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Unique perspective leaves ‘No Exit’ for viewers

The high frequency pitch of a steel door being vacuum sealed, an ominous voice addressing the audience and screams erupting from fires – these are the commencing sounds for the play “No Exit” at American Conservatory Theatre on Geary Street in San Francisco.

City College instructor’s $2.99 art installation breaks new ground for de Young App

City College Cinema Professor Lise Swenson is the artist behind the first de Young Museum iphone/ipad app that will enrich real-time visits and allow users to take a virtual journey with the artists into spaces of the iconoclastic museum.

City College students display photography in old SoMa DA office

“Sixth Sense,” a documentary photography exhibit presented by City College students Reynaldo Cayetano Jr. and Chris Beale, was met with dancing in the street on April 1.

Chinese art teaches history at YBCA

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts features two exhibits about China – a documentary series and art installations by Song Dong – that pull back the jade curtain to reveal current Chinese issues and heal wounds from China’s past.

WonderCon wows comic enthusiasts

By Frank Ladra The Guardsman WonderCon is one of the biggest and most popular comic and arts conventions in the United States, and the 25th anniversary was held at Moscone Center from April 1 to April 3. The event, sponsored by Comic-Con International, gives artists and retailers opportunity to share

Urban beekeepers sweeten life in the city

Last week the rains stopped, the sun came out, flowers began to bloom and urban beekeepers rejoiced – their honeybee colonies began to buzz after the winter months had kept them dormant, and thousands of bees flew out in search of pollen and nectar

Anarchists to host book fair in Golden Gate Park April 9 - 10

An anarchist walks into a potluck, a café, a book fair and a sewing contest—sounds like a bad joke, right? It’s not. It’s the event schedule for the city’s revolutionaries’ biggest weekend, the Anarchist Book Fair, which will take place at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park the weekend of