Renny Pritikin, chief curator of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, couldn't be more excited about Lamp of the Covenant, artist Dave Lane's fascinating and impressive…
In visual art, is it better to know nothing about an artist — absolutely nothing — before you know the artist's work? Should Picasso's…
If we were asked to describe the architecture of San Francisco in one word, the best response would have to be eclectic. Yet, even…
While kids who grew up in California may know the Chinese board game Mah Jongg from watching community members lay out the tiles on…
The Yerba Buena Gardens are painfully charming. The little oasis in the middle of downtown is home to museums, theaters, restaurants and cafes —…
“I'm in the kitchen, dear,” said Mrs. Cleaver as she tidied up her sparkling Formica counter. If Jews designed her spick-and-span 1950s kitchen —…
San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum will put a 21st century spin on 1930s radio this Sunday; a hearty band of actors and musicians will…
Full of curious circles, triangles, and rectangles that somehow mesh together, Ohad Meromi's artwork, called 1967, sits atop a large wooden platform that practically…
Not only has the Torah been re-written by a cast of today's exciting writers (Aimee Bender, Sam Lipsyte, and Jill Soloway, to name but…
Besides being temples of culture, knowledge and learning, there is one thing all major San Francisco museums have in common: stickers acting as proof…
