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401 Van Ness (at Grove) San Francisco, CA 94102

415-392-4400

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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.

Geraldine Walther and Friends

3:00 p.m. June 3

Performing works by Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Brahms
Get in Front: A Dance Performance to Benefit the Cancer Prevention Institute of California

7:00 p.m. June 6

If the city’s dance arts community were to form a rock ’n’ roll-style supergroup, it might look something like the choreographers and performers wh...
SFJAZZ Family Matinee #4: The Voice

11:00 a.m. June 9

w/ The Marcus Shelby Trio
Delicacies For Diverse Ensembles

8:00 p.m. June 11

W/ The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Midsummer Mozart Festival

3:00 p.m. July 22

Performing "Impresario Overture," "Six German Dances", "Piano Concerto in G," "Vorrei Spiegarvi, Oh Dio," and "Symphony in D"

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Dig Into Ancient Culture

By : Chris Torres | Wed, April 25, 2012

The ancient city of Pompeii was home to about 20,000 Romans, who were said to have become so accustomed to the region’s frequent earthquakes that the tremors ceased to be alarming. In 62 C.E., a big quake and subsequent fires struck the city (soun... More »
Live Review, 4/21/2012: Bill Frisell and the Enduring American Spirit

By Alan Scherstuhl | Mon, April 23, 2012

Bill Frisell & Bill Morrison's The Great Flood Saturday, April 21 Herbst Theatre One of the most gratifying developments in all American music has been innovative jazz guitarist Bill Frisell's explo... More »
Seeing Stars

By : Chris Torres | Wed, April 18, 2012

It doesn’t take a long walk through many San Francisco neighborhoods to see just how many of our residents live on the streets. Despite the efforts of multiple people and groups, it’s a problem that never seems to get any better. Yet we continue t... More »
Way to Go, Ohio

By : Chris Torres | Wed, April 11, 2012

The first performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, in 1806, was a little shaky. Some musicians had to sight-read the hastily finished and unrehearsed final parts. At one point, a violinist is said to have flipped his instrume... More »
Religion for Atheists' Alain De Botton Shuns Fundamentalism -- From Both Sides

By Ruby Perez | Tue, March 13, 2012

"The Atheist and the Believer" is a tale as old as time, and a controversy as relevant this election year as ever. But author, philosopher, and entrepreneur Alain De Bottom proposes a middle ground an... More »
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Herbst Theatre

401 Van Ness (at Grove) San Francisco, CA 94102

415-392-4400

Description

Geraldine Walther and Friends

3:00 p.m. June 3

Get in Front: A Dance Performance to Benefit the Cancer Prevention Institute of California

7:00 p.m. June 6

SFJAZZ Family Matinee #4: The Voice

11:00 a.m. June 9

Delicacies For Diverse Ensembles

8:00 p.m. June 11

Midsummer Mozart Festival

3:00 p.m. July 22

Dig Into Ancient Culture

By : Chris Torres | Wed, April 25, 2012

Live Review, 4/21/2012: Bill Frisell and the Enduring American Spirit

By Alan Scherstuhl | Mon, April 23, 2012

Seeing Stars

By : Chris Torres | Wed, April 18, 2012

Way to Go, Ohio

By : Chris Torres | Wed, April 11, 2012

Religion for Atheists' Alain De Botton Shuns Fundamentalism -- From Both Sides

By Ruby Perez | Tue, March 13, 2012