San Francisco October 2007 Events
Taken from OnlyInSanFrancisco.com
04/21/2007 Through 10/21/2007
Venue
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco
Civic Center
Ticket Info
$12/Adults, $8/Seniors (65+), $7/Youth (13-17), Free/Children (12 and under) and Members
Telling Tales: Illustrated Storytelling Scrolls
Museum
The telling of stories seems to be a trait common to all cultures, providing social groups with cohesion and definition. Telling Tales collects several narrative works from the museum’s collections that illustrate the common elements that cross cultures.
Time: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm, Thursday until 9:00pm
(415) 581-3500
Email: pr@asianart.org
URL:www.asianart.org
04/23/2007 Through 10/08/2007
Venue
Golden Gate Park
Fulton Street to Lincoln Way
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Golden Gate Park Band Sunday Concerts
Music
The Golden Gate Park Band has been playing free public concerts on Sundays in Golden Gate Park continuously since September of 1882. Free Sunday afternoon concert season begins in mid-April and continues most Sundays through the beginning of October. Concerts begin at 1:00pm and last approximately two hours. The Band plays a great variety of music that includes classic band favorites, opera, marches, Broadway show tunes, orchestral transcriptions, novelty tunes, folk music, and big band swing. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, pack a picnic and enjoy the Band!
Performance Location: The lawn near the fountain at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum near the park entrance at Ninth Avenue and Lincoln.
Time: Sunday 1:00pm
(510) 530-0814
Email: ggparkband@yahoo.com
URL:www.goldengateparkband.org
04/23/2007 Through 10/08/2007
Venue
Golden Gate Park
Fulton Street to Lincoln Way
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Golden Gate Park Band Sunday Concerts
Free
The Golden Gate Park Band has been playing free public concerts on Sundays in Golden Gate Park continuously since September of 1882. Free Sunday afternoon concert season begins in mid-April and continues most Sundays through the beginning of October. Concerts begin at 1:00pm and last approximately two hours. The Band plays a great variety of music that includes classic band favorites, opera, marches, Broadway show tunes, orchestral transcriptions, novelty tunes, folk music, and big band swing. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, pack a picnic and enjoy the Band!
Performance Location: The lawn near the fountain at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum near the park entrance at Ninth Avenue and Lincoln.
Time: Sunday 1:00pm
(510) 530-0814
Email: ggparkband@yahoo.com
URL:www.goldengateparkband.org
05/05/2007 Through 10/28/2007
Venue
Yerba Buena Gardens
760 Howard Street
San Francisco
Yerba Buena
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Series 2007
Free
The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival encompasses more than 150 artistic, cultural and community events from May through October in Yerba Buena Gardens. Events include popular and operatic music series, cultural festivals, dance performances, international music concerts, visual art exhibits, theater and spoken word performances.
Helpful Information: Please visit http://www.ybgf.org/Calendar.html for a detailed list of events.
Time: Varies by Event
(415) 543-1718
Email: info@ybgf.org
URL:www.ybgf.org
05/05/2007 Through 10/28/2007
Venue
Yerba Buena Gardens
760 Howard Street
San Francisco
Yerba Buena
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Series 2007
Special Events & Festivals
The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival encompasses more than 150 artistic, cultural and community events from May through October in Yerba Buena Gardens. Events include popular and operatic music series, cultural festivals, dance performances, international music concerts, visual art exhibits, theater and spoken word performances.
Helpful Information: Please visit http://www.ybgf.org/Calendar.html for a detailed list of events.
Time: Varies by Event
(415) 543-1718
Email: info@ybgf.org
URL:www.ybgf.org
06/02/2007 Through 10/07/2007
Venue
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland
Oakland
Ticket Info
$8/Adults, $5/Seniors (65+) and Students (Youth and Adults with Valid ID), Free/Children (Under 5 Years of Age)
The Edge: Where California Culture, Critters, and Environment Collide
Museum
This interdisciplinary exhibition—co-organized by the art, history, and natural sciences departments—explores the ever-changing boundaries between Californians and the natural environment. Through the juxtaposition and analysis of artwork, natural specimens, historical artifacts, and media, the exhibition offers different viewpoints in its examination of the continually shifting power dynamics between Californians, “critters,” and the environment.
