Events
KQED Events & Member Days
Mon, May 21, 2012
Open Newsroom - 6:00 PMWed, May 23, 2012
Open Newsroom - 6:00 PMFri, May 25, 2012
Open Newsroom - 6:00 PMWed, May 30, 2012
Open Newsroom - 6:00 PMMon, June 11, 2012
Educator Institute: Music and Dance - 9:00 AM
Most Popular Events
Sun, June 3, 2012
PBS Arts: Stern Grove Festival - 2:00 PMSun, July 1, 2012
PBS Arts: Stern Grove Festival - 2:00 PMThu, June 7, 2012
PBS Arts: San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival - All DaySun, June 10, 2012
KQED Science Youth Media Festival - 3:00 PMSat, May 19, 2012
2012 Maker Faire Bay Area - All DayMon, June 11, 2012
Educator Institute: Music and Dance - 9:00 AMSat, September 1, 2012
PBS Arts: Architecture and the City - All DayFri, November 2, 2012
Future Fridays at the Chabot Space and Science Center - 6:00 PMMon, May 21, 2012
Open Newsroom - 6:00 PMWed, June 13, 2012
Educator Institute: Music and Dance - 9:00 AM
Wed, May 16, 2012
John Chiara Solo Show at the Haines GalleryHaines Gallery announces its first solo exhibition with newly represented artist, John Chiara. Crestmont at Coral presents recent photographic works emblematic of Chiara's distinctive process. He works with hand-built cameras ...
All You Need is Love at the Museum of Art and History
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
In Conversation: June Schwarcz and John Chiara at the Richmond Art CenterThe exhibition creates a dialogue between the work of enamel artist June Schwarcz and camera obscura photographer, John Chiara. Each artist employs a detailed process to create pieces that cannot ...
Renegade Humor at San Jose Museum of ArtRenegade Humor is an exhibition featuring art pieces that use humor to raise serious issues, such as gender, race, and global warming. The notion of Renegade Humor is characterized by ...
Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum presents Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience. The exhibition includes five artists whose works focus on personal narrative, memory and family. ...
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum presents Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience. The exhibition includes five artists whose works focus on personal narrative, memory and family. ...
The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at SOMArts
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at the SOMArts Main Gallery. Curated by Jennifer Banta, the exhibit features several ...
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at the SOMArts Main Gallery. Curated by Jennifer Banta, the exhibit features several ...
Khaira ArbyBack in the U.S. for her third tour since debuting stateside in 2010, the great Malian singer Khaira Arby is bringing desert blues to the New Parish in Oakland Wednesday ...
Central Nigeria UnmaskedThe Benue River Valley in central Nigeria is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in Africa. Discover the history of the region through masks, ...
In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Invisible Relic at Park Life Gallery
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
Michaan's Auctions June EventsJune 2: Saturday Appraisal Event from 10am-1pm by appointment only. Call (510) 740-0220 x130. June 3: Estate Auction featuring Decorative Arts, Asian Art and Jewelry. June 4 & 5: Annex ...
Plantosaurus Rex at the Conservatory of Flowers
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
San Francisco International Arts Festival
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
John Chiara Solo Show at the Haines GalleryHaines Gallery announces its first solo exhibition with newly represented artist, John Chiara. Crestmont at Coral presents recent photographic works emblematic of Chiara's distinctive process. He works with hand-built cameras ...
All You Need is Love at the Museum of Art and History
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
In Conversation: June Schwarcz and John Chiara at the Richmond Art CenterThe exhibition creates a dialogue between the work of enamel artist June Schwarcz and camera obscura photographer, John Chiara. Each artist employs a detailed process to create pieces that cannot ...
Renegade Humor at San Jose Museum of ArtRenegade Humor is an exhibition featuring art pieces that use humor to raise serious issues, such as gender, race, and global warming. The notion of Renegade Humor is characterized by ...
Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum presents Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience. The exhibition includes five artists whose works focus on personal narrative, memory and family. ...
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum presents Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience. The exhibition includes five artists whose works focus on personal narrative, memory and family. ...
The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at SOMArts
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at the SOMArts Main Gallery. Curated by Jennifer Banta, the exhibit features several ...
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at the SOMArts Main Gallery. Curated by Jennifer Banta, the exhibit features several ...
Central Nigeria UnmaskedThe Benue River Valley in central Nigeria is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in Africa. Discover the history of the region through masks, ...
Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish ThoughtMarch 16 - late May 2012 Tu Bishvat is a Jewish holiday sometimes called 'New Year of the Trees' and the Contemporary Jewish Museum's new show honors that theme with ...
In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Invisible Relic at Park Life Gallery
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
Michaan's Auctions June EventsJune 2: Saturday Appraisal Event from 10am-1pm by appointment only. Call (510) 740-0220 x130. June 3: Estate Auction featuring Decorative Arts, Asian Art and Jewelry. June 4 & 5: Annex ...
