KQED Event Calendar

The best of the Bay Area for KQED fans: discover events hand-picked by our editors, sponsored listings, and more.

Tue, December 2

leonardo Leonardo 500 Years into The Future at The Tech Museum
This world premiere exhibition represents the largest, most comprehensive exhibit ever of the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries, including Filippo Brunelleschi, and ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $25
taylor Josephine Taylor's 'Bomb Landscape'
Josephine Taylor presents her third solo exhibition at the Catharine Clark Gallery. 'Bomb Landscape' features large-scale drawings, heliographic prints, and dry-point etchings. It also marks a departure from her previous ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free-$10
arcega The Shape of Things: Paper Traditions and Transformation
This exhibition explores the history of Asian cut, folded, and molded paper, including Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes. Contemporary artists Gene Apellido, Mike Arcega, ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free-$5
kidall Winter Salon 2008: Future Memories
Scott Kildall, one of the many participating artists for Micaela's Winter Salon 2008, presents 'Future Memories' (2006). For this project, Kidall sources shots from over 60 iconic Hollywood films and ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free
'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'
Actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley's Repertory Theatre with the play that got him a Tony nomination, only this time he's in the director's chair.  Find out more about the ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $13.50-$71
Evie's Waltz
In Carter W. Lewis' new play, Gloria and Clay wrestle with the fact that their son brought a gun to school. When their son's girlfriend shows up unexpectedly, a game ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
International Body Music Festival
Body Musician Keith Terry leads the first festival dedicated to body music. Find out more at the festival's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $5-25
La Boheme
Nicola Luisotti conducts Puccini's most beloved opera, La Boheme, about two starving artists falling in and out of love in 19th century Paris. For show and ticket information, visit San ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-290
Lang Lang
The award winning pianist comes to the San Francisco Symphony for a week of performances. Find out more at the symphony's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
The Velveteen Rabbit
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents this holiday tradition as a dance and theater production for children 4 and older. Find out more about the show that runs until ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-40

Wed, December 3

leonardo Leonardo 500 Years into The Future at The Tech Museum
This world premiere exhibition represents the largest, most comprehensive exhibit ever of the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries, including Filippo Brunelleschi, and ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $25
taylor Josephine Taylor's 'Bomb Landscape'
Josephine Taylor presents her third solo exhibition at the Catharine Clark Gallery. 'Bomb Landscape' features large-scale drawings, heliographic prints, and dry-point etchings. It also marks a departure from her previous ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
moad The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art
Assembled from 1949 to 1998 by John and Vivian Hewitt, this collection is one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of African American art. The exhibit features 54 ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: $5-$10
arcega The Shape of Things: Paper Traditions and Transformation
This exhibition explores the history of Asian cut, folded, and molded paper, including Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes. Contemporary artists Gene Apellido, Mike Arcega, ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free-$5
kidall Winter Salon 2008: Future Memories
Scott Kildall, one of the many participating artists for Micaela's Winter Salon 2008, presents 'Future Memories' (2006). For this project, Kidall sources shots from over 60 iconic Hollywood films and ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free
The Weather on Mars
In this talk Dave Hinson will examine the weather on Mars using a combination of radio occultation data and wide-angle images obtained by Mars Global Surveyor during its final year ...
Time: 12:00 PM
ITVS Community Cinema: Helvetica
Helvetica is a film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture, and records a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, creative process, their choices and aesthetics behind ...
Categories: Community Outreach
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Ask A Scientist: How Computers Look at Art
Thanks to cutting edge advancements in computer science, questions and controversies in the study of art are now being answered in ways that were not previously possible. For example, computer ...
Time: 7:00 PM
How Computers Look at Art
Thanks to cutting edge advancements in computer science, questions and controversies in the study of art are now being answered in ways that were not previously possible. For example, computer ...
Time: 7:00 PM
Consuming Culture and Greed
This public conversation in our series with the Center for Ethics in Society will deal with the vice of greed, a selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed. ...
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
huang yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'
Actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley's Repertory Theatre with the play that got him a Tony nomination, only this time he's in the director's chair.  Find out more about the ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $13.50-$71
Evie's Waltz
In Carter W. Lewis' new play, Gloria and Clay wrestle with the fact that their son brought a gun to school. When their son's girlfriend shows up unexpectedly, a game ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
International Body Music Festival
Body Musician Keith Terry leads the first festival dedicated to body music. Find out more at the festival's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $5-25
La Boheme
Nicola Luisotti conducts Puccini's most beloved opera, La Boheme, about two starving artists falling in and out of love in 19th century Paris. For show and ticket information, visit San ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-290
Lang Lang
The award winning pianist comes to the San Francisco Symphony for a week of performances. Find out more at the symphony's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
The Velveteen Rabbit
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents this holiday tradition as a dance and theater production for children 4 and older. Find out more about the show that runs until ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-40