Time: Wednesday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm-5:00pm
(510) 238-2200
Email: museumca@museumca.org
URL:www.museumca.org
06/23/2007 Through 10/07/2007
Venue
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue
San Francisco
Lincoln Park
Ticket Info
$10/Adults, $7/Seniors (65+), $6/Youth (13-17), Free/Children (12 and under)
From Rembrandt to Thiebaud: A Decade of Collecting Works on Paper
Museum
The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, founded in 1948 by Moore and Hazel Achenbach, is the Fine Arts Museums’ department of prints, drawings, and photographs. It is the largest American museum collection of its kind west of Chicago; works range from the Renaissance to contemporary art and also include Asian art. Over the past decade the department has acquired more than 6,600 works on paper through gift and purchase. There has not been an opportunity to display many of them until now. This exhibition of over 250 objects illustrates the breadth and depth of the department’s collecting activities over the past 10 years.
Shown for the first time will be drawings by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Anthonie Waterloo, Giacomo Balla, Edward Hopper, Hans Arp, Andy Warhol, and Wayne Thiebaud, along with prints by Federico Barocci, George Stubbs, John Constable, Paul Gauguin, Giorgio Morandi, Pablo Picasso, and Gerhard Richter. A special emphasis has been placed on the acquisition of photography, with important works by Carleton Watkins, Lewis Carroll, Imogen Cunningham, and Diane Arbus on display.
None of this overview exhibition would have been possible without the generosity of numerous individuals dedicated to the Museums. The major 1998 gift of the Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books and the establishment of a permanent book gallery at the Legion have transformed the direction of the collection. Special mention should be made of the continuing gift of an archive print from every published edition of Crown Point Press, the premier intaglio press in America, and the extraordinary philanthropy of the late Phyllis C. Wattis, who was responsible for the acquisition of a major early de Kooning drawing and the complete graphic arts archive of Ed Ruscha.
Time: Tuesday-Sunday 9:30am-5:00pm
(415) 863-3330
Email: guestbook@famsf.org
URL:www.thinker.org/legion/index.asp
07/25/2007 Through 10/28/2007
Venue
Cantor Arts Center
Lomita Drive and Museum Way
Stanford
Stanford
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Yosemite's Structure and Textures
Museum
The works of the photographers: Eadweard Muybridge, Carleton Watkins, Ansel Adams, and others in this exhibition range from the 1860's through the 1940's. The images illustrate the beauty of Yosemite but also the evolution of photographic technology. In addition to the photographs, the exhibition includes guidebooks and maps.
Time: Wednesday-Sunday 11:00am-5:00pm, Thursday until 8:00pm
(650) 723-4177
URL:ccva.stanford.edu
10/01/2007 Through 10/01/2007
Venue
Castro Street
Castro Street
San Francisco
Castro District
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Castro Street Fair 2007
Special Events & Festivals
Produced by Castro Street Fair, a non-profit organization, the Fair generates funds for charitable causes important to the Castro Community. Proceeds are earned directly from you by patronizing the various vendors and organizations that have booths at the Fair.
Vendors of all varieties from the Bay Area and beyond promote their goods and services, including food and beverages, arts and crafts, and a wide variety of retail items. Non-stop outdoor dancing pavilions are one of the most popular features of the Fair! Dozens of community organizations promote community and social support.
Time: Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm
(415) 841-1824
URL:www.castrostreetfair.org
10/01/2007 Through 10/01/2007
Venue
Castro Street
Castro Street
San Francisco
Castro District
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Castro Street Fair 2007
Free
Produced by Castro Street Fair, a non-profit organization, the Fair generates funds for charitable causes important to the Castro Community. Proceeds are earned directly from you by patronizing the various vendors and organizations that have booths at the Fair.
Vendors of all varieties from the Bay Area and beyond promote their goods and services, including food and beverages, arts and crafts, and a wide variety of retail items. Non-stop outdoor dancing pavilions are one of the most popular features of the Fair! Dozens of community organizations promote community and social support.
