Arts & Entertainment After Legion of Honor ‘Cake Picnic’ Sells Out Instantly, Renegade Cake Picnics to Pop Up All Over Town Saturday There was plenty of finger-pointing when Saturday’s Legion of Honor Cake Picnic sold out the instant tickets went on sale, but now those fingers can run through the frosting at a number of rival cake picnics happening at the same time Saturday.
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SF News 90-Year-Old Greek Statue at Legion of Honor Vandalized, Pieces Missing One of San Francisco's oldest statues — a marbled Greek sculpture at Legion of Honor — was found without several parts this week, sparking calls for the return of the missing pieces by curators.
Arts & Entertainment The Legion of Honor Readies for May 7 Reopening San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum is set to reopen next month, on May 7, with two new exhibits — one of which celebrates the culture of food and drink in Pompeii, which the museum's director says was “kind of the Sonoma Valley of ancient Rome.”
Arts & Entertainment Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Welcomes Bay Area Artists To Submit Works for 125th Anniversary Show The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is welcoming submissions from creatives across all nine Bay Area counties for its upcoming exhibit, “The de Young Open,” with chosen pieces being included as part of the de Young Museum’s 125th-anniversary showcase later this year.
SF News Tourist Mowed Down By Car While Trying to Thwart A Break-In Of His Own Car A trip to the Legion of Honor went from bad to worse Tuesday afternoon, as a 46-year-old man noticed his car being broken into, and was promptly run down by the thieves’ getaway vehicle.
SF News Legion Of Honor, de Young Museums Hike Adult Ticket Prices By 50% While a move approved yesterday to increase ticket prices by 50 percent at two premiere San Francisco museums might be seen as something of an art heist, the de Young Museum and Legion
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
Arts & Entertainment Mona Lisa In Golden Gate Park? San Francisco Art Museums Sign Deal With The Louvre Art-seeking tourists can cancel their tickets to Paris now that The Louvre and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have struck a deal to allow for open sharing and collaborative exhibitions between
misc Cinema Supper Club at the Legion of Honor Closes Tonight Normally, you'd be able to get a reservation for dinner as well, but that might be tough to do at this late date. However, you should be able to nosh on some tapas
misc Come to the Cinema Supper Club at the Legion of Honor Museum The whole concept of is that you can get some food, check out some art and then watch a related film to cap off the evening. Is this a viable alternative to strapping
