This exhibit features new work by renowned tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy and ceramist Ron Nagle. Vastly different in nature, the sculptures and drawings by the two reflect influences and a philosophical outlook shared by both. The two showcase an extensive repertoire fusing Japanese, America, Pop, and Hot Rod culture, among others. Reception on Thursday, December 11, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

This exhibition explores the history of Asian cut, folded, and molded paper, including Chinese paper cuts, Japanese origami, Filipino parols, and Korean paper boxes. Contemporary artists Gene Apellido, Mike Arcega, Jiyoung Chung, Adriane Colburn, Robert J. Lang, Jennifer Falck Linssen, Linda Mihara, and Gina Osterloh introduce fresh perspectives on these traditional forms.

Assembled from 1949 to 1998 by John and Vivian Hewitt, this collection is one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of African American art. The exhibit features 54 two-dimensional works of art by 20 artists.

Founded in 1973, San Jose Taiko is one of the country's oldest taiko guilds, renowned for its uniquely American style, blending ancient Japanese rhythms and movement with African, Balinese, Brazilian, Latin and jazz percussion and contemporary dance.

The Kronos Quartet will be performing a program featuring four works-by four different women -- written specifically for Kronos, including two West Coast premieres: Aviya Kopelman's 'Widows and Lovers,' and Hanna Kulenty's 'String Quartet No. 4 (A Cradle Song),' Aleksandra Vrebalov's '...hold me, neighbor, in this storm...' and Kaija Saariaho's 'Nymphea.'

San Francisco-based artist Bill Fontana presents 'Spiraling Echoes,' a sound sculpture featuring past and present audio moments recorded throughout San Francisco. Eight specialized speakers will be mounted around the circular colonade inside the dome of City Hall, projecting such iconic sounds as cable car bells, echoing fog horns on the Bay, and the crack of a bat and subsequent crowd noise at AT&T Park. Mayor Gavin Newsom will dedicate the unique and site-specific installation on February 12 from 5:30-7:30pm.

As part of their 20th Anniversary Season,Michael Morgan conducts the Oakland East Bay Symphony joined by the Oakland Youth Orchestra to perform classic works of enduring popularity by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky. The final offering is a concerto featuring Jeremiah Campbell (cello) the winner of their 12th annual Young Artist Competition.

Marga Gomez pours a long tall drink of cultural confusion, chronic virginity and mother-daughter instability in this mix of theaterical physicality and stand-up comedy candor. This is the final workshop of 'Long Island Iced Latina' before it premieres at the 2009 South Beach Comedy Festival.

Brian Copeland returns with 'Not A Genuine Black Man,' the longest running solo show in San Francisco history. Using humor, he reveals a little-know chapter of Bay Area history when, in 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in history. Show is intended for 14 and over.

Named Best Dance/Performance Company by the SF Weekly, Sean Dorsey Dance returns in Uncovered: The Diary Project. Using text from actual, real-life diaries (of transgender and queer people -- from the famous to the unknown), this piece reveal lives and stories that history has tried to erase.

Led by Kumu Hula Kawika Keikiali'ihiwahiwa Alfiche, Halau 'o Keikiali'i is a San Francisco-based hula group presenting an evening of powerful dance, beautiful chanting and exquisite costumes.

Scott Kildall, one of the many participating artists for Micaela's Winter Salon 2008, presents 'Future Memories' (2006). For this project, Kidall sources shots from over 60 iconic Hollywood films and recombines them into a series of dreamlike stories featuring 15 videos in a 35 minute loop. Reception on Thursday, December 4.