Cirque du Soleil's "Kurios" performs in San Francisco through Jan. 18, 2015

Written and directed by Michel Laprise, Cirque du Soleil’s “Kurios-Cabinet of Curiosities” takes place in the massive curio cabinet owned by a most unusual inventor. Featuring imaginative acts and acrobatics, the production transports audience members to a strange and capivating world, which tests the concepts of reality.

Cirque du Soleil's "Kurios" performs beneath the grand chapiteau at AT& T Park in San Francisco through Jan. 18, 2015.

www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/kurios/tickets/san-francisco.aspx

All photos by Martin Girard

Street Date: Family activies in Yerba Buena Gardens, S.F.

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Exhibition “Emergent” at the 1AM Gallery, S.F.

For the group exhibition, “Emergent,” eight artists utilize portraiture as a means for examining how their internal dialog and life experience influences individual creative methods.

The show features paintings, illustrations and mixed media pieces by Christopher De Leon, Malik Girley, Monty Guy, Steve Javiel, Leon Loucheur, Emily Moore, Daniel Valadez and J.S. Weis.

1AM Gallery, 1000 Howard St., S.F. (415) 861-5089, www.1AMGallery.com.

"5 Owl, Ocean Beach" by Leon Loucheur. Image courtesy of the 1 AM Gallery.

Untitled by J.S. Weis. Image courtesy of the 1AM Gallery.






"Shadow Play" by Emily Moore. Image courtesy of the 1AM Gallery.

“Arnold Newman: Masterclass,” exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, S.F. through Feb. 1, 2015

Arnold Newman, Self-portrait, Philadelphia, 1938. Gelatin silver print © 1938, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

The “Arnold Newman: Masterclass,”exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco features more than 200 vintage black and white photographs taken by Arnold Newman, one of the 20^thcentury’s most influential portrait photographers in a career that spanned 70 years. 

His subjects included Truman Capote, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Grandma Moses and Igor Stravinsky. Through Feb. 1, 2015. Admission: Free to $12. Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. (415) 655-7800, www.cjm.org,  www.arnoldnewman.com.

Arnold Newman, Marcel Duchamp, painter and sculptor, New York, 1942. Gelatin silver print © 1942, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor, New York, 1946. Gelatin silver print © 1946, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Martha Graham, dancer, choreographer and teacher, New York 1961. Gelatin silver print © 1961, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Major Robert Michael White, military aircraft test pilot, with X‐15, California, 1950. Gelatin silver print © 1950, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Dr. Edwin H. Land with group of Polaroid Employees, Polaroid warehouse in Needham, Mass., 1977. Gelatin silver print © 1977, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Salvador Dalí, painter, New York, 1951. Gelatin silver print © 1951, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Robert Doisneau, photographer, New York, 1981. Gelatin silver print © 1981, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Igor Stravinsky, composer and conductor, New York, 1946. Gelatin silver print © 1946, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Street Date: Discover tucked away, Temescal Alley in Oakland

Since the spring of 2006, I've covered the rebirth of Oakland's Temescal neighborhood. For my Street Date column this week, I return to visit Temescal Alley:


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The Douglas Morrisson Theatre's "Candide" opens tonight, 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7 and runs through Nov. 30

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre's production of the musical operetta "Candide" opens tonight at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7 and runs through Nov. 30.

Featuring a musical score by Leonard Bernstein and based upon the 1759 novel, "Candide, or Optimism," by Voltaire, the story centers around the loves and lives of Candide (played by Andy Ramirez). 

Directed by Michael Mohammed, with musical and vocal direction by David Möschler, the ensemble cast also includes Angela Jarosz as Cunegonde, Geoffrey Colton as Pangloss, Tina Marzell as the Old Woman, Anna Joham as Paquette, Johnny Villar as Maximilian and Tom Reilly as Voltaire.

Special Events: A pre-show talk 7:10 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14 and post-play discussion following the Saturday matinee, Saturday, Nov. 22.

(L-R) Candide (Andy Ramirez) and Cunegonde (Angela Jarosz). Photo by Terry Sullivan.

(L-R) Pangloss (Geoffrey Colton) teaches Cunegonde (Angela Jarosz) and Candide (Andy Ramirez) about "the best of all possible worlds." Photo by Terry Sullivan.

Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third Street, Hayward, next to the Japanese Gardens. Tickets: $32 opening night and $29 for the remainder. Senior, student, TBA, KQED and group (10 or more) discounts available. To reach the box office: Open 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, (510) 881-6777. www.dmtonline.org.

Street Date: In Hayes Valley, S.F. doers and dreamers thrive

For my Street Date column this week, I return to Hayes Valley, one of my favorite neighborhoods in S.F.:


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