March 7, 2013
The African American Art & Culture Complex has chosen Kimberly Hayes to take over as its new executive director, following the successful decade-long tenure of London Breed, who was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors last year.
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Review final designs for pending renovation of the beloved Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre and plaza. The community is invited to stop by anytime; meet the design team, Tom Eliot Fisch and Walter Hood; and discuss the plans with them. Light refreshments will be provided.
In the episode of Deep Roots, we meet with William Rhodes, a furniture sculpture artist who is concurrently working with three of the four City-owned Cultural Centers.
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SOMArts’ newest exhibition, Calling on the Spirits to Face the Future: Día de los Muertos 2012, is a celebration of Latino heritage and cultural tradition through art installations by over 80 artists.
Queer Cultural Center celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of the National Queer Arts Festival with an array of programming across San Francisco in June and early July.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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