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Guitarist Karl Evangelista at the Red Poppy
Growing up in Los Angeles, in a family primarily involved in law and politics (his aunt, Miriam Defensor ran twice for president of the Philippines), Karl Evangelista went another way. He loved...
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de Young Artist Fellow Lenora Lee
From May 1 to June 2, the de Young Museum will showcase the work of dancer and choreographer Lenora Lee. Lee, who uses martial arts, text, video and music as well as dance, has two pieces she is...
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Groundbreaking ceremony marks SFMOMA's transformation
SFMOMA’s groundbreaking celebration before the museum closes June 3 for its expansion included hard hats, confetti, an augmented reality app that allows guests to experience how the new museum will...
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DocFest continues to delight, provoke, and entertain
The tagline of the SF DocFest is “Because truth is often stranger than fiction,” and with a lineup including a film about animal researcher trying to teach her parrot to talk (Life With Alex); a woman...
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Actor Carl Lumbly in 'Terminus' at the Magic Theatre
In Mark O’Rowe’s play, Terminus, at the Magic Theatre, three unnamed characters, A, B, and C tell their interlocking, dark and poetic stories of a night in Dublin– Stacy Ross as A, a teacher turned...
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Frameline opens on Thursday, June 20, with 'Concussion' at the Castro
K.C. Price, the executive director of Frameline, knows that people love the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. But that love can extend to parts of the festival he doesn’t expect.“People...
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Contemporary Jewish Museum and SFMOMA collaborate on 'Beyond Belief'
Like art, religion has been an attempt to find meaning and value in life, despite the suffering that flesh is heir to. The strongest evidence of life is creation and the most immediate form of...
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SFJFF opens on Thursday, July 25, at the Castro
One of the events Lexi Leban, executive director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, particularly looks forward to this year is the screening of Bill Siegel’s The Trials of Muhammad Ali.“It’s...
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'Dualities' opens in Oakland on Friday
Kim Thoman’s Dualities will open at the Shadravan Gallery in Oakland On Friday, September 6 from 5pm to 9pm. The opening will be during Oakland’s popular Art Murmur, a first Friday of the month...
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'Good Will Hunting' shares themes with 'Good People' at Marin Theatre Company...
On the first day rehearsing David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2011 play, Good People, at the Marin Theatre Company through Sept. 15, members of the cast and the creative team discussed their ideas about South...
View Article'Arab American Stories' at the San Francisco Main Library
On Tuesday from 5:30 to 7:30, San Francisco Main Library officials invite people to come for Arab American Stories, a free film series, presented by Detroit Public Television. There will be a short,...
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Stories of Amazon and Twitter at the Commonwealth Club
Nick Bilton, a columnist at The New York Times, and Brad Stone, senior writer at Bloomberg Businessweek, will be at the Commonwealth Club on Tuesday, Dec. 3 to talk about their new books – Hatching...
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Valencia theater asks for support in the face of development
Stephanie Weisman, the founder and artistic director of the Marsh theater, says without protective conditions written into the building permit for a proposed mixed-use project at 1050 Valencia, next...
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Acclaimed author Daniel Alarcón gives free reading at the Mission Branch library
The New Yorker named him one of the best 20 Writers Under 40 in 2010. His short story collection, War By Candlelight, was a finalist for the 2005 PEN-Hemingway Award. The San Francisco Chronicle and...
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Annual Holiday Coffee House at Meridian Gallery Friday
On Friday, December 13 from 5 to 8pm, the Meridian Gallery at 535 Powell Street, will host its annual Coffee House to showcase the work of the gallery’s interns.Anne Brodzky, the founder of the...
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Grex Album Release and Benefit for Typhoon Haiyan Relief
When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines last November, killing more than 6,000 people, guitarist and composer Karl Evangelista wanted to do something.“I had this conversation with a lot of...
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Artist creates a mural to complement new work, 'Hundred Days' at Z Space
Brendan McCarthy believes in questioning everything. That drew him to street art in the late 90s.“I got into it because it fascinated me,” he said. “It was something I didn’t understand, and I had...
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Benefit for Oakland's beloved MOCHA Saturday, March 15
The kids at Oakland School for the Arts don’t just shine at acting, painting, playing music and dancing, says the school’s executive director, Donn Harris – they excel at academics as well. He...
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Get some great art and support the Meridian Gallery
The Meridian Gallery will celebrate spring with Greenup Time (the name of a Kurt Weill song performed by Lotte Lenya), a silent auction starting with an opening party at 6 pm on Thursday, March 20, to...
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Special benefit showing of 'Cesar Chavez' on Thursday, March 27
On Thursday, March 27th at 7pm, there will be a private screening of Diego Luna’s new film “Cesar Chavez,” at the AMC Metreon16 (135 4th Street at Mission) in San Francisco. Tickets are $20 for...
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