Wednesday, August 08, 2012

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The Big Eat: A Contemporary Jewish Museum Mixtape

The Contemporary Jewish Museum6:30-8:30pm

Through this live mix of short talks and presentations by artists, chefs, and distillers, learn about innovations at the intersection of food…

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8.9 - "Outside Lands NightLife"

California Academy of Sciences6-10pm

This week, folkie pop band Of Monsters and Men hits the stage at NightLife. After stomping out their competition at Músiktilraunir, a yearly…

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Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers

Museum of Craft & Folk Art11am–6pm, x1

The Museum of Craft and Folk Art (MOCFA) in San Francisco on Yerba Buena Lane is proud to present a traveling exhibition co-organized by Japan…

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The 1968 Exhibit

Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm

The social forces that swirled through the turbulent 1960s crested in 1968. It was a turning point for a generation coming of age and a nation…

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NAOYA HATAKEYAMA

SFMOMA10am - 5:45pm, Thu till 8:45pm

One of Japan's most prominent photographers, Naoya Hatakeyama is known for austere and beautiful large-scale pictures that capture the extraordinary…

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CINDY SHERMAN

SFMOMA10am - 5:45pm, Thu till 8:45pm

One of the most influential artists of our time, Cindy Sherman creates provocative artworks that explore wide-ranging issues of identity and…

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The AIDS Quilt Interactive: Touching 1.3 Million Square Feet

San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles10am-5pm

The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles celebrates 25th anniversary of The AIDS Memorial Quilt with their AIDS Quilt Interactive exhibition.…

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Gifts from the Gods: Art and the Olympic Ideal

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

Plato considered both art and athletics to be gifts from the gods, and the connection between art and sports in ancient Greece can be viewed…

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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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Plantosaurus Rex

Conservatory of Flowers10 AM - 4 PM

Step back in time … WAY back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers transports you to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibition…

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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…

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Man Ray | Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism

Legion of Honor9:30am - 5:15pm

Man Ray |Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism consists of approximately 115 photographs, paintings, drawings and manuscripts that explore the…

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Wood, Metal, Paint: Sculpture from the Fisher Collection

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm Wed-Sun; 11am-8pm Thurs

Beginning February 29th, Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center presents a new installation featuring work by John Chamberlain, Martin Puryear,…

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Avengers Assemble

Cartoon Art Museum11am – 5pm

The Cartoon Art Museum celebrates five decades of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes with Avengers Assemble!, an exhibition featuring some of the most…

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Phantoms of Asia

Asian Art Museum10am - 5pm, Thu till 9pm

One of the most interesting things for the exhibitions team is discovering the way the objects from Phantoms of Asia have been packed. Since…

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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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Natural History Storytime

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History3:30 - 4:00 pm

Bats. Bees. Coyotes. Anemones. Join us at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History for Storytime, a weekly storytime series. Every Saturday,…

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Record your story with StoryCorps!

The Contemporary Jewish Museum1PM-6PM

Want to record your family's history while they're in town visiting? Always wondered what your parents first year of college was like? Interested…

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Spirit of '45 Week

History ParkSpirit of '45 Unsung Heroe's Film Festival Night (7pm, Mexican Heritage Plaza)For more information, www.faceb…

This year’s weeklong series of events will launch with the Spirit of ’45 Day at History Park! Spirit of '45 Day, August 4th from 11 a.m.…

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Return to Mars: Roving with Curiosity

Exploratorium10am-5pm

In tandem with the scheduled landing of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Curiosity rover on Mars on August 5, 2012, the Exploratorium…

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