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Heavy red-velvet curtains, sparkling gold-leaf ceiling, vibrant Beaux Arts murals - if you want classy, you'll find it here at the Herbst. A San Francisco staple for classical, jazz, and world-music performances, this theatre inside the War Veterans Memorial Building (across the street from City Hall) has history and atmosphere aplenty.

Cuisine(s): Asian, Chinese

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Scorn, Dissected and Illustrated

By : Michael Leaverton | Wed, February 01, 2012

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Developer Jane McGonigal Says Video Games Can Change the World -- for the Better

By Paul M. Davis | Tue, January 31, 2012

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Big Game

By Paul M. Davis | Wed, January 25, 2012

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Abbie Normal

By Keith Bowers | Wed, December 14, 2011

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Laughter in the Tundra

By Paul M. Davis | Wed, November 02, 2011

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Herbst Theatre

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415-392-4400 | Website

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