Friday, May 04, 2012

The Art of Nature

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History10am-5pm

The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History welcomes back the California Guild of Natural Science Illustrators for another annual series of exhibitions…

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Bassnectar Vava Voom Tour 2012

San Jose State Event Center7pm

By combining sound and force with weight, the Bassnectar experience engulfs the senses. It is as physical as it is auditory; the adventure has…

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Charles Gounod's Faust

California Theatre8pm Tues, Thurs-Sat; 3pm Sun

Mischievous, malevolent, the spirit of evil. In this timeless tale the devil appears to the old scholar Faust, promising him the elixir of youth…

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Raices Profundas

Marines Memorial Theatre 9:30pmspecial guest percussionist, Jo…

Raices Profundas is widely regarded as one of the world�s most authentic performing ensembles in the Afro-Cuban folkloric traditions. Ra�ces…

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CINCO DE MAYO PARTY: Mexican Institute of Sound

Yoshi's San Francisco - Live Music & Japanese Restaurant - CLOSED10:30pm

Come join Yoshi's SF as we celebrate Cinco De Mayo in style with Mexican Institute of Sound (DJ set)...dancing and drink specials all night! Open…

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Origami: Art + Mathematics

Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery11am-4pm

The Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery presents its newest art exhibition, "Origami: Art + Mathematics." Origami is the centuries-old Japanese art…

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FAME - Cinco De Mayo Bash

Fahrenheit Restaurant and Lounge - CLOSED9pm-2am

Playboi & Vive Present FAME - Cinco De Mayo Bash Saturday, May 5th Featuring:: DJ G-Roy - San Diego & DJ Sevvy Sev & Rokturnal Cinco De…

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Harrell Fletcher Exhibit

Museum of Craft & Folk Art11am-6pm

Organized by artist Harrell Fletcher, this exhibition explores the relationship between art and agriculture from a variety of perspectives including…

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A Cinco De Mayo Celebration

Mezzanine9pm

A CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION MIND MOTION DJ IVAN D SHARP MILES MEDINA 9PM Doors $15 Limited Advance Tickets

Wine & Wet Noses

Skov Winery12pm-4pm

Join Skov Winery as they host their Wine & Wet Noses event to help animals. Guests are treated scrumptious foods from local food vendors and…

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Bobbito Garcia

Brick & Mortar Music Hall9pm (8pm Doors)

BOBBITO GARCIA NYC native and world-renowned DJ Bobbito Garcia is the co-founder of Bounce Magazine and critically acclaimed author of Where�d…

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Shujaat Khan

UC-Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall7:30pm-10:30pm

International sitar sensation Shujaat Husain Khan comes to the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz along with Samir Chatterjee on the…

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Urban Composting

Garden for the Environment10AM - 12:00 Noon

Jump-start your spring garden with some homemade compost! Aside from giving veggies and flowers a healthy start, composting encourages beneficial…

Mexicanisimo Through Artists' Eyes

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

"Mexicanisimo Through Artists' Eyes" explores Mexico's deep well of visual culture, from its folk art to its popular culture, from its vernacular…

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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,…

Vagabond Indie Craft Fair

Urban Bazaar12pm-7pm

Urban Bazaar, the Inner Sunset's up-and-coming handcrafted gift shop & plant nursery, recently named "Best Place to find homemade, home-grown,…

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Anatol

Aurora Theatre CompanyShow @ 8pm

A gadabout living for pleasure in late 19th-century Vienna, Anatol practices the arts of seduction, adultery, infidelity, and betrayal, encountering…

Blackout

Motif Resturant & Lounge10pm

Every first Saturday of the month, Rise Above and DJ Pecson present Blackout, an evening of surreal, hard hitting dance-club music. There's…

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Persephone Cubana

The Marshcheck for times

In honor of our first production, MYT recreates the myth of Persephone, Goddess of Spring, Queen of the Underworld- this time with a Cuban twist.…

May Day 2012

CounterPULSE8PM

Celebrating CounterPULSE�s 7th anniversary, May Day showcases a diverse array of local artists and raises funds for a nonprofit known as an…

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