15 Nov 2016
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The November/December 2016 edition of “What's New in San Francisco” is now available at www.sftravel.com/whatsnew.
- Fourth Annual Illuminate SF Festival of Light Celebrates New Art Installations
- San Francisco's Holiday Lights, Sights and Decorations
- 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love in 2017
- Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards Names San Francisco One of the Top Big Cities in the U.S.
- Nov. 14, 2016 – New Saucy Awards® are a Culinary Bucket List for the Bay Area
- First Crush Restaurant Named Best Wine Tourism Restaurant by Great Wine Capitals
- Five San Francisco Restaurants Named in Conde Nast Traveler's List of the Best Restaurants in the U.S.
- Beloved Big 4 Restaurant and Bar at The Scarlet Huntington Turns the Big 4-0
- San Francisco Wine School Opens 4,000 Square Foot Wine Education and Events Center
- Culinary Institute of America at Copia Opens in Napa
Openings
- Chinese Historical Society Museum Reopens with Landmark “Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion” Exhibition
- Nov. 11-13, 2016 – 18th Annual San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest
- Nov. 11-Dec. 18, 2016 - New Conservatory Theatre Center Presents Regional Premiere of Stephen Karam's “Sons of the Prophet”
- Nov. 17, 2016–Jan. 8, 2017 – “Luzia” by Cirque du Soleil Under the Big Top at AT&T Park
- Nov. 19-Dec. 18, 2016 - Bay Area Children's Theatre Production of “Seussical” and “Wheels on the Bus”
- Jan. 26–June 25, 2017 - Cary Leibowitz at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
- Feb. 25- May 29, 2017 - “Monet: The Early Years” at the Legion of Honor
Continuing
- Through Dec. 18, 2016 – “Home Land Security” at Presidio's Fort Winfield Scott
- Through Dec. 31, 2016 - Disney's “The Lion King” Returns to SHN's Orpheum Theatre
- Through Jan. 9, 2017 – “Wish Upon a Star: The Art of Pinocchio” at The Walt Disney Family Museum
- Through Jan. 15, 2017 – “The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe” at the Asian Art Museum
- Through Jan. 15, 2017 – “Shortening: Making Irrational Rational,” New Art Exhibition by Nelson Saiers on Alcatraz
- Through Feb. 12, 2017 – “All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50”
- Through Feb. 26, 2017 – “Frank Stella: A Retrospective” at the de Young
- Through March 12, 2017 – “Danny Lyon: Message to the Future“ at the de Young
- Through April 2, 2017 – Four New Exhibitions at the Museum of the African Diaspora
- Through May 28, 2017 – SFJAZZ' Fifth Anniversary Season
- Through Nov.12, 2016 – “The Hard Problem” at American Conservatory Theater's Geary Theater
- Through Jan. 19, 2017 – “The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of 17th Century France” at the Legion of Honor
- The San Francisco Dungeon Introduces “Escape Alcatraz” Drop Ride
- Nov. 17, 2016-June 30, 2017 – “Butterflies & Blooms” at the Conservatory of Flowers
- Through Aug. 31, 2017 – National Park Service's Every Kid in a Park Program
- Laverne Cox Recreated as Dr. Frank-N Furter at Madame Tussauds
- Explore Earth's Unseen Marvels at California Academy of Sciences
- San Francisco Takes a Parking Lot, Puts Up a Bit of Paradise
- Registration for 2017 Bay to Breakers Now Open
- Graton Resort & Casino Announces Nov. 15 Public Opening of Resort's Hotel Expansion
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SFO)
- Volaris' first nonstop service San Francisco – Mexico City launched Oct. 13
- Coming Soon - Great New Local Dining Options in the International Terminal
- Finnair Launches Seasonal Flights to Helsinki in June 2017
MAJOR ANNUAL EVENTS – NOVEMBER and DECEMBER 2016
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