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ACT	Art Galleries	Art Photography	Ballet
American Conservatory Theater at Geary Theater, Geary & Mason at Union Square 415 749-2228  Asian Art Asian Art Museum One of the most comprehensive collections in the world themed around Buddism from India to Korea and Japan, China to Burma. Excellent. 200 Larkin Street 415 581-3500 Closed Mondays Tue-Sunday 10AM-5PM Thursdays till 9PM	John Berggruen 228 Grant 415 781-4639 Caldwell Snyder 357 Geary 415 296-7896 Hackett-Freeman 250 Sutter 415 362-7152 Anthony Meier 3007 Jackson 415 351-1400 John Pence 750 Post 415 441-1138 Meyerovich 251 Post 415 421-7171 Marcel Sitcoske 20 Hawthorne 415 371-8068	Ansel Adams work can be seen in Yosemite National Park Center for Photographic Art in Carmel Friends of Photography has closed and ceased all operations Photo Alliance SF Camera Work 1246 Folsom Street 415 863-1001	San Francisco Ballet's season February-May. Nutcracker Suite December At War Memorial Opera House, Van Ness Ave and Grove St at Civic Center 415 865-2000 Ticketmaster 415 512-7770 415 553-4672 groups
DeYoung	Legion	SFMOMA Museum of Modern Art
De Young Museum of Art closed for rebuilding opening in October 2005 New building by Swiss architects Herzog and De Meuron Some of the artwork exhibited at the Legion of Honor	Legion of Honor has a distinguised collection of European art from medieval to modern, the Rodin sculpture court Closed Mondays Free admisssion first Tuesday every month Lincoln Park, 34 Ave at Clement. 415 863-3330 buses 1 and 18	SFMOMA Building design by Swiss architect Mario Botta. Collections include over 15,000 Abstract Expressionist paintings, and over 9,000 photographs. Excellent giftshop and cafe 10-year anniversary in 2005	SFMOMA 151 Third Street 415 357-4000 Closed Wednesdays
Modern Dance	Napa Museum	Opera	2005-2006 Season
Alcazar Theater 650 Geary Cal Performances of Berkeley University 510 642-9988 tickets Yerba Buena Center for the Arts	Exhibits on Napa Valley history and art. 55 Presidents Circle in Yountville, Napa Valley 707 944-0500	San Francisco Opera at War Memorial Opera House 301VanNess/Grove Box Office at 199 Grove Street open 10AM-6PM M-Sat Opera season September thru July	2005 THE QUEEN OF SPADES June 12-July 7 THE PEARL FISHERS June 14-July 9 COSI FAN TUTTE June 24-July 10 THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS Rossini Sept 10-Oct RODELINDA Handel Sept 17-Oct 8 DOCTOR ATOMIC Adams Oct 1-22 NORMA Bellini Oct 23-Nov 21 LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Verdi Nov 2-26 FIDELIO Beethoven Nov 9-27 2006 MADAMA BUTTERFLY Puccini May 27-Jun4 25 THE MAID OF ORLEANS Tchaikovsky June 3-July 1 THE MARRIAAGE OF FIGARO Mozart June 10-July 2
Stanford Art	Symphony	UC Berkeley	Yerba Buena
Cantor Center of Visual Arts at Stanford University in Palo Alto opened a new wing by Architect James Polshek on Jan 24, 1999. Eclectic collection including African, Oceanic and Asian art including the largest repository of Auguste Rodin's work outside of Paris. 650 723-4177	San Francisco Symphony performs under Michael Tilson Thomas at Davies Symphony Hall from Sept through May Mozart Festival June 201 Van Ness at Grove Street 415 864-6000	Cal Performances at UC Berkeley arrange concerts, dance performances and other events 510 642-9988 tickets	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 700 Howard building by James Stewart Polchek and 701 Mission building by Fumiko Maki, both at Third Street in Yerba Buena Gardens Modern dance, theater and art programs, exhibits etc 415 978-2787 ticketweb.com

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BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM East Fort Baker 557 McReynolds Road in Sausalito 415 487-4398
BLACKHAWK AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle in Danville 925 735-2280
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 678 Mission in San Francisco 415 357-1848
CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL June at the Bruns Memorial Amphitheater 510 548-9666
CARMEL BACH FESTIVAL July-August 831 624-2046
CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM 180 Woz Way in San Jose 408 298-5437
CHINESE CULTURE CENTER 750 Kearny in San Francisco 415 986-1822
CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 965 Clay St San Francisco 402 415 391-1188
COYOTE POINT MUSEUM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 1651 Coyote Point Dr in San Mateo 650 342-7755
FDR'S PRESIDENTIAL YACHT POTOMAC 540 Water Street in Oakland 510 839-7533
THE FILLMORE 1805 Geary Blvd at Fillmore in San Francisco 415 346-6000
FORT POINT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Presidio reached via Lincoln Boulevard to Long Avenue in San Francisco 415 556-1693
GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL 859 O'Farrell Street at Polk in San Francisco 415 885-0750
HAAS-LILIENTHAL HOUSE 2007 Franklin in San Francisco 415 441-3004
HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS at 944 Fort Barry in Marin Headlands 415 331-2787
HILLER AVIATION MUSEUM 601 Sky Way in San Carlos 650 654-0200
JEWISH MUSEUM SAN FRANCISCO 121 Steuart Street in San Francisco. Will move in 2005. 415 543-8880
MAGIC THEATRE Building D at Fort Mason Center 415 441-8822
MARINE'S MEMORIAL THEATRE 609 Sutter at Mason 877 771-6900
MEXICAN MUSEUM Fort Mason, Building D in San Francisco 415 202-9700
MISSION DOLORES 3321 16 Street in San Francisco 415 621-8203
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL in Monterey September
NEW CONSERVATORY THEATRE CENTER 415 862-8972
ODC Theatre 415 863-9834
OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA Oak and 10th Streets in Oakland 888 625-6873
PHOEBE A HEARST MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY University of California, Berkeley. kroeber Hall, Bancroft Way & College Avenue 510 643-7648
RUSSIAN RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL in Johnson's Beach June 17-18, 2000 510 655-9471
SAN FRANCISCO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR MUSEUM Washington and Mason Streets in San Francisco 415 474-1887
SAN FRANCISCO CRAFT & FOLK ART MUSEUM Fort Mason, Landmark Building A in San Francisco 415 775-0991
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL April-May
SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME MUSEUM 900 Beach in San Francisco 415 556-3002
SAN FRANCISCO PERFORMANCES
SAN FRANCISCO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL June-July 1 800 978-7529
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART 110 South Market Street in San Jose 408 294-2787
SAN JOSE REPERTORY THEATRE 101 Paseo de San Antonio in San Jose 408 367-7255
STERN GROVE MUSIC FESTIVAL in San Francisco June-August 415 252-6252
TREATRE ON THE SQUARE 450 Post Street at Powell in San Francisco 415 433-9500
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY ART MUSEUM 2626 Bacroft Way in Berkeley 510 642-0808
USS PAMPANITO WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE Pier 45 in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf 415 929-0202
WELLS FARGO HISTORY MUSEUM 420 Montgomery in San Francisco 415 396-2619