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THERE'S A MYSTERY THERE: SENDAK ON SENDAK
| Website: |
http://www.thecjm.org |
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09/08/2009 |
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01/19/2010 |
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Open daily (except Wednesday) 11am-5pm and Thursday 1– 8pm |
| Price: |
AAdmission $10 adults; $8 students and senior citizens with a valid ID; $5 Thursdays after 5pm; youth 18 and under free |
| Location: |
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-655-7800 |
This fall, things get wild at the Contemporary Jewish Museum as it presents "There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak," a major retrospective of over 100 works by Maurice Sendak, the famed author and illustrator of over 100 picture books who changed the course of children’s literature forever with his 1963 classic Where the Wild Things Are. This is the largest and most ambitious exhibition of original watercolors and drawings from more than 40 of Sendak’s books, including his most beloved titles. It also features rare sketches, never-before-seen working materials, and exclusive interview footage with the artist. Organized by the world’s only repository of Sendak’s work, The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, the exhibition is a fascinating and revealing journey into the artist’s life and work for both children and adults. Families gain a deeper understanding of the characters and stories they love while adult audiences get an unprecedented opportunity to explore the more mature and sophisticated ideas behind many of Sendak’s beloved tales, discovering how they were shaped by intensely personal stories and influences – his Jewish family life, childhood adventures in Brooklyn, anxieties about the Holocaust and the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby and more.
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SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS
| Website: |
http://www.sfshorts.com |
| Begin
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09/09/2009 |
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09/12/2009 |
| Time: |
Call for screening schedule |
| Price: |
Call for information |
| Location: |
Red Vic Movie House
1727 Haight Street
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-957-1205 |
2009 marks the fourth year of the annual SF Shorts: The San Francisco International Festival of Short Films, a celebration of the rebellious nature at the heart of all great filmmaking. With a line-up of over 60 films and music videos from 19 countries, SF Shorts delights in screening a range of films so wide viewers will have trouble getting their arms, and heads, around it. This year's film selections hail from all parts of the globe. Nearly half of the films are from outside the US, representing 20 countries. Six programs of short films mix genres and topics ranging from love, sports, travel, urban culture, violence, politics, race, environment, and family.
PROGRAM 1: FLIGHTS OF FANCY (74 minutes)
A mixed-genre program of light fun films about innocence, animals, friends and family.
PROGRAM 2: DESTINATION UNKNOWN (72 minutes)
A mixed-genre program in pursuit of escape, transition and fulfillment.
PROGRAM 3: IMBEDDED (72 minutes)
A mixed-genre program of ambitions and fortitude.
PROGRAM 4: HELLO, MY NAME IS ( ) (74 minutes)
A mixed-genre program of films about the opportunities and challenges of family.
PROGRAM 5: BLIGHT (74 minutes)
A mixed-genre program of urban boundaries.
PROGRAM SIX: TRUTH AND DARE (76 minutes)
A mixed-genre program of shocks and extremes.
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SAN FRANCISCO FRINGE FESTIVAL
| Website: |
http://www.sffringe.org |
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09/09/2009 |
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09/20/2009 |
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Call or check website for performance schedule |
| Price: |
Tickets are $9 (or less) per show; $11 (or less) online; 10-show passes $65; 5-show passes $35.
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| Location: |
EXIT Theatre Complex
156 Eddy Street & 277 Taylor Street
San Francisco
plus other venues (see website, www.theexit.org, for information) |
| Phone: |
415-931-1094 |
The annual Fringe Festival, a uncensored international theatre festival "for open minded audiences" that draws theatre companies and individual performers from the Bay Area, around the U.S., and across the world. Over the years, the San Francisco Fringe has hosted shows presented in venues around the Bay Area. Please check their website for complete list of performers and performance schedule.
Take MUNI or BART to the Powell Street exit.
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MY NAME IS ASHER LEV
| Website: |
http://www.marintheatre.org |
| Begin
Date: |
09/10/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/04/2009 |
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Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8pm; Wednesday 7:30pm; Sunday 7pm; matinees Thursday 1pm and Saturday & Sunday 2pm |
| Price: |
$20-$51 |
| Location: |
Marin Theatre Company
397 Miller Avenue
Mill Valley CA 94941 |
| Phone: |
415-388-5208 |
My Name is Asher Lev follows the journey of a young Jewish painter torn between his Hassidic upbringing and a desperate need to fulfill his artistic promise. When his artistic genius threatens to destroy his relationship with his parents and community, young Asher realizes he must make a difficult choice between art and faith. This stirring adaptation of a modern classic presents a heartbreaking and triumphant vision of what it means to be an artist.
