Sun, June 3, 2012 - PBS Arts: Stern Grove Festival

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

As part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival, selected events in the San Francisco Bay Area are being highlighted. Every summer Sunday, family and friends gather to relax, picnic, and enjoy world-class performances in Stern Grove, a natural amphitheater surrounded by giant eucalyptus, redwood, and fir trees. The festival features free performances by a diverse selection of performers. In 2012, Stern Grove Festival celebrates its 75th season. For more information on PBS Arts, go to pbs.org/arts.

Thu, June 7, 2012 - PBS Arts: San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

As part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival, selected events in the San Francisco Bay Area are being highlighted. The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival includes performers from throughout Northern California and has presented more than 600 dance companies from over a hundred different genres. Times vary. Presented at various venues around San Francisco. For more information on PBS Arts, go to pbs.org/arts.

Sun, June 10, 2012 - KQED Science Youth Media Festival

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

KQED Education presents our 1st Annual KQED Science Youth Media Festival on June 10 at California Academy of Sciences from 3-5pm. Please join us in the celebration and showcase of middle and high school students' environmental science videos. For more information, go to education.kqed.org.

Sat, May 19, 2012 - 2012 Maker Faire Bay Area

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Maker 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 Sunday from 10am-6pm.

Mon, June 11, 2012 - Educator Institute: Music and Dance

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Join teaching artists and educators from the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts and KQED's Arts Education program for a 3-day institute about dance and music traditions, and learn how to integrate the study of contemporary art into language arts, social studies, and arts classrooms. Participants will work with professional artists, engage with KQED media about local artists, and develop integrated lesson plans for use in their classrooms. This institute is free and open to K-12 educators and teaching artists. Participants will have the opportunity to earn a $$200 stipend or two CEUs through CSU East Bay. For more information and to register, visit kqedeastbay.eventbrite.com.

Sat, September 1, 2012 - PBS Arts: Architecture and the City

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

As part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival, selected events in the San Francisco Bay Area are being highlighted. The nation's largest architectural festival showcasing tours, films, exhibitions, interactive workshops, food tastings, performances, lectures, and more. The festival offers opportunities to engage with San Francisco's architectural community, explore the crossroads of planning and contemporary culture, and experience design in myriad ways. Dates and times vary. Presented at various venues around San Francisco. For more information on PBS Arts, go to pbs.org/arts.

Fri, November 2, 2012 - Future Fridays at the Chabot Space and Science Center

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Soon astronomers expect to find alien 'Earths' by the dozens in orbit around distant suns. Before the decade is out, telltale signs that these planets harbor life may be found. If they are, the ramifications for all areas of human thought -- from religion and philosophy to art and biology -- will be breathtaking. Meet renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana and discover news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets -- and alien life -- beyond our solar system. Ray Jayawardhana is a professor and Canada Research Chair in observational astrophysics at the University of Toronto, the author of 'Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System' (2011), and much more.

Mon, May 21, 2012 - Open Newsroom

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Wed, May 16, 2012 - Khaira Arby

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Back 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 night.

Fri, October 5, 2012 - PBS Arts: Litquake

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

As part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival, selected events in the San Francisco Bay Area are being highlighted. The largest independent literary festival on the West Coast, Litquake is a nine-day literary spectacle for booklovers, complete with cutting-edge panel discussions, unique cross-media events, and hundreds of readings. Whether it's poets reciting in a cathedral, authors discussing science versus religion in a library, or novelists reading in a beekeeping supply store, the goal is to whet a broad range of literary appetites, present the literary fare in a variety of traditional and unlikely venues, and make it vivid, real, and entertaining. Times vary. For more information on PBS Arts, go to pbs.org/arts.

Fri, May 18, 2012 - White Rabbit, Red Rabbit

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Iranian 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 a script to the San Francisco International Arts Festival for local actors to read on his behalf. White Rabit, Red Rabbit, dissects the experience of a whole generation in this original play. His instructions are to have the script opened in front of the audience and performed unrehearsed by a different actor each day with no director and no set -- Spark featured artists include: Josh Kornbluth, Sean San Jose, Rhodessa Jones, and Jubilith Moore.

