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| San Francisco International Arts Festival presents
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
by Nassim Soleimanpour |
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| Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour declined to serve in his country's armed forces, in return the Iranian government denied Mr. Soleimanpour's request for a passport. Unable to leave Iran, he has instead sent a script to SFIAF for local actors to read on his behalf. Per Nassim's instruction, the script will be opened in front of the audience and performed unrehearsed by a different actor each day.
What type of Rabbit would you be? |
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| Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival 2012 |
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| Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival 2012
Hosted by Don "DC" Curry & Featuring Over 60 of the Funniest Stand-up Comedians From All Across the Country
http://www.BlackComedyCompetition.com
The Bay Area Black Comedy Competition (BABCCF) was initially created in 1986 by theatre artist, poet and aspiring comedian Tony Spires, as a means of leveling the playing field for African American and other minority Bay Area stand-up comedians. From its humble roots, it has evolved into the largest, longest-running, live showcase of urban comedians in the world. The BABCCF has also become a major networking convention and a national proving ground for talented up and coming stand-ups of all races and ethnic backgrounds.
Since 2002 the BABCCF has produced one of the country's leading entertainment industry educational festivals, with daytime symposiums, industry panels, workshops and one-on-one professional consultations, all specifically designed to develop the next generation of stand-up comedians. |
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| ZORBÁ (1968) |
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| Which will be directed by Greg MacKellan. Based on the book Zorbá the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis, this rich, uncompromising musical is a salute to the spirit of Greece, where Zorba celebrates life – the sound of the bouzouki, the taste of an olive, the scent of a woman – but also lost love, heartbreak and death. Great songs include “Life Is,” “The Butterfly,” “Only Love,” “Why Can’t I Speak,” and “I Am Free.”
Dates: Low-Priced Previews May 2, 3, 4 Opening Sat. May 5 through May 20 |
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| Young at Art |
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| May 12–20
Wednesday–Sunday, 1–5 pm
Fridays, 6–8:45 pm
Kimball Education Gallery/Artist Studio
The San Francisco Unified School District and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco proudly unveil the 2012 Young at Art festival: an 8 day celebration of student creativity in visual, literary, media and performing arts. For the past 26 years this unique San Francisco event has been a point of destination for families, teachers, artists and community members from San Francisco and beyond. The promise of equity and access in arts education for all students K–12 during the curricular day, made real by the SFUSD's groundbreaking Arts Education Master Plan, finds its point of destination in Young at Art, where all who attend may see for themselves the inspiration and creativity inherent in all of our youngest San Franciscans. Many pieces of artwork in the lobby of this year's festival will be centered around the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge theme. For more information e-mail cinaba@famsf.org or call 415-750-3528. |
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| MEET OUR INDIANA JONESES – AGES 10+
Fridays at 12:30pm |
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| Meet the Academy’s scientists who boldly go into the unknown in search of life of all kinds. From the tops of mountains to the bottom of the oceans, from the Namibian desert to the jungles of the Philippines, these explorers see the world, discover new life, and help explain Earth’s amazing story. |
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| TALES FROM OUR AMAZING RACE
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 pm |
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| Academy scientists travel to remote corners of the Earth to explore some of the most extreme environments on this planet. Their mission is to shed light on the mysteries of life: how it got here and how we can help ensure it survives. In this interactive program, we take an in-depth look at a few of our intrepid explorers and see the wild adventures they’ve had while on their amazing race to discover and protect life on Earth. |
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| OUT OF THE LAB
Saturdays and Sundays at 12:00pm |
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| Curious to get a behind-the-scenes perspective on Academy research and the labs where the work gets done? Scientists will join visitors at the Project Lab to share stories about dissecting and documenting the many specimens collected on their global expeditions. |
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| Susan Freinkel presents
Eternal Plastic: A Toxic Love Story |
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| Plastic now pervades civilization---how many of the things you see from where you are right now are plastic? It is an ingenious material whose miraculous qualities we take too much for granted, but it also sometimes has nightmarish downstream effects. The giant polymer molecules (polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, etc.) that are so marvelously cheap to mold, extrude, shape, and weave are also extremely durable. Their cheapness makes them the basic material of a throw-away culture (one third of all plastic goes into disposable packaging.) Their durability means that any toxic effects persist indefinitely in the environment.
Plastic presents a problem in temporal management of the very long-term and the very short-term. How do we get the benefits of plastic's amazing durability while reducing the harm from its convenient disposability? The matter requires close and respectful coordination between short-term experts (businesses) and long-term experts (governments and nonprofits). Managing plastic well is a microcosm of managing civilization well.
