Friday, May 01, 2015

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San Francisco's Mission District Food Tour

The Women's Building11am

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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Jane's Walk Festival

Various Locations in San Jose All day

Jane's Walk honors the legacy and ideas of urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs who championed the interests of local residents. The walks…

National Park Service Hosts Junior Ranger Day on Alcatraz Island

AlcatrazAll Day

The National Park Service will host two Junior Ranger Day events and interpretive programs on Alcatraz Island on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday,…

May the 4th Be with You Weekend

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

May 2 - 3 May the Fourth Be with You Weekend Use the Fourth to achieve some family fun this weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach. Feel it guide…

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Urban Jungles Urban Hiking Tour

Castro neighborhood 9.30am

Climb from the Castro District to Twin Peaks—and back—in just three short hours. You’ll summit three hilltops with panoramic views of the city,…

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San Francisco Botanical Garden Celebrates its 75th Anniversary

San Francisco Botanical Garden10am - 2pm48th Annual Plant Sale - public…

ANNIVERSARY EVENTS To celebrate this landmark anniversary, the Garden has planned the following events for May 2015: Community Day Sunday,…

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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And It All Went to Hell

The Un-Scripted Theater Company8pm

And It All Went to Hell: an improvised comedy It seems like such a good idea: the perfect plan is in place, life will be paradise… and then…

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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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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…

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