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Sat, November 7 - Fostering Financial Literacy in ESL Classrooms Using New Media Tools

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Educator Conference: This workshop will offer ESL teachers a useful and effective financial literacy curriculum that is linguistically and age-appropriate for adult ESL students. It will demonstrate that the purposeful use of new media resources, tailored specifically for ESL students, can be effective teaching tools; the visual and interactive nature of these tools clarifying financial concepts and associated vocabulary that may be unfamiliar.

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Sat, November 7 - Educator Workshop: 'Saving the Bay' Workshop for Informal Educators

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

In this workshop, informal educators will learn about free educational resources from 'Saving the Bay' and gather tips for how to effectively integrate 'Saving the Bay' multimedia into their work with teachers and local school groups. Take a shoreline interpretive walk with an expert naturalist from East Bay Regional Park District. Look for the elusive clapper rail as you learn about the ecology of Arrowhead Marsh.

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Sat, November 7 - Fabulous Food Festival

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Fabulous Food Festival features a festive feast of flavors on Saturday and Sunday, November 7th and 8th, 2009. As the only consumer specialty food show for the San Francisco Bay Area, this event has something for everyone. Featuring live music and all different types of food from cheeses to chocolates. Those who attend will be able to browse, sample and buy food from over 150 exhibitors and sponsors. 

Sat, November 7 - Day of the Dead: Bring Back the Dead at MCCLA

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco's Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts celebrates Dia de los Muertos with the exhibit Bring Back the Dead with altars and installations by the Rivera Family, Larry Reed, Favianna Rodriguez, and many others. There will also activities for families at the gala reception on November 2 (starting at 6pm) as well as workshops scheduled throughout the exhibition.

Sat, November 7 - Michael Arcega: The Collaspe at Marx and Zavattero Gallery

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The solo exhibition of San Francisco-based artist Michael Arcega presents a multi-dimensional installation that explores a meditative post-apocalyptic atmosphere. Arcega uses humor in his sculptures to deal with episodes of power, tragedy, human folly, and recently, the possibilities of renewal.

Sat, November 7 - From Their Studios: Stanford University

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

This exhibition includes 48 works by 13 artists who teach studio art at Stanford University: Kevin Bean (painting), Matt Kahn (paintings/design), Terry Berlier (sculpture and media), Jan Krawitz (film), Enrique Chagoya (paintings, prints, and mixed media), Joel Leivick (photography), Robert Dawson (photography), Jamie Meltzer (film), Paul DeMarinis (interactive new media), Kristine Samuelson (film), John Edmark (interactive kinetic sculpture), Gail Wight (new media), and Lukas Felzmann (photography).

Sat, November 7 - Fernando Botero the Abu Ghraib Series

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Latin American artist's collection of paintings and drawings that shows the horrors of prisoner abuse is now on display at the Berkeley Art Museum.

Sat, November 7 - Sendak on Sendak

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The man who brought you 'Where the Wild Things Are' tells his life story through a retrospective that includes original watercolors, drawings, and sketches.

Sat, November 7 - 'Moby Dick' at Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

A group of 32 international artists (including Damian Ortega, Angela Bulloch, Paulina Olowska, and Richard Serra), working across multiple media (from sculpture to film, video, drawing, and photography), present works related to Herman Melville's epic novel. More than half of the participating artists have created new works specifically for this show in response to the novel's wide-ranging and evocative themes. The exhibition will also feature numerous historical artifacts and documents.

Sat, November 7 - A Sense of Place: Location/Inspiration at the de Saisset Museum

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The works in this group exhibition represent are executed in a variety of media, most of the pieces represent actual locales that one can find on a map. For some artists, such as Michael Mazur, Nathan Oliveira, and Gregory Edwards, the objective was to capture a feeling, rather than specific geographic details. Photo: detail of Thomas Moran's East Hampton, Long Island.

