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SF's Zoom Art Party: Live Art & Poetry in The MissionSF’s Zoom Art Party: Live Art & Poetry in The Mission
By - posted 3/27/2020
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While we’re closed until the city allows us to reopen (fingers crossed for April 9), Secession Art & Design is hosting a live-streamed poetry reading by Silvi Alcivar and ink drawing by Joshua Coffy this Friday. This is your chance to see their show “let me tell you a sacred” from your home. more...

SF's New "Arts Relief" Program: $2,000 Grants for ArtistsSF’s New “Arts Relief” Program: $2,000 Grants for Artists
By - posted 3/24/2020
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Mayor London Breed Announces Arts Relief Program $2.5 million in support will go to working artists and arts and cultural organizations financially impacted by COVID-19 Mayor London N. Breed on Monday announced an Arts Relief Program to invest directly in working artists plus arts and cultural organizations financially impacted by COVID-19. The investment more...

Live Streaming & Virtual Concert GuideLive Streaming & Virtual Concert Guide
By - posted 3/19/2020
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Life sure does look different when we’re self-quarantined, but you don’t have to be without live music just because our bars and music venues are closed. Musicians are staying home just like us, so many of them are turning on their webcams and hosting live streams creating virtual interactive concerts, and more...

Union Square's Brand New Heart SculpturesUnion Square’s Brand New Heart Sculptures
By - posted 2/11/2020
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The beautiful Hearts in San Francisco will be unveiled on Valentine’s Day at the four corners of Union Square on February 14, 2020. The 2020 collection of hearts will be on view until November 2020. Hearts in San Francisco Project The Hearts in San Francisco project debuted in 2004. Under the leadership more...

Napa Lighted Art Festival 2020Napa Lighted Art Festival 2020
By - posted 1/7/2020
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Napa does Art After Dark. This nine-day festival is free to the public and features iconic architecture that becomes the painting in a unique lighted art walk. Original artwork is created by local and international artists with installations at approximately 13 locations in Downtown Napa, the Oxbow District and other places within more...

Check Out SF's Giant 30-Ft Inflatable PooCheck Out SF’s Giant 30-Ft Inflatable Poo
By - posted 11/7/2019
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It’s time to Let That Shit Go on Poo~Pourri’s Giant Poo Tour coming to PIER 39 Come drop the toxic crap that’s weighing you down at Poo~Pourri’s Giant Poo—a mind-blowing, transformative, fully immersive 360° experience that pushes out the bad shit, makes room for the good shit and leaves you feeling more...

San Francisco Ballet at Stern GroveSan Francisco Ballet at Stern Grove
By - posted 7/23/2019
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A summer favorite returns when the San Francisco Ballet, under the leadership of Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, performs a selection of highlights from their current repertory at Stern Grove Festival. Conductor Martin West leads the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. San Francisco Ballet at Stern Grove Sunday, July 28, 2019 | 2pm 19th Ave. more...

de Young Free Night & New Ed Hardy Exhibitionde Young Free Night & New Ed Hardy Exhibition
By - posted 7/7/2019
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Celebrate “Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin,” the first museum retrospective of the renowned tattoo artist, and local legend, Ed Hardy. The opening night celebration in collaboration with Juxtapoz Magazine features a DJ set by Chances with Wolves, and a specialty cocktail featuring Sailor Jerry Rum concocted by San Francisco’s own Trick more...

Check Out SF's Brand New Neon MuralCheck Out SF’s Brand New Neon Mural
By - posted 3/12/2019
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The neon art installation marks several firsts: artist Joseph Kosuth’s first permanent public artwork on a landmark building in the USA and the San Francisco’s first major project funded by the City’s Public Art Trust On March 13, 2019 at 6p.m., the San Francisco Arts Commission hosted a lighting and dedication ceremony to commemorate more...

SFMOMA's Free Family Museum DaySFMOMA’s Free Family Museum Day
By - posted 3/7/2019
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) welcomes families and inter-generational audiences to the museum for its Free Family Day on Sunday, March 10, 2019. While the museum is always free for visitors 18 and younger, on Free Family Day, it is also free for up to two adults accompanying each more...

Patti Smith's 1-Week Photo Exhibition Comes to SFPatti Smith’s 1-Week Photo Exhibition Comes to SF
By - posted 1/13/2019
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San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and kurimanzutto are honored to announce Wing, a one-week-only exhibition of photographs by international artist, writer, and musician Patti Smith. Presented from January 14–19, 2019, at the Diego Rivera Gallery at SFAI’s historic Chestnut Street campus, the exhibition features a selection of photographs centered on Smith’s reverence more...

2018 SFMade Holiday Gift Fair
By - posted 12/16/2018
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The only holiday gift fair where you walk in and know that every item was made in San Francisco. SFMade presents its 8th Annual Holiday Gift Fair, held at California College of the Arts’ San Francisco campus, the largest holiday gift fair where you walk in and shop local. 2018 SFMade Holiday more...

SF Etsy’s Winter 2018 Pop-Up Shop
By - posted 12/1/2018
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Get ready for three whole weekends of crafty shopping awesomeness.  Come get all your holiday shopping done at this winter pop-up shop featuring goods from the SF Etsy Team and tenants of Makers Workspace. They’ll have over 50 vendors selling jewelry, home goods, art prints, teeshirts, candles, bath and body, and so. more...

SF’s Amazing Month-Long Light Festival “Illuminate”
By - posted 11/28/2018
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Illuminate SF Festival of Light happens Thanksgiving 2018 through New Year’s Day 2019 and shines a light on San Francisco’s ever-expanding light art scene. Get your glow on during this two-month celebration during the longest nights of the year, featuring free light art tours, nighttime neighborhood walks, artist talks and participatory experiences.

San Francisco Map Fair
By - posted 9/22/2018
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The San Francisco Map Fair will be held at The Lodge in the Regency Center on 1290 Sutter St. The fair consists of over 20 antique map, print, and book dealers from all across North America and parts of Europe. Thousands of maps, prints, and books spanning over 500 years more...