Thu, May 17, 2012 - Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish Thought

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

March 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 Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish Thought, which continues through the end of May. With all this global warming going on, it's a good thing Mother Nature is finally getting some love.

Wed, May 23, 2012 - Open Newsroom

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

This May, you'll be able to share your concerns with reporters from two award-winning news organizations at your local coffeehouse or bar. KQED News and The Bay Citizen, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting, are coming together to hold a series of meetups in Bay Area communities. Tell our reporters what you think we should be covering in your community and what problems you think government officials should be addressing. What do you want for your taxes? What do you expect from your politicians? We want to hear from you, and your answers may help shape our coverage of the Bay Area this election year.

Wed, May 30, 2012 - Open Newsroom

Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Wed, May 16, 2012 - Renegade Humor at San Jose Museum of Art

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Renegade 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 bawdy irreverence, iconoclasm, and self-deprecating humor. SJMA has invited artists Kathy Aoki and Imin Yeh to make new works, inspired by this artistic approach, just for this exhibition. The exhibit also features works by Ray Beldner, Squeak Carnwath, Enrique Chagoya, Llyn Foulkes, Viola Frey, Jane Hammond, Dennis Oppenheim, and Richard Shaw, among others. The show runs from February 3 to July 8, 2012.

Wed, May 16, 2012 - Central Nigeria Unmasked

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The 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, elaborate bronze and iron regalia, and more at Central Nigeria Unmasked at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford next Wednesday through mid October. And to sweeten the deal, it's free!

Wed, May 16, 2012 - John Chiara Solo Show at the Haines Gallery

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Haines 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 of various sizes to produce pictures that could not be made through traditional photographic methods. Opening reception is April 12 at 5:30pm. Gallery hours are from 10:30am to 5:30pm, except Saturdays when the gallery closes at 5pm.

Fri, May 18, 2012 - Marga Gomez's Not Getting Any Younger

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The 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 comedy about lies, vanity and the good old days. The show is 90 minutes with no intermission and is intended for audiences aged 17 and up. The show begins at 8pm on Fridays and 5pm on Saturdays. Tickets are $$15-35 sliding scale and $$50 for reserved seating. There is no performance Friday, May 4. Read the KQED Arts review of this production.

Fri, May 25, 2012 - Open Newsroom

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Sat, May 19, 2012 - 2012 Berkeley Himalayan Fair

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

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, Burma, Pakistan, and Mongolia. Live music and dance performances, authentic food, art, jewelry, clothing, antiques, crafts, children's activities and more highlight this family friendly outdoor bazaar. Admission is free! Suggested donation is $$5. For every $$5 donated to the fair you will receive a chance to win one of many raffle prizes. Proceeds from the Himalayan Fair are donated to not-for-profit programs serving the Himalayan region. May 19 from 10am to 7pm & May 20 from 10am to 5:30pm.

Most Popular Events - KQED Events Calendar

Sun, June 3, 2012 - PBS Arts: Stern Grove Festival

Thu, June 7, 2012 - PBS Arts: San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

Sun, June 10, 2012 - KQED Science Youth Media Festival

Sat, May 19, 2012 - 2012 Maker Faire Bay Area

Mon, June 11, 2012 - Educator Institute: Music and Dance

Sat, September 1, 2012 - PBS Arts: Architecture and the City

Fri, November 2, 2012 - Future Fridays at the Chabot Space and Science Center

Mon, May 21, 2012 - Open Newsroom

Wed, May 16, 2012 - Khaira Arby

Fri, October 5, 2012 - PBS Arts: Litquake

Fri, May 18, 2012 - White Rabbit, Red Rabbit

Thu, May 17, 2012 - Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish Thought

Wed, May 23, 2012 - Open Newsroom

Wed, May 30, 2012 - Open Newsroom

Wed, May 16, 2012 - Renegade Humor at San Jose Museum of Art

Wed, May 16, 2012 - Central Nigeria Unmasked

Wed, May 16, 2012 - John Chiara Solo Show at the Haines Gallery

Fri, May 18, 2012 - Marga Gomez's Not Getting Any Younger

Fri, May 25, 2012 - Open Newsroom

Sat, May 19, 2012 - 2012 Berkeley Himalayan Fair