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SF’s “Bay Lights” Are Back On Due to “Glitch”
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open On March 5th, the Bay Lights officially went “dark” after 10 years – part of a planned shutdown to take 6-months to repair the lights and bring them back brighter and bigger than ever on Labor Day Weekend 2023. But there’s a catch. Actually, a glitch. The Bay Lights actually turned more...
SF’s Lighted Forest Ends March 12? Not So Fast…
Artsy Fartsy, Goodbye, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Another update! (As of 3/11/23) – Good news for people who love Entwined! According to Box Shop SF, due to the wet weather the organizers are unable to de-install their lighted forest as they were planning on doing after March 12th. So, for the time being, the lights will stay more...
The Bay Lights to Go Dark After 10 Years. Will They Return?
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Goodbye The Bay Lights is set to finally go dark after 10 years. When exactly will the lights go dark? Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 8pm – On Sunday night, Ben Davis (founder of Illuminate) will make a few remarks just before he gives the signal to shut them down around 8pm. Best viewing more...
SF’s Rainbow Bridge Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint (And Clouds!)
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco San Francisco’s gorgeous rainbow bridge just got a refresh. DoloRainbow, the pedestrian bridge, which connects Church St. (at 19th St.) to Dolores Park, has unfortunately been the victim of graffiti. Thankfully, it’s nothing a fresh coat of paint can’t fix. The bridge is looking bright once again, and if you haven’t more...
SF’s “Crappy Valentine’s”: Send Your Ex Guinea Pig Poop
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Valentine's Day To send a scatological, albeit symbolic, gesture toward an ex this Valentine’s Day, look no further than the guinea pig enclosure at San Francisco’s animal shelter. The shelter is offering “Crappy Valentine’s Day” cards that will be shredded and provide, ahem, excretory assistance to 30 guinea pigs currently in residence. “Valentine’s more...
SFMOMA Hosts US Naturalization Ceremony (Feb. 11)
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco On February 11, SFMOMA partners with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to host a Naturalization Ceremony for more than 40 new U.S. citizens in front of Diego Rivera’s inspirational Pan American Unity mural in the museum’s free-to-see ground floor Roberts Family Gallery. Attendees include 40–50 individuals from around the globe who more...
North Beach’s Brand New Carol Doda Mural
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Local Icons, San Francisco Thanks to our friend Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing that San Francisco has a brand new mural honoring local icon Carol Doda. You’ll find the new mural in North Beach at Bodega SF, at the corner of Filbert and Columbus. If you walk by, you might remember there was another iconic more...
Check Out Chinatown’s New Bruce Lee Lantern
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco San Francisco’s Chinatown has some brand new illuminating art, and there’s one very unique lantern that honors Bruce Lee. Lantern Stories: San Francisco is a new public art installation of 29 illustrated lanterns by award-winning interdisciplinary artist Yu-Wen Wu was installed in October 2022 and illuminates San Francisco Chinatown’s history, culture, and community. Creating a luminous canopy on the more...
SF’s Bay Bridge “Bay Lights” to Go Dark Unless $11 Million is Raised
Artsy Fartsy, Getting Help, San Francisco San Francisco’s gorgeous twinkly Bay Lights may be going dark soon. One of the largest light sculptures in the world with 25,000 LEDs has illuminated the 1.8-mile-long bridge since 2016. The installation by artist Leo Villareal was only supposed to be temporary. Originally installed as a temporary two-year artwork, this more...
Check Out SF’s Glowing Forest Submerged Due to Rains
Artsy Fartsy, Storm Watch Golden Gate Park’s beautiful lighted forest, “Entwined” is submerged underwater. With all the heavy rains, we caught a glimpse of Entwined on New Year’s Day where the ground was turning to soup. As we know, the rains continued, and now Entwined, located in Peacock Meadow, is now located in the newly formed more...
Napa’s Lighted Art Festival is Back for 2023 (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19)
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals The Napa Lighted Art Festival is a celebration of creative arts, technology and lights, and supports innovative techniques using light and light technologies as a growing art medium. This walkable outdoor experience is free in Downtown Napa featuring 10 lighted art sculptures for five weeks and projection artwork on three more...
New GGPark Art Piece “Tune In” Hidden Under a Tunnel
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Parks & Beaches Tune In will transform part of John F. Kennedy Blvd. in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park at the Crossover Drive underpass into a huge, interactive sound-making instrument. The installation combines three octaves of vibrantly painted tubular bells for a total of 15 chimes ready to be played by anyone willing to more...
Twitter HQ to Auction Off Hundreds of Its Items (Starting at Just $25)
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that hundreds of items from Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco are going up for auction on January 17, 2023. If you ever wanted a 6-foot tall “@” symbol planter, now’s your chance. The auction will feature 388 lots of surplus corporate office assets more...
USA’s Largest Holiday Light Arts Fest “Let’s Glow SF” Returns to SF
Artsy Fartsy, Holiday Lights, Only in San Francisco Let’s Glow SF returns to Downtown San Francisco for the second year in a row. The free, outdoor holiday light arts festival is returning with more artists’ holiday-inspired works projected across some of downtown’s most notable buildings. From 5-10pm nightly, running Friday, December 2, 2022 – Sunday, December 11, 2022, is more...
Hundreds Crowd BART Platforms for “BART Basel” Guerilla Art Show
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco The quirky BART Basel returned touting itself as “the leading train platform connecting collectors, gallerists, and artists.” Hundreds turned up at San Francisco BART stations for the second annual guerilla art show, held Saturday, December 3, 2022. Organizer Danielle Baskin described the event on Twitter for the first annual event back more...
