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736 Mission San Francisco, CA 94105

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736 Mission San Francisco CA 94105

Hours: Sun-Tue, Fri-Sat 11am-5pm, Thu 1pm-8pm

Being Jewish: A Bay Area Portrait

Daily

A mural of community photos and objects that reflect the flavor of Jewish life in the Bay Area.
Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg

Every Mon., Tue., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until September 8

Just as he was finding his voice, and as The Beat Generation was swelling up around him, Allen Ginsberg began to take photographs of his friends — ...
Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations

Every Mon., Tue., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.

An interactive exhibit featuring music and video recordings that illustrate the cultural influences shared by Jews and African-Americans alike, inc...
Drop-in Art Making

Every Sun.

Make art with your kids. Every Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m.
Snapshot Poetics Now: Queer Encounters with Allen Ginsberg

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. June 23

A "performance based tour" of the Allen Ginsberg photo exhibit featuring Jewelle Gomez, Richard Meyer, Tirza Latimer, Justin Chin, Jaime Cortez, an...

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Local Electrics

By Neha Talreja | Wed, May 29, 2013

It's been only three years since the first of the monthly submission-based reading series Quiet Lightning, but it has since become a kind of town hall of the Bay Area literary scene, where both established names and emerging writers come... More »
Wile Away the Evening

By Alexis Coe | Wed, January 30, 2013

If you think you know what an exhibition opening at the Contemporary Jewish Museum looks like, think again. Kehinde Wiley’s “The World Stage: Israel” explores black diaspora and the international phenomenon of urban youth culture, and has all the... More »
Get Your Mahj On

By Anna Pulley | Wed, November 28, 2012

While Mah Jongg, a game of skill, calculation, and chance involving 136 tiles, may have originated in China (with alternate variations found in Japan and Korea), Gravity Goldberg, Manager of Public Programs at the Contemporary Jewish Museum,... More »
$Get Lit at Litquake\'s Mini Museum Crawl$

Get Lit at Litquake's Mini Museum Crawl

By Anna Pulley | Wed, October 03, 2012

A recent study about parole decisions informed us that judges were far more likely to grant favorable outcomes for prisoners early in the day, before they became mentally fatigued by all the tough cal... More »
The Future Has an Ancient Heart

By Alexis Coe | Wed, October 03, 2012

Three provocative exhibitions within walking distance of each other are opening this week. "The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951" opens Oct.11 and presents over 150 vintage photographs from the famed group -- Berenice Abbott as... More »
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