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Music

Bay Area Then: Ovarian Trolley & Wife

Presented by YBCA

Thursday, December 4, 2025, 7 PM

Ovarian Trolley and Wife perform as part of the musical programming for Bay Area Then.

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Music

Bay Area Then: Erica Dawn Lyle & Brontez Purnell

Presented by YBCA

Thursday, November 6, 2025, 7 PM

Erica Dawn Lyle and Brontez Purnell perform as part of the musical programming for Bay Area Then.

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Music

Bay Area Then: Tommy Guerrero & Space Time Solutions

Presented by YBCA

Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7 PM

Tommy Guerrero and Space Time Solutions perform as part of the musical programming for Bay Area Then.

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Music

Bay Area Then: A V Linton & Tony Molina

Presented by YBCA

Thursday, September 4, 2025, 7:30 PM

A V Linton is one of the most unforgettable songwriters of the last 30 years. For this performance, Linton will be joined by Dan Lee, Alicia Vanden Heuvel and Tony Molina.

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Public Art

Sanctuary City Project

Sergio De La Torre & Chris Treggiari

2012–Ongoing

Sanctuary City Project is an ongoing public art and printmaking initiative that asks urgent questions about immigration, citizenship, and who gets to feel safe.

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Exhibitions

MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy

Presented by SOMA Pilipinas in collaboration with YBCA

August 1, 2025–January 4, 2026

Celebrating the culture, contributions, and presence of the Filipino community in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood and Bay Area.

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Exhibitions

Bay Area Then

August 1, 2025–January 25, 2026

Work by 21 artists who forged a new creative legacy for the Bay Area in the 1990s—including Barry McGee, Alicia McCarthy, Chris Johanson, and Margaret Kilgallen.

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Performances

Pōpoloheno – Songs of Resilience & Joy

Presented by Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance & YBCA

August 1, 2025, 7:30 PM

An unprecedented musical initiative celebrating the often-overlooked contributions of African descended individuals in post-contact Hawaiian history.

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Performances

The Bronx Revolution and the Birth of Hip Hop

Presented by Zaccho Dance Theatre & YBCA

June 20–21, 2025

An electrifying stage performance that brings the origins of Hip Hop to life through a fusion of dance, storytelling, visual arts and live DJing.

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Performances

Harvey Milk Reimagined

Presented by Opera Parallèle & YBCA

May 31–June 7, 2025

The powerful and tragic opera celebrates Milk’s enduring legacy.

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Exhibitions

The Only Door I Can Open

Co-presented with Empowerment Avenue

February 1–June 22, 2025

Curated from within prison, this exhibition explores truths about women and incarceration.

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Performances

If I Give You My Sorrows

Flyaway Productions presented by YBCA

January 31–February 2, 2025

An elegant and imaginative apparatus-based dance performance.

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Films

Celebration of Iranian Cinema: Roxana

Presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Farhang Foundation & YBCA

Sunday, January 26, 2025, 2 PM

In Roxana, writer-director Parviz Shahbazi builds an arresting take on the experience of young Iranians struggling to find their way and start their lives in a world where one misstep can have the direst of consequences.

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Films

Celebration of Iranian Cinema: In the Land of Brothers

Presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Farhang Foundation & YBCA

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 2 PM

In the film In the Land of Brothers, directors Alireza Ghasemi and Raha Amirfazli tell a powerful story across three interconnected episodes of an Afghan refugee family’s generational struggle to make a home in Iran.

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Films

Celebration of Iranian Cinema: Empty Nets

Presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Farhang Foundation & YBCA

Friday, January 24, 2025, 6:30 PM

In Empty Nets, the rarefied but rough-and-tumble world of caviar smuggling is the milieu for writer-director Behrooz Karamizade’s feature debut.

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Exhibitions

Nicky Nodjoumi & Nahid Hagigat

October 6, 2024–March 23, 2025

The exhibitions tell the story of a family of artists shaped by revolution.

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Public Art

Woman, Life, Freedom

Taravat Talepasand

2024–2025

In recognition of this movement to recognize women’s rights, Iranian-American artist Taravat Talepasand developed this neon sculpture, featuring the phrase in both English and Farsi.

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Public Art

When We Weave Waves

Michael Arcega

2024–2025

Patterns from Philippine textiles are cut from transparent vinyl and layered on YBCA’s glass passageway along Mission Street.

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Public Art

What is Legacy Without Liberation?

Malaya Tuyay

2024–Ongoing

This mural is an altar offered to the SoMa community that invites passerby to honor their loved ones who have passed while commemorating community stories.

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