Local Cultural Experiences
Concerts
The following are links to websites which will supply you with information about musical performances in the Bay Area and current concerts appropriate for Humanities Honors.
Links
- San Jose Chamber Orchestra
- Symphony Silicon Valley
- Steinway Society The Bay Area Piano Concert Series
- San Francisco Renaissance Voices and San Francisco Renaissance Dancers
- Slavyanka Russian Chorus
- The Classical Voice: The Go-To Place for Classical Music in the Bay Area: Search by date, region, event type to find a concert near you!
Dance
The following are links to websites which will supply you with information about dance performances in the Bay Area and current performances appropriate for Humanities Honors.
Links
- Bay Area Dance Resource for who is dancing what, when and where around the San Francisco Bay Area
- sjDANCEco is a contemporary dance company that brings world premiers to the stage
Museums
This is a list of major museums in the Bay area and the prices of admission for students. Please note, prices listed may not include special exhibits. Also, if you are a frequent museum goer, many museums offer discounted year-long memberships to students, in which case most exhibits and special events are free.
Links
- Faith Embodied: Saints from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment At the Stanford Cantor of the Arts through November 17, 2013
- San Francisco Legion of Honor Current and Future Exhibitions
- San Jose Museum of Art- 3 blocks from SJSU, admission for students is $5 with ID
- Rosicrucian Museum- San Jose- admission for students is $7 with ID
- Triton Museum of Art - Santa Clara - free admission
- Santa Clara University de Saisset Museum - free admission
- Montalvo Arts Center - free admission
- Stanford Cantor Center for the Arts- admission is FREE, walking distance from the Caltrain and downtown Palo Alto
- Asian Art Museum, SF, admission for students is $7 with ID, special exhibits are extra, Target free Sunday (free admission first Sunday of every month)
- SFMOMA- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, admission for students is $11 with ID, free admission first Tuesday of every month
- Legion of Honor admission for students is $6, MUNI riders with transfer receive $2 off. Admission to the Legion is good for same-day admission to the De Young (and vice versa). Admission free first Tuesday of the month.
- De Young admission for students is $6 with ID, MUNI riders with a transfer receive $2 off. Admission to the De Young is good for same-day admission to the Legion of Honor (and vice versa). Free admission first Tuesday of the month.
- Contemporary Jewish Museum- admission for students is $10 with ID. Free admission first Tuesday of the month.
- Museum of the African Diaspora –admission for students is $5 with ID
- YBCA-Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, $8 admission to exhibits for students with ID, this is both a museum and a performance Arts center. Free gallery admission first Tuesday of the month.
Opera
The following are links to websites which will supply you with information about opera performances in the Bay Area.
Links
Theatre
This is a list of current and upcoming plays that may be of interest to students.