Saturday, August 16, 2014

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Artists Observe Nature, 1600-1800

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, closed Mon & Tues

Closed MON & TUES through 9/21, then only closed TUES. After 1600, it became increasingly common for draftsmen and printmakers to study nature…

650-723-4177

Carleton Watkins: The Stanford Albums

Cantor Arts Center11 am-5pm, Thurs until 8 pm

Closed Monday and Tuesday. This exhibition of 83 photographic prints by Carleton Watkins—perhaps America's most influential 19th-century landscape…

650-723-4177

Mapping Edo: The Social and Political Geography of Early Modern Japan

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

Closed Monday and Tuesday. Experience Edo-period Japan (1615–1868) through archival maps, prints, and paintings of the capital and surrounding…

650-723-4177

Night, Smoke, and Shadows: The Presence of Atmosphere in the 19th Century

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

Closed Mon & Tues through 9/21, then only closed TUES. Many artists active in the 19th century manipulated the appearance of atmosphere in…

650-723-4177

Mitch Woods & the Rocket 88's

Biscuits & Blues7pm & 9pmDoors open at 5pm

Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s have been the torchbearers of a great American blues musical heritage, not for three years but three decades.…

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Foothill College Fall Quarter Registration

Foothill College1 a.m.

Foothill College Fall Quarter registration is July 21–Sept. 21; register early for best course selection. Review the searchable class schedule…

(650) 949-7325

Three Perfect Days in Pacifica, California

Pacifica Beach ResortAll Day

Located just 15 minutes from San Francisco, the beautiful beach-front town of Pacifica is the perfect destination for a quick three-day getaway. For…

Room for Big Ideas: BAN 7 Clinic

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)Sun, Tue & Wed, Noon � 6 PM; Thu-Sat, Noon- 8 PM

Room for Big Ideas: BAN7 Clinic is an interactive series of programs that transforms the Front Door Gallery space into a hub for creative and…

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Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi; Japan, 1954)

PFA Theater7:00pm

BAM/PFA Collection Print! In eleventh-century Japan, two children are kidnapped and sold into slavery while their mother, Tamiki, withers away…

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Arsenal (Alexander Dovzhenko; USSR, 1929)

PFA Theater5:00pm

BAM/PFA Collection Print! Introduction by Russell Merritt Live Music with Judith Rosenberg on piano The self�described "bard of the Ukrainian…

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Oliver!

Spreckels Performing Arts Center8 p.m.

WHO: Spreckels Theatre Company presents WHAT: �Oliver!� Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart Lionel Bart's "Oliver!" is the musical version…

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Street Magic LIve

Shelton Theater8:00Doors open at 7:30

San Francisco is world famous as a crucible for dynamic and unique Street Entertainers. Come and see three of Frisco's best - you'll see magic,…

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The Glenn Miller Orchestra

California Theatre3pm

The world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra returns to the California Theatre for another stellar performance. Originally formed in 1938 by Glenn…

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Corazon Under the Dome Summer Light Spectacular

Westfield's San Francisco Shopping Centre5:00 p.m.

Corazon Under the Dome is a six-minute state-of-the-art musical light show celebrating iconic San Francisco with animated images and sing-along…

FILM OF THE MONTH | �Mickey Mouse Club� Early Episodes

The Walt Disney Family Museum11am, 1:30 & 4 pm

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Enjoy early episodes from one of America�s most popular�and groundbreaking�television shows. Exceptions: August 23,…

SPOTLIGHT TALKS | Mary Blair, Imagineer

The Walt Disney Family Museum11 am, 1 & 3 pm

Join us as we talk about one of the richest chapters of Mary Blair�s incredible career. Facilitated by a museum educator, this brief talk touches…

Noertker's Moxie & Brett Carson

Musicians Union, Local 67:30pm

Sunday, August 17, 2014 � 7:30pm Brett Carson - solo piano � 8:30pm Noertker's Moxie Annelise Zamula - tenor sax, flute Theo Padouvas - trumpet Bill…

415-905-4425

OPEN STUDIO | Create a Small, Small Figure

The Walt Disney Family Museum1-4 PM

The figures featured in the Disneyland attraction it�s a small world showcase traditions and customs of different cultures from all around the…

Good Will, Good Works--Trinity Cathedral in San Jose 1861-2014

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Main Librarylibrary hours

Good Will, Good Works, Trinity Cathedral in San Jose 1861 - 2014 exhibition at the Culture Heritage Center of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library…

415-505-5131

Into the Nearness of Distance

Chinese Culture CenterTues-Sat, 10-4pm

The Chinese Culture Center (CCC) of San Francisco continues its annual Xian Rui (�fresh� and �sharp�) exhibition series with Into the Nearness…

415-986-1822

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