Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young celebrates poetry in the American galleries; Doubles and Quadruples: A night of performance and music in the spirit of Gilbert & George
Artist Studio | For Children and Families | Friday Nights at the de Young | Special Events | Music at the de Young
5:00 PM - 8:45 PM
May 9, 2008
Wilsey Court, American Art Galleries
On Friday nights the entire museum is open until 8:45 p.m. Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, and lectures. The cafe is open with a special Friday Nights dinner menu, and a no-host cocktail bar is serving drinks. There are art-making activities for everyone.
In Wilsey Court
6:00–8:30 p.m.
Live music by electronic duo Land Sound, the musical collaboration of Robert Crouch and Silencefiction (Marc Kate). Combining laptops with live electronics, Land Sound creates minimal electronic music that explores the tension between dance-floor propulsion and headphone-worthy obsession with detail.
Fauxnique and friends (Valentine, Falsetta Knockers, and Precious Moments) perform a reprise of Lip-Synching Sculpture—a glamour/drag–tinged re-interpretation of Gilbert & George’s classic work Singing Sculpture. Fauxnique is the drag-queen alter-ego of Monique Jenkinson, a multifaceted artist working locally and internationally in the realms of dance, theater, drag and performance art.
DJs PeePlay and Jason Kendig of Honey Soundsystem do double dance-floor duty. Honey Soundsystem is a hand-picked group of disc jockeys, musicians, and designers who bond over their shared love of timeless sound, iconic imagery, the complete look, indulgent behavior, and most of all, attractive men.
In the American Art Galleries
7:00 p.m.
de Young Poetry Series
Featuring Robert Hass: A Walking Tour of the American Gallery
Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Time and Materials, former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass and poets Brenda Hillman, Bill Berkson, and Maxine Chernoff will take the audience on a walking and poetry-reading tour of the de Young's American collection. There is no charge for tonight’s poetry program. Museum admission is required. Advance ticket purchase is recommended for this unique event. The de Young Poetry Series is curated by Paul Hoover, a poet, editor, and professor of creative writing at San Francisco State University. Major U.S. poets read from their works, followed by a book signing.
Art-making for Everyone
Using markers and colored pencils, create a “street art” version of your name.
Fee Information
Programs are free, except where indicated. Admission is always free to members; regular admission fees apply for non-members to visit the galleries. A $5 surcharge applies for non-members to visit the exhibition Gilbert & George.
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Partner, Donor, Sponsor Credits
Friday Nights at the de Young is supported by the Koret Foundation. Friday Nights at the de Young is part of the Fine Arts Museums’ Cultural Encounters initiative, generously funded by The James Irvine Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Columbia Foundation, and the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation.
