Friday Nights at the de Young : Velocity Circus

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, talks and more. The café is open with a special Friday Nights dinner menu and a no-host cocktail bar offers drinks. There are art-making activities for everyone. Programs take place in the free zone of the museum.

September 24, 2010

Gregangelo and Velocity Circus
6:00–8:30 p.m.
Wilsey Court
Mingle with a menagerie of delightful new-world/old-world Parisian characters amidst a cabaret café ambience. Circus artists, musicians, dancers, and daredevils take to the stage as they come to life inspired by the imagery of Impressionist paintings and take you on a journey back through time and into the future.

“Orsay 2!”
7:00–8:00 p.m.
Koret Auditorium
Lynn Orr, Curator in Charge, European Art, discusses Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay. Seating is limited and first come, first served. Free tickets will be distributed starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Koret Auditorium, main level.

Hands-on art making for everyone with Mademoiselle Kim
6:00–8:30 p.m.
Wilsey Court
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