Time: Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm
(415) 841-1824
URL:www.castrostreetfair.org
10/01/2007 Through 10/01/2007
Venue
Castro Street
Castro Street
San Francisco
Castro District
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Castro Street Fair 2007
LGBT
Produced by Castro Street Fair, a non-profit organization, the Fair generates funds for charitable causes important to the Castro Community. Proceeds are earned directly from you by patronizing the various vendors and organizations that have booths at the Fair.
Vendors of all varieties from the Bay Area and beyond promote their goods and services, including food and beverages, arts and crafts, and a wide variety of retail items. Non-stop outdoor dancing pavilions are one of the most popular features of the Fair! Dozens of community organizations promote community and social support.
Time: Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm
(415) 841-1824
URL:www.castrostreetfair.org
10/03/2007 Through 01/06/2008
Venue
Cantor Arts Center
Lomita Drive and Museum Way
Stanford
Stanford
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Anxious Objects: Willie Cole's Favorite Brands
Museum
This retrospective features the artist's characteristic "found works," including assemblages made from shoes, bicycle parts, and discarded appliances, particularly irons and ironing boards. Willie Cole transforms these items of "urban archaeology" into new, hybrid forms that refer to his own African-American heritage. The exhibition is organized and circulated by the Montclair Art Museum.
Time: Wednesday-Sunday 11:00am-5:00pm, Thursday until 8:00pm
(650) 723-4177
URL:ccva.stanford.edu
10/06/2007 Through 10/07/2007
Venue
PIER 39
Beach Street and The Embarcadero
San Francisco
Fishermans Wharf
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Fleet Week at Pier 39
Free
Fleet Week is the Bay Area’s opportunity to pay tribute to the men and women of our nation’s Navy and Marine services. Visitors will see ships dock-side while the Blue Angels and other aircraft fly above San Francisco Bay.
Time: Saturday-Sunday 12:00pm-7:00pm
(415) 705-5500
Email: info@pier39.com
URL:www.pier39.com
10/06/2007 Through 10/07/2007
Venue
PIER 39
Beach Street and The Embarcadero
San Francisco
Fishermans Wharf
Ticket Info
Free Admission
Fleet Week at Pier 39
Special Events & Festivals
Fleet Week is the Bay Area’s opportunity to pay tribute to the men and women of our nation’s Navy and Marine services. Visitors will see ships dock-side while the Blue Angels and other aircraft fly above San Francisco Bay.
Time: Saturday-Sunday 12:00pm-7:00pm
(415) 705-5500
Email: info@pier39.com
URL:www.pier39.com
10/06/2007 Through 10/07/2007
Venue
War Memorial Veterans Building
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco
Civic Center
Ticket Info
$85-$455
King of the Concerto
Music
Vivaldi, one of the absolute musical masters – and the composer most requested by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (PBO) audiences - wrote more than 400 concertos and thus earns a slot in PBO’s royal concert tour as “king” of the concerto. Concerts in October of 2007 will highlight three Vivaldi concertos performed and directed by Baroque music specialist and violinist Monica Huggett.
Performance Location: Herbst Theatre
Time: Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday 7:30pm
(415) 252-1288
Email: info@philarmonia.org
URL:www.philharmonia.org
10/06/2007 Through 10/13/2007
Venue
Litquake, A San Francisco Literary Festival
1608 Felton Street
San Francisco
Civic Center
Ticket Info
To Be Announced
Litquake 2007
Special Events & Festivals
A San Francisco literary festival showcases hundreds of the Bay Area’s finest writers for a week of readings, discussions, films, cross-media happenings and more.
Time: To Be Announced
URL:www.litquake.org
10/08/2007 Through 10/08/2007
Half Moon Bay
Ticket Info
Free Admission
34th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off
Special Events & Festivals
Gargantuan, super-sized, heavyweight champion pumpkins rock the scales at the 34th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off -- in the World Pumpkin Capital -- Half Moon Bay, California. A host of contenders from throughout the west will be gunning for glory hoping to capture the coveted title and a share of about $20,000 in prize money. In a pay-by-the-pound system, the winner will receive $5 per pound for the champion pumpkin. Beauty will share center stage with brawn -- a special $500 prize will be awarded to the "most beautiful pumpkin" as judged by the audience based on color, shape and size. Defending champion Joel Holland, of Puyallup WA, took top honors in 2006 with his monster 1,223-pound Atlantic Giant.
