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September 1 – NIghtlife: Fermented Nightlife – California Academy of Sciences – NightLife breaks down the science of fermentation—from beer to cheese and everything in between! VISIT THE SITE
September 2 – David Alan Grier – Cobb’s Comedy Club - David Alan Grier is known for his sketch comedy work and impressions on In Living Color, and for starring in NBC's DAG, Comedy Central's Chocolate News, and the hit blaxploitation parody I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. VISIT THE SITE
September 3 – Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Presents Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens - Lavay and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers highlight the connection between jazz and dance while exploring stylistic innovations and regional influences. The project includes dancers to provide a demo accompanying the concert. VISIT THE SITE
September 4 – San Francisco Fest Featuring Journey, Steve Miller Band, Santana & The Doobie Brothers – AT&T Park - This historic concert is the only opportunity to see these iconic Bay Area bands performing on the same bill. VISIT THE SITE
September 5 – The Campaign for Art – SFMOMA – This exhibition — one of several highlighting contributions from the museum’s Campaign for Art — introduces the range and quality of these newly committed and gifted works in a multidisciplinary selection that strengthens and deepens SFMOMA’s collection. VISIT THE SITE
September 6 – Worshipping Women: Power and Devotion in Indian Painting –Asian Art Museum – In this intimate exhibition, a selection of paintings from the museum’s collection focuses on three aspects of female power: as devout worshipers; as goddesses and consorts to male gods; and as ascetics (yoginis). The galleries nearby display additional manifestations of the goddess figure in sculptural form. VISIT THE SITE
September 7 – San Francisco Symphony 105th Season Opening Night Gala – Davies Symphony Hall - Toast sparkling wine and walk the red carpet in luxurious style—then sit back and enjoy a spectacular concert conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas featuring Renée Fleming, whose “dazzling technique and glamorous persona make her the complete package,” (St. Paul Star Tribune) and “America’s favorite mezzo” (Gramophone) Susan Graham. VISIT THE SITE
September 8 – Pairings: Communal Cheese – The Exploratorium - Get a taste for the transformative roles of microbial communities with Rachel Dutton, who uses cheese as a model system for studying the formation of more complex microbial systems. VISIT THE SITE
September 9 – Opera Ball 2016 – War Memorial Opera House - Opening Night festivities include an elegant cocktail reception, a sumptuous dinner, dancing and celebration into the night. VISIT THE SITE
September 10 – 2016 San Francisco Chinatown AT&T Autumn Moon Festival – Grant Avenue - Two days of nonstop entertainment, food, shopping, dragon parades, cultural events, children's activities & more! VISIT THE SITE
September 11 – Ghiradelli Chocolate Festival – Ghiradelli Square - 100% of the profits are donated to the non-profit Project Open Hand! VISIT THE SITE
September 12 – In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art- Kota Ezawa and James Kirby Rogers – Contemporary Jewish Museum - Based on the Talmudic study principle of havruta—the study of religious texts by people in pairs—In That Case at The CJM encourages learning through fellowship for Bay Area artists, established professionals, museum staff, and the entire CJM community. VISIT THE SITE
September 13 – 25th Annual SF Fringe Festival Presents A Mathematician At Play – EXIT Studio - Presenting a show about mathematicians and their obsession with numbers, featuring uncanny feats of lightning calculation and super-mental demonstrations. VISIT THE SITE
September 14 – On The Grid: Textiles and Minimalism – DeYoung Museum - Together, more than two dozen textiles from the Museums’ permanent collection examine various aspects of the Minimalist art aesthetic that address abstraction, precision, geometry, materiality, and process. These objects reflect the core principle that there is a beauty in simplicity that is both universal and timeless. VISIT THE SITE
September 15 – A Celebration of Black Philanthropy Month with a Film Screening & Discussion – Museum of the African Diaspora - Join us for an evening of dialogue about black philanthropy and the arts with Keynote Speaker Danny Glover followed by a film screening & discussion of Farias: An Afro Uruguayan Love Story. VISIT THE SITE