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SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
| Website: |
http://sfopera.com/ |
| Begin
Date: |
09/11/2009 |
| End
Date: |
07/05/2009 |
| Time: |
Varies by performance |
| Price: |
Varies by performance |
| Location: |
War Memorial Opera House
301 Van Ness Avenue at Grove
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-864-3330 |
San Francisco Opera is an imaginative, emotional and sensual experience. For sheer emotional impact, there's nothing like a night at the opera. This season includes performances of Verdi's "Il Trovatore," Puccini's "Il Trittico," Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio," and Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment." Check the San Francisco Opera website for information.
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VIVA LAS AMERICAS!
| Website: |
http://www.pier39.com |
| Begin
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09/12/2009 |
| End
Date: |
09/12/2009 |
| Time: |
1-5pm |
| Price: |
Free admission |
| Location: |
PIER 39
Beach Street @ The Embarcadero
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-705-5500 |
PIER 39 celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Viva Las Americas. This festive event showcases traditional dance and music performances from Mexico, Central and South America. Fun for children includes traditional Latin American craft-making.
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4TH ANNUAL GREAT AMERICAN BLUES & BARBEQUE FESTIVAL
| Website: |
http://www.teamproevent.com/ |
| Begin
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09/12/2009 |
| End
Date: |
09/12/2009 |
| Time: |
11am-6pm |
| Price: |
Free admission |
| Location: |
Downtown 4th Street
San Rafael CA |
| Phone: |
415-383-3470 |
2009 The 4th annual Great American Blues and BBQ Festival will be a Rockin' & Smokin' Back to the Roots All American musical and gastronomical get down featuring the cream of the Bay Areas Blues Artists and the best Barbequers by the Bay. Come celebrate Marin's outstanding heritage of great American roots music and its passion for gourmet soul food. The line up of Blues music gets the folks up to dance and complements the Red sauces of over 12 master barbequers! Pork Ribs, Beef Brisket, Tri Tip and Chicken, it will all be “finger lickin’ good”. More BBQ than ever! Headlined by Austin de Lone's R & B-B-Q Review featuring Sugar Pie De Santo you can also boogie to the Delta Wires and the JC Smith band.
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ARDENWOOD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL & RENAISSANCE FAIRE
| Website: |
http://www.ardenwoodfaire.com |
| Begin
Date: |
09/12/2009 |
| End
Date: |
09/13/2009 |
| Time: |
Saturday 10am-6pm; Sunday 10am-5pm |
| Price: |
$18 adults; $13 seniors, military and ages 13-17; $8 ages 3-12 |
| Location: |
Ardenwood Historic Farm
OFF hwy 84
In City of Fremont |
| Phone: |
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Go back few more centuries and into another continent, to a country fair in late-1500s England where a rising young star of London's theatre scene, Will Shakespeare, faces a scourge like no other: a paralyzing bout of writer's block. This year's theme for the Ardenwood Shakespeare Festival & Renaissance Faire will be Shakespeare's Muse. Ardenwood Historic Farms will be transformed to a delightful Elizabethan town filled with myriad characters and vignettes resembling those of Shakespeare's plays. In addition, over 600 costumed entertainers and over 100 shopkeepers and artisans will add to the ambience of the Faire. The faire will feature three stages of continuous entertainment, Queen Elizabeth’s court, Shakespearian plays and vignettes, expertly staged battle scenes and theatrical performances, lively crafts marketplace, storytelling for children and adults, belly dancers, archery tournaments and much more. There will be merchants selling a wide array of arts and craft including one of a kind jewelry items, woodcrafts, artwork, ceramics, clothing, hats, accessories and historic weapons.
