KQED Event Calendar

The best of the Bay Area for KQED fans: discover events hand-picked by our editors, sponsored listings, and more.

Mon, September 29

Genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$10
Spring Awakening
The show runs from Sept. 10 through Oct. 12 as part of Shorenstein Hayes' Best of Broadway series.  Check  the SHN web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
The K of D
Also known as 'The Kiss of Death,' the show is the Magic Theater's first play under new artistic director, Loretta Greccoopen. Check out Magic Theater's website to get ticket ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll
Runs Sept. 11 through Oct. 12. Check the A.C.T. web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Yellowjackets
A play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native. Show runs Aug 29 through Oct 12. Visit the theater's web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: The Do List
Time: TBA

Tue, September 30

Mora Jeremy Mora : New Sculpture
Los Angeles-based sculptor Jeremy Mora returns to Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art with a new show of his miniature landscapes. Wolfe draws inspiration from idealized miniature environments like dollhouses, dioramas and ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
Paul DeMarinis | New Work
Paul DeMarinis' art explores communication and its accompanying technologies. In this exhibition DeMarinis presents 'The Lecture of Chairman Mao,' a collection of the chairman's speeches accompanied by a chorus of ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
now Bay Area Now 5: Inside/Outside
YBCA's fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst of globalization. This year's exhibition will feature 22 Bay Area ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$7
Live Nation Presents My Bloody Valentine
See My Bloody Valentine performance at The Concourse at San Francisco Design Center. Live Nation is a Corporate Sponsor of KQED! To become a sponsor email us at sponsor@kqed.org
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $47.50
Bonesetters The Bonesetter's Daughter
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Bay Area author Amy Tan, this world premiere from the SF Opera tells the story of a Chinese American woman, who learns the horrible ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: $15-$290
Genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$10
Spring Awakening
The show runs from Sept. 10 through Oct. 12 as part of Shorenstein Hayes' Best of Broadway series.  Check  the SHN web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
The K of D
Also known as 'The Kiss of Death,' the show is the Magic Theater's first play under new artistic director, Loretta Greccoopen. Check out Magic Theater's website to get ticket ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll
Runs Sept. 11 through Oct. 12. Check the A.C.T. web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Yellowjackets
A play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native. Show runs Aug 29 through Oct 12. Visit the theater's web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: The Do List
Time: TBA

Wed, October 1

Mora Jeremy Mora : New Sculpture
Los Angeles-based sculptor Jeremy Mora returns to Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art with a new show of his miniature landscapes. Wolfe draws inspiration from idealized miniature environments like dollhouses, dioramas and ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
Paul DeMarinis | New Work
Paul DeMarinis' art explores communication and its accompanying technologies. In this exhibition DeMarinis presents 'The Lecture of Chairman Mao,' a collection of the chairman's speeches accompanied by a chorus of ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
now Bay Area Now 5: Inside/Outside
YBCA's fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst of globalization. This year's exhibition will feature 22 Bay Area ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$7
Educator Event: Presidio Teachers' Night 2008
All Over the Map: Re-imagining Geography. Now in its seventh year, Presidio Teachers' Night introduces educators to amazing learning opportunities for students at the Golden Gate National Parks. Award-winning, curriculum-based ...
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Black Hole Wars: My Battle with Stephen Hawking
Join Physicist Leonard Susskind of Stanford  Universityfor a non-technical, illustrated talk on:  The  Black Hole Wars: My Battle with Stephen  HawkingNo background in science will be required  forthis talk.  Seating is ...
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: Free, Parking on campus costs $2.
Huang Yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
Spring Awakening
The show runs from Sept. 10 through Oct. 12 as part of Shorenstein Hayes' Best of Broadway series.  Check  the SHN web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
The K of D
Also known as 'The Kiss of Death,' the show is the Magic Theater's first play under new artistic director, Loretta Greccoopen. Check out Magic Theater's website to get ticket ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll
Runs Sept. 11 through Oct. 12. Check the A.C.T. web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Yellowjackets
A play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native. Show runs Aug 29 through Oct 12. Visit the theater's web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: The Do List
Time: TBA