Susan Freinkel is the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree. |
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| Paul Goldberger |
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| The New Yorker Architecture Critic and Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Goldberger makes the Golden Gate Bridge his focal point as he discusses iconic civic architecture and creating legacy structures. Goldberger’s keen observations and sharp wit make him one of the most insightful and passionate architectural voices of our time.
(Part of the citywide 75th anniversary of The Golden Gate Bridge) |
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| POLLINATION PARTNERS: BEES AND FLOWERS |
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| Pollinators like bees are a crucial link in ecosystems and agriculture around the world, allowing flowering plants—from roses and sunflowers to cotton and strawberries—to reproduce year after year. Bees, who depend on these plants for nectar, communicate the locations of flowers to each other with dances. In this fun, interactive program, discover how these pollination partners help one another, and perform a bee-dance of your very own. |
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| DEATH OF A SALESMAN: A PLAYWRIGHTS’ CONVERSATION with TONY KUSHNER and
GUESTS |
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| With an acclaimed revival of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece now running on Broadway, Tony Kushner
leads a group of his contemporaries in a discussion of this seminal play. “American playwrights
have most to learn from the sound of Arthur Miller's voice,” Kushner has written. “Humility, decency,
generosity are its trademarks. Turn down the braying of ego, it says to us, turn down the chatter of
entertainment . . . reach for a deeper judgment.” Kushner serves as editor of Miller’s Collected Plays for
the Library of America. |
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| RUSSELL SIMMONS and DYLAN RATIGAN ON INCOME INEQUALITY |
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| Join MSNBC personality Dylan Ratigan and business mogul and philanthropist Russell Simmons
for an in-depth discussion of our broken financial system and the implications of increasing income
inequality. The pair will discuss plans for reforming the economy that could spur a renaissance of
growth and innovation. Ratigan is the host of MSNBC’s "The Dylan Ratigan Show," the highest-rated
non-primetime show on the network and the author of a new book, Greedy Bastards. USA Today
recently named Russell Simmons one of the “Top 25 Most Influential People of the Past 25 Years.” |
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| TAP AND HIP-HOP |
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| It’s National Tap Day and Fridays at Noon celebrates traditional tap and modern fusions with tapping
phenom ANDREW J. NEMR and friends, featuring Cats Paying Dues/CPD. Plus, hip-hop artist BRIAN
GREEN and special guests. |
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| Friday Nights at the de Young: Young at Art Festival and Party |
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| Join us for the eighth season of Friday Nights at the de Young. Programs are free to the public and include live performances of music, dance, poetry and more, plus hands-on art making for all ages. Enjoy the no-host bar, the museum café’s special Friday Night menu and specialty cocktails, and the observation tower, which is open late until 8:15 pm. For information about Friday Nights at the de Young contact 415-750-7694 or email gstock@famsf.org
6–8:45 pm: Live music and dance performed by young students throughout the evening. View student art in the Kimball Education Gallery, Piazzoni Murals Room, and Wilsey Court
The San Francisco Unified School District proudly unveils the 2012 Young at Art festival: an 8-day celebration of student creativity in visual, literary, media and performing arts. For the past 26 years this unique San Francisco event has been a point of destination for families, teachers, artists and community members from San Francisco and beyond. |
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| LIFE: A COSMIC STORY
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| How did life on Earth begin? This tantalizing question forms the basis of Morrison Planetarium's newest show, narrated by two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster. Begin your journey by “shrinking” down to enter a single redwood leaf, and discover that all life on Earth shares a common ancestry. Then, travel through time to witness key events since the Big Bang that set the stage for life. Along the way, you will see two scenarios for the dawn of life on early Earth, and discover how our planet has changed since those microscopic beginnings. |
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| EARTHQUAKE PREMIERE PARTY (AGES 21+) |
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| Travel back to a time when San Francisco, the ‘Paris of America,’ was the largest port city in the west—rich in gold, industry and culture, full of excitement, grit, beauty and mischief—and be the first to experience the Academy's brand new Earthquake exhibit and planetarium show. Experience a taste of the seedy Barbary Coast brought to life through variety shows, art installations, roving characters and live music provided by the Vau de Vire Society. Feel the awesome power of the Great Quake in an earthquake simulator, try a Pisco Punch or Martinez cocktail, and then dance the night away to the old–timey sounds of the Sour Mash Hug Band. |
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