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GHIRARDELLI SQUARE CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL
| Website: |
http://GhirardelliSq.com |
| Begin
Date: |
09/12/2009 |
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Date: |
09/13/2009 |
| Time: |
Noon-5pm |
| Price: |
Free to the public; tasting tickets $5-$20 |
| Location: |
Ghirardelli Square
900 North Point and along Beach Street
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-775-5500 |
The Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival features a variety of chocolate delicacies from some of the best Bay Area restaurants and bakeries. Activities include wine and chocolate tastings, chef demonstrations, children’s entertainment and live music.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW ART & WINE FESTIVAL
| Website: |
http://www.miramarevents.com |
| Begin
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09/12/2009 |
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Date: |
09/13/2009 |
| Time: |
10am-6pm |
| Price: |
Free admission
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| Location: |
Castro Street between El Camino Real and Evelyn Ave
Mountain View |
| Phone: |
650-968-8378 |
More than 200,000 arts lovers gather in Silicon Valley's epicenter for this vibrant multicultural celebration featuring 650 artists and craftmakers showing extraordinary handcrafted wares, live Motown, rhythm and blues, swing, rock 'n roll, jazz, soul, world-beat, Celtic folk, funk, disco, Latin jazz, rumba flamenco and party music, festive food and drink, premium wines, microbrews and margaritas, the "ONE" Organic and Natural food tasting extravaganza, an organic and green product showcase and action-packed Kids' Park with belly dancing, hip-hop and bluegrass music, magicians, jugglers, amusements and hands-on art.
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BREWS ON THE BAY
| Website: |
http://sfbrewersguild.org |
| Begin
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09/12/2009 |
| End
Date: |
09/13/2009 |
| Time: |
Noon |
| Price: |
$40 |
| Location: |
Aboard the Jeremiah O Brien
Pier 45, Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-929-8374 |
The San Francisco Brewers Guild is excited to present its sixth annual Brews on the Bay beer festival. All seven of San Francisco s artisan breweries will serve their finest & freshest beers on Saturday, September 12th and Sunday, September 13th. This fun filled event is a benefit for this historic WWII Liberty Ship. Enjoy over 40 remarkable beers, live music and delicious food. To purchase tickets online and find out more about the festival visit sfbrewersguild.org.
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OPERA IN THE PARK
| Website: |
http://www.sfopera.com |
| Begin
Date: |
09/13/2009 |
| End
Date: |
09/13/2009 |
| Time: |
1:30pm |
| Price: |
Free |
| Location: |
Sharon Meadow
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-861-4008 |
Join San Francisco Opera for their annual free outdoor concert featuring arias and operatic excerpts by artists of San Francisco Opera accompanied by the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Orchestra. Bring a blanket, pack a picnic, lie back and enjoy some beautiful music and glorious singing, al fresco. Arrive early to get your best viewing spot.
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
| Website: |
http://www.calshakes.org |
| Begin
Date: |
09/16/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/11/2009 |
| Time: |
Tuesday-Thursdays 7:30pm; Friday and Saturday 8pm; Saturday Matinee, Sep 5 at 2pm; Sundays 4pm |
| Price: |
Single ticket prices start at $20 |
| Location: |
Bruns Amphitheater, 100 Gateway Blvd., Orinda, CA 94563 (just off Highway 24 at the Shakespeare Festival Way/Gateway Exit, one mile east of the Caldecott Tunnel.) Complimentary shuttle from Orinda BART beginning 90 minutes prior to curtain. Complimentary parking onsite. |
| Phone: |
510-548-9666 |
California Shakespeare Theater (Cal Shakes) ends its 35th anniversary season with a thoroughly magical production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies.
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THE FULL MONTY
| Website: |
http://www.broadwaybythebay.org |
| Begin
Date: |
09/17/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/04/2009 |
| Time: |
Call for schedule |
| Price: |
$20 - $48 |
| Location: |
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
600 N. Delaware Avenue
San Mateo |
| Phone: |
650-579-5565 |
Based on the 1997 British film of the same name, six unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo, New York come up with a bold way to make some quick cash. In the process they find renewed self-esteem, the importance of friendship and the ability to have a little fun.
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THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
| Website: |
http://www.nctcsf.org |
| Begin
Date: |
09/18/2009 |
| End
Date: |
11/08/2009 |
| Time: |
Wednesday-Saturday 8pm; Sunday 2pm |
| Price: |
$22-$40 |
| Location: |
New Conservatory Theatre Center
Decker Theatre
25 Van Ness Avenue near Market Street
San Francisco, 94102 |
| Phone: |
41-861-8972 |
Mitchell Green is a movie star who could hit big if it weren’t for one teensy-weensy problem: his agent, Diane, can’t seem to keep him in the closet. To help him navigate Hollywood’s choppy waters, the devilish Diane must do all she can to keep Mitchell away from the cute rent boy who’s caught his eye.
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