Thu, October 2

Mora Jeremy Mora : New Sculpture
Los Angeles-based sculptor Jeremy Mora returns to Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art with a new show of his miniature landscapes. Wolfe draws inspiration from idealized miniature environments like dollhouses, dioramas and ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
Paul DeMarinis | New Work
Paul DeMarinis' art explores communication and its accompanying technologies. In this exhibition DeMarinis presents 'The Lecture of Chairman Mao,' a collection of the chairman's speeches accompanied by a chorus of ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
now Bay Area Now 5: Inside/Outside
YBCA's fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst of globalization. This year's exhibition will feature 22 Bay Area ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$7
Guitar-Bass-Drums
featuring Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: 8:00 PM
Huang Yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
Genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$10
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) brings together a community of filmmakers and film lovers to Mill Valley, San Rafael and beyond to experience great new films in the beautiful ...
Categories: Arts: Movies
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10 for CFI Members, $12.50 for General Public
Spring Awakening
The show runs from Sept. 10 through Oct. 12 as part of Shorenstein Hayes' Best of Broadway series.  Check  the SHN web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Bettag Susannah Bettag: Things You Shouldn't See
San Francisco-based British artist Susannah Bettag introduces 15 new pieces in a solo exhibition. Using Bettag's colorful paintings, animation series, videos, and mixed media sculptures, 'Things You Shouldn't See' creates ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
The K of D
Also known as 'The Kiss of Death,' the show is the Magic Theater's first play under new artistic director, Loretta Greccoopen. Check out Magic Theater's website to get ticket ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll
Runs Sept. 11 through Oct. 12. Check the A.C.T. web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Yellowjackets
A play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native. Show runs Aug 29 through Oct 12. Visit the theater's web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: The Do List
Time: TBA

Fri, October 3

Mora Jeremy Mora : New Sculpture
Los Angeles-based sculptor Jeremy Mora returns to Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art with a new show of his miniature landscapes. Wolfe draws inspiration from idealized miniature environments like dollhouses, dioramas and ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
Paul DeMarinis | New Work
Paul DeMarinis' art explores communication and its accompanying technologies. In this exhibition DeMarinis presents 'The Lecture of Chairman Mao,' a collection of the chairman's speeches accompanied by a chorus of ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
now Bay Area Now 5: Inside/Outside
YBCA's fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst of globalization. This year's exhibition will feature 22 Bay Area ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$7
Hands On Literacy Community Partner Celebration
 Recognizing Hands On Literacy partners and their work with families in their communities. ***This event is closed to the public***  KQED Early Learning offers free workshops for early childhood educators ...
Categories: KQED Early Learning
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Guitar-Bass-Drums
featuring Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: 8:00 PM
Bonesetters The Bonesetter's Daughter
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Bay Area author Amy Tan, this world premiere from the SF Opera tells the story of a Chinese American woman, who learns the horrible ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: $15-$290
Huang Yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
The free festival returns to Golden Gate Park Oct. 3 through 5 offering dozens of musical acts. Find out about the artists, locations, and showtimes at the official website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
Genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$10
Litquake
Numerous Bay Area authors present their work live throughout San Francisco Oct. 3 through 11. Visit Litquake's website to view the schedule.
Categories: Arts: Literature
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$250
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) brings together a community of filmmakers and film lovers to Mill Valley, San Rafael and beyond to experience great new films in the beautiful ...
Categories: Arts: Movies
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10 for CFI Members, $12.50 for General Public
SF Jazz Festival
This years Jazz Festival features dozens of artists performing all over San Francisco.  Get information about the artists and shows that run Oct. 3 through Nov 9 at the official ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-100
Spring Awakening
The show runs from Sept. 10 through Oct. 12 as part of Shorenstein Hayes' Best of Broadway series.  Check  the SHN web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Bettag Susannah Bettag: Things You Shouldn't See
San Francisco-based British artist Susannah Bettag introduces 15 new pieces in a solo exhibition. Using Bettag's colorful paintings, animation series, videos, and mixed media sculptures, 'Things You Shouldn't See' creates ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
The K of D
Also known as 'The Kiss of Death,' the show is the Magic Theater's first play under new artistic director, Loretta Greccoopen. Check out Magic Theater's website to get ticket ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll
Runs Sept. 11 through Oct. 12. Check the A.C.T. web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Yellowjackets
A play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native. Show runs Aug 29 through Oct 12. Visit the theater's web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: The Do List
Time: TBA

