Gallery Exhibit – Winter Group Exhibition
Crown Point Press
January
Come see the latest prints in this group exhibit!
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/974-6273.

Gallery Exhibit – Katsushige Nakahashi: The Depth of Memory
SF Camerawork
January
View the massive three-dimensional life-sized replica of a World War II era Japanese suicide submarine made from 20,000 photographs of a miniature toy model constructed for this project and painstakingly photographed with a macro lens.
Cost – $5 General, $2 Seniors/Student
For more information call 415/512-2020.

Film/Video – The Films of Emile de Antonio
SFMOMA
January
Experience the documentaries of this artist’s rejuvenation of the art of “compilation documentary,” building critical arguments out of archival or scavenged footage, including provocative explorations of Richard Nixon, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, JFK’s assassination, and more.
Cost – $5 General/Senior/Student; Free for Members or with Museum Admission
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Gallery Exhibit – The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama
YBCA
January
Experience works by more than 88 artists from 30 countries in this landmark exhibition that offers up art as a lens through which we experience our common humanity. Established and emerging artists, celebrities and others, have been invited to create works that capture the essence of His Holiness and his mission of peace.
Cost – $7 General, $5 Seniors/Students/Teachers, Free to members
For more information call 415/978-2787.

Gallery Exhibit – World Savvy Presents: The Global Youth Media & Arts Festival
Zeum
January
Celebrates this six-month collaboration between World Savvy and 22 of the Bay Area’s premiere media and arts organizations. Through discussion, experience and creative expression, youth formed and voiced personal perspectives through new works of art and media.
Cost – $8 General, $7 Seniors/Students, $6 Youth (6-18)
For more information call 415/820-3327.

Event – Levi Strauss & Company Book Talk and Signing
California Historical Society
January 3, 6-8pm
Come learn Levi Strauss & Co., started in 1853 and currently one of the world’s largest clothing companies. The company has continued to evolve with successive generations of family owners, expanding product lines to meet the ever-changing needs of consumers around the world.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/357-1848.

Artist Talk – Stephanie L. Taylor on Joseph Cornell: A Present Tense
SFMOMA
January 3, 6:30pm
With his penchant for Victorian toy theaters and 19th-century ballerinas, Joseph Cornell is often presented as a singular, even eccentric artist caught up in a gauzy past. Taylor, however, sees the artist as resolutely modern and firmly engaged in his 20th-century world. In this program she leads an anti-nostalgic look at Cornell’s wildly inventive and influential work.
Cost – Free with Museum Admission
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Event – Great Migration celebration and Closing Day at Howard Street Location
California Academy of Sciences
January 6, 10am-5pm
Celebrate the beginning of the Academy’s move back to Golden Gate Park. Festivities include talks about the complex moving process, slideshows and arts-and-crafts. Bring a “housewarming” gift from the ‘wish list’ at www.calacademy.org and recieve free admission!
Cost – $10 General, $6.50 Seniors/Students/Youth 12-17, $2 Children 4-11
For more information call 415/321-8000.

Event – Sustainable Design Programs Information Session
UC Berkeley Extension
January 7, 6:30-8pm
Meet other aspiring interior designers, instructors and staff for questions about the  sustainable design programs and  find out the benefits of using both sustainable practices and materials.
Cost – Free
For more information call 510/642-4111.

Event – Interior Design and Architecture Certificate Information Session
UC Berkeley Extension
January 8, 6:30-8pm
Meet other aspiring interior designers and discuss the benefits of our CIDA-accredited, post-baccalaureate certificate program. Instructors and staff will be available for questions about the new sustainable interior design certification program, too.
Cost – Free
For more information call 510/642-4111.

Performing Arts – French Music Festival
 Noontime Concerts at St. Patrick’s Church
January 9, 12:30pm
Relax over your lunch break with arias and duets from the great French operas by Bizet, Delibes and others.
Cost – $5 Donation
For more information call 415/777-3244

Artist Talk – Douglas Gordon
SFMOMA
January 10, 6:30pm
Join Gordon and Ferguson for a discussion of the artist’s diverse practice, which encompasses film, video, photography, performance, and text. The conversation addresses the roles of perception, psychology, and language in Gordon’s artwork, as well as the ways in which Gordon teases out such dichotomous themes as good and evil, trust and deception, memory and forgetting.
Cost – $10 General, $7 Members/Seniors/Student
For more information call 415/357-4000. 

Event – Landscape Architecture Certificate Program Information Session
UC Berkeley Extension
January 10, 6:30-8pm
Learn as instructors and staff show how to master the practices and technologies of environment-sustaining approaches to design or develop career skills in a landscape architecture program certified by the Landscape Architects Technical Committee of the California Board of Architectural Examiners.
Cost – Free
For more information call 510/642-4111.

Event – Citywide Family Appreciation Day
SFMOMA, Cartoon Art Museum
January 13, 11am-4pm
Join SFMOMA and the Cartoon Art Museum as they participate in Mayor Gavin Newsome’s citywide family celebration by offering free museum admission.
Cost – Free for children 12 and under, and San Francisco Residents w/ valid driver’s license, all other regular admission
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Education – Catering and Event Class
City College of San Francisco, Downtown Campus
January 15, 4-8pm (first class)
Enroll in a program where students develop the skills necessary for entry level positions in food preparation, pastry, baking, and dining service.
Cost – Tuition is FREE. Students pay for books, tools, and uniforms
For more information call 415/267-6512.

