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Oct22Eternal Echoes II: The Kiki Ball with Sir JoqThursday, 6:00 PMRSVP encouraged; price not published
Oct25Free Family Day: K-Pop, Art, and BeyondSunday, 10:00 AMFree · RSVP required ($12 adult surcharge for RM x SFMOMA)
Oct29An Evening with Doug AitkenThursday, 6:00 PMFree (RSVP) · $10 general · $20 / $30 support tiers
Oct29Works on Paper Book Club: Eat the Mouth That Feeds You by Carribean FragozaThursday, 6:00 PMAssistant curator Delphine Sims leads a discussion of Carribean Fragoza's debut story collection, whose cover uses a Graciela Iturbide photograph, linking it to SFMOMA's Iturbide exhibition, in the Koret Education Center on Floor 2 of SFMOMA, 151 Third St (a short walk from Montgomery St BART/Muni). It starts at 6 pm on Thursday, Oct 29 (doors 5:30); free, but space is limited and RSVP is required. The Doug Aitken talk is the same evening if you'd rather hear an artist.Free with RSVP
Oct31SFMOMAweenSaturday, 11:00 AMFree with museum admission
Nov7Make a Kite with Jacob HashimotoSaturday, 11:00 AMFree · no museum admission required
Nov7The Fall of the I-Hotel + Manilatown Manang ScreeningsNov 7 – Nov 7A free double feature: a newly restored edition of Curtis Choy's 1983 documentary on the fight to save the International Hotel, then Manilatown Manang, about tenant defender Jeanette Lazam, each followed by a community conversation, in the Phyllis Wattis Theater on Floor 1 of SFMOMA, 151 Third St (a short walk from Montgomery St BART/Muni). Screenings are at 1 and 3 pm on Saturday, Nov 7; SFMOMA lists the event as at capacity. SOMA Pilipinas' Baon screening at the same theater on Nov 21 is another Filipino community film on our calendar.Free · at capacity
Nov8Family Studio: Lines That MoveSunday, 10:00 AMFree · no museum admission required
Nov8Artist Talk: William KentridgeSunday, 2:00 PM$15 general · $10 members
Nov12Little Forest: Film Screening and ConversationThursday, 6:30 PMFree (RSVP) · $10 general · $20 / $30 support tiers
Nov14Hansik Cooking Class Inspired by Little ForestSaturday, 11:00 AM$20 general · $15 members
Nov15The Doctor Is In: Kids' Answers to Your Art Problems with the Jealous CuratorSunday, 11:00 AMFree · museum admission not required
Nov15Real Artists Wear Black with the Jealous CuratorSunday, 1:00 PMAuthor and artist Danielle Krysa reads from her new book and takes on the myths that hold artists' careers back, with audience Q&A, in the Koret Education Center on Floor 2 of SFMOMA, 151 Third St (a short walk from Montgomery St BART/Muni). It starts at 1 pm on Sunday, Nov 15; free, RSVP encouraged, first-come seating, recommended for ages 16+. It's sandwiched between her kids' session (11 am) and the 4 pm AI conversation, so you could make a day of it.Free · RSVP encouraged
Nov15Art in the Age of AI: A Conversation Between Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst, and Hans Ulrich ObristSunday, 4:00 PM$0 free RSVP · $10 general · $20 / $30 support tiers
Nov19Works on Paper Book Club: The Poetics of Space by Gaston BachelardThursday, 6:00 PMCurator América Castillo gives a short talk on Gaston Bachelard's 1958 book about how houses, drawers and other intimate spaces hold memory, and its link to the RM x SFMOMA show on Floor 7, before group discussion in the Koret Education Center on Floor 2 of SFMOMA, 151 Third St (a short walk from Montgomery St BART/Muni). It starts at 6 pm on Thursday, Nov 19 (doors 5:30); free, RSVP required as space is limited. It follows the October session on Carribean Fragoza, also on our calendar.Free with RSVP
Nov21Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino MigrantsSaturday, 2:00 PMSOMA Pilipinas presents the premiere of Rachel Bundoc Lucero's documentary, in which she cooks with Bay Area Filipino migrants who talk about activism from the anti-Marcos resistance to undocumented workers' rights, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker, in the Phyllis Wattis Theater on Floor 1 of SFMOMA, 151 Third St (a short walk from Montgomery St BART/Muni). It starts at 2 pm on Saturday, Nov 21; free with RSVP via Eventbrite. It pairs with the Nov 7 I-Hotel screenings at the same theater.Free with RSVP
Nov22Krazy Kites with SCRAPSunday, 10:00 AMFree · museum admission not required
Nov22Butoh Family Workshop with Judith KajiwaraSunday, 2:00 PMJudith Kajiwara leads families through Japanese Butoh movement, using a silkworm's life cycle to explore stillness, contrasting speeds and transformation, with an optional short piece families choreograph themselves, in the Koret Education Center on Floor 2 of SFMOMA, 151 Third St (a short walk from Montgomery St BART/Muni). It starts at 2 pm on Sunday, Nov 22, recommended for children 6–12; free with RSVP. It follows the morning Krazy Kites drop-in, so families can stay for both.Free with RSVP

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