The Exploratorium’s annual family fundraising event, Wonder Funday, took place on October 6. The event offered up an epic playdate by the Bay, where guests could explore the marine biome under the…
Art/Museums
On October 10, more than 400 of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s donors gathered at the de Young for a magnificent start to the Museums’ 2024-2025 Exhibition Season: a preview…
Elena Gilbert’s art is a testament to the power of vulnerability. Through her deeply emotional and introspective pieces, she invites viewers to confront the feelings we often shy away from—grief, longing, love,…
Museums by Moonlight, an elegant black tie gala benefiting Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection, welcomed guests on September 14. Held only once every two years, the highly anticipated…
The season continues! This fall is important for the performing arts, cultural arts, and the design arts. Ensuring the future of our city’s wide-reaching cultural, educational, and training programs, Haute Living San…
The season has arrived. Music, dining, dancing, and elegance pair beautifully with important performing arts, cultural arts, and the design arts. Ensuring the future of our city’s wide-reaching cultural, educational, and…
World-class talent converged on Wine Country on July 20 for an unforgettable performance of Mozart’s comic opera Abduction from the Seraglio. Guests experienced the thrilling onstage chemistry between soprano Brenda Rae and…
The annual San Francisco Consular Corps 4th of July party, hosted by Chief of Protocol Maryam Mudurglu and sponsored by Kevin Xu, was held this year at the beautiful Maritime Museum in…
The Headlands Center for the Arts hosted over 200 art lovers and patrons at their Marin Headlands campus for their annual art auction and benefit on June 6. Guests were welcomed into…
Through Aug. 11de Young | Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style Over 100 items, plus high fashion and haute couture on loan, in the first major presentation of the costume collection…
As city dwellers reach for another layer to ward off the seasonal chill, the calendar tells us it’s the height of summer. Never mind, plenty of heartwarming happenings are taking place across…
On May 30 the de Young Museum was the site of a special celebration of designer Christopher John Rogers, a fast-rising rising star first championed by Bay Area fashion leader Sherri McMullen.…
SFMOMA hosted former NBA player Carmelo Anthony and artist Derek Fordjour in dialogue with Christopher Bedford for Intermedia: Dialogue Across Disciplines, a donor event on June 4, 2024. More than 100 guests…
On Monday, June 3, The Fine Arts Museums’ welcomed nearly 700 flower lovers to Opening Night to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bouquets to Art. From the very moment they entered, guests…
The de Young Museum recently hosted a reception on May 15, 2024, celebrating the generous contributions of Bernard and Barbro Osher to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Their collection, spanning…
400 people gathered under the stars to celebrate the two-year term of Chairman Emeritus Edward Poole and his commitment to animal wellness at San Francisco Zoo & Gardens on May 4th. Cocktails…
The Exploratorium’s largest fundraising event of the year, Phenomena(l) Ball, took place on Friday, May 3, 2024. The event was a sensory celebration, starting with a raucous, live musical performance by brass…
On April 24, SFMOMA wowed supporters with its signature annual blowout party: Art Bash. Running from 5 p.m.-1 a.m. and encompassing multiple events, Art Bash offers a singular night at the museum…
On April 4th, Cal Performances held their annual gala on campus at UC Berkeley. This year’s soiree celebrated three dance luminaries: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Executive Director Bennett Rink, Interim Artistic…
181 Fremont celebrated the art of actress Sharon Stone with an exclusive reception at the gallery on April 10th. Surrounded by 18 never-before-shown paintings, reception guests got to witness a wide-ranging conversation…