Norman Lear, Just Another Version of You at the Castro Theater.

(Film) – At the Bay Area Premier  in the Castro Theater Sunday, July 24, Norman Lear will receive the “Freedom of Expression Award,” by the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Lear is an icon and legendary television producer, credited with writing, creating, and developing more than 100 television shows in the United States; just to … More Norman Lear, Just Another Version of You at the Castro Theater.

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The SF Botanical Garden Has Found The Best Way For People To Play The Piano

By Lupita Peimbert. (Art & Culture) –  It feels like you are in one of those romantic, impressionist paintings. Luscious gardens surround you, a climate that makes you feel cozy, 12 pianos scattered in a 55-acre landscape as if they were treasures waiting to be found, and groups of people sitting around -listening, drinking, nibbling, … More The SF Botanical Garden Has Found The Best Way For People To Play The Piano

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A Radical Production of Hamlet.

“Every actor is right for Hamlet, because there is something of Hamlet in every human being.” – Steven Berkoff, theater legend. (Berkeley, CA) – Shotgun Players begins the Spring season with William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, directed my Mark Jackson. “We begin with a radical production of the world theatre’s most enduring classic. Every actor of the … More A Radical Production of Hamlet.

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Pierre Bonnard’s Masterpieces at the Legion of Honor Museum for the First Time in Half Century.

By Lupita Peimbert (Art). The works of Pierre Bonnard will be exhibited in the West Coast for the first time in fifty years, early February at The Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. The Legion of Honor proudly presents an exhibit composed of 70 masterpieces that show Bonnard’s role as modernist artist in a … More Pierre Bonnard’s Masterpieces at the Legion of Honor Museum for the First Time in Half Century.

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The Films of Maurice Pialat: Van Gogh

By Lupita Peimbert (Cinema). A fictionalized biography about Vincent van Gogh’s last two months before his death. Director and writer Maurice Pialat shows different aspects of the artist’s life, providing a beautiful, unconcerned, nonchalant look into life in 1890’s rural France, in a small town not far from Paris. Beyond the image that most of … More The Films of Maurice Pialat: Van Gogh

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Happy Monday: Magic!

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   Magia es creer en ti mismo. Si puedes hacerlo, entonces podrás hacer que lo que sea necesario y que suceda. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Young artivist helps a community heal through art; people are mobilizing to help her, and we hope you’ll too.

By Lupita Peimbert. Photos by Jeff Kan Lee. Two stories converge here. One is about bringing the opportunity of experiencing art to children and youth affected one way or another by neighborhood violence. The other is about Maria de Los Angeles, a young woman currently studying fine arts at Yale University School of Art, who … More Young artivist helps a community heal through art; people are mobilizing to help her, and we hope you’ll too.

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Tree of Life by Ambassadors of Hope.

I love the way this youth expressed their thoughts and feelings. Art is self-expression; it heals, it builds, it inspires. These four panes, painted by a group of youth called Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity. Despite their difficult circumstances (lack of family structure, money and support), they are moving on towards their dreams and goals! … More Tree of Life by Ambassadors of Hope.

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Ruth Asawa, Rest in Peace.

Ruth Asawa, the legendary Japanese-American sculptor, founder of the San Francisco School of the Arts, and a strong supporter of de Young Museum, died August 6, 2013, at age 87. Her work can be seen around the City; her famous wire-lamps were exhibited at de Young in 2006. RIP.

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