World guitar pioneer Matthew Montfort and renowned Indian tabla virtuoso Vishal Nagar introduce musical concepts from Indian and Balinese music. Using simple hand claps and easy vocal recitations, the musicians and the audience will come together to create a spontaneous piece of live music based on these traditions. Listen, participate, and create as you experience this innovative and accessible approach to Hindustani classical music and contemporary world fusion.
Montfort’s emotional performances on the scalloped fretboard guitar have earned him a spot on DigitalDreamDoor’s list of the world’s 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists. Vishal Nagar is considered one of the most gifted tabla players of his generation. Born into a family of musicians, he had intense rhythmic training from his mother, the renowned and highly respected Kathak dancer and vocalist, Urmila Nagar, and began his tabla studies at a very young age with the late Ustad Latif Ahmed Khan of the Delhi Gharana.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Today is a Members’ Discount Day!
Visit our new exhibit, Dora and Diego: Let’s Explore, and then bring the fun home! Explore the Gift Shop and find an exciting assortment of games, books, plush toys, and DVDs available for sale. Prices vary.
Members receive a 10% discount every day, and 20% on special Members’ Discount Days! Call (408) 673-2840 for Gift Shop information.
NOTE: Store will be closed Tuesday, September 1, for inventory.
The Museum will be closing at 4:30 p.m. today.
Michelle Longega Wilson, 8-year-old author of the bilingual book series, “The Adventures of Giulia” will present her own book-writing experiences and explain to kids how they can write their own book.
Open to children and adults of all ages, Michelle will walk you through the simple step-by-step plan that she has used…and which you can use as well…to imagine, write, and publish her first book, Michelle has presented this inspirational speech in many libraries, schools, and institutions around the Bay Area and beyond.
Artist Julia Goodman will teach you a creative way to make paper with minimal equipment and maximum fun! Borrowing inspiration from Arnold Grummer, this workshop includes a brief introduction to the history of paper, making your own mould and deckle using two tin cans, and a hands-on introduction to making paper.
Julia Goodman is a San Francisco-based artist who recently completed a 2014-2015 Visiting Lecturer in the Interdisciplinary MFA Program in Book and Paper at Columbia College Chicago. Goodman has exhibited over the past decade across the United States, including shows at the San Jose Museum of Art, Intersection for the Arts, Rena Bransten Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University Art Museum, and Machine Project.
Rhythm Child’s lead singer Norman Jones will get your heart beating with his famous drumming in this interactive musical experience. Norm invites children from the audience to sing-along with him… and other audience members are given hand-held drums so they can play-along.
The Rhythm Child Band has become so popular with both children and adults that they were invited to play at the White House!
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
The Raytones combine fun lyrics with energetic blues, R&B, funk, and Rock and Roll. Cool kids can listen, clap their hands, stomp their shoes, sing and dance. So come on down to the show, all you hip cats and kittens, and groove to some tunes by The Raytones!
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
“Dulce tones” means “sweet sounds” and that’s what you will hear from this lively group who will be playing dulcimers, autoharps, ukuleles, banjos, and fiddles…and singing! You will hear popular songs as well as folk songs from around the world on some unique instruments.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Martin shares his love of world cultures as he gently guides the audience in singing in “ancient languages” and playing along on his vast array of exotic native percussion instruments, creating music that is lovely and upbeat.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Hip Music for Kids…and everyone else, with a toe-tapping sound and smart lyrics, will have you singing along and dancing in the aisles!
Their album “The Hipwaders” won a Parents Choice Award, and “Educated Kid” was in the “Fids and Kamily” top 5. They are one of TimeOut New York Kids’ 25 Best Bands for Kids, and were chosen for a NAPPA Silver Award.
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Don’t miss this culturally authentic Hawaiian performance, showcasing the youth dancers of Hālau Nā Wai Ola. The dancers will share both traditional and contemporary hula, and will give audience members the opportunity to learn a hula!
Music Fun under the Sun
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s Foodshed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Candance Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Store will be closed Tuesday, September 1, for inventory.
Members receive a 10% discount every day, and 20% on special Members’ Discount Days! Call (408) 673-2840 for Gift Shop information.
Artist Ingrid Lai, whose work is featured in the current Paradise Ranch exhibit in the Art Gallery, will demonstrate her painting techniques. Visitors will make their own still life out of toys and then translate what they have built into a painting. Lai will help visitors set up their still life and offer painting technique support.
Multiple showings today at 12:15 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
Where are all the African elephants? Diego, Alicia, and Baby Jaguar will need your help on this big Safari Rescue in this double-length (48 minutes) adventure!
Multiple showings today at 12:15 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
Enjoy Dora’s first double-length (48 minutes) musical episode filled with singing, star-catching, and plenty of pirate-packed action!