Location: IDES Grounds, 735 Main Street, Main St, Half Moon Bay CA
Time: Monday 7:30am-11:00am
(650) 726-3491
Email: tim@miramarevents.com
URL:www.miramarevents.com
10/08/2007 Through 10/08/2007
Half Moon Bay
Ticket Info
Free Admission
34th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off
Free
Gargantuan, super-sized, heavyweight champion pumpkins rock the scales at the 34th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off -- in the World Pumpkin Capital -- Half Moon Bay, California. A host of contenders from throughout the west will be gunning for glory hoping to capture the coveted title and a share of about $20,000 in prize money. In a pay-by-the-pound system, the winner will receive $5 per pound for the champion pumpkin. Beauty will share center stage with brawn -- a special $500 prize will be awarded to the "most beautiful pumpkin" as judged by the audience based on color, shape and size. Defending champion Joel Holland, of Puyallup WA, took top honors in 2006 with his monster 1,223-pound Atlantic Giant.
Location: IDES Grounds, 735 Main Street, Main St, Half Moon Bay CA
Time: Monday 7:30am-11:00am
(650) 726-3491
Email: tim@miramarevents.com
URL:www.miramarevents.com
10/12/2007 Through 01/06/2008
Venue
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco
Civic Center
Ticket Info
$12/Adults, $8/Seniors (65+), $7/Youth (13-17), Free/Children (12 and under) and Members
Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History
Museum
Acclaimed Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto juxtaposes his minimalist works with fossils, artworks, and historical religious artifacts to weave a rich tapestry of time, life, and spirituality.
Time: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm, Thursday until 9:00pm
(415) 581-3500
Email: pr@asianart.org
URL:www.asianart.org
10/12/2007 Through 01/06/2008
Venue
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco
Civic Center
Ticket Info
$12/Adults, $8/Seniors (65+), $7/Youth (13-17), Free/Children (12 and under) and Members
Stylized Sculpture: Contemporary Japanese Fashion from the Kyoto Costume Institute
Museum
Stylized Sculpture focuses on Japanese contemporary fashion as a sculptural form and will feature approximately 23 masterworks dating from 1983 to 2007. Five leading designers are included: Rei Kawakubo, Junya Watanabe, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamato, and Tao.
Time: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm, Thursday until 9:00pm
(415) 581-3500
Email: pr@asianart.org
URL:www.asianart.org
10/13/2007 Through 10/14/2007
Half Moon Bay
Ticket Info
Free Admission
37th Annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival
Free
The World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay celebrates its bountiful fall harvest and autumn splendor with a spectacular lineup featuring three stages of blockbuster entertainment, live music, the Great Pumpkin Parade, a bone-chilling Haunted House, massive weigh-off champion pumpkins, harvest-inspired crafts, homestyle foods, expert pumpkin carvers, photos with the grand champion gourd, pie-eating, carving and costume contests, 5 and 10k run and walk, the Take 5 Lounge with giant screen LED TV, special festival-label wines and Mavericks Pumpkin Harvest Ale.
Location: Main Street, between Miramontes and Spruce St, Half Moon Bay, CA
Time: Saturday-Sunday 9:00am-6:00pm
(650) 726-3491
Email: tim@miramarevents.com
URL:www.miramarevents.com
10/13/2007 Through 10/14/2007
Half Moon Bay
Ticket Info
Free Admission
37th Annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival
Special Events & Festivals
The World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay celebrates its bountiful fall harvest and autumn splendor with a spectacular lineup featuring three stages of blockbuster entertainment, live music, the Great Pumpkin Parade, a bone-chilling Haunted House, massive weigh-off champion pumpkins, harvest-inspired crafts, homestyle foods, expert pumpkin carvers, photos with the grand champion gourd, pie-eating, carving and costume contests, 5 and 10k run and walk, the Take 5 Lounge with giant screen LED TV, special festival-label wines and Mavericks Pumpkin Harvest Ale.
