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'Imperfect Machines' captures nature and space
Apr 24 1:27 PM
Religious play focuses on crime and conviction
Apr 24 1:22 PM
SF State Poetry Center honors George Oppen
Apr 24 1:19 PM
Queer Alliance celebrates unity with song & dance show
Apr 24 1:16 PM
2007 Arab Film Festival educate students
Apr 19 12:43 PM
'Hot Shot' graduate student pens award-winning play
Apr 17 12:56 PM
ImprovisAsians! connects youth to cultural traditions
Apr 17 12:54 PM
Master of Fine Arts exhibit explores digital world
Apr 17 12:50 PM
Oscar-nominated director discusses Asian stereotypes
Apr 14 10:10 PM
Good eats found in less than chic Bar Jules
Apr 11 10:23 AM
Theater workshop addresses depictions of the disabled
Apr 10 3:13 PM
Museum program hosts ghosts of China's past
Apr 10 3:09 PM
SF State LiveJournal community not just a diary
Apr 3 10:56 PM
Artists leave their imprints
Apr 3 1:26 PM
Stone Foxes tap into blues-rock influence
Apr 3 1:24 PM
Artists, fans assemble for 'Magnificent Failure'
Apr 2 6:39 PM
Flickr celebrates turning four
Mar 20 4:34 PM
DJs unite to enter music industry without promoter help
Mar 20 1:54 PM
Violence & softness 'Intersect' at gallery
Mar 20 1:30 PM
A performance with 'Kinetic Resonance'
Mar 20 1:22 PM
Here come the brides, all drunk in white
Mar 20 1:15 PM
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Fashion students' work will show on runway
Sitting behind a sewing machine, amid knit fabrics, naked mannequins, faded music and a room filled with concentration, apparel design and merchandising major Christina Iskandar carefully works on a jacket piece for her collection. It was just two years ago,... [ ] Thursday, May 8 12:52 PM
Sitting behind a sewing machine, amid knit fabrics, naked mannequins, faded music and a room filled with concentration, apparel design and merchandising major Christina Iskandar carefully works on a jacket piece for her collection. It was just two years ago,... [ ] Thursday, May 8 12:52 PM
Author recites poetry about plight of Mexicanos
The soothing sound of a tenor saxophone, accompanied by the deep tone of the taiko drum and the slow strum of a guitar carried Juan Felipe Herrera’s voice out of the Poetry Center and down the halls of the Humanities... [ ] Thursday, May 8 12:49 PM
The soothing sound of a tenor saxophone, accompanied by the deep tone of the taiko drum and the slow strum of a guitar carried Juan Felipe Herrera’s voice out of the Poetry Center and down the halls of the Humanities... [ ] Thursday, May 8 12:49 PM
Hollywood director speaks about acting for big screen
Hollywood Director, John Swanbeck, makes visit to SF State to discuss life on a Hollywood set. [ ] Tuesday, May 6 4:01 PM
Hollywood Director, John Swanbeck, makes visit to SF State to discuss life on a Hollywood set. [ ] Tuesday, May 6 4:01 PM
SF State ensemble performs pop songs with Latin twist
Knuth Hall was at near capacity as audience members were clapping and dancing in the aisles on Friday's evening concert of the Afro-Cuban Ensemble. Director John Calloway led the way as the 23-piece ensemble along with nine vocalists filled the... [ ] Saturday, May 3 2:00 AM
Knuth Hall was at near capacity as audience members were clapping and dancing in the aisles on Friday's evening concert of the Afro-Cuban Ensemble. Director John Calloway led the way as the 23-piece ensemble along with nine vocalists filled the... [ ] Saturday, May 3 2:00 AM
Chinese virtuoso attracts world-wide crowd to SF
By the time 10 p.m. rolled around Tuesday evening, the sound of the applause echoing through Davies Symphony Hall made it fairly clear whose hands the future of classical music lay in. Lang Lang, the 25-year-old Chinese piano virtuoso, played... [ ] Thursday, May 1 1:27 PM
By the time 10 p.m. rolled around Tuesday evening, the sound of the applause echoing through Davies Symphony Hall made it fairly clear whose hands the future of classical music lay in. Lang Lang, the 25-year-old Chinese piano virtuoso, played... [ ] Thursday, May 1 1:27 PM
'Angels' bring noir musical to life
The bulletin board is rather large in size, perhaps the largest in the Creative Arts building. Despite its size, there isn’t much empty space left on it. The large, cork board is filled with cast lists, rehearsal schedules, contact information... [ ] Thursday, May 1 1:24 PM
The bulletin board is rather large in size, perhaps the largest in the Creative Arts building. Despite its size, there isn’t much empty space left on it. The large, cork board is filled with cast lists, rehearsal schedules, contact information... [ ] Thursday, May 1 1:24 PM
Power problems inspire dystopian 'Lights Out'
It’s the winter of 1989 in upstate New York. The temperature is freezing; it’s no more than 20 degrees outside. Arthur Streeter comes home, only to discover that Central Hudson, a New York area gas and electric company, has left... [ ] Thursday, May 1 12:55 PM
Adult film star gives advice on industry and relationships
