Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Saturday, October 15 - Sunday, October 16
Open around the clock • Free General Admission
The de Young celebrates its re-opening in Golden Gate Park with a 31-hour museum marathon, FREE to the public!
Opening ceremonies begin at 10 a.m., and the museum will be open continuously from NOON on October 15 until 5 p.m. October 16. The opening weekend program includes music, dancing, food and a full schedule of performances by local groups throughout the museum grounds. To memorialize the occasion, a photo opportunity station will be located near the historic sphinx sculptures.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES:*
Saturday, October 15
A Celebration of World Art and Cultures
10 a.m.
Musicians from the San Francisco Symphony Brass Section - Performance
(John Pearson, Trumpet; Kale Cumings, Trumpet; Chris Cooper, French Horn; Mathew Alison, Trombone; and Peter Wahrhaftig, Tuba)
World Stage (at Museum Entrance)
11 a.m.
Official Museum Dedication Ceremony with performances by San Francisco Opera Center (Elza van den Heever, soprano, 2005 Adler Fellow) Star Spangled Banner and Ain't it a Pretty Night from “Susannah” by Carlisle Floyd; San Francisco Ballet (Seven for Eight, choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, with dancers Yuan Yuan Tan and Yuri Possokhov) San Francisco Poet Laureate devorah major (ribbons, bound and cut, 2005), SFPD Mounted Unit (presentation of the colors)
(American sign Language interpretation will be provided for the Dedication Ceremony)
World Stage
12 p.m., Ribbon Cutting - DOORS OPEN;
Galleries open to the public NONSTOP until 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 16
12 - 12:30 p.m.
Formal Official Historical Photograph of Opening Day Visitors - Art Rogers
Wilsey Court
12:30 p.m.
Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh open to the public ($5.00 special exhibition fee applies)
Special Exhibitions Galleries (Lower Level)
12:30 p.m.
Golden Gate Park Band
World Stage
12:30 p.m.
Stilt walkers from Spectacle for Hire
Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive and JFK Drive
12:30 p.m.
Artist-in-residence Lise Swenson interviews visitors for her film project, “Questions and Answers” about the new de Young Museum
Kimball Education Gallery
12:30 p.m.
Sterling Johnson: “The Bubblesmith”
Café Terrace Tent
2 p.m.
Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band
World Stage
2 p.m.
“Muses of Connection: Poetry, Music and Art” - Special Program, accompanied by Kash Killion (cello, serengi) and Richard Howell (tenor and soprano sax and talking drum).
Poet Laureates read original poems dedicated to the grand opening of the new de Young Museum, with former San Francisco Poet Laureates devorah major, Janice Mirikitani, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, California State Poet Laureate Al Young, Robert Hass, and the 2005 Youth Speaks Poetry slam champions Katri Foster, Meilani Clay, and Dahlak Brathwaite.
Koret Auditorium
2 p.m.
Hot Club of San Francisco - “Gypsy Swing” Tea Dance
Café Terrace Tent
3 p.m.
Al-Masri Ensemble and Samar, featuring Joe Kandalaft and Louay Dahbour “An Homage to Queen Hatshepsut” (Egyptian music & dance)
World Stage
3:30 p.m. Performance #1
American Conservatory Theater Repertory Company premieres a staged reading from “After the War” by Philip Kan Gotanda - Dedicated to artist Ruth Asawa. Performed by Margo Hall, Mirjana Jokovich, Steven Anthony Jones, Samantha Quinn, Celia Shumon, Eric Steinberg, Lawrence Thoo, and Gregory Wallace.
Koret Auditorium
4:00 p.m. Performance #2
American Conservatory Theater Repertory Company premieres a staged reading from “After the War” by Philip Kan Gotanda - Dedicated to artist Ruth Asawa. Performed by Margo Hall, Mirjana Jokovich, Steven Anthony Jones, Samantha Quinn, Celia Shumon, Eric Steinberg, Lawrence Thoo, and Gregory Wallace.
Koret Auditorium
4 p.m.
Ixim Tinamit (Maya Marimba Band)
World Stage
4 p.m.
Piazzoni Murals Room open to the public - Mini docent tours available
Piazzoni Murals Room
4 p.m.
New Orleans Jazz Vipers - Dancing. 2005 Winners of "Big Easy" Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Band”,
Presented with the Don’t Stop The Music Foundation.
Café Terrace Tent
5 p.m.
Fogo na Roupa - Brazilian Samba Contingent (2005 San Francisco Carnaval Grand Champions)
World Stage
5 p.m. Performance #1
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet "In the Moment" (Original collaboration with artist Raymond Saunders)
Koret Auditorium
5:30 p.m. Performance #2
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet "In the Moment" (Original collaboration with artist Raymond Saunders)
Koret Auditorium
6 p.m.
Bossa Nova with Ricardo Peixoto and Claudia Villela
Tower Observation Deck
6 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ALL NIGHT)
Maya “alfombra” installation - (sawdust street painting). Mexican artist Gato Garcia
Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
6:30 p.m.
