27 May 2016
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The May/June 2016 edition of “What's New in San Francisco” is now available here.
Highlights include:
FOOD & DRINK NEWS
- June 17–Sept. 18, 2016 - Asian Art Museum Serves up a Sumptuous Summer of Pork
- Early Bird Tickets Now Available for Eat Drink SF, Aug. 25–28, 2016
- San Francisco Breweries Launch Free Brews & Baseball Shuttle
- Presidio Twilight Returns, Presented by Off the Grid and the Presidio Trust
- Tony Gemignani Claims 12th World Champion Title at the 25th Annual World Pizza Championships
- Rose Pistola Adds Happy Hour, Weekend Jazz in North Beach
ARTS & CULTURE NEWS
- SFMOMA Open after Expanding to Nearly Triple the Gallery Space
- May 30, 2016 - Oscar de la Renta: The Retropective at the de Young
- Through June 12 – New Conservatory Theatre Presents West Coast Premiere of Reimagined On A Clear Day You Can See Forever”
- Through July 5, 2016 - Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
- Through Aug. 7, 2016 - Dancers We Lost: Honoring Performers Lost to HIV/AIDS at the GLBT History Museum
- Through Sept. 25, 2016 - Altered State: Marijuana in California at Oakland Museum of California
- Through Sept. 18, 2016 – The Grace Jones Project at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
- Through Jan. 9, 2017 - Wish Upon a Star: The Art of Pinocchio at the Walt Disney Family Museum
- May 19-Jan. 2017 - New Ansel Adams Exhibit Debuts at Cavallo Point Lodge Mercantile and Art Gallery
- May 25-29, 2016 - San Francisco Symphony and All-Star Cast Present a New Semi-Staged Production of Leonard Bernstein's On The Town
- May 27-Sept. 5, 2016 - Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen at the Exploratorium
- July 2-3, 2016 - 32nd Annual Fillmore Jazz Festival
- June 2-9, 2016 – San Francisco Design Week
- June 3-19, 2016 - San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Features 32 Dance Companies, 14 Premieres And More Than 400 Performers
- June 7-Sept. 30: A Fastidious Art at the American Bookbinders Museum
- June 9-Sept. 11, 2016 - Wild West: Picturing America's Frontier Special Exhibition at the Legion of Honor
- June 17-Sept. 18, 2016 - Emperors' Treasures at the Asian Art Museum
- June 24-25, 2016 - San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus presents Heartthrobs: Biggest Boy Band Ever
- June 30–Oct. 30, 2016: Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition at The Contemporary Jewish Museum
- July 7-18, 2016 - Flower Piano Returns to the San Francisco Botanical Garden
ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES NEWS
- June 4-5, 2016 - Union Street Festival
- June 10 – Twilight Zone: Deep Reefs Revealed opens at the California Academy of Sciences
- June 11-12, 2016 - 62nd Annual North Beach Festival
- San Francisco 'Plays' Here - Summertime Welcomes Families and Kids to the Presidio
- Evergreen Escapes Brings its Immersive, Award-Winning Tours and Naturalist Guides to San Francisco
MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS NEWS
- First-Hold Brings the Events Industry into the 21st Century
HOTEL NEWS
- Pacific Grove's Asilomar Conference Grounds Installs New Water Recycling System
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SFO)
- New Airlines, New Destinations for Summer 2016
- United Airlines Announces Nonstop Service between SFO and Hangzhou, China, Beginning July 13, 2016
- New Control Tower Named Top Engineering Project in the U.S.
- Wag Brigade Stress-Relief Dogs
- Mobile Car Washing Service
MAJOR ANNUAL EVENTS FOR MAY, JUNE AND JULY
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