Plantosaurus Rex at the Conservatory of Flowers
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
San Francisco International Arts Festival
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
TenderloinThere is never a dull moment in San Francisco's sketchy Tenderloin district so playwright Annie Elias's latest piece, based on interviews with the neighborhood's residents, should be a sight to ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Phantoms of Asia at the Asian Art MuseumLife. Death. The cosmos. What's it all about? Provocative contemporary art alongside exceptional artworks from the Asian Art Museum's own collection explore spiritual and supernatural roots, cosmologies, and rituals in ...
John Chiara Solo Show at the Haines GalleryHaines Gallery announces its first solo exhibition with newly represented artist, John Chiara. Crestmont at Coral presents recent photographic works emblematic of Chiara's distinctive process. He works with hand-built cameras ...
All You Need is Love at the Museum of Art and History
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
In Conversation: June Schwarcz and John Chiara at the Richmond Art CenterThe exhibition creates a dialogue between the work of enamel artist June Schwarcz and camera obscura photographer, John Chiara. Each artist employs a detailed process to create pieces that cannot ...
Renegade Humor at San Jose Museum of ArtRenegade Humor is an exhibition featuring art pieces that use humor to raise serious issues, such as gender, race, and global warming. The notion of Renegade Humor is characterized by ...
Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum presents Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience. The exhibition includes five artists whose works focus on personal narrative, memory and family. ...
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum presents Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience. The exhibition includes five artists whose works focus on personal narrative, memory and family. ...
The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at SOMArts
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at the SOMArts Main Gallery. Curated by Jennifer Banta, the exhibit features several ...
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at the SOMArts Main Gallery. Curated by Jennifer Banta, the exhibit features several ...
Central Nigeria UnmaskedThe Benue River Valley in central Nigeria is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in Africa. Discover the history of the region through masks, ...
Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish ThoughtMarch 16 - late May 2012 Tu Bishvat is a Jewish holiday sometimes called 'New Year of the Trees' and the Contemporary Jewish Museum's new show honors that theme with ...
In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Invisible Relic at Park Life Gallery
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
Marga Gomez's Not Getting Any YoungerThe Marsh Theater in Berkeley presents Not Getting Any Younger, written and performed by Marga Gomez. This is the monologist’s 9th solo show. It is a coming of age ...
Michaan's Auctions June EventsJune 2: Saturday Appraisal Event from 10am-1pm by appointment only. Call (510) 740-0220 x130. June 3: Estate Auction featuring Decorative Arts, Asian Art and Jewelry. June 4 & 5: Annex ...
Plantosaurus Rex at the Conservatory of Flowers
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
San Francisco International Arts Festival
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
TenderloinThere is never a dull moment in San Francisco's sketchy Tenderloin district so playwright Annie Elias's latest piece, based on interviews with the neighborhood's residents, should be a sight to ...
White Rabbit, Red RabbitIranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour declined to serve in his country's armed forces. In return, the Iranian government denied his request for a passport. Unable to leave Iran, Soleimanpour has sent ...
Sat, May 19, 2012
2012 Berkeley Himalayan Fair Celebrating its 29th year, Himalayan Fair was founded as a way to celebrate the artistic, cultural, and spiritual aspects of life in the mountain cultures of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, ...
Phantoms of Asia at the Asian Art MuseumLife. Death. The cosmos. What's it all about? Provocative contemporary art alongside exceptional artworks from the Asian Art Museum's own collection explore spiritual and supernatural roots, cosmologies, and rituals in ...
John Chiara Solo Show at the Haines GalleryHaines Gallery announces its first solo exhibition with newly represented artist, John Chiara. Crestmont at Coral presents recent photographic works emblematic of Chiara's distinctive process. He works with hand-built cameras ...
All You Need is Love at the Museum of Art and History
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
In Conversation: June Schwarcz and John Chiara at the Richmond Art CenterThe exhibition creates a dialogue between the work of enamel artist June Schwarcz and camera obscura photographer, John Chiara. Each artist employs a detailed process to create pieces that cannot ...
Renegade Humor at San Jose Museum of ArtRenegade Humor is an exhibition featuring art pieces that use humor to raise serious issues, such as gender, race, and global warming. The notion of Renegade Humor is characterized by ...
Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum presents Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience. The exhibition includes five artists whose works focus on personal narrative, memory and family. ...
The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum presents Remnants: Artists Respond to the Chinese American Experience. The exhibition includes five artists whose works focus on personal narrative, memory and family. ...
The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at SOMArts
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at the SOMArts Main Gallery. Curated by Jennifer Banta, the exhibit features several ...
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents The Future is Now: Asian America on its Own Terms at the SOMArts Main Gallery. Curated by Jennifer Banta, the exhibit features several ...
