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Kicks Off the Summer Season with New Exhibitions, Free Admission and
Family Events including Black Music Month and Juneteenth celebrations | | | 
| MOTOWN MADNESS & EXHIBITION OPENINGS | Free Admission Thursday, June 20, 2013, 4:00pm – 8:00pm
MoAD joins Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena. The third Thursday
of each month in downtown San Francisco’s Yerba Buena neighborhood will
be a monthly outing full of arts, food, and drink. Wander the blocks
around Yerba Buena Gardens to soak in art and music. MoAD will be the
scene for Motown beats by Top Shelf (live band) and DJ Craft Spells, and
background film (Shaft) surrounded by the iconic photographs of Gordon
Parks. The main gallery will feature the first West Coast showing of the
works of Nigerian national treasure J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere. Check-in at MoAD to pick up a wristband for special Third Thursday happy hours at participating bars and restaurants. [more] [invite your friends on FB]
Exhibition OpeningsJ. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday
Images focused on the preservation of cultural traditions in the face of Nigeria’s change from colonial rule to independence [more]
Gordon Parks: Photographs at His Centennial
An exhibition featuring Life magazine’s first African American staff photographer and one of America’s finest photojournalists [more] | | | | | I'VE KNOWN RIVERS: THE MoAD STORIES PROJECT @ 3rd on Third Arts
Celebration | Free Admission Thursday, June 20, 2013, 5:30pm – 9:00pm After viewing the new Gordon Parks and J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere exhibitions
downtown at MoAD join us in the Bayview for a community-wide arts
celebration. Third Street will feature a myriad of activities for the
whole family. Come to the 3rd on Third Arts Celebration to learn more
about MoAD's I've Known Rivers Oral History Project. MoAD will bring its newest volume in the I’ve Known Rivers (IKR): The MoAD Stories Project (Bayview Hunters Point) to Auntie April's Restaurant at 4618 3rd Street, San Francisco. [more] | | | | | EDUCATOR OPEN HOUSE | Free Admission for Educators and Artists Saturday, June 22, 2013, 10:00am – 12:00pm Be one of the first to view J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday and Gordon Parks: Photographs at His Centennial,
receive interpretive materials, and connect with fellow teachers at
this Open House. This in-depth training – led by Dr. Sylvester Okwunodu
Ogbechie – is designed for members of MoAD’s guide program and
educators/artists (self-defined). [more] | | | | | FAMILY FREE DAY | Free Admission
Celebrate Black Music Month and Juneteenth sponsored by ScholarShare
New Exhibitions!
Sunday, June 23, 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Enjoy free admission and family fun on the opening weekend of MoAD’s new exhibitions, J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday, and Gordon Parks: Photographs at His Centennial. Activities include: - All Day | Film: Juneteenth (documentary)
- 12:00pm – 4:00pm | Make your own musical instrument with teaching artist Zena Allen
- 12:30pm – 2:00pm | Interactive jazz workshop for families – Jazz as a Metaphor for Democratic Participation with Dr. Wes Watkin
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Sidewalk Chalk Art with Jamie Treacy
- 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Performance: Rhonda Benin presents There Ain’t No Jazz Without the Blues [more] [Invite your friends on FB]
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| | MoAD PICKS! OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM MOTOWN MADNESS
Keep the beats going throughout the summer... An
interactive cabaret dinner show, music festival or a staged musical!
Straying from a typical revue, customers enjoy an interactive musical
journey from the early days of Doo-Wop, thru Motown to the Classic Soul
sounds of the 80s. Filled with theatrics, dancing and singing; the
audience becomes part of the show as the room transcends into a staged,
choreographed production! 7/12-San Rafael, 7/18-SF, 7/19-Pleasant Hill [more] | | | | | theREGISTRY African American Arts & Culture eNews High octane arts and cultural events throughout the Bay Area.
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gratefully acknowledges the support from the City and County of San
Francisco, corporations, foundations and from generous individuals
including its Board of Directors, Emeritus Board, patrons and members.
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