Thu, December 4

leonardo Leonardo 500 Years into The Future at The Tech Museum
This world premiere exhibition represents the largest, most comprehensive exhibit ever of the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries, including Filippo Brunelleschi, and ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $25
Duo Mysto
New work by renowned tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy and ceramist Ron Nagle are on display in this December exhibition. Vastly different in nature, the sculptures and drawings by the ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
taylor Josephine Taylor's 'Bomb Landscape'
Josephine Taylor presents her third solo exhibition at the Catharine Clark Gallery. 'Bomb Landscape' features large-scale drawings, heliographic prints, and dry-point etchings. It also marks a departure from her previous ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
moad The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art
Assembled from 1949 to 1998 by John and Vivian Hewitt, this collection is one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of African American art. The exhibit features 54 ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: $5-$10
arcega The Shape of Things: Paper Traditions and Transformation
This exhibition explores the history of Asian cut, folded, and molded paper, including Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes. Contemporary artists Gene Apellido, Mike Arcega, ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free-$5
kidall Winter Salon 2008: Future Memories
Scott Kildall, one of the many participating artists for Micaela's Winter Salon 2008, presents 'Future Memories' (2006). For this project, Kidall sources shots from over 60 iconic Hollywood films and ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free
genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 1:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Cost: Free-$10
Science Buzz Cafe
A place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a bowl of soup, people can meet to discuss the latest ideas of science and technology which are ...
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
huang yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'
Actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley's Repertory Theatre with the play that got him a Tony nomination, only this time he's in the director's chair.  Find out more about the ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $13.50-$71
Evie's Waltz
In Carter W. Lewis' new play, Gloria and Clay wrestle with the fact that their son brought a gun to school. When their son's girlfriend shows up unexpectedly, a game ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
International Body Music Festival
Body Musician Keith Terry leads the first festival dedicated to body music. Find out more at the festival's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $5-25
La Boheme
Nicola Luisotti conducts Puccini's most beloved opera, La Boheme, about two starving artists falling in and out of love in 19th century Paris. For show and ticket information, visit San ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-290
Lang Lang
The award winning pianist comes to the San Francisco Symphony for a week of performances. Find out more at the symphony's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
puppet The Great Puppet Bollywood Extravaganza!
The Un-Scripted Theatre Company closes out its sixth season with puppets and an exciting new world: India. Using input from the audience, an unscripted performance will be created along with ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-$20
The Velveteen Rabbit
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents this holiday tradition as a dance and theater production for children 4 and older. Find out more about the show that runs until ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-40

Fri, December 5

leonardo Leonardo 500 Years into The Future at The Tech Museum
This world premiere exhibition represents the largest, most comprehensive exhibit ever of the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries, including Filippo Brunelleschi, and ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $25
Duo Mysto
New work by renowned tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy and ceramist Ron Nagle are on display in this December exhibition. Vastly different in nature, the sculptures and drawings by the ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
taylor Josephine Taylor's 'Bomb Landscape'
Josephine Taylor presents her third solo exhibition at the Catharine Clark Gallery. 'Bomb Landscape' features large-scale drawings, heliographic prints, and dry-point etchings. It also marks a departure from her previous ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free-$10
moad The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art
Assembled from 1949 to 1998 by John and Vivian Hewitt, this collection is one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of African American art. The exhibit features 54 ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: $5-$10
arcega The Shape of Things: Paper Traditions and Transformation
This exhibition explores the history of Asian cut, folded, and molded paper, including Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes. Contemporary artists Gene Apellido, Mike Arcega, ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free-$5
kidall Winter Salon 2008: Future Memories
Scott Kildall, one of the many participating artists for Micaela's Winter Salon 2008, presents 'Future Memories' (2006). For this project, Kidall sources shots from over 60 iconic Hollywood films and ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free
huang yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'
Actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley's Repertory Theatre with the play that got him a Tony nomination, only this time he's in the director's chair.  Find out more about the ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $13.50-$71
Evie's Waltz
In Carter W. Lewis' new play, Gloria and Clay wrestle with the fact that their son brought a gun to school. When their son's girlfriend shows up unexpectedly, a game ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
International Body Music Festival
Body Musician Keith Terry leads the first festival dedicated to body music. Find out more at the festival's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $5-25
La Boheme
Nicola Luisotti conducts Puccini's most beloved opera, La Boheme, about two starving artists falling in and out of love in 19th century Paris. For show and ticket information, visit San ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-290
Lang Lang
The award winning pianist comes to the San Francisco Symphony for a week of performances. Find out more at the symphony's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
puppet The Great Puppet Bollywood Extravaganza!
The Un-Scripted Theatre Company closes out its sixth season with puppets and an exciting new world: India. Using input from the audience, an unscripted performance will be created along with ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-$20
The Velveteen Rabbit
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents this holiday tradition as a dance and theater production for children 4 and older. Find out more about the show that runs until ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-40

