Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young Presents Jonathan Poretz and the MoodSwing Orchestra, and the de Young Poetry Series
Docent Tours | Artist Studio | Friday Nights at the de Young | de Young Poetry Series | Music at the de Young
5:00 PM - 8:45 PM
September 5, 2008
Welcome to Jazz Season at the de Young
Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young Presents . . .
September 5
Wilsey Court
6:00–8:30 p.m.
Live Music and Dance Featuring dance tips with Cynthia Glinka and Johnathan Poretz with the MoodSwing Orchestra
6:00–6:30 p.m. Cynthia Glinka, a dance coach and choreographer, instructs, entertains, and inspires. With her dance tips and tricks, you won't miss a beat! Join us on the dance floor.
6:30–8:30 p.m. Jonathan Poretz and the MoodSwing Orchestra covers big-band hits made famous by such bandleaders as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Xavier Cugat. The orchestra's fresh approach to classic big-band music has attracted an enthusiastic following among Bay Area music fans. Bring your dancing shoes!
6:00-8:30 p.m.
Hands-on Art Activity for the Entire Family
Create a Timothy Horn–inspired “glass” slipper.
Wilsey Court Entrance
6:30–7:30 p.m.
Sketching Tours at the de Young in celebration of the Architecture and the City Festival
First-come-first-served and limited to 20 participants; no reservations.
In celebration of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Francisco, Lisa Bostwick will conduct sketching tours of the de Young’s special architectural features located in the free zones of the museum. Bostwick is a longtime educator and a painter. Her work is in private collections throughout the state, and she currently teaches at San Francisco’s Drew School. Meet at the AIA art-making table located at the entrance to Wilsey Court at 6:30 p.m. www.bostwickpaints.com.
Koret Auditorium
7:00 p.m.
The de Young Poetry Series: Christian Bök and Kasey Mohammad
Author of the popular collections Eunoia and Crystallography, Christian Bök is a leading figure of Newlipo, which employs innovative concepts and procedures in the creation of poetry. He is also a brilliant voice talent who created artificial languages for Gene Roddenberry's Earth: The Final Conflict and author of a unique book of criticism, 'Pataphysics: The Poetics of an Imaginary Science.
With his poetry book Deer Head Nation, Kasey Mohammad inaugurated Flarf, a poetry movement that makes use of online search engines. His other works include A Thousand Devils and Breathalyzer. He co-edited Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy: How to Philosophize with a Pair of Pliers and a Blowtorch.
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.
Special Exhibition Galleries
7:00 p.m.
Docent tour of Chihuly at the de Young. Museum and special exhibition admission required.
Fee Information
de Young Poetry Series: Tickets are $8 for FAMSF members and $12 for non-members; museum admission is not included or required. Tickets: 866-512-6326 or museumtix.com
Other Friday Nights programs are free. 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 special exhibition Chihuly at the de Young.
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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.