Performing Arts – French Music Festival
Noontime Concerts at St. Patrick’s Church
January 16, 12:30pm
Enjoy works for clarinet and piano by Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud and Philippe Gaubert.
Cost – $5 Donation
For more information call 415/777-3244.

Performing Arts – Devendra Banhart, musician and visual artist
SFMOMA
January 17, 8pm
Explore the intersections of rock, psychedelia, and traditional music as you join this multitalented artist for a mostly acoustic performance celebrating the special relationship that often exists between music and visual art.
Cost – $20 General, $15 Members/Seniors/Students
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Party – Opening Night for Anna Halprin: At the Origin of Performance
YBCA
January 17, 6pm
Enjoy another spectacular party as we celebrate the opening of the exhibition Anna Halprin: At the Origin of Performance. Halprin will present her piece, Awaken, with dancers Iu-Hui (Ue) Chua, Christian Nagler, Terre Parker, Joy Cosculluela and Soto Hoffman in YBCA’s Bamboo Courtyard.
Cost – $8 Advanced, $10 Door, Free for Members
For more information call 415/978-2787.

Event – Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies Certificate Program
UC Berkeley Extension
January 17, 7-8pm
Come hear about the certificate and the benefits you'll gain as a CAADAC counselor. Current students share the intellectual, conceptual, and personal challenges they have faced in the program and the changes they have experienced as a result of attending.
Cost – Free
For more information call 510/642-4111.

Film/Video – Joy Division
YBCA
January 18, 7 & 9:15pm
Enjoy this fantastic new documentary, a perfect complement to Control, the recent fictionalized account of the life of Ian Curtis and his band Joy Division.  Featuring interviews with surviving band members, the film examines their story through never-before-seen live performance footage, personal photos and newly discovered audio tapes.
Cost -- $10 Suggested Donation
For more information call 415/978-2787.

Event – Cartoonist in Residence
Cartoon Art Museum
January 19, 1-3pm
Watch Shaenon Garrity work and chat with her about cartooning. Her online comic strip Narbonic ran from July 2000 through December 2006, earning her many awards and accolades.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/227-8666.

Performing Arts – French Music Festival
Noontime Concerts at St. Patrick’s Church
January 22, 12:30pm
Enjoy works by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, as performed by Valentin Surif on piano.
Cost – $5 Donation
For more information call 415/777-3244.

Performing Arts – French Music Festival
 Noontime Concerts at St. Patrick’s Church
January 23, 12:30pm
Relax with Yueh Chou on the bassoon and Jonathan Lee on the harpsichord as they perform masterworks from the French Baroque by Corrette, Couperin and Boismortier.
Cost – $5 Donation
For more information call 415/777-3244.

Gallery Exhibit – The Streets of San Francisco
The Society of California Pioneers
January 23 – August
Learn the identities of those individuals whose names are perpetuated in asphalt and concrete. The exhibit incorporates maps, photographs, prints, and artifacts that recall San Francisco’s transformation from mission outpost to instant metropolis as well as the people who made significant contributions to the life of the community. 
Cost – $5 General, $2.50 Seniors/Students
For more information call 415/957-1849.

Artist Talk – New Work: Lucy McKenzie
SFMOMA
January 24, 7pm
Examine McKenzie’s New Work exhibition, with a focus on the artist’s collaboration with fashion designer Beca Lipscombe. Following the talk, Lipscombe’s clothing will be available for sale in the galleries, a one-night-only occurrence!
Cost – Free with Museum Admission
For more information call 415/357-4000.

Film/Video – State of the World
YBCA
January 24, 7:30pm
Learn from six of the most provocative and fascinating filmmakers from around the globe as they each contribute a short film on the theme of global change. The result is an incredible panorama of the world’s have-nots, and an indelible snapshot of the present moment in world cinema.
Cost – $8 General, $6 Members/Seniors/Students/Teachers
For more information call 415/978-2787.

Artist Talk – Silicon Valley
SFMOMA
January 26, 3pm
Proceeding from what the artist calls a “slow-paced gaze,” Basilico’s work most often focuses on cities, notably those in states of construction or decay. The subject of his latest photographic project is Silicon Valley. This program features two conversations.
Cost – $10 General, $7 Members/Seniors/Students
For more information call 415/357-4000. 

Performing Arts – French Music Festival: Russian Chamber Orchestra
 Noontime Concerts at St. Patrick’s Church
January 30, 12:30pm
Commemorate the last Noontime Concert here in the Yerba Buena Neighborhood with this stellar program led by music director and conductor Alexander Vereshagin.
Cost – $5 Donation
For more information call 415/777-3244.

Gallery Exhibit/Party – Narratives
Sculpturesite Gallery
January 31 opening
Celebrate the new pieces on display in this group show that exhibits artists working with narrative themes.
Cost – Free
For more information call 415/495-6400.

Film/Video – Day is Done
YBCA
January 31, 7pm
A major new video work by Los Angeles artist Mike Kelley, Day is Done is a twisted semi-musical that examines American subcultures. Composed of 31 sketches, each a reconstruction of photographs was found in high school yearbooks, with such familiar events as dress-up days, memorial speeches, religious spectacles and fashion shows.
Cost – $8 General, $6 Members/Seniors/Students/Teachers
For more information call 415/978-2787.

Thousands of people visit the Yerba Buena Neighborhood to attend conferences at the Moscone Center each month. To learn more about which conventions are in town please visit their Web site.