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Thursday, May 22, 2008

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	SoMa, Museums Vito Acconci, William Wegman, and Lawrence Weiner at SFMOMA (Daily (except Wednesdays), 4pm) Total running time: 70 min. Daily (except Wednesdays), 2:30 p.m. Koret Visitor Education Center Program includes Home Movies (Vito Acconci, 1973, 33... More

	San Francisco, Museums, Cultural Organizations Joy Luck Club at Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center (3pm - 6pm) Living Well Network (LWN) * Is for HIV+ Asian & Pacific Islanders to come together in friendship and mutual respect. LWN supports the growth of an individu... More		415.292.3420 ext. 371

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Cut: Revealing the Section at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) This dynamic selection drawn from the SFMOMA collection highlights the vital architectural concept of the section, a cross section of a building or object... More

	Downtown/Financial District, Museums, Other Art Events The 5 Year Anniversary Show at Varnish Fine Art Studio (11am to 11pm (ish)) The 5 Year Anniversary Show celebrates 5 years of contemporary fine art at Varnish with new works by over 40 returning artists. This group exhibit of... More		415.222.6131

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Modern Masterworks from the Elise S. Haas Bequest at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) It would be hard to overestimate the significance of the Elise S. Haas collection for SFMOMA. Made up of some 35 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper,... More

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Natural History Museums The Butterfly Zone: The Conservatory of Flowers’ exhibition of live butterflies at Conservatory of Flowers (9 AM- 5 PM Closed Mondays) Fly on over to the Conservatory of Flowers this spring because the butterflies are back, and there are more than ever. The popular exhibit “The Butterfly... More		415-666-7001 Buy Tickets

	Richmond (Outer), Museums Annie Leibovitz at Legion of Honor (Tuesday through Sunday, 9:30am – 5:15pm) For decades, Annie Leibovitz has artistically captured the icons of popular culture with her award-winning photography. Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s... More

	Civic Center, Museums, Art Organizations, Cultural Museums, Fine Arts Museums On Gold Mountain at Asian Art Museum (Tues - Sun 10 am to 5 pm, Thurs until 9 pm) Zhan Wang is among the most respected artists in China, having become world-renown for his stainless steel sculptures of “scholars' rocks,” the graceful,... More		415-581-3500 Buy Tickets

	Civic Center, Museums, Cultural Museums In a New Light at Asian Art Museum (10am–9pm) More than 2500 extraordinary works from the museum’s collection are displayed in the museum’s permanent galleries. Artworks on view include monumental... More		415.581.3500

	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Fine Arts Museums Jane Hammond: Paper Work at de Young Museum (9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday) Featuring 35 unique paper objects, drawings and prints. For nearly two decades, New York artist Jane Hammond has been using a fixed lexicon of 276... More		415.750.3600

	San Jose, Museums, Cultural Museums Vietnamese Museum at History Park (call for details ) Artifacts, art created for the museum, photographs and collections of newspapers and magazines, oral and written histories and more focusing on the history... More

	Civic Center, Museums, Cultural Museums Later Chinese Jades at Asian Art Museum (10am–9pm) Jades from the Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century.		415.581.3500

	Mountain View, Museums Computer Exhibits at Computer History Museum (call for details) Displaying a range of artifacts and displays related to the history of computers, dating back to 1939.		650.810.1010

	Mountain View, Museums Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 at Computer History Museum (call for details) One of the earliest designs for an automatic computing engine. Live demonstrations take place Wed-Fri at 2pm and Sat-Sun at 1 and 2pm.		650.810.1010

	San Mateo, Museums Aviary and Bee Hive Exhibit at Coyote Point Museum (call for details) Plus animal displays		650.342.7755

	SoMa, Museums Sex and Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy of Modern Love. at Cartoon Art Museum (11am-5pm)		415.CARTOON

	SoMa, Museums, Fine Arts Museums What's the Big Idea?: CCA Students Collaborate with Bay Area Youth & Community at YBCA Room for Big Ideas (6:30 pm) In response to YBCA’s “Big Idea” Identity Shifts, Community Student Fellows from The Center for Art and Public Life at California College of the Arts... More		415-978-2787 Buy Tickets

	San Jose, Museums, Other Art Events Mary Medrano at Ameriprise Financial (7–9:30pm) A one day art show featuring the paintings of Mary Medrano. There will be an artist talk at 8pm.		408.250.2732

	San Francisco, Museums, Art Festivals Lure: Chinese-American Contemporary Artist Beili Liu Explores the Ties that Bind Lovers at Chinese Culture Center (10 am-4 pm)		415.986.182

	Mission, Museums, Art Organizations Artist-Xchange-New works by sf bay area artists at Artist-Xchange (12p-9p) First Friday exhibit featuring new work of various media by sf bay area artists. Meet the artists behind their work during the opening reception. Free... More		415-864-1490

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