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Surrounded By Sound at Fort Mason
By - posted 12/22/2015
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Experience acclaimed media artist Janet Cardiff’s masterwork, an immersive and moving sound installation in its California debut from November 14, 2015–January 18, 2016 The Forty Part Motet is a 40-part choral performance of English composer, Thomas Tallis’s 16th-century composition Spem in Alium, sung by the Salisbury Cathedral Choir. The performance is more...

2015 Holiday “Urban Air Market
By - posted 12/13/2015
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Urban Air Market returns to Pier 70 for their first holiday season marketplace, featuring 125+ sustainable design brands and makers of apparel, accessories, home goods, art, and body products from 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday, December 13, 2015. 2015 Holiday “Urban Air Market” Sunday, December 13, 2015 | 11am to 5pm Pier more...

Etsy’s Holiday Indie Emporium
By - posted 11/28/2015
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  Shop local this season and have a blast supporting over 180 local artisans and small batch food vendors as the local San Francisco Etsy team showcases their work at the Etsy Holiday Emporium happening at Pier 35 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco – over 200,00 square feet of shopping space with more...

Renegade Craft Fair
By - posted 11/20/2015
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Get started on that holiday list early as the Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market returns to Fort Mason. Expect over 300 talented makers ranging from holiday inspired stationery and gift wrap, unique and one-of-a-kind jewelry, apparel and shoes, to eco-friendly furniture, prints and posters, housewares and much more. 2015 Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market November more...

Watch an Amazing Sand Art Creation
By - posted 11/20/2015
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Andres Amador is an earthscape artist from San Francisco who is well known for creating massive sand drawings on the beach using only a rake and some volunteers. Watch him create one of his large-scale artworks. Then watch it wash away. Andres Amador Sand Art Creation Saturday, November 21, 2015 – 11am to 1pm more...

San Francisco Indie Holiday Shopping Guide
By - posted 11/20/2015
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Sure, Black Friday gets all the attention with big box store sales, but if you want to actually enjoy yourself as you do your holiday shopping, we recommend getting started early and checking out some of the local indie shopping festivals happening all over the Bay Area. Browse through rows of interesting more...

2015 Dance Hack Day
By - posted 11/13/2015
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Join the forefront of collaborative innovation between the Bay Area’s vibrant art and tech communities at Kinetech Arts’ annual Dance Hack Day, a non-profit event that brings together performers and developers to inspire one another and experiment with emerging technologies. Combining a traditional hackathon with a dance lab, Dance Hack Day is more...

San Francisco Open Studios 2015
By - posted 11/8/2015
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SF Open Studios is the oldest and largest open studios program in the country, featuring an annual, month-long, city-wide art event that showcases over 800 emerging and established San Francisco artists in their studios over four weekends in October and November. Each weekend, art patrons, admirers, and collectors venture out on self-guided tours to more...

Grace Cathedral’s Epic New Light Show
By - posted 11/6/2015
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Come experience a spectacular light and sound installation, “Fields of Prayer,” presented by Grace Cathedral’s 2015 Artists in Residence, Elaine Buckholtz and Floor van de Velde from November 7 through 17, 2015. Their creation uses the stunning environment of the landmark cathedral, both indoor and outdoor, to immerse viewers in a unique sensory art more...

100 Years of City Hall Bad-Ass Art Show
By - posted 11/4/2015
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100 works of art celebrating City Hall’s 100th Birthday. To celebrate 100 years of San Francisco City Hall, the San Francisco Arts Commission has commissioned 100 drawings by internationally renowned local artist Jeremy Fish as part of an exhibition titled O Glorious City, opening on November 4, 2015. As the first ever Artist in Residence more...

2015 Día de los Muertos Exhibit
By - posted 10/20/2015
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Now in its 16th year, the annual Day of the Dead exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center, October 9–November 7, 2015, merges traditional Mexican altars with contemporary art installations to present a visually stimulating array of perspectives remembering, honoring, and celebrating the dead. Inspired by cherished relationships, current events, and personal and more...

San Francisco’s “Trolley Dances”
By - posted 10/17/2015
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Each year, Epiphany Productions transforms the city’s streets into stages through San Francisco Trolley Dances, a series of free contemporary dance performances along a Muni line. For the price of a Muni ticket, you’ll get a “hop-on, hop-off” Muni tour to experience an extraordinary lineup of Bay Area dance luminaries performing 8- more...

Barbie Mutilation Night
By - posted 10/13/2015
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Play out your demented fantasies in the name of charity. Barbara Millicent Roberts, aka Barbie, is looking for a new look this Halloween, so let your inner ‘plastic’ surgeon shine. Doc’s Clock presents Barbie Mutilation Night 2015. 2015 Barbie Mutilation Night: Halloween Edition Tuesday, October 13, 2015 | 7:30-10:30 pm Doc’s Clock, 2575 Mission St, more...

2015 Filipino American History Celebration
By - posted 10/3/2015
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Celebrate Filipino American history and culture at the Asian Art Museum’s annual festival featuring free admission, art displays, music, dance, stories and other performances. 2015 Filipino American History Month Celebration Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 10:30 am to 4 pm Asian Art Museum, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco FREE – RSVP on Facebook The 2015 theme, “Ugnayan Lahi,” is the weaving more...

Your Face on a Pancake. Seriously
By - posted 10/1/2015
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Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day; everyone also knows that people love selfies. Leveraging state-of-the-art technology, the marketing geniuses at Holiday Inn Express combined the two to bring the ‘Pancake Selfie Express’ to San Francisco’s Pier 41 from 2-8 pm on October 2-3, 2015. World’s more...