SF News SF's Museum of the African Diaspora Will Reopen Next Week With Updated Gallery Space, New Exhibits After being closed for over eighteen months, San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) — one of the country's largest contemporary art museums that celebrate Black cultures — is set to reopen Thursday, October 21, debuting a "refreshed" gallery space and a new lineup of exhibits.
Arts & Entertainment OMCA Will Reopen to the Public June 18; Admission Free for Opening Weekend After being closed for over a year, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) will reopen to the public on June 18 — which will also kick-off the museum's three free community access days.
SF News SF Schools Will Begin Phased Reopening Starting April 12 After a contentious few weeks on the subject, San Francisco school officials plan to reopen classrooms for in-person learning next month. Preschoolers and elementary students (through 2nd grade) will return first — though only about a third of SF elementary schools will initially reopen in April.
SF News Oakland Zoo, Glowfari Have Reopened to the General Public A gentle reminder that the East Bay wildlife park began welcoming zoo visitors on February 3 and officially reopened its Glowfari festival — a wonderland of illuminated lanterns inspired by global fauna — this past Friday.
Arts & Entertainment New Palette Gallery Exhibit Features Works From 19 Prominent Bay Area Food Photographers After opening one of arguably San Francisco's best outdoor dining experiences — which features iron-branded ice cubes and high-brow burgers — Palette's new indoor exhibit, "Flavors of Photography," is an ode to the detailed, evocative nature of food photography.
SF News DOJ Urges Mayor Breed To Relax Restrictions on Places of Worship in Scathing Letter Just before the weekend, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a heavy-handed letter to Mayor Breed criticizing the City's constraints on places of worship. Furthermore, the DOJ threatened to take "further action" if those restrictions weren't loosened up accordingly.
SF News Mayor Breed on COVID Rules: 'I’m Tired of Doing All the Things You Are Tired of Doing' Six months into a pandemic, with ongoing restrictions on what businesses can be open and how and when, Mayor London Breed knows that even in mostly compliant, science-trusting San Francisco, people are reaching the end of their ropes in many cases.
SF News SF Zoo Will Reopen Monday; Hair and Nail Salons, Museums To Stay Closed "We can't wait to see you!" reads a tweet published Friday by the SF Zoo in anticipation of Monday’s expected crowds (capped at 50 percent capacity). And, honestly: we've never been more overjoyed at the promise of seeing ring-tailed lemurs fling themselves through a series of aerial acrobatics.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tu Lan: Cleaner, Still Cheap During your evening prayers, please give thanks that Tu Lan, Sixth Street's notoriously cheap and formerly stank-ass vietnamese restaurant of choice, has returned. After being forced to close due to rampant barforama, it
