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Dia de los Muertos is a traditional Meso-American holiday dedicated to the ancestors; it honors both death and the cycle of life. In Mexico, neighbors gather in local cemeteries to share food, music, and fun with their extended community, both living and departed. The celebration acknowledges that we still have a relationship with our ancestors and loved ones that have passed away.In San Francisco, Day of the Dead has been celebrated since the early 70s with art, music, performances and a walking procession, which help us contemplate our existence and mortality -- a moment to remember deceased friends and family, and our connections beyond our immediate concerns. (from Dia de los Muertos San Francisco website)PROCESSION:
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Saturday, November 7
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2009 FALL PREVIEW LECTURE SERIES ON OPERA: OTELLO
AT THE MOVIES @ SFPL
CONCERTS AT THE PRESIDIO 
GARDENING IN SMALL, URBAN SPACES
ITVS: BETWEEN THE FOLDS
16th ANNUAL FILIPINO AMERICAN CINE FESTIVAL 
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Left to right: Vincenzo Bellini, Auguste Rodin, Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keefe, and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
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Left to right: Baruch Spinoza, William Blake, Gaetano Donizetti, Mark Twain, and Winston Churchill
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VINCENZO BELLINI (November 3, 1801 - September 23, 1835) born in Catania, Sicily; Sicilian opera composer whose works are considered the embodiment of bel canto. Best known for his operas, Norma and I Puritani.
AUGUSTE RODIN (November 12, 1840 - November 17, 1917) born in Paris; French sculptor; generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture. Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality. Rodin was sensitive of the controversy surrounding his work, but refused to change his style.
CLAUDE MONET (November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926) born in Paris; founder of French impressionist painting; most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. (Wikipedia)
  
GEORGIA O'KEEFE (November 15, 1887 - March 6, 1986) born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. American artist associated with the American Southwest; major figure in American art since the 1920s, chiefly known for paintings of abstraction of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones and landscapes.
  
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (November 24, 1864 - September 9, 1901) Albi, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées région of France; French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator; along with Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin known as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period. His works recorded many details of the late-19th-century Bohemian lifestyle in Paris
   back to top | BARUCH SPINOZA (November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677) born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death. Today, he is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy, laying the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism. Spinoza is considered to be one of Western philosophy's most important philosophers. Philosopher and historian Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel said of all modern philosophers, "You are either a Spinozist or not a philosopher at all." (Wikipedia)
WILLIAM BLAKE (November 28, 1757 - August 12, 1827) born in London, England; English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. Happiness is to see the world in a grain of sand, and Heaven in a wild flower, to hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in a single hour. --William Blake
GAETANO MARIA DONIZETTI (November 29, 1797 - April 8, 1848) born in Bergamo, Lombardy; Italian opera composer; most famous work is Lucia di Lammermoor, and his most immediately recognizable piece of music is the aria Una furtiva lagrima from L'elisir d'amore. Along with Bellini and Rossini, considered leading composer of bel canto opera.
SAMUAL LANGHORNE CLEMENS (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910) born in Florida, Missouri, better known by the pen name MARK TWAIN; American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature." (Wikipedia)
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965), born in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire; British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II; noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, historian, writer, and artist. He is the only British Prime Minister who has ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature and the second person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
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 PICTURES ON TOP. Left to right: Balancing Rocks sculptures by Tony Dan; Dancing Figuresby Keith Haring; Vaillancourt Fountain designed by sculptor Armand Vaillancourt in collaboration with landscape architect Lawrence Halprin; and Cupid's Span by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. On left is a heart sculpture at Union Square from the Hearts Project for the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. All part of San Francisco's public art.
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