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15th Annual United States of Asian America Festival

April 24, 2012

Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC) celebrates the fifteenth annual United States of Asian America Festival, a series of programs reflecting the artistic accomplishments and the cultural diversity of San Francisco’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities that takes place every May during Asian Pacific American Heritage month.

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Daniel del Solar Memorial

A memorial for Daniel del Solar, longtime media activist and former staff of Community Arts & Education (formerly Neighborhood Arts Program) and Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, will be held on Saturday, May 19 in Oakland.

Community Meeting at Bayview Opera House

Join us for an update on the exciting things happening this year with the programs and improvements to the Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre and plaza. Come and provide your input into the BVOH’s future with landscape designer and public artist Walter Hood.

Mujeres de Arena (Women of Sand) at MCCLA

The play Mujeres de Arena, written by Humberto Robles, is based on the testimonies of women in Ciudad Juárez. See it on March 10 at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.

Black History Month at Bayview Opera House

Join the Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre as they host a series of events celebrating Black History Month from a screening of Spike Lee’s Malcolm X to a concert with Marcus Shelby Quartet. Proceeds from these events will be used to support the Dare to Dream ARTS Youth Enrichment program.

Black Flight Exhibition at African American Art & Culture Complex

This exhibition focuses on the trends of modern travel and aims to answer three questions: Where are we going? What is carrying us across the waters? How do we define this new expatriate experience?

More Than A Month Screens at African American Art & Culture Complex

On January 13, ITVS, KQED, and the African American Art & Culture Complex present a free community screening of More Than a Month, a feature documentary that follows an African-American filmmaker on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month.

Open Call for Artworks: You Are Beautiful

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts has an open call for their upcoming exhibit You Are Beautiful. Submissions must be postmarked by January 6, 2012.

Bayview Opera House Receives Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation 2011

Bayview Opera House Save America’s Treasures Project Recognized as Notable Achievement in Preserving the Heritage of California

SOMArts Commons Curatorial Residency 2012-13 Season

The SOMArts Cultural Center’s Commons Curatorial Residency is offering four $1,500 stipends to artists, curators or organizations to curate exhibitions in our Main Gallery for the November 2012 – August 2013 season. Letters of intent are due November 3.

SOMArts Presents Illuminations: Day of the Dead 2011

The Day of the Dead festivities at SOMArts Cultural Center are about to begin! Featuring many events such as the opening reception, the Feast of Words, Gathering of the Embers, and finally the closing reception, it will surely be a celebration to remember.