Rocky Horror & Live Music | Friday Nights at the de Young
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de Young Museum | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA
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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 celebrates Oakland Pride and special exhibition Anthony Friedkin: The Gay Essay, a series of eloquent and empathetic portraits that convey pride, dignity, and the expression of love between people of the same gender. This evening’s program is organized in partnership with Oakland Pride and the Easy Bay Express.
6:00 pm Artist Kelvin Ming Young – Piazzoni Murals Room
Kelvin Ming Young will demonstrate his painting process, starting with raw canvas, and applying paint with various techniques, including staining, dripping, and other techniques.6:00 pm – Mixed-Media Art-Making Stations – Buchanan Court
To celebrate Oakland Pride, create a mixed-media art project inspired by the photographs of Anthony Friedkin and the Bullycide Project, led by CJ Grossman.6:30 pm – Film Screening: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975, 100 min.), hosted by Joseph Miller-Velez – Koret Auditorium
A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Directed by Jim Sharman and starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick. (1975, 100 minutes, rated R)Prizes will be awarded to the best dressed in costumes inspired by The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Keep it family friendly please. The costume contest will begin at 6:30 pm and the film will be screened at 7 pm.
6:30 pm – Live Music by Kippy Marks – Wilsey Court
Enliven your evening with an electric violin performance by Kippy Marks, who has been delighting audiences worldwide with his lively and energetic stylings for over two decades and currently has 9 projects to his credit.7:30 pm – Live Music by Kymberly Jackson – Wilsey Court
Kymberly Jackson began her quest for the perfect instrument at an early age and discovered her musical soul mate in the flute. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kymberly (also known as Kj) began classical training at the age of 12 and continued to master the instrument through her formal education. Graduating from Mills College in Oakland and receiving a masters degree in music, Kj was afforded an opportunity to study under world-renowned classical flutists Angela Korregelos and Priscilla Call.
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Cost: FREE*
