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Friday Nights at the de Young: A Night of Contemporary Creative Jazz | SF

Every Friday Through November 23rd.
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Friday, August 21, 2015 - 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*All activities and admission to the permanent galleries on Friday nights are free and open to the public, but if you want to visit the museum's Special Exhibits, regular admission charges still apply.

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.

Live Music by Chico Pinheiro Trio
Wilsey Court
6:30 pm
Back by Popular Demand! Live Brazilian music by the Chico Pinheiro Trio in partnership with California Brazil Camp.Born in São Paulo, guitarist, composer, and arranger Chico Pinheiro is considered one of the most expressive artists of Contemporary Brazilian Music. He returns to the de Young for the 6th year with his trio featuring Rafael Barata on drums, Scott Thompson on bass, and Chico Pinheiro on guitar.Live Music by San Francisco Composer Lisa Mezzacappa
Hamon Education Tower—9th Floor
7:00 pm
San Francisco Bay Area composer and bassist Lisa Mezzacappa presents a preview of her new work “Glorious Ravage” as part of the free Friday Nights at the de Young series. Mezzacappa leads an ensemble of virtuoso wind players in a series of site-specific musical performances in the museum’s Hamon Observation Tower. Presented in collaboration with Headlands Center for the Arts.

Mixed-Media Art-Making Station with Evan Moring
Buchanan Court
6:00 pm
Every week, Friday Nights at the de Young offers art-making activities to encourage everyone of all ages to tap into their creativity.“Coral Wreath,” by Artist-in-Residence Jenne Giles
Kimball Education Gallery
6:00 pm
August 5–30, 2015
Wednesdays–Sundays, 1–5 pm plus Friday Nights until 8:30 pm
de Young | Kimball Education Gallery/Artist Studio

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Cost: FREE*
*All activities and admission to the permanent galleries on Friday nights are free and open to the public, but if you want to visit the museum's Special Exhibits, regular admission charges still apply.
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Address: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA