Annie Leibovitz exhibition comes to the Presidio

San Francisco is just one of the 10 international locations chosen for a new exhibition by world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz, which will open on March 25 in the Presidio.... Read More

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Art+Jazz Night: Young Masters Series

Saturday, Oct. 17, 7:30–10 p.m. The Dryansky Gallery (2120 Union St.) Bay Area trio Clifford Brown 3 will pair bebop and soul sounds with Stephen Albair’s surreal and vivid... Read More

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8th Annual Beat Museum Poetry Festival

Sat.–Sun., Oct. 10–11, 1–6 p.m. Beat Museum (540 Broadway St.) Bay Area poets, two generations younger than the original Beats, invoke that heritage with new voices. Free, 41... Read More

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5th Annual Yerba Buena Night

Saturday, Oct. 10, 6–10 p.m. Various venues in Yerba Buena District See, hear, and experience this exciting neighborhood come alive with music, video, art, and dance. Enjoy over ... Read More

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Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas

Tue.–Sun., Sept. 18–March 6, noon–4 p.m. Museo Italo Americano (Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center) This exhibition will highlight the contributions of major Italian American filmmak... Read More

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Between Life and Death: Robert Motherwell’s Elegies in Bay Area Collections

Tue.–Sun., Sept. 5–March 6, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Legion of Honor This exhibition presents 13 works from the pioneering Abstract Expressionist’s seminal series, Elegies to t... Read More

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100 Thousand Poets for Change

Sept. 26, afternoon The Beat Museum Join the worldwide celebration of poets, musicians, and artists who will gather to promote peace, sustainability, and justice, and to call for ... Read More

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Presidio Book Club: ‘Doctor Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: The Life of a Wartime Celebrity’

Saturday, Sept. 26, 1–3 p.m. Presidio Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave.) Part book club, part graduate seminar, and part Parisian salon and led by Presidio Trust historian Barbara... Read More

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Leading Ladies and Femmes Fatales: The Art of Marc Davis

Wed.–Mon. through Nov. 3, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Walt Disney Family Museum Featuring 70 original pencil animation drawings, conceptual artwork, paintings, cels, and photographs from th... Read More

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Luminous Worlds: British Works on Paper, 1760–1900

Tue.–Sun. through Nov. 29 Legion of Honor In celebration of the J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free exhibition currently at the de Young, this exhibition features drawings, watercol... Read More

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20th Century Expo

Sat.–Sun., Aug. 22–23, 10 a.m. Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center This show and sale celebrates decorative arts, fine arts, and “fun arts” from 1900 to 2000. $10, 6... Read More

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22nd Annual Pistahan Festival & Parade

Festival: Sat.–Sun., Aug. 8–9, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Yerba Buena Gardens Parade: Saturday, Aug. 8, 11 a.m. Civic Center to Yerba Buena Gardens Billed as the largest celebration of F... Read More

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J-Pop Summit 2015

Sat.–Sun., Aug. 8–9, 10:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m. Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center This Japanese cultural festival will introduce the latest in Japanese music, fashion, film, art... Read More

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RAWdance: Through my fingers to the deep

Thu.–Sun., July 17–19 Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens This site-specific work by an award-winning modern dance company features an original score by S.F.-based composer Joel St.... Read More

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Breath Catalogue

Thu.–Fri., July 17–18, 8–9 p.m. The Firehouse, Fort Mason Center Contemporary dance choreography meets medical technology in this project that combines choreographic methods ... Read More

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