San Francisco Events July 6, 2009
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| Concerts 402651 | Sing-a-long CircleA free interactive sing-a-long with crazy songs, instruments for kids, and of parachute time. 510.601.7378 http://www.sadiedeyscafe.com Ongoing Each Mon, Tue 9/29/08 - 9/29/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 1-5 Time: 11am-11:30am Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Concerts 402652 | Songs on Guitar with Ira MarloweLocal favorite Ira Marlowe of Brainy Tunes shares some songs on guitar with little ones. 510.601.7378 http://www.tumbleandtea.com Ongoing Each Mon, Tue 9/29/08 - 9/29/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 1-5 Time: 10:30am-11am Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 513142 | Plants in TransitionSan Francisco Botanical Garden Society presents Plants in Transition, an exhibition of botanical watercolors and drawings by Jeanne Lotta-Sellars. The exhibition is open to the public daily at the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, located at San Francisco Botanical Garden. 415.661.1316 http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org Ongoing Daily 7/1/09 - 9/30/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 4-8 Time: 10am-4pm Cost: Free |
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| Exhibits 434543 | Outdoor ExploratoriumThe Exploratorium takes to the great outdoors, with an interactive exhibit at Fort Mason. Kids can find out how to use the Golden Gate Bridge as a thermometer and how flags flying at different heights along the skyline can double as a wind observatory. Visitors can find the Outdoor Exploratorium at Fort Mason between San Francisco's Aquatic Park and the Marina District. Maps are available at the Fort Mason Office in Building A. http://www.exploratorium.edu Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 2-19 Cost: Free |
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| Exhibits 434034 | Rooftop Sculpture GardenThe Rooftop Garden showcases SFMOMA's collection of modern and contemporary sculpture, including pieces by some of the most celebrated artists of our time - Robert Arneson, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Mario Merz, and Kiki Smith. The garden also provides visitors with a place for reflection, relaxation, and interaction. 415.357.4000 http://www.sfmoma.org Ongoing Daily except Wed; check with location for exceptions. Ages: Unknown Time: During museum hours Cost: Free with museum admission |
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| Exhibits 434038 | Robert FrankLooking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans" includes all 83 images from The Americans in their original sequence, as well as a film Frank made in 2008 solely for the exhibition. The exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of The Americans, one of the most important photography books published since World War II. 415.357.4000 http://www.sfmoma.org Ongoing Daily except Wed 5/16/09 - 8/23/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 12-19 Time: During museum hours Cost: Free with museum admission |
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| Exhibits 434044 | New Work: Ranjani ShettarNew Work: Ranjani Shettar is the first exhibition on the West Coast of internationally-recognized Indian artist Ranjani Shettar, who creates sculptural installations that juxtapose traditional craft and modernity. 415.357.4000 http://www.sfmoma.org Ongoing Daily except Wed 3/21/09 - 7/7/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 9-19 Time: During museum hours Cost: Free with museum admission |
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| Exhibits 433904 | Goldsworthy SpireArtist Andy Goldsworthy has created a sculpture near the Arguello Gate and Inspiration Point. His Spire, created from mature trees felled as the Presidio's declining forest is gradually replanted, is also the subject of a free exhibition in Building 49. 415.561.5418 http://www.pre... ov/experiences Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 2-19 Time: During park hours. Cost: Free |
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| Exhibits 430879 | African HallKids can take a virtual safari through Africa by exploring the dioramas of African Hall, filled with lions, cheetahs, zebras, and antelope, which share the hall with a lowland gorilla, tortoises, lizards, and fish. Always a favorite, African penguins dip and dive in a 25,000-gallon tank at the end of the hall. (Penguin feedings take place daily at 10:30am and 3:30pm.) 415.379.8000 http://www.calacademy.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: All Ages Time: During museum hours. Cost: Free |
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| Exhibits 430882 | Altered State: Climate Change in CaliforniaAltered State: Climate Change in California offers families the chance to walk beneath an 80-foot-long blue whale skeleton, gaze up at a towering T. rex, and come face-to-face with a live rattlesnake. Afterward, visitors track the potential impacts of climate change around the world and learn what they can do to help. 415.379.8000 http://www.calacademy.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: All Ages Time: During museum hours. Cost: Free |
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| Exhibits 430885 | Rainforests of the WorldVisitors are invited to step inside a living rainforest, complete with croaking frogs and chirping birds. The exhibit features one of Borneo?s bat caves, chameleons from Madagascar, lines of industrious leaf cutter ants, and tropical butterflies. Kids love the glass elevator that drops into the Amazonian flooded forest ? the land of anacondas, piranhas, and electric eels. An acrylic tunnel allows visitors to walk beneath the Amazonian river fish that swim overhead. 415.379.8000 http://www.calacademy.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 2-18 Time: During museum hours. Cost: Free |