“Don’t stay unhappy, wherever you are,” said adult film star Nina Hartley during a two-hour lecture on April 24 in the Rosa Parks conference room. From the enthusiastic bouts of laughter from the audience, unhappiness wasn’t an immediate concern. Hartley,... [ ] Monday, Apr 28 8:40 AM
Exhibit explores Latin arts' meaning
The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts has showcased and maintained the Latino cultural through art for over 30 years. MCCLA provides classes to the community, theater performances and art exhibits. Their latest exhibit, The Question is Known: (W)here is... [ ] Sunday, Apr 27 3:49 PM
The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts has showcased and maintained the Latino cultural through art for over 30 years. MCCLA provides classes to the community, theater performances and art exhibits. Their latest exhibit, The Question is Known: (W)here is... [ ] Sunday, Apr 27 3:49 PM
Shop supervisor sees generations of talent
Creating an outfit from start to finish takes creativity and vision, which is exactly what Wendy Amorose, SF State’s Theatre Arts Department’s longest working employee, brings into the costume shops. [ ] Sunday, Apr 27 3:34 PM
Creating an outfit from start to finish takes creativity and vision, which is exactly what Wendy Amorose, SF State’s Theatre Arts Department’s longest working employee, brings into the costume shops. [ ] Sunday, Apr 27 3:34 PM
Interfaith concert performers pray for world peace
The Newman Club, SF State's Catholic ministry, collaborated with St. Thomas More Church in San Francisco to bring the campus a Concert for Peace in early April. [ ] Sunday, Apr 27 3:18 PM
The Newman Club, SF State's Catholic ministry, collaborated with St. Thomas More Church in San Francisco to bring the campus a Concert for Peace in early April. [ ] Sunday, Apr 27 3:18 PM
Students and faculty belt out American art songs
Opera-like voices echoed through Knuth Hall Thursday night as voice students and faculty members graced the audience with American art songs. SF State’s School of Music and Dance presented “American Art Song Recital” to an audience of nearly 50 in... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 10:39 PM
No holds barred among 'Spotlight' radio hosts
Barefoot and sitting high up on the DJ’s chair, 22-year-old Tisho “Sho-devious” Pratt wore headphones and sang while moving her body in synch with the music. Loud beats bounced off the stickers and graffiti-covered walls of the radio station studio... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 1:45 PM
Barefoot and sitting high up on the DJ’s chair, 22-year-old Tisho “Sho-devious” Pratt wore headphones and sang while moving her body in synch with the music. Loud beats bounced off the stickers and graffiti-covered walls of the radio station studio... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 1:45 PM
'Imperfect Machines' captures nature and space
Living in urban environments for nearly a decade, Taryn McCabe misses having a garden. She associates soil and plants with a sense of safety and belonging—something that can be hard to find amid the chaos of the city. “I have... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 1:27 PM
Living in urban environments for nearly a decade, Taryn McCabe misses having a garden. She associates soil and plants with a sense of safety and belonging—something that can be hard to find amid the chaos of the city. “I have... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 1:27 PM
Religious play focuses on crime and conviction
In the almost complete darkness, a man’s voice can be heard, struggling with the words to the Lord’s prayer. The choppy attempt is interrupted by profanity-laced demands for silence by other voices, and an argument ensues. A small amount of... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 1:22 PM
In the almost complete darkness, a man’s voice can be heard, struggling with the words to the Lord’s prayer. The choppy attempt is interrupted by profanity-laced demands for silence by other voices, and an argument ensues. A small amount of... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 1:22 PM
SF State Poetry Center honors George Oppen
George Oppen would be 100 years old if he were still alive, but rare audio recordings and video footage of his poetry readings will celebrate his centennial on April 26. As a tribute to National Poetry Month, SF State’s Poetry... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 1:19 PM
Queer Alliance celebrates unity with song & dance show
Just when you thought the Spice Girls were gone, the “Brave Bullettes” shook it to the left, drag queen-style at the Queer Alliance’s annual production, “7 Inch Heels and a Microphone” held in Jack Adams Hall last Thursday. The show,... [ ] Thursday, Apr 24 1:16 PM
2007 Arab Film Festival educate students
On Friday night, at a time when most usually prepare to go out and party at some of the many bars and clubs of the city, a dozen of people had decided to stick around Rigoberta Menchu Hall at the... [ ] Saturday, Apr 19 12:43 PM
