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Argentine Tango Party: Live Music & Performances | Friday Nights at the de Young

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Friday, July 18, 2014 - 5:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Programs are free and open to the public, but does not include admission to the museum's galleries.

de Young Museum | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA

Event Details

Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018

One of San Francisco’s most celebrated after-hours museum events returns for a fall season of 2018.

These nine Friday Nights feature free admission to the main-level galleries highlighted by a reinterpretation of contemporary art in their permanent collection and new acquisitions called Specters of Disruption. In addition, Friday Nights will offer reduced-price tickets of $14 to the exhibition Contemporary Muslim Fashions from 6–8:30 pm.

Through social-media moments and in-person dialogue, visitors can engage and commune with the art and with one another in a warm and welcoming setting. Enjoy specialty drinks and mocktails, coffees, teas, and snacks. Bring your friends. Strike a pose at the selfie wall. Listen to music. Make art. Activities take place from 6–8:30 pm.

Friday Nights at the de Young: “¡La Milonga del Modernismo!”
Trio Garufa
July 18, 2014 | 6 – 8:45 pm

Celebrate the exhibition Modernism from the National Gallery of Art with Argentine tango. TangoCalifia (Terry Clarke and Beatrice Bowles) hosts its annual tango party, featuring a guest appearance by the renowned Trio Garufa. The milonga re-creates the great tango dance halls of Buenos Aires in Wilsey Court. Come dance, watch, and enjoy.

Mixed-Media Art-Making Stations
Museum Lobby
6:00 pm
Art making for all inspired by dance and modernism.

Art Bar
Piazzoni Murals Room
6:00 pm
Every week in July, mix art into your life at our Art Bar. Tonight’s special menu includes:

  • Creativity Challenge: Challenge your mind with open-ended tasks and activities that inspire you to see things in a new way. Use paper and tape to create artwork in the style of Barnett Newman.
  • Conversation Station: Exchange ideas with fellow Friday Nighters on “What makes you dance?”
  • Tools of the Trade: Experiment with artist tools. Strike a dance pose.

Live Music and Performances by TangoCalifia and Trio Garufa
Wilsey Court
6:30 pm
Celebrate the special exhibition Modernism from The National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection with Argentine tango. Featuring a guest appearance by the renowned Trio Garufa, the milonga will re-create the great tango dance halls of Buenos Aires.

Film Screening: “Doble o nada (Double or Nothing)” (1997, 93 min.)
Koret Auditorium
7:00 pm

In this musical drama, a tango tribute set in Buenos Aires of the 1930s, factory worker Juanita (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) falls for singer Renzo (Dario Grandinetti), who resembles famed tango superstar Carlos Gardel (who died in a 1935 plane crash). When Gardel is unable to do a radio commercial, Renzo substitutes, which brings enough fame to propel the group on a Latin American tour. At a Bogotá hotel, where Gardel himself is staying, Renzo’s big chance arrives. Director: Jaime Chávarri.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE*
*Programs are free and open to the public, but does not include admission to the museum's galleries.
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Address: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA