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February 2009

Arts & Entertainment

February 4 & 11

Kids: Art after School at the de Young

Bring your kids to the de Young’s free after-school class for children in the first grade. Art after School offers an in-depth exploration of world cultures through the museum’s extensive collections of art from Africa, Mesoamerica, Oceania, and North America. Through careful observation and engaging art activities, these classes explore the connections between the visual arts, language arts, and social studies. The class supports the California state standards for first grade. Classes meet twice and are free. Children are expected to attend both sessions. To enroll, send e-mail with child’s name, grade, address, e-mail address, and parent/guardian name to: elewmorris@famsf.org. Wednesday from 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM. Kimball Education Gallery at the de Young (50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park). For more information: E. Lew Morris at 415.750.3658 or elewmorris@famsf.org.


February 5-6

Community: Second Annual Iranian Literary Arts Festival

Honoring poets of the Iranian diaspora on the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, this festival features Iranian poets Ziba Karbassi, Granaz Moussavi, Majid Naficy, Partow Nooriala, and Abbas Saffari. The festival opens on Thursday with a roundtable discussion of the future of diaspora literature by poets whose works appear in the new anthology, BELONGING: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World.  Other guests include San Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman and Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, professor of Asian American Studies at SFSU. Friday’s events include poetry readings and screenings of multimedia theatrical works from the Translation Project. All events are free and open to the public. Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Book Bay Fort Mason (Fort Mason Center Building C, Room 165). Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Friends of the SF Public Library’s offices (391 Grove Street at Gough Street). Advance registration is recommended. For more information, please contact Niloufar Talebi at 415.269.7606 or editor@thetranslationproject.org or visit www.friendssfpl.org.


February 10

Community: Storytelling: Stories of the Heart.

Spend your evening at Farley’s listening to storytelling, poetry, and spoken word featuring Bill Alvarado, Kate Frankel, Marie Minder, Leigh Radtke, Susan Ford and Ron Jones. Bring your own materials for an open mic session following the main program. Tuesday at 8 p.m. Farley’s Cafe, 315 18th Street.


February 13-15

Community: San Francisco Writers Conference

If you only go to one writers’ conference this year, attend the one that truly helps you get published. The 2009 Conference will feature nearly 100 agents, authors and editors in a stellar set of opportunities for writing advancement. Keynote speakers include Pulitzer Prize winning author Jane Smiley (A Thousand Acres), and bestselling authors Richard North Patterson (Conviction) and Lolly Winston (Good Grief). From start to finish, the San Francisco Writers Conference is designed to help you “Build Bridges to Better Tomorrows.” Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (One Nob Hill, California & Mason Streets). Conference registration fee is $645. For event details and on-line registration visit: www.SFWriters.org.

February 1 - 20

Art: Brian Wasson

Potrero Hill’s Ping Pong Gallery is pleased to present its second solo exhibition with Brian Wasson, “Last Wash.” The collection of works in this exhibition, circle around ideas of excess, solace and time. Constructed from many personal experiences, Wasson’s photography, sculpture, painting, and mixed media suggest to the viewer one possible approach to interpretation: “Start every day with a smile and get it over with.” (W.C. Fields).  Show runs from February 1 – 20. Ping Pong Gallery, 1240 22nd Street (between Mississippi and Pennsylvania Streets). For more information: 415.550.7483 or email info@pingponggallery.com or visit www.pingponggallery.com


February 21-22

Music:  Pacific Collegium Chorus and Orchestra

Christopher Kula conducts a premiere ensemble of Bach vocalists and instrumentalists in colla parte performances of the full cycle of this consummate Bach oeuvre, from his revered masterwork Jesu, meine freude BWV 227 to the spectacularly virtuosic Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225. In addition to the more well-known six motets, BWV 225-30, Pacific Collegium will perform the lesser-known double-choir motet Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest michdenn BWV-Anhang 159.  $40 preferred seating, $25 general admission, $20 for seniors, $10 for students and music professionals.Saturday, 8 p.m. St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, 500 De Haro Street; Sunday, 4 p.m., St. Paul ‘s Episcopal Church, 114 Montecito Avenue , Oakland.  Information:  www.pacificcollegium.org


February 24 – March 1

Music, Film & Art: 2009 Noise Pop Festival

It’s time once again to welcome the annual indie entertainment extravaganza of Noise Pop to our fair city. The ambitious, much-anticipated line-up of art, film and music includes Antony & the Jonhstons and Stephen Malkmus, Johnny Cash and Gogol Bordello documentaries, and a local indie design fair. As usual, Bottom of the Hill will be one of the festival’s many venues, hosting bands like Sleepy Sun, No Age, and From Monument to Masses, among many others. For 17 years, the good folks at Noise Pop have been bringing us emerging artists and underground legends alike. Check out the line-up for a show or two, or buy an all-festival pass and sample a little of everything! For more information and tickets, visit www.noisepop.com.


February 25

Music: Terry Haggerty and Randy Craig.

Swing by for a night of wild & crazy jazz improv with Bay Area legends Terry Haggerty, guitar (Sons of Champlin) and Randy Craig, piano (Pickle Family Circus, The Mime Troupe). Wednesday at 8 p.m. Farley’s Cafe, 315 18th Street.


February 28

Community: Blues, Beer & BBQ

Join the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House for this fundraising event featuring the legendary Blues great, Bobby Webb & the Smooth Blues Band. Enjoy an evening with your neighbors full of with wonderful local food, beer, music and raffle prizes. Saturday from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 and include dinner. Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 DeHaro Street (between Rhode Island & Carolina Streets). For more information, contact Jean Cosby at 415.826.8080.

March 2

Art:  Water

Check-out a local artist at a popular Mission eatery.  Ten percent of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to San Francisco Community Power.  9 p.m., Andalu, 3198 16th Street.

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