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The Mexican Museum: Caras/Cuentos ~ Faces/Stories
Thu. 05/24 | 12:00PM - Sun. 01/06 @ Fort Mason Center (map)
The Mexican Museum presents: "Caras/Cuentos ~ Faces/Stories." This exhibit of work from the Museum's collection explores ortraiture from ancient cultures to the present, conveying rich stories…more»
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Museo ItaloAmericano: Italian Americans At Bat -- From Sandlots to the Major Leagues
Fri. 06/22 | 4:00PM - Sun. 11/18 @ Fort Mason Center (map)
No one even slightly familiar with the game of baseball can have failed to notice the signal contributions of Italian Americans to the sport. Just the name DiMaggio is enough to make the case,…more»
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Toby Rose Exhibit
Fri. 07/20 | 9:00AM - Fri. 08/31 @ Fort Mason Center (map)
Toby Rose's first experience at Fort Mason Center occured shortly after she moved to San Francisco from New York City in 1976. Enterprise for High School Students had already solved her baby-s…more»
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Gifts from the Gods: Art and the Olympic Ideal
Sat. 07/28 | 7:00PM - Sun. 06/23 @ Legion of Honor (map)
Plato considered both art and athletics to be gifts from the gods, and the connection between art and sports in ancient Greece can be viewed as an aspect of its religious beliefs as well as it…more»
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BATS Improv: Summer Adult Improv-Intensive Workshops
Thu. 08/02 | 10:00AM - Sun. 08/26 @ Fort Mason Center (map)
Every summer, BATS offers a series of intensive workshops unlike anything we offer during the regular school year. It's a chance for in-depth study over a period of four consecutive days per s…more»
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BATS Improv: Summer Improv Festival 2012
Thu. 08/02 | 8:00PM - Sat. 09/08 @ Fort Mason Center (map)
BATS Improv presents the Annual Summer Improv Festival for 2012. Enjoy all of the popular improv formats -- Double Feature, Aussie Rules Theatresports, Super Scene, Director's Cut, and more! S…more»
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Thursdays At Readers Poetry Series
Thu. 08/02 | 6:30PM - Thu. 08/30 @ Fort Mason Center (map)
Readers Bookstore is the place to be to hear poetry's top names.The 2012 Poetry Series is curated and hosted by San Francisco Poet Laureate emeritus, San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) Poet-I…more»
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Wheel Kids Bicycle Club Camp
Mon. 08/06 | 8:00AM - Fri. 08/31 @ Fort Mason Center (map)
Wheel Kids Bicycle Club offers two day-camp programs for kids ranging from five to 15 years of age. We teach kids to ride who don't yet know how, and we help kids become better and safer cycli…more»
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Canon + Keeble & Shuchat Loaner Days: America's Cup Races
Tue. 08/21 | 12:00PM - Sat. 08/25 @ Fort Mason Center (map)
What an opportunity to work with some of Canon’s newest cameras and lenses. Experience the new 5D Mark III or the ultra sharp 70–200 f/2.8 USM IS II zoom lens as well as many other cameras and…more»
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Midnight Star
Fri. 08/24 | 8:00PM - Sat. 08/25 @ Yoshi's San Francisco (map)
Friday, Aug 24 Saturday, Aug 25 Formed at Kentucky State University in 1976, MIDNIGHT STAR began as a self-contained party band in the P-Funk/ Earth Wind and Fire mode, and quickly earned a …more»
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Cecilia Long
Sat. 08/25 | 6:30PM @ Yoshi's San Francisco (map)
The Washington, DC, native has brought her impressive voice and talent for storytelling to venues in the Bay area and abroad: the Herbst Theater, Zingari Jazz lounge; Yoshi's Lounge; The Plush…more»
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KATDELIC [of 'P Funk Allstars'] + THEM GUNS
Sat. 08/25 | 9:30PM @ Boom Boom Room (map)
*This Show Goes from 930pm 'til 2:45am+ * RONKAT's *KATDELIC* with: *special guests* and: *DJ FILLMORE WAX* P Funk Allstar RonKat Spearman's *KATDELIC* featuring: RONKAT …more»
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Post-Mod (r)-- fashion as signs of signs of the times
Sat. 08/25 | 12:00AM (Fri Midnight) - Sun. 08/26 @ Japantown - San Francisco
Post-Mod (r) - will be have a booth at J-POP Summit 2012 at Japantown Peace Plaza on Saturday and Sunday August 25th and 26th. The Post-Mod line features shirdresses and racerba…more»
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Alex Cuba
Sun. 08/26 | 7:00PM @ Yoshi's San Francisco (map)
