Recent books by p. scaruffi:
Nature of Consciousness
History of Jazz Music

(more books)

A Selection of Cultural Events
in the San Francisco Bay area

compiled by Piero Scaruffi
To advertise in this space

Recommended charities

What you missed... | Submit new cultural events
Back to the San Francisco page | Back to the Travel page


Metroactive | SF Weekly magazine | Bay Guardian magazine | Nitetime directory of clubs
Arts Museums of San Francisco | Asian Art Museum | Museum of Modern Art | Arts Monthly | Artsopolis
San Francisco Ballett | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco Opera | CalPerformances
San Francisco Bay Area Early Music Concert Listings | San Francisco classical music

2009


JANUARY 2009


Art: The Art of Participation, through Feb 8 (Museum of Modern Art) Looking back nearly 60 years across a wide spectrum of genres and media, this exhibition examines how artists have engaged members of the public as essential collaborators in the art-making process
Art: Maya Lin, Oct 25-Jan 18 (De Young Museum) a major exhibition of new sculptures, drawings, and installations by renowned artist Maya Lin. In 1981, Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial dramatically changed the language and form of commemorative sculpture by infusing minimalist design with the emotional charge of memory. Her subsequent work, whether monument, sculpture, design object, or building is equally characterized by its harmony of message and material. In recent years, Lin has focused on a reconsideration of landscape in a time of ecological tension and change. This new body of work engages the issue of our fragile connection to the environment in timely and poetic ways.
Art: Afghanistan's Hidden Treasures from the National Museum of Kabul, Oct 24 - Jan 25 (Asian Art Museum) "In 1978, on windswept plains of northern Afghanistan, archaeologists unearthed tombs of ancient nomads that had been sealed for two thousand years and discovered an extraordinary trove: some 22,000 individual pieces of gold buried with the remains of six Bactrian Central Asian nomads. Within months of this discovery at Tillya Tepe, the country descended into war, and the so-called Bactrian Hoard disappeared into legend once more. Twenty-five years later, in 2003, Afghanistan surprised the world by announcing that the priceless artifacts had been located intact in the presidential palace bank vault in Kabul."
Art: Traditional Paper Arts from Asia, Nov 13 - Feb 22 (Museum of Crafts) The unique art forms of Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes
Science: Adam Gopnik , Jan 26 (Herbst Theater) California Academy of Sciences conversation

FEBRUARY 2009


Art: The Art of Participation, through Feb 8 (Museum of Modern Art) Looking back nearly 60 years across a wide spectrum of genres and media, this exhibition examines how artists have engaged members of the public as essential collaborators in the art-making process
Art: Traditional Paper Arts from Asia, Nov 13 - Feb 22 (Museum of Crafts) The unique art forms of Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes
Art: Joseph DeLappe , Feb 9 ( Berkeley Center for New Media) "You'll Never Walk Alone - Protest, Memory and Reenactment"
Music: Jean-Claude Risset, Feb 13 (Stanford CCRMA) Computer-based chamber music
Music: Pan-Asian Music Festival, February 13-28 (Stanford Univ) Works by Asian composers
Science: Terry Tempest Williams , Feb 18 (Herbst Theater) California Academy of Sciences conversation

MARCH 2009


Art: Ray Beldner , Mar 2 ( Berkeley Center for New Media) " Flickr, Flarfing and Babelfish - The Internet and Art Practice "
Music: John Zorn, mar 10-15 (Yoshi's) Prolific saxophonist, composer and MacArthur fellow John Zorn will take up residence at Yoshi's San Francisco March 10-15. Each of the six nights will feature a different ensemble performing Zorn's works, including some of the finest players in New York's storied Downtown scene: Dave Douglas, Marc Ribot, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron, Erik Friedlander and Cyro Baptista. Zorn will be highlighting music from both his original "Book of Masada (Book I)" as well as his newly-penned "Book of Angels (Book II)."
Music: Cypress String Quartet, mar 15 (Villa Montalvo) Mozart's Quartet K575
Science: Stewart Brand, Long Now Institute), Mar 16 (Berkeley Art Technology Colloquium) Rethinking Green: How Can Information Replace Energy and Finesse the Biosphere?
Music: Bach Choir, Mar 21-22 (Calvary Presbyterian Church) Bach's motets and cantatas
Art: Marcia Tanner , Mar 30 ( Berkeley Center for New Media) " Where the Girls Are - Women Artists, Science and Technology "
Science: Paul Ehrlich , March 30 (Herbst Theater) California Academy of Sciences conversation

APRIL 2009


Music: Choral Society, Apr 5 (St Paul Church) Mozart's Requiem
Poetry: Kay Ryan , April 15 (Herbst Theater) California Academy of Sciences conversation
Art: Maya Lin , April 30 (Herbst Theater) California Academy of Sciences conversation
History: David Kennedy, April 22 (Herbst Theater) Kennedy's book "Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945" won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000

MAY 2009


Music: Bach Choir, May 16-17 (Calvary Presbyterian Church) Renaissance music by William Byrd and Henry Purcell
Music: Cypress String Quartet, may 17 (Villa Montalvo) Beethoven's Quartet #127
Science: Jim Hansen , May 26 (Herbst Theater) California Academy of Sciences conversation

JUNE 2009


Art: 16th Annual Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival , June 13 - June 14 (San Rafael) Madonnari (street painters) turn the gray asphalt of the streets of downtown San Rafael into brilliant paintings in colorful chalk. This year's theme is Faces of the Renaissance.
Dance: Ethnic Dance Festival, June 6 - June 28 (Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco) Dance groups from all over the world
Music: Cypress String Quartet, june 7 (Villa Montalvo) Beethoven's last Quartet $135
Art: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, June 27 - March 28 (De Young Museum) 130 items from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials

JULY 2009


Art: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, June 27 - March 28 (De Young Museum) 130 items from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials
Theater: Stanford Summer Theater, July 13 - August 15 (Memorial Auditorium, Stanford Univ) Sophocles' "Electra", Aeschylus' "Libation Bearers", Euripides' "Electra"

AUGUST 2009


Art: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, June 27 - March 28 (De Young Museum) 130 items from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials
Music: Choral Society, Aug 14 (St Paul Church) Verdi's Requiem
Theater: Stanford Summer Theater, July 13 - August 15 (Stanford Univ) Sophocles' "Electra", Aeschylus' "Libation Bearers", Euripides' "Electra"

SEPTEMBER 2009


Art: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, June 27 - March 28 (De Young Museum) 130 items from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials

OCTOBER 2009


Art: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, June 27 - March 28 (De Young Museum) 130 items from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials

NOVEMBER 2009


Art: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, June 27 - March 28 (De Young Museum) 130 items from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials

DECEMBER 2009


Art: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, June 27 - March 28 (De Young Museum) 130 items from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as those of his royal predecessors, his family, and court officials
Music: Choral Society, Dec 5 (St Paul Church) Bach's Christmas Oratorio

2010