Arts and Culture This Week

June 22

Ethnic Dance Festival Special

Ethnic Dance Festival Special

For 35 years, the SF Ethnic Dance Festival has celebrated world dance and mu...

More for Less

June 8 & 9

SF Free Folk Festival

SF Free Folk Festival

This two-day festival includes music and dance workshops, concerts, crafts a...

Children

May 22–June 9

Arcadia

Arcadia

A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff is an old hand at directing the compl...

Theater

UNTIL May 27

China’s Terracotta Warriors

China’s Terracotta Warriors

The eight, eerily life-like warriors and two steeds, buried 2,000 years ago ...

Museums

May 3, June 7 & July 5

Roller Disco Party

Roller Disco Party

A monthly blast of a first-Friday fundraiser for IndieFest and the Californi...

Festivals

June 20-30

Frameline 37

Frameline 37

Of the 240 films on tap this year for the world’s largest LGBT film festival...

Film/Video

June 26

Matt Bell

Matt Bell

Matt Bell is in town to celebrate his much-anticipated debut novel, “In the ...

Literary Arts

June 12 & 13

Mark Morris

Mark Morris

As part of the Ojai North! music and dance festival he’s directing, the inim...

Music

June 13-16

LEVYdance

LEVYdance

To mark its 10th anniversary, LEVYdance takes to the out-of-doors on Heron S...

Dance

UNTIL June 8

Tahiti Pehrson: Transmissions

Tahiti Pehrson: Transmissions

Pehrson’s intricately designed installations – created from hand-cut white p...

Galleries
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Arts & Culture Itineraries

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The Classicist

Featuring Elana Altman, San Francisco Ballet Soloist
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The Greenie

Featuring Michael Pollan, best-selling author and James Beard award recipient
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The Trendsetter

Featuring Traci Des Jardin, Chef and Owner of Jardiniere, Americaʼs Top Chef Contestant
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The Bohemian

Featuring Larry Harvey, Founder, Burning Man
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The Eccentric

Featuring Jack Dorsey, co-Founder, Twitter
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The Entrepreneur

Featuring Craig Newmark, Founder, craiglist.org
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The Artist

Featuring Sanjay Patel, Artist and Pixar Animator
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Editor's Picks

artMRKT

Have Yourself an Art Weekend

Three distinctly different art events conveniently happening in one weekend. Why choose? Experience all three hosted in distinctly different and iconic SF landmarks doubling as venues for contemporary art. ...more

Christian Marclay’s 24-Hour Masterpiece: The Clock

Christian Marclay’s 24-Hour Masterpiece: The Clock

Running through June 2, SFMOMA will be showcasing The Clock, Christian Marclay’s internationally revered cinematic classic....more

Frameline Returns, June 20-30

Frameline Returns, June 20-30

This year, June 20-30, multiple movie theaters across San Francisco welcome back Frameline — The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival....more

ArtPadSF

ArtPadSF Returns for a Third Year

May 16th marks the third annual ArtPadSF event which happens at the Phoenix Hotel. The iconic Tenderloin hotel has a lot to offer (including the amazing bar and restaurant Chambers Eat+Drink and, wait for it, a pool. Yes, a pool....more

Explore the New Home of the Exploratorium

Explore the New Home of the Exploratorium

The Exploratorium is now open at Pier 15 at the heart of our beloved San Francisco waterfront...more

Museum of Craft and Design Opening

Museum of Craft + Design Reopens in Dogpatch

Reopening Saturday, April 6th, the Museum of Craft and Design is ready to showcase their new museum space in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco...more

Human Odyssey at California Academy of Sciences

Human Odyssey — Now Open

Did you know that humans almost went extinct 90,000 to 70,000 years ago? Learn about that close call, and the milestones which dot our species’ evolutionary history as you explore the origins of humanity....more

Intersection of sports and arts score points for San Francisco

Artistic endeavors of the San Francisco 49ers, Giants, Golden State Warriors and America’s Cup Races...more

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