Calendar

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts challenges your five senses and the sixth — your brain — with an exciting program of events showcasing the talent and intellect of our students and faculty as well as world-renowned guests.

Photo of artifact from Going Global exhibition
Going Global: From San Francisco to the World
Thursday, April 26, 2018 to Friday, April 26, 2019
Fine Arts Building, Global Museum (Room 203)
Visual Arts and Media Arts
Still of blurred man's face from Wall of Song by Mel Day and Michael Namkung.
All Together Now
Saturday, September 22, 2018 to Thursday, October 25, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Fine Arts Gallery
Visual Arts and Media Arts
Black and white photo of No No Boy duo crossing the street
ImprovisAsians 2018: No No Boy
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Performing Arts
Photo of Omer Bartov seated with hands folded
Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz: Coexistence and Violence in an Eastern European Town
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Humanities Building, Room 587
Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo in which three of four people have their eyes blacked out
The Best of Czechoslovak Cinema: The Cremator
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Photo of Kateryna Samoilova
Kateryna Samoilova: Mental Action in Light of the Kripkensteinian Puzzle
Friday, October 26, 2018
Humanities Building, Room 587
Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of Orlando Consort standing by concrete columns
Morrison Artists Series: Orlando Consort
Friday, October 26, 2018
Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre
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Performing Arts
Photo of woman and man in car
Waiting for Kiarostami
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Photo of M. NourbeSe Philip clapping her hands
M. NourbeSe Philip
Saturday, October 27, 2018
McRoskey Mattress Company, 1687 Market Street, San Francisco
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of H. Alan Shapiro by a lake
Raoul Bertrand Lecture in Classics: H. Alan Shapiro
Monday, October 29, 2018
Humanities Building, Room 587
Lectures and Talks, Education
Sepia-tone photo of women in Paris in 1919
Mona Siegel: Men Alone Prepare the Future
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 121
Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of Inara Morgenstern and Victoria Neve sitting at a piano
Annual Scary Concert
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Performing Arts
Photo of Tom Temprano standing at City College of San Francisco
Tom Temprano: How to Become an Effective Progressive Politician
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Humanities Building, Room 304
Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of man and woman relaxing in the woods
The Best of Czechoslovak Cinema: Fruit of Paradise
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Photo of SF State Orchestra
SF State Orchestra, SF State Wind Ensemble and SF State Brass Ensemble
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Performing Arts
Typographic image for Home? A Participatory Design Research Project
⌂? A Participatory Design Research Project
Thursday, November 01, 2018 to Thursday, November 15, 2018
Fine Arts Building, DesignSpace (Room 115)
Visual Arts and Media Arts
Photo of Alyssa Guerrero as Marina and Jasmin Afshar as Thaisa in Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare
Thursday, November 01, 2018 to Saturday, November 10, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Little Theatre
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Performing Arts, Theatre
Photo of Leroy Moore and Lisa "Tiny" Gray-Garcia sitting behind a microphone
Stop Sweeping Us, We Are Not Trash: Teaching about Homelessness, Gentrification and Disability
Thursday, November 01, 2018
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center
Lectures and Talks, Performing Arts, Literary Arts, Education
Photo of child leaping off concrete blocks while holding two thumbs up
Hungarian Film Festival 5
Friday, November 02, 2018 to Saturday, November 03, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Image of man's sillhouette behind burgundy and white colors
Pluralities Nonfiction Film Conference
Tuesday, November 06, 2018 to Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Seven Hills Conference Center
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Lectures and Talks, Media Arts, Education
Photo illustration of a typewriter
Fringe Goes Long
Wednesday, November 07, 2018 to Sunday, November 11, 2018
Creative Arts Building, The Studio (Room 102)
Performing Arts, Theatre
Photo of topless woman lying down
The Best of Czechoslovak Cinema: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Photo of Chamber Music Ensemble
Chamber Music Ensembles
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Performing Arts
Photo of May-lee Chai
The Poetry Center: May-lee Chai and Junse Kim
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Image of portrait of Archduke Albrecht
Visiting Artist Lecture: Kota Ezawa
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Room 296
Lectures and Talks, Visual Arts and Media Arts
Photo of James Witzel holding a guitar
James Witzel Jazz Trio
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Music, Performing Arts
Black and white photo from Witches' Hammer
The Best of Czechoslovak Cinema: Witches' Hammer
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Black and white photo of Jean-Marc Dreyfus
Corpses of the Holocaust: A New Approach to the Destruction and its Aftermath
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Humanities Building, Room 415
Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo from Divided We Fall
The Best of Czechoslovak Cinema: Divided We Fall
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Photo of Estelle Tarica
Holocaust Testimony and Maya Testimony in Post-Genocide Guatemala
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Humanities Building, Room 415
Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of Janice Lee looking over her left shoulder
Janice Lee, reading and in conversation with Brenda Iijima
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of Janice Lee driving
Janice Lee and Brenda Iijima
Saturday, December 01, 2018
Alley Cat Bookshop, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of Thalea String Quartet holding string instruments and standing in front of a barn
Morrison Artists Series: Thalea String Quartet
Sunday, December 02, 2018
Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre
Tickets available November 11
Performing Arts
Photo of creature being spoonfed
The Best of Czechoslovak Cinema: Otesánek
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Photo of Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SF State
Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SF State
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Performing Arts
Photo of Christina Nguyen performing a handstand
Pulse: The New Moves Student Choreography Showcase
Thursday, December 06, 2018 to Sunday, December 09, 2018
Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre
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Performing Arts, Dance
Photo of Kiese Laymon standing in front of a photo of James Baldwin and next to a bookshelf
Kiese Laymon, reading and in conversation with Tongo Eisen-Martin
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photos of Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon and Tongo Eisen-Martin
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Marcus Books, 3900 Martin Luther King Way, Oakland
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of SF State Wind Ensemble
SF State Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Performing Arts
Photo of two student actress holding hands and looking upward
Medea by Euripides
Friday, December 07, 2018 to Thursday, December 13, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Little Theatre
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Performing Arts, Theatre
Photo of two student actress holding hands and looking upward
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles by Luis Alfaro
Saturday, December 08, 2018 to Friday, December 14, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Little Theatre
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Performing Arts, Theatre
Photo of the SF State Chamber Singers in performance
Winter Choral Concert
Saturday, December 08, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Music, Performing Arts
Photo of the San Francisco State Jazz Choir
SF State Jazz Choir
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Performing Arts
Photo of man and woman talking while seated on bail of hay
The Best of Czechoslovak Cinema: The Country Teacher
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
Media Arts
Photo of Chamber Music Ensemble
Chamber Music Ensembles
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Performing Arts
Photo of Nordic Voices in front of the ocean and a photo backdrop
Morrison Artists Series: Nordic Voices
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre
Tickets available January 20
Performing Arts
Photo of violins stacked upright
Morrison Artists Series: Musicians from Marlboro
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre
Tickets available February 17
Performing Arts
Photo of Richard Polt holding a typewriter
Uprooting, Criminality and Machination: Jews and Nazis in Martin Heidegger's Black Notebooks
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Humanities Building, Room 415
Lectures and Talks, Education
Image of blue stars design
40 Years and More: International Conference on Iranian Diaspora Studies
Thursday, March 28, 2019 to Saturday, March 30, 2019
Seven Hills Conference Center
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Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of a violin
Morrison Artists Series: Ancuza Aprodu Trio/EOC (Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain)
Friday, April 12, 2019
Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre
Tickets available March 22
Performing Arts
Photo of the Jack Quartet member seated in various positions
Morrison Artists Series: JACK Quartet
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre
Tickets available April 21
Performing Arts