events
San
Francisco Art Galleries
First Thursday Opening Nights at the
San Francisco Art
Galleries
Enjoy the 20 year tradition of First Thursdays at the
San Francisco Art Galleries:
5:30-7:00 pm
Located near Union Square
Main locations: 49 Geary Street, 77 Geary Street
http://www.firstthursdayart.com/
For
a listing of current gallery exhibitions, contact information,
and to sign up for our mailing list, go to http://www.sfada.com
Note: You can also visit all the Bay
Area Art Galleries FREE during the week. Most galleries are open
Tuesday through Saturday. Some are open on Mondays. Check the Pink
Section of the SF Chronicle.
For hours and detaisl: SF
Galleries
Oakland Art Murmur
First Friday Opening Nights at the
Oakland Art Galleries
Oakland Art Murmur is a group of galleries in Oakland,
California that have openings every first friday of the month. The executive
director of the organization is Tina Dillman, who can be reached at director
(at) oaklandartmurmur dot com. The list of participating galleries is below.
http://oaklandartmurmur.com/
Galleries,
All Bay Area
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Here
is the Full Listing of FREE MUSEUM DAYS!
And not just on the First Tuesdays of the Month!
For details on the specific
art museums go to
Bay Area Museum / Free Days
1. First Tuesdays: Asian Art Museum, California Historical Society, Cartoon
Art Museum (pay what you wish), Conservatory of Flowers, de Young Museum,
Legion of Honor, Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
2. First Wednesdays: California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium,
Mexican Museum, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco African American
Museum and San Francisco Zoo.
3. First Thursdays: Chinese Historical Society of America,
Pez Museum (Burlingame) and the San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design.4.
Second Saturdays: Bay Area Discovery Museum (Sausalito).5. Second Sundays:
Oakland Museum of California.
6. Third Mondays: Contemporary Jewish Museum.
7. Thursdays: Hearst Museum of Anthropology (Berkeley).
8. Free public tours: San Francisco City Hall, Contemporary
Jewish Museum (12:30 p.m. Sun. and Wed.), Gold Rush Trail, San Francisco
City Guides, San Francisco Botanical Garden, others.
9. Always free: African-American Museum and Library (Oakland),
Cable Car Museum, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Chinese
Cultural Center, Maritime Museum, Mills College Art Museum (Oakland),
Museum of Children's Art Oakland, Museum of the City of San Francisco,
Octagon House, Presidio Museum, Randall Museum, San Francisco Center
for the Book, San Francisco Fire Museum, Takara Sake USA Museum (Berkeley),
Triton Museum (Santa Clara) and Bay Area Art Galleries
10. Sometimes free: Habitot, including Oct. 6 (Mooncake
Festival) and Indigenous People's Day).
11. Free, but coin-operated: MusÈe MÈcanique.
This information brought to you by Tim Sullivan, tsullivan@sfchronicle.com of
the San Francisco Chronicle
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San
Francisco Art Galleries
First Thursday Opening Nights at the San Francisco Art Galleries
Enjoy the 20 year tradition of First Thursdays at the San Francisco
Art Galleries:
5:30-7:00 pm
Located near Union Square
Check the addresses
Follow this link for details on this festive
event
Note: You can visit all the Bay Area Art Galleries FREE
during the week. Most galleries are open Tuesday through Saturday. Some
are open on Mondays. Check the Pink Section of the SF Chronicle.
Galleries,
All Bay Area
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Poetry
& Pizza
First Friday of the
Month
inactive - will post when back in the swing.
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AIGA
SF 2006 Design Lecture Series
The San Francisco chapter of the AIGA, the professional association for
design and our innate need to create.
• HDTV: Making the Transition
Seminar
October 24, 2006
Click
here to read details of lectures in the series:
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GROTTO
NOTES - NEW DIGS, NEW DWELLERS!
Check Grotto Events update from the folks at The Grotto, the cooperative
workspace of writers, filmmakers, and artists in downtown San Francisco.
http://www.sfgrotto.org/
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SFBIG
(Bay Area Interactive Group)
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Main Library, Lower Level, Jewett Gallery
http://sfpl.org/news/exhibitions.htm
Main Library, Sixth Floor, Skylight Gallery
100 Larkin Street (at Grove)
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San
Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum
Exhibition Hours
New website and location TBA
Museum of Performance
and Design
The Museum of Performance and Design will establish in San Francisco
the first international arts institution devoted to the celebration of
the performing arts and theatrical design.
The artistic vision will capture and deepen our appreciation of the many
performing arts and their rich contributions to our cultural heritage.
This will be accomplished in a state-of-the-art facility featuring interactive
displays and world-class presentations of extraordinary materials. The
Museum will produce a variety of exhibitions that showcase outstanding
artists, stunning costumes, innovative set designs, and rare items from
the Museum’s extensive collection of almost 3 million items.
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California
College of the Arts:
Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
http://www.wattis.org/
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Mills
College
www.mills.edu
Mills Music
Calendar
http://www.mills.edu/calendarexpress/month
Mills Art Exhibitions
http://www.mills.edu/campus_life/art_museum/
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Arts
Benicia Center
www.artsbenicia.org
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SF Writer's Grotto
http://www.sfgrotto.org
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San
Francisco Digital Imaging Group
http://www.sfdig.org
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San
Francisco Art Galleries
Thursdays first day of the month
First Thursday Opening Nights at the San Francisco Art Galleries
Enjoy the 20 year tradition of First Thursdays at the San Francisco
Art Galleries:
5:30-7:00 pm
Located near Union Square
Main locations: 49 Geary Street, 77 Geary Street
Follow this link for details on this festive
event
Note: You can visit all the Bay Area Art Galleries FREE
during the week. Most galleries are open Tuesday through Saturday. Some
are open on Mondays. Check the Pink Section of the SF Chronicle.
Galleries,
All Bay Area
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Bay
Area InDesign User Group Meeting
Currently inactive
Keep connected [link]
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