Sat, December 6

leonardo Leonardo 500 Years into The Future at The Tech Museum
This world premiere exhibition represents the largest, most comprehensive exhibit ever of the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries, including Filippo Brunelleschi, and ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $25
Duo Mysto
New work by renowned tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy and ceramist Ron Nagle are on display in this December exhibition. Vastly different in nature, the sculptures and drawings by the ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
taylor Josephine Taylor's 'Bomb Landscape'
Josephine Taylor presents her third solo exhibition at the Catharine Clark Gallery. 'Bomb Landscape' features large-scale drawings, heliographic prints, and dry-point etchings. It also marks a departure from her previous ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free-$10
moad The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art
Assembled from 1949 to 1998 by John and Vivian Hewitt, this collection is one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of African American art. The exhibit features 54 ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: $5-$10
arcega The Shape of Things: Paper Traditions and Transformation
This exhibition explores the history of Asian cut, folded, and molded paper, including Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes. Contemporary artists Gene Apellido, Mike Arcega, ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$5
kidall Winter Salon 2008: Future Memories
Scott Kildall, one of the many participating artists for Micaela's Winter Salon 2008, presents 'Future Memories' (2006). For this project, Kidall sources shots from over 60 iconic Hollywood films and ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Free
Mozart, Bilingual Opera River of Women
Mission Chamber Orchestra performs excerpts from Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' with the SCU Opera Workshop singers. Also on the program, the orchestral premiere of Hector Armienta's 'River of Women,' a ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: $5-$22
huang yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'
Actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley's Repertory Theatre with the play that got him a Tony nomination, only this time he's in the director's chair.  Find out more about the ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $13.50-$71
Evie's Waltz
In Carter W. Lewis' new play, Gloria and Clay wrestle with the fact that their son brought a gun to school. When their son's girlfriend shows up unexpectedly, a game ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
International Body Music Festival
Body Musician Keith Terry leads the first festival dedicated to body music. Find out more at the festival's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $5-25
La Boheme
Nicola Luisotti conducts Puccini's most beloved opera, La Boheme, about two starving artists falling in and out of love in 19th century Paris. For show and ticket information, visit San ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-290
Lang Lang
The award winning pianist comes to the San Francisco Symphony for a week of performances. Find out more at the symphony's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
puppet The Great Puppet Bollywood Extravaganza!
The Un-Scripted Theatre Company closes out its sixth season with puppets and an exciting new world: India. Using input from the audience, an unscripted performance will be created along with ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-$20
The Velveteen Rabbit
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents this holiday tradition as a dance and theater production for children 4 and older. Find out more about the show that runs until ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-40

Sun, December 7

leonardo Leonardo 500 Years into The Future at The Tech Museum
This world premiere exhibition represents the largest, most comprehensive exhibit ever of the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries, including Filippo Brunelleschi, and ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $25
genesis In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis
It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of ...
Categories: Arts: Multimedia
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free-$10
moad The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art
Assembled from 1949 to 1998 by John and Vivian Hewitt, this collection is one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of African American art. The exhibit features 54 ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: $5-$10
arcega The Shape of Things: Paper Traditions and Transformation
This exhibition explores the history of Asian cut, folded, and molded paper, including Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes. Contemporary artists Gene Apellido, Mike Arcega, ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$5
A Conversation on Time Perspective and Everyday Heroism with Dr. Philip Zimbardo
One of the most powerful influences on our everyday decisions is our perception of time — the way our minds partition the flow of experience into temporal zones, such as ...
Time: 2:00 PM
huang yan Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art
Mahjong features a selection of 141 works by 96 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video works, and installations spanning four decades from the collection of Uli Sigg.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: 11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $7-$12
'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'
Actor Delroy Lindo returns to Berkeley's Repertory Theatre with the play that got him a Tony nomination, only this time he's in the director's chair.  Find out more about the ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $13.50-$71
Evie's Waltz
In Carter W. Lewis' new play, Gloria and Clay wrestle with the fact that their son brought a gun to school. When their son's girlfriend shows up unexpectedly, a game ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
International Body Music Festival
Body Musician Keith Terry leads the first festival dedicated to body music. Find out more at the festival's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $5-25
La Boheme
Nicola Luisotti conducts Puccini's most beloved opera, La Boheme, about two starving artists falling in and out of love in 19th century Paris. For show and ticket information, visit San ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $15-290
Lang Lang
The award winning pianist comes to the San Francisco Symphony for a week of performances. Find out more at the symphony's website.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $25-75
The Velveteen Rabbit
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents this holiday tradition as a dance and theater production for children 4 and older. Find out more about the show that runs until ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $10-40

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