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Mar.
2003: March signals spring with tulips in bloom at Golden Gate
Park, Giants tickets on sale for the 2003 schedule, and the triumphant
return of refurbished civic treasures:
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Waterfront icon and ‘06 quake survivor, the Ferry
Building witnessed a good 50 million annual visitors during
its prewar heyday. After decades of neglect, its deserved new lease
starts Mar. 22 with an $80 million upgrading, and the Ferry Plaza
Farmers Market.
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Across town, the respected Asian
Art Museum, 14,000 pieces strong, reopens in its new Civic Center
home – the Old Main Library, converted by architect Gae Aulenti,
of Paris’ Musee D’Orsay fame. Ascend the new grand staircase
starting 3/20.
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Spring’s arrival brings parties: Brazilaphiles can indulge
their inner carioca dancing samba and more at the Brazilian
Carnival Ball (SF Design Center, 3/1). Chicago or The Hours?
Film buffs gussy up to champion their picks at the 23rd Oscar Night
Gala, a tremendously popular celebration of Hollywood’s night
and HIV/AIDS benefit. Red carpet included. (Fort Mason, 3/23)
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Springtime for Hitler? So think two con artists who set out to produce
an epic Broadway flop in “The Producers”, Mel Brooks mega-Tony
winner running at the Orpheum
Theater, 3/5-4/26.
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Recent art openings explore masterworks, venerable and postmodern:
Original Renaissance Man Leonardo da Vinci heads a roster of 15th
and 16th-Century European masters from Poland and beyond touring
in “Leonardo da Vinci & the Splendor of Poland” at
the Palace of the Legion of Honor,
3/8-5/18.
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The SF Museum of Modern Art
honors a lifelong patron and contributor with “Treasures of
Modern Art: The Legacy of Phyllis Wattis”, which gathers works
by Magritte, Duchamp, Giacometti and others donated by Wattis upon
here 1997 death. (3/1-6/24)
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SF Jazz kicks off its spring
season under artistic director (and Bay Area native) Joshua Redman
with a broad slate of billings running 3/21-6/13. March highlights
include jazz pianist Marcus Roberts and his trio 3/21-22 at Herbst
Theatre; legendary Herbie Hancock 3/28 at the Palace of Fine Arts;
and Buena Vista Social clubber Ibrahim Ferrar crooning sweet Cuban
songs 3/28-29 at Masonic Auditorium.
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And get set for another tough traffic weekend mid-month, with anti-war
marchers regrouping on Saturday, 3/15 and St. Patrick’s Day
Parade the next day.
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Jay Cooke is a San Francisco-based travel, food, and culture writer.
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