SF News Update: de Young Museum Under Fire for Allegedly Refusing to Lend Defibrillator as Man Died, Museum Disputes This A 70-year-old man suffered a cardiac episode Sunday next to the de Young Museum, and while the museum is facing tough questions after staff allegedly refused to lend their defibrillator as he died, the museum says an ambulance was already there.
Arts & Entertainment The Obama Portraits Make Their SF Debut Saturday at the de Young Museum It’s free admission both Saturday and Sunday to see those life-size Barack and Michelle Obama portraits make their San Francisco debut at the de Young, and they remain on display there until August 14.
SF News Masked Man Robs Museum-Goers At Gunpoint Shots rang out in Golden Gate Park Thursday night, when a robber accosted two people as they left an event at an area museum. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the mugging
Arts & Entertainment 'The Fashion of Islam' Coming To The De Young As the year draws to a close, de Young Director Max Hollein is providing a sneak peek at what lies ahead for the San Francisco art museum. The New York Times reports that
Arts & Entertainment Get Down After Dark With Friday Nights At The De Young Friday Nights at the de Young programs are after-hours art "happenings" that include a mix of live music, dance and theater performances, film screenings, panel discussions, lectures, artist demonstrations, hands-on art activities, and
Arts & Entertainment We're Giving Away VIP Tickets To <i>Keith Haring: The Political Line</i> At The De Young (CLOSED) See the exhibition San Francisco Chronicle art critic Kenneth Baker describes as "Haring at his best." Christian L. Frock from KQED muses, "Even if you think you know him, look again, and see
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This: Diebenkorn At The De Young Out-of-towners and guide books like to euphemistically describe San Francisco as "colorful". By that they might mean perverse, strange, demented or just a little more intense than your typical stopover in Des Moines.
Arts & Entertainment Beleaguered Fine Arts Museums Finally Get New Director The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which are made up of the de Young and Legion of Honor museums, have finally appointed a new director. The museums have been operating without a
SF News De Young Ranks Fifth In Attendance Let's face it, museums are dull. They're quiet, full of old photos and paintings, and demand an attention span that isn't rife with ADHD tendencies. The San Francisco's de Young Museum, however, is
misc Interview: Misako Inaoka One such is artist Misako Inaoka. We stumbled onto her website a few months ago, and were pleasantly surprised to find out she was located here. We like the way Misako’s work
misc A Night at the Museum, Every Friday at the New de Young Check it out after work every Friday until March. A few more shots after the jump.
misc A Kennedyesque Inaugural Unda the Rotunda Gavin Newsom began his second term as mayor of San Francisco this morning in front of a huge crowd under the largest dome in the western hemisphere. (Yes, even larger than those found
Arts & Entertainment The Dreamer Deferred Pedaling through Golden Gate Park the other day, we noticed the conspicuous absence of the giant purple half-head that has graced a lawn near the de Young for a few months. We had
Arts & Entertainment nugget o' history: Anniversary of a Flesh Wound The violent melodrama characterizing the recent murder of a journalist investigating "Your Black Muslim Bakery" has conjured the entire Bay Area history of political violence into our memories. Dan White, James P. Casey,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Nan Kempner's Closet at the de Young [Update: Gentle readers may wish not to click over to SFMIKE's Civic Center Blog for his take. Next time, tell us how you really feel, Mike! And take a video tour of the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Still don't have a date to the tomorrow's Dyke March? Find the perfect lady at Fairy Butch! Speed dating at 8pm, followed by an erotic cabaret & dance party. $10-$20 sliding scale
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Friday night at the de Young never looked so good! Get a sneak peek into the closet of Nan Kempner, San Francisco native turned famous New York socialite as part of an upcoming
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Here's what on tonight around the city - assuming you survive the Zombie Mob Invasion... Carnaval weekend in SF jumps off at the Great American Music Hall, with Sila and the Afro Funk
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight This weekend is gonna be ginormous, with Bay to Breakers,the Maker Faire, the Prince and Bjork shows - so dive right on in with tonight's top picks: Party with Viv! and celebrate
Arts & Entertainment VicTraina Strikes Again Our most sincere thank-yous to Socialite Rank for posting this photo of Victoria Traina. The first word that comes to mind is something our good friend passed along to us, from the New
SF News What Would Mike Brady Think? The types of buildings were listed in five categories: religious, residential, commercial, historic, and civic. To decide the winners, the AIA had a secret meeting in a dark tomb somewhere and drew lots
Arts & Entertainment Victoria Traina is So Haute Right Now Socialite Rank awarded Victoria Traina "Chic of the Week" for the Christian Lacroix Haute Couture dress she wore to the opening of the Vivienne Westwood exhibition at the de Young Museum. She also