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| Exhibits 430888 | The Living RoofOne of the most unique exhibits at the California Academy of Sciences is its "living roof," a 2.5-acre expanse of native California plants. Part of the museum's green building strategy, the roof provides insulation; prevents storm water runoff; reduces the urban heat island effect; and creates new habitat for native birds, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. The seven hills of the living roof echo the hilly topography of San Francisco. 415.379.8000 http://www.calacademy.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 2-18 Time: During museum hours. Cost: Free |
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| Exhibits 419044 | Animal GrossologyAnimal Grossology oozes with disgusting science and interactive learning games that get kids interested in Science. Kids learn why cows are one of the gassiest animals on Earth, why the dung beetle is nature's living pooper-scooper, and how leeches are used in surgeries. Ongoing Daily 2/7/09 - 9/6/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 4-18 Time: 10am-5pm Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 419048 | The Idea LabFamilies are invited to check out hands-on exhibits such as the Flow Tank, the Rope Puzzles, and the mysterious Floating Magnets in the Idea Lab. Facilitators are on hand to guide visitors through an array of ever-changing activities that challenge the mind and baffle the senses. Ongoing Daily 2/7/08 - 12/31/10; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 4-18 Time: 11am-4pm Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 601305 | Animal GrossologyAnimal Grossology oozes with disgusting science and interactive learning games that get kids interested in Science. Kids learn why cows are one of the gassiest animals on Earth, why the dung beetle is nature's living pooper-scooper, and how leeches are used in surgeries. 510.642.5134 http://www.law... lofscience.org Ongoing Daily 2/7/09 - 9/6/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 4-18 Time: 10am-5pm Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 394871 | Water PlanetWhat does it take to live underwater? Visitors can find out in this innovative exhibit that includes more than 100 aquarium tanks filled with fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and other invertebrates. Once an hour, the lights go down inside the tanks, the room transforms into a 360-degree projection theater, and visitors are immersed in a five-minute video about water. 415.379.8000 http://www.calacademy.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: All Ages Time: During museum hours. Cost: Free with museum admission. |
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| Exhibits 364894 | Early Explorers CoveYoung scientists-in-training can visit the Early Explorers Cove, an exhibit designed for infants, preschoolers, and their caregivers. Tots can explore a 15-foot replica of the Academy?s 1905 research schooner, climb into a tree-house, tend a miniature organic garden, or crawl into a child-sized burrow. The exhibit is also well-stocked with books, toys, puzzles, and dress-up costumes. 415.379.8000 http://www.calacademy.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 0-5 Time: During museum hours Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 364896 | Naturalist CenterReference librarians and educators at the Naturalist Center can help kids answer questions about the natural world. Visitors are invited to bring in leaves, feathers, rocks, shells, and other personal treasures for identification; look up the latest research on green technologies; or sign up for a special program in the adjoining classrooms and labs. 415.379.8000 http://www.calacademy.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 2-19 Time: During museum hours Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 364259 | Old West Junction!The newest exhibit at Fairyland brings to life a Wild West-themed town (sized just for kids) with a "real" stable, bank, jail, and water town slide. 510.452.2259 http://www.fairyland.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 0-8 Time: During park hours. Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 364263 | Fairy Music FarmThe 118 foot-long tunnel journey offers young children the chance to explore and create harmonious music in a tactilely, aurally, and visually-rich adventuresome setting. 510.452.2259 http://www.fairyland.org Ongoing Daily; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 0-8 Time: During park hours. Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 524099 | Chagall & Artists of the Russian Jewish TheaterChagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater features artwork created for Russian Jewish theater productions in the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition brings to light a remarkable period in the early years of the Soviet Union when innovative visual artists - including Marc Chagall, Natan Altman, and Robert Falk - teamed up with avant-garde playwrights, actors, and theatrical producers to create a theater experience with extraordinary mass appeal.The exhibit includes paintings, costume and set designs, posters, photographs, and film clips. http://www.thecjm.org Ongoing Daily except Wed 4/23/09 - 9/7/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 8-18 Time: During museum hours Cost: Free with paid admission |
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| Exhibits 62463 | NanoZoneNanoZone includes hands-on activities and games that allow visitors to zoom into the world of the very, very small and explore scientific discoveries and the scientists behind them. 510.642.1016 http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu Ongoing Daily 6/19/04 - 1/4/10; check with location for exceptions. Ages: All Ages Time: During Center hours Cost: Free with Hall admission. |
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| Field Trips 434050 | Mystery Trail ChallengeFamilies can solve a mystery at Crissy Field. Participants meet at the Warming Hut information kiosk, near the fishing pier and Golden Gate Bridge at the western end of Crissy Field. There they can pick up a booklet that describes the mission and directs them to the Mystery Trail where there are clues hidden along a one-mile stretch of the park. A special prize awaits successful hunters who find all nine items. Children must be accompanied by adults. Ongoing Daily 3/1/09 - 9/1/09; check with location for exceptions. Ages: 5-10 Time: 9am-4pm Cost: Free |
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