Location: Main Street, between Miramontes and Spruce St, Half Moon Bay, CA
Time: Saturday-Sunday 9:00am-6:00pm
(650) 726-3491
Email: tim@miramarevents.com
URL:www.miramarevents.com
10/26/2007 Through 11/16/2007
Venue
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission Street
San Francisco
Mission District
Ticket Info
$2/General Admission - Opening NIghts: $5/General Admission
Dia de los Muertos Exhibition
Museum
The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) Dia de los Muertos exhibiton is one of the most popular and one of the largest exhibition/events of the year. The exhibition draws visitors and student tours from numerous schools and universities. Dia de los Muertos annual exhibition, includes all media and is open to emerging and established Latino artists. MCCLA has an open door policy to accept requests from community members to set up altars for known artists and people who have passed during the year.
Time: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm
(415) 821-1155
Email: info@missionculturalcenter.org
URL:www.missionculturalcenter.org
10/27/2007 Through 11/03/2007
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
301 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco
Civic Center
Ticket Info
$20-$80/Adults, $10-$40/Children/Students (18 and under)
The Magic Flute for Families
Music
The perfect introduction to opera for children and families, The Magic Flute for Families is a two-hour version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, featuring sets by designer and children’s book author/illustrator Maurice Sendak. Sung in English and narrated by Papageno, the bird-catcher, this family presentation retains all the sparkle and virtuosic music of Mozart’s best-loved comic opera, a playful and heartwarming tale of the search for goodness and love.
Time: Saturday 1:00pm
(415) 861-4008
Email: webmaster@sfopera.com
URL:www.sfopera.com
10/27/2007 Through 01/13/2008
Venue
The de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Ticket Info
$10/Adults, $7/Seniors (65+), $6/Youth (13-17), Free/Children (12 and under)
The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection
Museum
Renowned Santa Fe collector Sandy Besser has assembled an extraordinary array of objects in almost every conceivable medium. He long ago rejected arbitrary art world definitions such as “fine,” “folk,” or “craft” in favor of an all-encompassing worldview that judges objects from diverse cultures for their intrinsic visual merit. This exhibition features a selection of his finest objects, drawn from three major collection areas. An array of contemporary teapots documents the persistence and vitality of this ancient form, which was designed to hold the world’s most common beverage, but has been revitalized by artists associated with the studio crafts movement to hold artistic meaning as well. Featured contemporary drawings include works by established artists such as Roy de Forest, Enrique Chagoya, and Joseph Piccillo, as well as younger, emerging artists, whose works incorporate figuration, narrative content, and neo-surrealist imagery. A selection of African beadwork represents the evolution of traditional art forms into a contemporary medium with representations from the Pende, Yoruba, and Kuba societies. All of the featured works are current or future gifts to the Fine Arts Museums.
Time: Tuesday-Sunday 9:30am-5:00pm
(415) 863-3330
Email: membership@famsf.org
URL:www.thinker.org/deyoung
10/27/2007 Through 01/13/2008
Venue
The de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Ticket Info
$10/Adults, $7/Seniors (65+), $6/Youth (13-17), Free/Children (12 and under)
The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend
Museum
Louise Nevelson’s life (1899–1988) and work are a story in sculpture. The story is a weaving together and intermingling of several histories: her personal history as a woman artist, the history of Jewish migration to this country, and the history of 20th-century art, including major movements such as Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Minimalism.
Although Nevelson’s work has been celebrated in numerous retrospectives, Louise Nevelson: A Story in Sculpture is the first comprehensive presentation of her work that includes her works on paper, which are intrinsic to her sculptural output. This exhibition, organized by The Jewish Museum, New York, features approximately 60 objects including both sculpture and works on paper. Throughout the exhibition, Nevelson’s works in both mediums will be juxtaposed to highlight the artist’s inclination for various media, enabling viewers to trace the common themes that recur in her half-century of production. The works on view are drawn from private and public collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Walker Art Center, and The Jewish Museum. The exhibition will be on view at The Jewish Museum, New York, from 4 May through 16 September 2007.
The scope of the exhibition, which is arranged chronologically, spans her earliest objects, a group of self-portraits from the 1930s, to large-scale works on contemporary subjects that she produced in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as another group of self-portraits, created in the 1980s during the artist’s last decade. The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend is accompanied by a full-color catalogue with essays by exhibition curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport, art critic and scholar Arthu