Sat, November 7 - Ruth Asawa: Interstices: Sculpture and Drawings

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

This exhibit includes Ruth Asawa's crochet wire sculptures and works on paper. For more than forty years, Asawa has pushed her materials (like paper, wire, clay, concrete, fiber, steel, and bronze) in directions that challenged not only their physical attributes but also their traditional dimensional placement on pedestal, wall, and floor -- ultimately hanging or suspending the works to activate the spaces surrounding them.

Sat, November 7 - Andrea Higgins - 'Appearance'

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

For nearly ten years Andrea Higgins has painted conceptual 'portraits' by representing people as textiles from their wardrobes. The paintings are optical, abstract compositions. Every fiber is represented by a brush stroke and each stroke is built up, one color upon another, layer over layer, to create a three-dimensional mark. Opening reception on October 24 from 4-6pm.

Sat, November 7 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Evolution of a Painter

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been painting and drawing for as long as he has been writing. This solo exhibition is the first to take a retrospective view, giving insight into Ferlinghetti's development as a visual artist over six decades.

Sat, November 7 - Wine Road's Wine & Food Affair

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The 11th annual Wine and Food Affair will host wines from a huge selection of local vineyards. Stay for just one day or the entire weekend. A free cook book will be included for those who order tickets in advance.

Sat, November 7 - The Stencil Show at White Walls

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

White Walls presents the 'Stencil Art Show' with new works from Adam 5100, David Soukup, Chris Stain, Ernesto Yerena, Tes One, and Casey Gray. These contemporary stencil artists utilizing up to 12 layers of paint, creating depth, color dimension and complex textures. The end result is layered narratives in an all-encompassing street aesthetic mixed with a graphic sensibility.

Sat, November 7 - One Day: A Collective Narrative of Tehran

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Featuring the work of eight artists living in Tehran, Iran (Nima Alizadeh, Saba Alizadeh, Mohammad Ghazali, Ghazaleh Hedayat, Abbas Kowsari, Mehran Mohajer, Neda Rezavipour, and Homayoun Sirizi) alongside new work by San Francisco-based artist Taraneh Hemami, this exhibition compiles a collective narrative of everyday Tehran, the largest city in the Middle East and the 16th most populated city in the world with close to 8 million residents. The artists chronicle narratives of place and time, demystifying life in a country that has been misunderstood and maligned for decades.

Sat, November 7 - Celebrating 50 Years of the SF Mime Troupe

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

This exhibit includes photographs, props, costumes, scripts, and other eccentric ephemera culled from the San Francisco Mime Troupe's vast archive. Leading a path to the Yerba Buena exhibit will be a street gallery of troupe's photographs, featured in display windows along the Mission Street side of the Fifth & Mission Parking Garage, between 4th and 5th Streets. Hours: Thursday & Friday from 2-8pm; Saturday from 12-8pm; Sunday from 12-6pm; First Tuesdays from 12-8pm.

Sat, November 7 - Wonderfest - Festival of Science - Stanford University

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Don't miss Wonderfest, the San Francisco Bay Area Festival of Science on November 7-8 at Stanford University and UC Berkeley campuses. Enjoy discussions from Moore's Law and its application to energy technology to the science of magic to which stars support intelligent life and much more. Plus, watch the Bay Area's two top high school science quiz teams compete.

Read more about the festival on the QUEST Science Blog.

Sat, November 7 - Kitka: Armenian Folk Songs and Dances Workshop

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Kitka and Hasmik presents Armenian folk songs and dance workshop. Hasmik's workshop at 4pm offers a full-body and voice immersion into Armenian song, dance, and life. Concert at 8pm. Come prepared to sing your heart out and to dance your socks off!

Sat, November 7 - The Future Project: Sunday Will Come

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

This rapid-fire series of mini-plays, songs, and dances, is a surreal mosaic based on perceptions of the future. The Future Project is a collaboration between the Erika Chong Shuch Performance Project and Campo Santo. Choreographer Erika Chong Shuch and actor Sean San Jose share the stage for the first time, along with the original music of Denizen Kane. Thursdays are 'Pay What You Can' night.