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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

August 23 - August 27, 2012

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SFMOMA’s Stage Presence Performance Series: D-L Alvarez and Kevin Killian

Kevin Killian, D-L Alvarez and San Francisco Poets Theater, The Visitor Owl; courtesy D-L Alvarez.

D-L Alvarez and Kevin Killian: The Visitor Owl D-L Alvarez, artist Kevin Killian, writer San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Fourth-floor performance gallery This collaboration between writer Killian, visual artist Alvarez, and the San Francisco Poets Theater features hyperbolic reenactments of two seminal Sidney Poitier films about high school: Blackboard Jungle (1955) and To Sir with Love (1967). Incorporating film and live performance, this production examines a dialogue between Cold War culture, student riots, and Hollywood depictions of pedagogy, racism, and adolescence. Space is limited; advance tickets required. $18 general; $13 seniors; $11 students; free for SFMOMA members. Ticket includes same-day museum admission. The performance will occur on three dates: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26, 2012, 3:00 p.m.