Singer-songwriter Alex*Cuba hails from Artemisa, Cuba (1 hour west of Havana) and resides in Smithers, B.C. (14 hours north of Vancouver). Musically, he lives everywhere in between. His tradem…more»
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Aaron Leese & The Panhandlers
Sun. 08/26 | 9:30PM @ Boom Boom Room (map)
*AaRON LEESE and THE PANHANDLERS* Aaron Leese and the Panhandlers are a San Francisco based group consisting of Dave Shaff, Chris Lauf and Aaron Leese. They specialize in New Orleans sty…more»
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Wrapped In Plastic Jazz Band
Tue. 08/28 | 7:00PM @ Yoshi's San Francisco (map)
Wrapped in Plastic, located in San Francisco, CA, provides the freshest sounds of old and new jazz to the bay area. In addition to an ever-expanding repertoire of jazz originals, the group…more»
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Fan Appreciation Night with AGAPESOUL
Tue. 08/28 | 8:00PM @ Yoshi's San Francisco (map)
Tues, Aug 28: 8pm FREE! (with advance reservation) Darryl Anders~AgapSoul, is a six-piece modern soul band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The team--comprised of bassist, singer, songwri…more»
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NVO Presents F*CK YEAH
Tue. 08/28 | 9:30PM @ Boom Boom Room (map)
Last Tuesday Of Every Month..Dance Your Ass Off! *NVO PRESENTS:F*CK YEAH* featuring.... *THE NEUROVOLTAIC ORCHESTRA (NVO)* Hailing from San Francisco, The Neurovoltaic Orchestra is a…more»
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Contagion & Panic in the Streets
Tue. 08/28 | 6:30PM @ San Francisco Film Society (map)
The San Francisco Film Society’s Global Threats Film Series continues with a global pandemic double feature of Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion (USA 2011) and Elia Kazan’s Panic in the Streets (U…more»
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'Double Feature: Contagion & Panic in the Streets'
Tue. 08/28 | 6:30PM @ San Francisco Film Society (map)
Following the 6:30 pm screening of Contagion, Mark Smolinski, Director of Global Health Threats with the Skoll Global Threats Fund and a consultant on Contagion will discuss the science behi…more»
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Desaparecidos with The Velvet Teen
Wed. 08/29 | 8:00PM @ The Regency Ballroom (map)
Desaparecidos is a rock band featuring Conor Oberst (vocals,guitar) Landon Hedges (bass guitar, vocals), Matt Baum (drums), Denver Dalley – (guitar) and Ian McElroy (keyboards). The band forme…more»
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Featured Review from flavorpill
August 29, 2012“Desaparecidos were a tragically short-lived punk rock/power pop outfit fronted by Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes from 2001 through 2002. In the early Bush years, with the… more at flavorpill.com
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
August 29, 2012Omaha, Nebraska’s indie rock king and side-project junkie Conor Oberst has had a busy summer. After a 10 year hiatus, his post-hardcore band Desaparecidos are… more at sfbg.com
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BELA FLECK & the Marcus Roberts Trio feat. Jason Marsalis and Rodney Jordan
Wed. 08/29 | 8:00PM - Sat. 09/01 @ Yoshi's San Francisco (map)
Bela Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio BLA FLECK is often considered the premier banjo player in the world. A New York City native, he picked up the banjo at age 15 after being awed by the…more»
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
August 30, 2012The banjo is not one of the instruments that comes to mind when the subject matter is modern jazz. You could drill deep into the postwar discographies of labels like Blue Note, Impulse, or… more at voiceplaces.com
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Pop Rocks
Wed. 08/29 | 8:30PM @ Boom Boom Room (map)
*POP ROCKS* Johnnie and Derek: These fine gents will be pumpin' the room full of 60's and 70's Pop Rockin' jams so bring your dancing shoes! View Printable Version
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Dillon Baiocchi
Thu. 08/30 | 6:30PM @ Yoshi's San Francisco (map)
Santa Cruz native Dillon Baiocchi graduated from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in May 2012. The alto saxophonist has studied with Lee Konitz, Dave Douglas, Myron Walden, Yosva…more»
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**Sans Pablo**
Thu. 08/30 | 9:30PM @ Boom Boom Room (map)
A FUNKY ROCK-SOUL and GYPSY ACID-JAZZ BAND @ The BOOM BOOM ROOM on THURSDAY NIGHT! featuring: *SANS PABLO* A group of talented musicians working out of the Mission District in San Francisc…more»
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