2012 Maker Faire Bay AreaMaker Faire is a two-day, family fun festival of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness. The fair celebrates rockets, robots, crafts, and other hands-on activities. The hours are Saturday from 10am-8pm and ...
Angel Island OdysseyJourney back to a time when Greek gods ruled the coop, serpents were considered a hairstyle, and it was acceptable to gobble up your children (I'm looking at you, Cronus). ...
Central Nigeria UnmaskedThe Benue River Valley in central Nigeria is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in Africa. Discover the history of the region through masks, ...
Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish ThoughtMarch 16 - late May 2012 Tu Bishvat is a Jewish holiday sometimes called 'New Year of the Trees' and the Contemporary Jewish Museum's new show honors that theme with ...
In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Invisible Relic at Park Life Gallery
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
Marga Gomez's Not Getting Any YoungerThe Marsh Theater in Berkeley presents Not Getting Any Younger, written and performed by Marga Gomez. This is the monologist’s 9th solo show. It is a coming of age ...
Michaan's Auctions June EventsJune 2: Saturday Appraisal Event from 10am-1pm by appointment only. Call (510) 740-0220 x130. June 3: Estate Auction featuring Decorative Arts, Asian Art and Jewelry. June 4 & 5: Annex ...
Plantosaurus Rex at the Conservatory of Flowers
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
San Francisco International Arts Festival
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
TenderloinThere is never a dull moment in San Francisco's sketchy Tenderloin district so playwright Annie Elias's latest piece, based on interviews with the neighborhood's residents, should be a sight to ...
White Rabbit, Red RabbitIranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour declined to serve in his country's armed forces. In return, the Iranian government denied his request for a passport. Unable to leave Iran, Soleimanpour has sent ...
Sun, May 20, 2012
2012 Berkeley Himalayan Fair Celebrating its 29th year, Himalayan Fair was founded as a way to celebrate the artistic, cultural, and spiritual aspects of life in the mountain cultures of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, ...
Phantoms of Asia at the Asian Art MuseumLife. Death. The cosmos. What's it all about? Provocative contemporary art alongside exceptional artworks from the Asian Art Museum's own collection explore spiritual and supernatural roots, cosmologies, and rituals in ...
All You Need is Love at the Museum of Art and History
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes ...
Renegade Humor at San Jose Museum of ArtRenegade Humor is an exhibition featuring art pieces that use humor to raise serious issues, such as gender, race, and global warming. The notion of Renegade Humor is characterized by ...
Debby Boone at Yoshi's SFDebby Boone performs Reflections of Rosemary. Boone earned instant fame in 1977 when 'You Light up My Life' became an overnight hit. The tune, which out-ranked even The Beatles by ...
2012 Maker Faire Bay AreaMaker Faire is a two-day, family fun festival of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness. The fair celebrates rockets, robots, crafts, and other hands-on activities. The hours are Saturday from 10am-8pm and ...
Angel Island OdysseyJourney back to a time when Greek gods ruled the coop, serpents were considered a hairstyle, and it was acceptable to gobble up your children (I'm looking at you, Cronus). ...
Central Nigeria UnmaskedThe Benue River Valley in central Nigeria is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in Africa. Discover the history of the region through masks, ...
Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish ThoughtMarch 16 - late May 2012 Tu Bishvat is a Jewish holiday sometimes called 'New Year of the Trees' and the Contemporary Jewish Museum's new show honors that theme with ...
In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Kearny Street Workshop and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation present In the Currents: Bay Area Iranian/American Art Today at the Asian Resource Center Gallery. Curated by Taraneh Hemami and ...
Invisible Relic at Park Life Gallery
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, Invisible Relic, examines works by two generations of California conceptual artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects. The exhibit features a variety of mediums ...
Michaan's Auctions June EventsJune 2: Saturday Appraisal Event from 10am-1pm by appointment only. Call (510) 740-0220 x130. June 3: Estate Auction featuring Decorative Arts, Asian Art and Jewelry. June 4 & 5: Annex ...
Plantosaurus Rex at the Conservatory of Flowers
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
Step way back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park transports visitors to a real life land of the lost in its newest exhibit Plantosaurus Rex, ...
San Francisco International Arts Festival
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
The San Francisco International Arts Festival celebrates the arts through a yearly gathering that brings together a global community of artists and audiences. The ninth annual festival features performances, classes, ...
TenderloinThere is never a dull moment in San Francisco's sketchy Tenderloin district so playwright Annie Elias's latest piece, based on interviews with the neighborhood's residents, should be a sight to ...
White Rabbit, Red RabbitIranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour declined to serve in his country's armed forces. In return, the Iranian government denied his request for a passport. Unable to leave Iran, Soleimanpour has sent ...

