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Rose B. Simpson artwork featured in the LEXICON exhibition

Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON★

Aug 30 – Feb 7, 2027
de Young (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
Emory Douglas In Our Lifetime exhibition poster

Emory Douglas: In Our Lifetime★

Dec 5 – Oct 31, 2026
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC), San Francisco
Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs

Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs★

May 16 – Feb 28, 2027
SFMOMA, San Francisco
Performers and audience inside The Soiled Dove’s Tortona Big Top.

The Soiled Dove★

Aug 7 – Nov 7
Radium Presents
Radium Runway, Alameda
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons in San Jose

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons★

Sep 5 – Dec 4
SF Bay Area | Fever
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
Students on Strike: A New Installation in OMCA’s Gallery of California History

BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration★

Sep 18 – Dec 27
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective

Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective★

Sep 25 – Jan 25, 2027
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
AURA: An Immersive Odyssey of Breathtaking Proportions

AURA at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral★

Sep 26 – Oct 31
SF Bay Area | Fever
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Artwork featured in Dewey Crumpler Sonic Lineages at MoAD

Dewey Crumpler: Sonic Lineages★

Sep 30 – May 30, 2027
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me

RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me★

Oct 3 – Feb 7, 2027
SFMOMA, San Francisco
Black Panther Party 60th-anniversary emblem from the Oakland Public Library Rank and File exhibition artwork.

Exhibit: Honoring the Black Panther Party Rank & File Members: 60th Anniversary★

Oct 5 – Jan 9, 2027
Oakland Public Library
Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean

Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean★

Oct 23 – Jan 25, 2027
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Historical Black Panther newspaper artwork with a beret-wearing figure, red star and Panther emblem.

Oakland Star Special Collection Exhibition: From the Archives — The Black Panther Party Original Newspapers 1967–1971★

Oct 24 – Dec 31
AAMLO | African American Museum & Library at Oakland
African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO)
Via del NewLit benefit dinner flyer featuring Via del Corso

Via del NewLit: Opening Night Benefit Dinner★

October 26
New Literary Project
Via del Corso, Berkeley
Protocols with Andrew Huberman live event

Protocols with Andrew Huberman★

October 28
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
Erika Krouse and Save Me Stranger in the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize graphic

Erika Krouse + Fiona McFarlane★

October 28
New Literary Project
Maude Fife Room, Room 315, Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley
Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha

Angela Davis in Conversation with Poulomi Saha★

October 28
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Illustration for San Francisco Opera's The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro★

Oct 31 – Nov 29
San Francisco Opera
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
Erika Krouse and Save Me Stranger in the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize graphic

An Afternoon at Orinda Books: Erika Krouse★

October 31
New Literary Project
Orinda Books
Tom Jones on the Come Gather Round Tour

Tom Jones: Come Gather Round Tour★

November 1
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
La Santa Cecilia with Ritmos Tropicosmos at Siesta Valley Bowl.

La Santa Cecilia with Ritmos Tropicosmos★

November 1
Siesta Valley Bowl, Orinda
Complete Rising Roadshow Homecoming flyer

Rising Roadshow Homecoming★

November 1
New Literary Project
Soda Activity Center, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga
Joshua Redman Quartet

Joshua Redman Quartet★

November 5–6
SFJAZZ
SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco
Caribbean Cocktails program artwork featuring Nelson German, Andrea Lawson Gray and Nigel Jones

Caribbean Cocktails: Migration, Memory, and Making Across the Diaspora★

November 5
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco