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This Week in San Francisco.
Every week we review some of the best of events and happenings in San Francisco. To plan your fun beyond this week, just explore our comprehensive events calendar. |
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Rock 'n Roll
September 11 - October 12, 2008
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A rapturous, pulsating, decades-spanning tale of Prague's rock revolution, Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n Roll follows the passions and politics of a wily Marxist professor in Cambridge and his Rolling Stones-obsessed protégé fighting for freedom in Soviet-dominated Prague.
Geary Theater 415 Geary St.
Ticket: (415) 749-2228
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tickets@act-sfbay.org
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20th Century Art & Design Show
September 10 [Preview] - September 14, 2008
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The 1st Annual San Francisco 20th Century Art and Design Show (SF20) holds court for five days to introduce collectors and art patrons to stimulating design concepts in showcase room-like settings. SF20 also hosts a gala benefit for the SFMOMA art museum with contributions from event designer Stanley Gatti.
Fort Mason Center Fort Mason Center
Info: (708) 366-2710
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San Francisco Fringe Festival
Through September 14, 2008
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The San Francisco Fringe Festival is a marathon of 260 performances over 12 days with a wide variety of alternative, classical, comedy, cabaret and new theater open to all performers on a non-curated basis. Join in one of the most innovative, intimate and independent theatre events in the Bay Area!
EXIT Theatre 156 Eddy Street
Tickets: (415) 673-3847
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Spring Awakening
Through October 12, 2008
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Spring Awakening takes its inspiration from one of literature's most controversial masterpieces, a work so daring in its depiction of teenage self-discovery it was banned from the stage and not performed in its complete form in English for nearly 100 years. It is a story of uncontrollable emotions, first love and lasting regrets.
Curran Theatre 445 Geary St.
Tickets: (415) 512-7770
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feedback@shnsf.com
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I feel I am free but I know I am not
September 4-November 1, 2008
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Through a series of participatory multi-media performance events and ongoing interactions in the gallery, this dynamic exhibit evolves as artists and audience collude to turn SF Camerawork into a participatory space and to blur the boundaries between art maker, viewer and media.
SF Camerawork 657 Mission St.
Info: (415) 512-2020
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info@ sfcamerawork.org
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2008 Architecture and the City
Through September 30, 2008
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Sponsored by AIA San Francisco, the largest architectural and design festival in the U.S. includes a series of architectural tours, film screenings, exhibitions, design lectures, home shows and more. In 2007, more than 20,000 people attended the festival.
American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Francisco 30 Sutter St., Suite 600
Info: (415) 362-7397
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San Francisco Zoo
Ongoing
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The San Francisco Zoo connects people with wildlife, inspires caring for nature, and advances conservation action. Located near the sweeping vistas of Ocean Beach, the zoo offers an African savanna, a lemur forest, children's zoo, carousel, Sumatran tiger cub exhibit and much more. Come check out the new “Hearst Grizzly Gulch"!
San Francisco Zoo 1 Zoo Rd.
Information: (415) 753-7080
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Teatro ZinZanni
Through December 13, 2008
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Set along San Francisco's historic waterfront, Teatro ZinZanni is a bewitching evening of European cabaret and cirque, divas and madmen, spectacle and sensuality with live music and a gourmet five-course dinner all set in the nightclub of your dreams.
Pier 29, The Embarcadero (at Battery)
Tickets: (415) 438-2668
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