Arts and Entertainment Guide for June 23-27, 2010
De Young
Golden Gate Park, at 10th Ave, S.F. “Birth of Impressionism”
Masterpieces from the Musee D’Orsay, Paris
t. 415- 750 3600 www.famsf.org
Has nice cafe with outdoor terrace
Legion of Honor Museum
Lincoln Park, 34th Ave and Clement St
Between big shows, but still worth a visit,..mostly French Art in a beautiful setting. Big Rodin sculpture collection.
t. 415-750 3600 www.famsf.org
Good food in cafe, with outdoor terrace
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin (at McAlliister), S.F.
“Postmortem; Mummies & Medicine”
“Shanghai: art of the city”
t. 415- 581 3500 www.asianart.org
Delicious Pan Asian cafe with patio
Walt Disney Family Museum
104 Montgomery St, in the Presidio
Lots of art on the art of animation & the familiar stories of our childhood. In a scenic historic military base.
t. 415 978 2787 www.waltdisney.org
The next six museums are all in the same South of Market area, near downtown SF and the Nikko Hotel :
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
151 Third St. (at Howard), S.F.
Opening June 25th: “Calder to Warhol, Introducing the Fisher Collection”,.. over 1000 pieces of art from the owners of the GAP
t. 415357 4000 www.sfmoma.org
Good cafe with outdoor patio
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission St. (bet. 3rd and 4th St),.
“Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life”
“Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf” by artist Linda Ellia
www.thecjm.org
t. 415 655 7800
Delicious cafe with nice terrace
Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission (bet. 2nd and 3rd St)
“African Continuum: Sacred Ceremonies and Rituals”
t. 415 358 7200
www.moadsf.org
Museum of Craft + Folk Art
Right across the Jewish Museum
“We They, We They” the art of Clare Rojas- a contemporary artist who explores gender through folk art.
t. 415- 227 4888
www.mocfa.org
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street, (bet. 3rd and 4th)
Call for current exhibition
t. 415- 978 2787
www.ybca.org
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission St. (bet. 2nd and 3rd St)
Call for current exhibition
t. 415 227 8666
www.cartoonart.org
Galleries
Most galleries are downtown ,where free and up to date gallery guides are available
Also , check out a great website! http://sfartnews.wordpress.com/.
East Bay/ Berkeley and Oakland Museums
UC Berkeley Art Museum
2626 Bancroft Way , Berkeley
“Nature into Action: Hans Hoffman’s Paintings”
“What It’s All About: William T. Wiley in Retrospect”
t. 510 642 0808
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Pacific Film Archive
Call for film archive programs and films
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak St., Oakland
“Mine Okubo: Citizen 13660” works on paper by Japanese American artist who lived throught he U.S. Internment camp experience
Californian art and historical exhibits
t. 510 238 2200
Recommended Restaurants:
Within walking distance of the David Brower Center in BERKELEY:
Jupiter Brewery
2181 Shattuck Ave
t. 510 843 8277
Inexpensive
Popular local brewery, wood fired pizza and salads
Live entertainment on weekends
Great China
2115 Kittredge St
t. 510 843 7996
Inexpensive, with the BEST chicken salad,..Mongolian beef is good too
Venus
2327 Shattuck Ave
t. 510 540 5950
Casual dining/ moderate prices
Organic, and delicious
La Note
2377 Shattuck Ave (at Channing)
t. 510 843 2535
Moderate prices
Authentic French Provencal food in charming cafe with nice garden seating in back.
Chez Panisse
1517 Shattuck(at Vine)
t. 510 548 5525
Expensive, world rated and worth it .
Moderately priced cafe as well
All local and organic cuisine
Near the NIKKO HOTEL in San Francisco:
Anzu
222 Mason St in the Hotel Nikko/
moderate/expensive
Great Japanese food and sushi bar
Grand Cafe
501 Geary Street
t. 415 292 0101
Boisterous French Bistro with Art Nouveau decor.
Moderate-expensive
Cafe menu in Bar
Le Colonial
20 Cosmo Pl (alleyway off Post bet Jones and Taylor)
t. 415 931 3600
Old SF tradition
Other good restaurants in SF, cab OR bus ride from NIKKO hotel and SOMARTS
Zuni Cafe
1658 Market St, SF
t. 415 552 2522
A fine Mesquite grill and SF institution. Quite popular, so call for reservation
Moderate to expensive
Beach Chalet on Ocean Beach
Great Highway at the edge of Golden Gate Park, SF
t. 415 386 8439
A brewery and garden restaurant in a historical frescoed chalet from 1940’s
Lovely location on the beach, good food for moderate prices
Near Priscilla Otani’s studio on Folsom St.
India Garden
1261 Folsom St
t. 415 626 2798
Reasonable Indian food , $ 9.95 all-you-can eat luncheon buffet-also open for dinner
Basil Thai
1175 Folsom St
t. 415 552 8999
Reasonable Thai cuisine. Excellent fresh spring rolls, seafood and pad thai.
Rocco’s Cafe
1131 Folsom St
t. 415 554 0522
Great Italian food. Featured in Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Try their meatballs on the side.
Because SOMARTS Gallery is in an industrial area that is a bit sketchy to walk at night we recommend taking a taxi or bus to another area or back downtown near the Nikko Hotel for restaurants, strolling and varied nightlife.
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