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Janos Gereben - April 9, 2013
Virginia Johnson, leading a Dance Theater of Harlem rehearsal Photo by Andrea Mohin/<em>The New York Times</em>
Virginia Johnson, leading a Dance Theater of
Janos Gereben - April 9, 2013

Today, April 9, is National Arts Advocacy Day, the time for "speaking up in support of the arts." It is a special day of united advocacy, to contact legislators and government leaders, urging them to support the arts in words and deed.

Janos Gereben - April 9, 2013
Einar Nerman's drawing of Tetrazzini in 1922
Einar Nerman's drawing of Tetrazzini in 1922

One reason I remembered Singing the Golden State

Janos Gereben - April 9, 2013
Cover for the popular 1911 Daniels-Jones song at the exhibit
Cover for the popular 1911 Daniels-Jones song at the exhibit

Adding to the

Michael Zwiebach - April 4, 2013
Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninov

This week’s birthday boy, Sergei Rachmani

Mark MacNamara - April 4, 2013
Family Concert
Music for Families at the S.F.
Mark MacNamara - April 4, 2013
Robbie Henderson
Robbie Henderson

You don’t think of it, but it can be a stigma to play in a jazz band in high school, to be a young jazz musici

Mark MacNamara - April 4, 2013
Lick Wilmerding
Lick-Wilmerding School

Periodically, the Kids Around the Bay column profiles one of the local school music programs, to provid

Janos Gereben - April 2, 2013
Exploratorium
The new Exploratorium will open on Pier 15

San Francisco's Exploratorium is known the world over for its unique hands-on science exhibi