16th Annual National Queer Arts Festival

Mostly daily thru July 6 Various S.F. venues A month-long festival of music, dance, visual art, spoken word, comedy, theater, and film featuring artists, exhibitions, and performan... Read More

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ArtPadSF

Preview & Opening Party: Thursday, May 16 Show: Fri–Sun, May 17–19, noon Phoenix Hotel (601 Eddy St.) Featuring screenings, panels, performances, and more, this bou... Read More

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20th Annual Artists’ Warehouse Sale

Preview: Wednesday, May 8, 6 p.m. Sale: Thu–Sun, May 9–12, noon SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Bldg. A, Fort Mason Center This highly anticipated event features works up to 75... Read More

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A Baseball Salon: Memories of the Game

Thursday, May 2, 6–9 p.m. Exhibition: Tue–Sat, thru May 25, 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. George Krevsky Gallery (77 Geary St.) Part of the 16th Annual Art of Baseball exhibi... Read More

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Sit-Down Readers’ Theatre: 6th Annual Geoffrey Chaucer Day

Saturday, April 20, 2 p.m. Joe DiMaggio Playground Clubhouse (661 Lombard St.) Brush up on your Middle English and come read or listen to others read The Canterbury Tales. Free, 41... Read More

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China’s Terracotta Warriors at the Asian Art Museum

Through May 27, 2013, the Asian Art Museum will have on display 10 figures representing over 7,000 life-size sculpted soldiers found in the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qui... Read More

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Photographer Garry Winogrand exhibit at SFMOMA

March 9 through June 2, 2013, the SFMOMA will feature the first major touring exhibition and catalogue in 25 years dedicated to the work of Garry Winogrand. A street photographer f... Read More

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29th Annual Bouquets to Art at de Young Museum

If you’ve never seen this yearly exhibition of exquisite floral arrangements at the de Young, put it on your not-to-miss list of things to do in March. Featuring the work of ... Read More

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Discover Italy Sunday — Lucca: City to Discover

Sun, Mar 24, 4 p.m. Museo ItaloAmericano (Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center) Attend an illustrated lecture by Dr. William Tognotti and stay for a tasting of regional foods and wine afterw... Read More

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Yin and Yang: Celebrating Women’s History

Tue–Sat, Mar 6–Apr 6 Reception: Thu, Mar 7, 5:30–7 p.m. S.F. Women Artists Gallery (3489 Sacramento St.) SFWAG, dedicated to the furtherance of women in the visua... Read More

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SFUSD Arts Festival

Sat–Sun, Mar 2–10, 9:45 a.m.–5 p.m. Asian Art Museum This annual celebration of student creativity includes a visual art exhibition featuring artwork by 2,000 stu... Read More

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27th Annual Tribal & Textile Arts Show

Thu–Sun, Feb. 7–10 Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center More than 100 international dealers and galleries gather to display and sell thousands of artifacts, sculptures,... Read More

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South Africa in Apartheid and After

Thu–Tue, thru Mar. 5 S.F. Museum of Modern Art This exhibition illuminates a vital, difficult, and contested period in the recent history of South Africa from the perspective... Read More

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Sit-Down Readers’ Theatre Presents Virginia Woolf’s Flush

Saturday, Jan. 5, 2 p.m. North Beach Branch Library (2000 Mason St.) Drop in to listen or read from Virginia Woolf’s Flush, an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Brow... Read More

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40th Anniversary of Wimmen’s Comix 1972–2012

Daily thru Thursday, Feb. 7; times vary Art, Music & Recreation Center, S.F. Main Library This comic art show showcases Wimmen’s Comix, an anthology of comics by women,... Read More

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