September 16 – Home Land Security – The Presidio, Fort Winfield Scott – Home Land Security brings together works by contemporary artists and collectives from around the globe to reflect on the human dimensions and increasing complexity of national security, including the physical and psychological borders we create, protect, and cross in its name. VISIT THE SITE
September 17 – 28th Annual Sea Music Concert Series – San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park - Experience the driving rhythms of shipboard work songs, and the beauty of ballads and instrumentals, aboard the 1886 Glasgow-built sailing ship Balclutha! VISIT THE SITE
September 18 – The Park: A Love Story Golden Gate Park Landscapes and Flora by Stephen Kane – San Francisco Botanical Garden - The Helen Crocker Russell Library is pleased to present a new exhibition by photographer Stephen Kane. Steve's exhibit, The Park: A Love Story, celebrates the beauty and diversity of landscapes and flora in our beloved Golden Gate Park. VISIT THE SITE
September 19 – Wish Upon A Star: The Art of Pinocchio – Walt Disney Family Museum – This never-before-seen exhibition created by the museum allows visitors to discover the artistic process and step behind-the-scenes to explore how one of the most influential animated films in history was produced: Walt Disney’s 1940 feature-length masterpiece Pinocchio. VISIT THE SITE
September 20 – Tom Sachs Space Program: Europa – YBCA - Targeting Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, this expansive sculpture exhibition offers an unprecedented view into Sachs’ extraordinary artistic output and advances his quest to find extraterrestrial life with bricolaged sculptures. VISIT THE SITE
September 21 – 2016 Architecture and the City Film Festival Presents Lost Landscapes of San Francisco – Koret Auditorium, Main Library – Rick Prelinger will present this "Lost Landscapes of San Francisco" event, an eclectic montage of lost and rarely-seen film clips showing life, landscapes and labor in a vanished San Francisco as captured by amateurs, newsreel cameramen and industrial filmmakers. VISIT THE SITE
September 22 – All Of What You Love And Nothing Of What You Hate – SF Playhouse – Written by Phillip Howze, All Of What You love And None Of What You Hate is a beautiful, emotional journey punctuated by bursts of abstraction. VISIT THE SITE
September 23 – Oktoberfest By The Bay – Pier 48 - Celebrating in the true tradition of Munich's famed festival, Oktoberfest by the Bay will include nonstop music, singing, dancing and the very best in German food and drink. VISIT THE SITE
September 24 – PUSH Fest 2016 – ODC Theatre - The Festival is the best opportunity in the Bay Area to catch an incredible variety of dance - contemporary ballet, modern, Bharatanatyam, Afro-contemporary fusion, and more - all in one night, all on one stage. VISIT THE SITE
September 25 – Shakespeare In The Park 2016 Presents The Winter’s Tale – McLaren’s Park, Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre – “Shall we thither, and with our company piece the Rejoicing?” VISIT THE SITE
September 26 –Ayesha Curry: The Seasoned Life – Commonwealth Club - In The Seasoned Life, Ayesha Curry will share 100 of her favorite recipes, in conversation with Chef Michael Mina, and invite readers into the home she has made with her two daughters and her husband Stephen Curry. VISIT THE SITE
September 27 – Jonathan Safran Foer In Conversation With Steven Winn – Nourse Theatre – Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of two bestselling, award-winning novels, Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and a bestselling work of nonfiction, Eating Animals. His much anticipated new novel, Here I Am, will be published in September 2016. VISIT THE SITE
September 28 – Grace And Delia Are Gone – Fort Mason Center, Cowell Theatre – Flyaway Productions, an apparatus-based dance company, celebrates its 20th anniversary with the premiere of “Grace and Delia are Gone” at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. VISIT THE SITE
September 29 – The Descendents – Warfield Theatre – Opening bands Modern Baseball and Such Gold start an evening with The Descendents. VISIT THE SITE
September 30 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival – Golden Gate Park – A free gathering in Golden Gate Park featuring over 100 musical artists on seven stages. VISIT THE SITE
