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Jun 16, 2016 3:00 AM
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Jun 16, 2016 6:00 AM
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Enjoy Free Admission to our exhibitions, The Grace Jones Project and Dandy Lion: (Re)Articulating Black Masculine Identity, as MoAD joins the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the California Historical Society for Art, Drink, & Be Merry! Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena.

Join us at 6:30 pm for a film screening of THE SWENKAS (74 minutes, 2004, Jeppe Ronde. In English and Zulu with English subtitles). In post-Apartheid South Africa every Saturday night, a small group of working class Zulu men leave their grimy overalls behind and wear their best Carducci or Pierre Cardin suits in a judged competition. The men are called the Swenkas (taken from the English “swank”), and they have run this fashion show for so many years that no one remembers exactly when – or even why – it all began..

This is part of the Sweet & Dandy film series presented in conjunction with our current exhibitions. There is an admission fee for the film screening: $10 General | $5 Student/Senior | Free MoAD Members. Admission to the exhibitions is free.

Be sure to pick up a wristband at MoAD for special Third Thursday all-night happy hours at participating bars and restaurants. The third Thursday of each month in downtown San Francisco’s Yerba Buena neighborhood will be a monthly outing full of arts, food, and drink! Wander the blocks around Yerba Buena Gardens to soak in art and music.

More info on Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena here

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