Sat, October 4

One Day Open House at the UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology celebrates its 100th Anniversary with an open house! Normally hidden away on the UC Berkeley Campus, this research museum opens its doors to the public ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost: Free
Ready to Learn Fun Fair
 Bring your children to meet Clifford 'The Big Red Dog,' receive free books, get their faces painted, and play outdoor games at the third annual Ready to Learn Fun Fair ...
Categories: KQED Early Learning
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Spirit of Japantown, San Jose
The Spirit of Japantown Festival has a variety of activities such as Original Arts and Crafts, Antiques and Fine Arts, Kid's Activity Zone, Shopping, Cars, Entertainment, Exhibits and more. So ...
Categories: Community Outreach
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
US Army Corps' Bay Model Tour
Have you ever walked from the Golden Gate Bridge to Stockton? Join a Park Ranger for a tour of the Bay Model, a 1 1/2 acre operating hydraulic model of the ...
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mora Jeremy Mora : New Sculpture
Los Angeles-based sculptor Jeremy Mora returns to Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art with a new show of his miniature landscapes. Wolfe draws inspiration from idealized miniature environments like dollhouses, dioramas and ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
Paul DeMarinis | New Work
Paul DeMarinis' art explores communication and its accompanying technologies. In this exhibition DeMarinis presents 'The Lecture of Chairman Mao,' a collection of the chairman's speeches accompanied by a chorus of ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
now Bay Area Now 5: Inside/Outside
YBCA's fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst of globalization. This year's exhibition will feature 22 Bay Area ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$7
Huang Yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
The free festival returns to Golden Gate Park Oct. 3 through 5 offering dozens of musical acts. Find out about the artists, locations, and showtimes at the official website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
Genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$10
Litquake
Numerous Bay Area authors present their work live throughout San Francisco Oct. 3 through 11. Visit Litquake's website to view the schedule.
Categories: Arts: Literature
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$250
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) brings together a community of filmmakers and film lovers to Mill Valley, San Rafael and beyond to experience great new films in the beautiful ...
Categories: Arts: Movies
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10 for CFI Members, $12.50 for General Public
SF Jazz Festival
This years Jazz Festival features dozens of artists performing all over San Francisco.  Get information about the artists and shows that run Oct. 3 through Nov 9 at the official ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-100
Spring Awakening
The show runs from Sept. 10 through Oct. 12 as part of Shorenstein Hayes' Best of Broadway series.  Check  the SHN web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Bettag Susannah Bettag: Things You Shouldn't See
San Francisco-based British artist Susannah Bettag introduces 15 new pieces in a solo exhibition. Using Bettag's colorful paintings, animation series, videos, and mixed media sculptures, 'Things You Shouldn't See' creates ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
The K of D
Also known as 'The Kiss of Death,' the show is the Magic Theater's first play under new artistic director, Loretta Greccoopen. Check out Magic Theater's website to get ticket ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll
Runs Sept. 11 through Oct. 12. Check the A.C.T. web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Yellowjackets
A play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native. Show runs Aug 29 through Oct 12. Visit the theater's web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: The Do List
Time: TBA

Sun, October 5

now Bay Area Now 5: Inside/Outside
YBCA's fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst of globalization. This year's exhibition will feature 22 Bay Area ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$7
Elegant Ballet Galaxy
Since its founding in 1980, the Liaoning Ballet of China has developed into one of the most famous ballets in the contemporary world. Their classical and Chinese influences has lead to huge contributions ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: 2:00 PM
Cost: $40-$72
Huang Yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
The free festival returns to Golden Gate Park Oct. 3 through 5 offering dozens of musical acts. Find out about the artists, locations, and showtimes at the official website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
Genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$10
Litquake
Numerous Bay Area authors present their work live throughout San Francisco Oct. 3 through 11. Visit Litquake's website to view the schedule.
Categories: Arts: Literature
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$250
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) brings together a community of filmmakers and film lovers to Mill Valley, San Rafael and beyond to experience great new films in the beautiful ...
Categories: Arts: Movies
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10 for CFI Members, $12.50 for General Public
SF Jazz Festival
This years Jazz Festival features dozens of artists performing all over San Francisco.  Get information about the artists and shows that run Oct. 3 through Nov 9 at the official ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-100
Spring Awakening
The show runs from Sept. 10 through Oct. 12 as part of Shorenstein Hayes' Best of Broadway series.  Check  the SHN web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Bettag Susannah Bettag: Things You Shouldn't See
San Francisco-based British artist Susannah Bettag introduces 15 new pieces in a solo exhibition. Using Bettag's colorful paintings, animation series, videos, and mixed media sculptures, 'Things You Shouldn't See' creates ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
The K of D
Also known as 'The Kiss of Death,' the show is the Magic Theater's first play under new artistic director, Loretta Greccoopen. Check out Magic Theater's website to get ticket ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll
Runs Sept. 11 through Oct. 12. Check the A.C.T. web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Yellowjackets
A play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native. Show runs Aug 29 through Oct 12. Visit the theater's web site for showtimes and details.
Categories: The Do List
Time: TBA

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