that removed more than…
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Arboreal Architecture: A Visual History of Trees
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
From the earliest stages of human history, trees have provided resources for civilization, symbolic structure to families, spatial logic for…
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Bravo!: Music and Theater in Enlightenment Europe
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Patronage for acting and music flourished across Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Monarchs and city governments sponsored…
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Interaction of Color: Josef Albers Highlights from the Marmor Collection
Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon, 11 am-5 pm, Thurs until 8 pm, Closed Tues
Over the last decade, the Marmor family and its Foundation have given the Cantor approximately 200 contemporary artworks, primarily prints.…
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Nunsense II: The Second Coming
Raven Theater Windsor2:00pmMatinée
Six weeks after they've staged their first benefit, the sisters are back presenting a "thank-you" show for all the people who supported them…
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She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World
Cantor Arts Center11 AM-5 PM, Thurs until 8 PM, CLOSED TUESDAY
This exhibition introduces the pioneering work of 12 leading women photographers from Iran and the Arab world. Their provocative work ranges…
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Fifty Shades of Romance in Pacifica…A California Coastal Getaway
Pacifica State BeachAll Day
Located just 15 minutes south of San Francisco, the beautiful beach-front town of Pacifica is the ideal hitching post for couples that want…
Saratoga and the 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition--100 Year Centennial
Saratoga Historical Museum1:00-4:00 PM
A new exhibit—Saratoga and the 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition—100 Year Centennial opens February 13 at the Saratoga History Museum. The Panama–Pacific…
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The Printer’s Eye: Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection Feb. 20–May 10, 2015
Asian Art Museum10:00am-5:00pm
The Printer’s Eye introduces 88 works from the Grabhorn Collection, which was donated to the Asian Art Museum in 2005. Ukiyo-e, or “pictures…
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