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SF International Animation Festival this weekend

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments

The San Francisco Film Society is screening the 4th annual international animation festival starting today, November 11th and running through this weekend. You can find more information at:
http://www.sffs.org/screenings-and-events/fall-season/sf-intl-animation-festival.aspx

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Tags: Bay Area events · SF Artsy Events

APE Returns to SF This Weekend, 10/17 & 10/18

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Don’t miss APE, the Alternative Press Expo, taking place at The Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco this weekend, 10/17 & 10/18!
Produced by Comic-Con International, this yearly event is an awesome way to discover and meet alternative and underground comic authors, artists, and publishers.
Check out the official APE Website for a full list [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events · Neat News

Litquake 09

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Starting this Friday, October 9th, Litquake is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary and it is sure to be better than ever! What is Litquake you ask? It is a San Francisco style independent literary/book festival with tons of author readings, events, and parties! There is a great write up in the San Francisco  Chronicle today about [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events · Neat News

*Punk Passage San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Check out Ruby Ray’s photographs of the punk scene in the late 70’s in San Francisco! Starting tomorrow, Sept 12th, in the Jewett Gallery on the lower floor of San Francisco Public Main library Ray’s photographs will be on display. To find out more about the exhibit and other planned events visit the San Francisco [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events · Library Materials · SF Artsy Events · Show Opening

Intersection for the Arts Show Opening

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Intersection for the Arts opened the exhibition The Language of Anxiety.
From their website:
The Language of Anxiety examines environmental and personal tension by exploring how we define, react, and respond to rising personal and social anxieties, serving as a timely response to the uncertainty of our times. Organized by current and former Interns from the Intersection [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events · SF Artsy Events · Show Opening

Renegade Craft Fair SF, July 18-19

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments

The second annual Renegade Craft Fair in SAN FRANCISCO will take place JULY 18 + 19 from 11am – 7pm, at Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion. The Renegade Craft Fair is a FREE urban art, craft and DIY extravaganza!

Over 200 artists are traveling from all over the country and abroad to participate and sell their [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events · SF Artsy Events

SF Design Week, June 15-21

June 5th, 2009 · No Comments

SF Design Week… June 15-21… Sponsored by the San Francisco Chapter of AIGA (the professional association for design)

SF Design Week reaches out to a diverse community of over 20,000 Bay Area design professionals as well as local businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs, students, the design-savvy public, tourists, and more. AIGA SF will be sponsoring a full week [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events

Waking Dreams: Max Klinger and the Symbolist Print at the Legion of Honor

April 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Don’t miss the Max Klinger exhibit at the Legion of Honor. It will be on display until July 5th 2009. The Legion of Honor is located in Lincoln Park near 34th Ave and Clement Street and has beautiful views of San Francisco Bay. With this great weather we are having, why not make a day [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events · Book review · Digital Images and Luna · SF Artsy Events · cool websites

Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair

March 12th, 2009 · No Comments

The Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair is happening this weekend, March 14th and 15th at the San Francisco County Fair Building, Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park.
Here is a brief description from the blog about this event. “In the main hall about 60 vendors (booksellers, distributors, independent presses and political groups, from the [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events · Neat News · SF Artsy Events

Warhol Live at the de Young

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

The Warhol Live exhibit is about to open at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. This exhibit focuses primarily on the 51 album covers Warhol created between 1949 and 1987. Here is the link to the museums page about the exhibit:
http://www.warhollivesf.org/content.asp?key=139
The show opens this Saturday, February 14th and runs until May 17th, [...]

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Tags: Bay Area events · Digital Images and Luna · Library Materials · SF Artsy Events