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San Francisco program teaches life skills through boat building
On the waterfront of San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, where once upon a time generations of people built and maintained ships, a group of young people were building a boat.
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San Quentin inmate featured in SFMOMA art exhibition
When the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) celebrates this weekend’s opening of a new exhibition by an up-and-coming artist, the guests at the shindig won’t include the artist himself. That’s because artist Orlando Smith will be 16 miles away, locked in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.
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Meet the Bay Area artist crafting a national monument to service animals
The pages of history are filled with the achievements of heroes. However, the pages concerning the contributions of the four-legged variety remain a bit skimpy. Marin County sculptor Susan Bahary wants to change that.
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San Francisco — 250 years of boom and bust
Even before San Francisco became San Francisco — or really anything more than endless sand dunes — people arrived seeking fortune.
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Presidio digs reveal 250 years of San Francisco history
Kari Jones and her archaeology team have spent years seeking stories big and small in the Presidio of San Francisco.
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Days before America's independence, San Francisco turns 250
On June 27, 1776, seven days before the Declaration of Independence was signed in the East, a group of weary travelers arrived in what would become San Francisco.
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New art highlights San Francisco's American Indian Cultural District
This Saturday at San Francisco’s 16th Street BART Plaza, the city will celebrate the installation of two spheres painted by artists with tribal designs and images as part of the burgeoning American Indian Cultural District.
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San Francisco's beloved Wave Organ turns 40
San Francisco’s beloved Wave Organ, a strange creation of science and art in the city’s Marina District, is marking its 40th anniversary.
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Bay Area Algerians gear up for team's World Cup match in Santa Clara
The Bay Area’s Algerian population is gearing up as the region plays host to a series of World Cup soccer matches — especially one that will bring the Algerian national team to Santa Clara to play Jordan on June 22.
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Big Art Loop spreads its wings in San Francisco
On a green strip beneath a canopy of eucalyptus trees where San Francisco’s Panhandle meets Ashbury, a flatbed truck delivered a pair of giant crows their regular-sized counterparts might feel a bit intimidated by.