John Handy with CLASS - Jazz Dancing
Café Terrace Tent
7 p.m.
Film screening: Lise Swenson’s film about the new de Young Museum: “Questions and Answers”, with an introduction by the filmmaker
Koret Auditorium
8:30 p.m.
Film screening: San Francisco premiere of “Proteus”, by David LeBrun, direct from the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, winner of Numerous Awards for “Best Documentary”- “A sweeping vision of nature as a single, unfolding work of art”
Presented with the cooperation of Roxie Cinema
Koret Auditorium
9 - 11 p.m.
The John Santos Quartet Latin jazz dancing
Café Terrace Tent
9 p.m.
Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh - Special Exhibition Closes until 9:30 a.m., October 16
9:30 p.m.
SoVoSó - A cappella vocal ensemble. (Singers: Sunshine Becker, David Worm, Joey Blake, Bryan Dyer, Zoe Ellis)
Tower Observation Deck
10 p.m. - midnight
DJ Cheb i Sabbah (World Music) - Dancing
Featuring Dhol Rhythms (Dancers) and Mitch Hyare (Drum)
Lower Lobby Lounge
11 p.m. - 1: 30 a.m.
West African Ceremony, led by Chief Priest Baba Ifagbenusola Atanda, Spiritual leader of HATTAF International - For members of the Orisha Community and the general public.
Koret Auditorium
Sunday, October 16
Family Day
Midnight -
Om Records Dance Party - "Dance Your Art Out" - DJs include: JT Donaldson, Colossus (live), DJ Fluid, J Boogie's Dubtronic Science (live)
Lower Lobby Lounge
6 a.m.
Maya Blessing Ceremony led by Don Pascual Yaxon (Sunrise)
Museum Lawn
8 a.m.
China Songshan Shaolin Temple Buddhist Ceremony
World Stage
9 - 11 a.m.
Multicultural Blessing Ceremonies including: Native American, Maya, Sufi, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Danza Azteca Xitlalli de San Francisco (Aztec Dancers). Led by Anne-Marie Sayers of Indian Canyon, in collaboration with the Interfaith Center at the Presidio.
World Stage and Art Galleries TBD
9:30 a.m.
Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh - Open to the public ($5.00 special exhibition fee applies)
Special Exhibition Galleries (Lower Level)
9:30 a.m.
Tower Observation Deck reopens to the public until 5 p.m.
Tower Observation Check
9:30 a.m. - noon
City College of San Francisco - Sketching Class
Osher Sculpture Garden
All Day
“The Young de Young" - Family Day for all ages
Hands-on art activities
* Geoffrey Nwogu - African wood carving
* Lily Lanier - Origami
* Museum Artists - Egyptian beauty with face painting
* Museum Ambassadors - “Picture Yourself” with Egyptian art and costumes - Polaroid photo station
* Mural exchange project - Postcard Project
* Art hat activity
Café Terrace Tent
All day
San Francisco Circus Center - Performances, Bubble-making activity
Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
All day
Sawdust Painting by Gato Garcia
Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
All day
Lise Swenson, filmmaker. Visitor interviews until 5 p.m. for Questions and Answers, a new film about the new de Young
Kimball Education Gallery
10:30 a.m.
Danza Azteca Xitlalli de San Francisco - Aztec dancers
World Stage
10 a.m.
Anime screening for family audiences - TBD
Koret Auditorium
11 a.m.
Fook Sing Lion dancers
Osher Sculpture Garden
11:30 a.m.
Stilt walkers from West Portal Elementary Chinese Performing Arts Program
Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
Noon
SF JAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble
World Stage
Noon
Stilt walkers
Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
1 p.m.
Lowell High School String Quartet
World Stage
1:30 p.m.
Julia Tsitsi Chigamba and the Chinyakare Ensemble - African Dancers and Musicians
World Stage
2 p.m.
West Portal Chinese Ribbon/Fan Dancers
World Stage
2:30 p.m.
Soka Gakkai International USA youth groups: Mystic Flava Hip Hop, New Century Brass Band, Ever Victorious Taiko, Lotus Spoken Word
World Stage
2:30 p.m.
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company - Performance: Running with the Land, in the Osher Sculpture Garden. Running with the Land is a new work created especially for the Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden, commissioned by the Barbro Osher Pro Seucia Foundation, and featuring a score by composer Paul Drescher and costumes by Laura Hazlett.
Osher Sculpture Garden
3 p.m.
Grupo Jaranero Zazil-Ha - Children's Traditional Maya Dance
World Stage
3:30 p.m.
Sunset Movement Arts - Children's Ballet, Tao, Hip Hop, Chinese Dance
World Stage
3:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Workshop - Movement Workshops for Children
Koret Auditorium
4 p.m.
Julia Tsitsi Chigamba and the Chinyakare Ensemble - African Dancers and Musicians
World Stage
5 p.m.
Opening Weekend Concludes - Museum closed to the public until Tuesday, October 18.
*All performances subject to change.
