Spring 2012: What's New In San Francisco?

The latest edition of "What's New in San Francisco" is now available at http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/media/Spring-2012-Whats-New-in-San-Franci....

Highlights include:

- New METREON Opens Initial Venues in First Phase of Transformation
- Golden Gate Bridge Celebrates 75th Anniversary in 2012 with "75 Tributes" Spanning the Year
- San Francisco's Central Market Area Gains New American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Performance Venue
- San Francisco Hosts the 34th America's Cup in 2013
- "Nature's Music Box" San Francisco's Stern Grove Festival Turns 75 June 24-Aug. 26, 2012
- Inn at the Presidio Opens April 1; Only New Property to Open in San Francisco in 2012 and a First for Presidio
- Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's 31st Season Culminates with "Blues for an Alabama Sky" April 4-May 12, 2012
- Alonzo King LINES Ballet Features Three Celebrated Works in Spring Season April 12-22, 2012
- Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Adds New Program "Lines & Lyrics" to 2012 Season Starting May 6, 2012
- New Location Announced for Teatro ZinZanni; Reopens in Late 2012.
- San Francisco Symphony Announces Summer Performances June 18-Aug. 3 and 2012-13 Season
- San Francisco Opera Summer Series Includes "Nixon in China," "Attila" and "The Magic Flute"
- Restaurant openings including AQ Restaurant & Bar, Bottle Cap, Caffe Como Ristorante Italiano, Claudine, Cupola Pizzeria, Jake's on Market, Parallel 37, Salito's Crab House & Prime Rib, Tacolicious and Txoko
- Major New Exhibit Rumbles into California Academy of Sciences May 26, 2012
- First Large Scale Contemporary Art Exhibition Organized by Asian Art Museum Opens May 18, 2012
- Choose Paint! Choose Abstraction! Museum of the African Diaspora
- "Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art and Jewish Thought" Takes Root at Contemporary Jewish Museum Through Sept. 9, 2012
- New Photography Exhibition at GLBT History Museum Focuses on History of AIDS Activism Through July 1, 2012
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Offer an Eclectic Spring Exhibition Season
- SFMOMA Showcases Works of Mark Bradford, Cindy Sherman and Buckminster Fuller
- San Francisco Mayor Lee Announces the Return of Sunday Streets
- Oldest Japantown in U.S. Welcomes 45th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival April 14-15 and 21-22, 2012
- 55th San Francisco International Film Festival Runs April 19-May 3, 2012
- San Francisco Decorator Showcase Marks 35th Anniversary April 28-May 28, 2012
- San Francisco Giants Announce Tentative 2012 Regular Season Schedule
- Tickets on Sale for U.S. Open Championship at San Francisco's The Olympic Club June 11-17, 2012
- Treasure Island Flea Marketplace Returns for Second Season Beginning April 28-29, 2012
- Bluxome Street Winery Opens in San Francisco's SOMA District
- Ghirardelli Square Presents Seventh Annual Uncorked! Wine Festival on May 19, 2012

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