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Culture<\/h2><\/div>
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Dazzling performing arts complexes and cultural venues are scattered throughout the region, anchored by world-class facilities located in the downtown area of the main city. Recent decades have seen a phenomenal influx of majestic venues and state-of-the-art arenas that showcase everything from Broadway hits to symphony, opera, ballet, live stage performances, and top international artists performing in every imaginable medium. Even in the smaller towns, active arts groups and community theaters thrive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Performing Arts<\/h3><\/span>
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Theatre
<\/strong>Actors Ensemble of Berkeley
<\/a>African-American Shakespeare Company
<\/a>American Conservatory Theatre
<\/a>Ariel Theatrical & Wilson Children’s Theatre<\/a>
<\/a>Aurora Theatre Company
<\/a>BATS Improv Theater
<\/a>Bay Area Educational Theater Company
<\/a>Berkeley Repertory Theatre
<\/a>Black Repertory Group<\/a>
Broadway by the Bay<\/a>
Cabrillo Stage
<\/a>California Shakespeare Theatre
<\/a>Central Works Theater Ensemble
<\/a>Chanticleers Community Theatre
<\/a>City Lights Theatre Company
<\/a>City Opera of San Francisco
<\/a>Coastal Repertory Theatre
<\/a>Contemporary Asian Theatre Scene
<\/a>Contra Costa Civic Theater
<\/a>Contra Costa Musical Theatre
<\/a>Cowell Theater
<\/a>Douglas Morrison Theatre
<\/a>Eureka Theatre
<\/a>Forest Theater Guild
<\/a>42nd Street Moon
<\/a>Hillbarn Theatre<\/a>
Hooked On Theater<\/a>
<\/a>Impact Theatre<\/a>
Jewish Community Theater<\/a>
<\/a>Lamplighters Music Theater<\/a>
Lesher Center for the Arts<\/a>
<\/a>Lorraine Hansberry Theatre<\/a>
Los Altos Stage Company<\/a>
<\/a>Lyric Theatre of San Jose
<\/a>Magic Theatre
<\/a>Marin Shakespeare Company
<\/a>Marin Theatre Company
<\/a>Marines Memorial Theatre
<\/a>Masquers Playhouse<\/a>
Monterey Peninsula College Theater<\/a>
<\/a>Mountain Play<\/a>
<\/a>New Conservatory Theatre Center<\/a>
ODC Theater
<\/a>Oddstad Theatre & Pacifica Spindrift Players
<\/a>Opera San Jose
<\/a>Palo Alto Players
<\/a>The Pear Theatre<\/a>
<\/a>Pied Piper Players
<\/a>PlayGround
<\/a>Pittsburg Community Theatre
<\/a>Pacifica Spindrift Players
<\/a>Pacific Repertory Theatre
<\/a>Project Artaud Theater<\/a>
<\/a>Role Players Ensemble Theatre<\/a>
Ross Valley Players
<\/a>San Francisco Mime Troupe
<\/a>San Francisco Opera
<\/a>San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
<\/a>San Jose Stage Company<\/a>
Santa Cruz County Actor’s Theatre
<\/a>South Bay Musical Theatre<\/a>
Shakespeare Napa Valley<\/a>
<\/a>Shakespeare Santa Cruz
<\/a>Shotgun Players
<\/a>6th Street Playhouse & Santa Rosa Players
<\/a>South Valley Civic Theater
<\/a>Teatro Vision
<\/a>TheaterWorks
<\/a>Town Hall Theatre Company
<\/a>Victoria Theatre
<\/a>West Valley Light Operaa
<\/a>The Western Stage<\/a>
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Music<\/strong>
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
<\/a>Bay Philharmonic<\/a>
Bay Shore Lyric Opera
<\/a>Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra
<\/a>Berkeley Playhouse Musical Theater<\/a>
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
<\/a>Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
<\/a>California Symphony
<\/a>Carmel Music Society
<\/a>Cazadero Music Camp
<\/a>Chamber Music Monterey Bay
<\/a>Coastside Community Orchestra
<\/a>Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra
<\/a>Diablo Theatre Company
<\/a>Festival Opera Association
<\/a>Golden Gate Radio Orchestra
<\/a>Great American Music Hall
<\/a>Kuumbwa Jazz Center
<\/a>Livermore-Amador Symphony
<\/a>Livermore Valley Opera
<\/a>Lyric Theatre of San Jose
<\/a>Marin Symphony Association
<\/a>Masterworks Chorale<\/a>
Menlo Park Chorus<\/a>
Mission Chamber Orchestra<\/a>
Monterey Symphony<\/a>
<\/a>Music at Kohl Mansion<\/a>
Napa Valley Performing Arts Center<\/a>
New Music Works
<\/a>Northern California Bluegrass Society
<\/a>Nova Vista Symphony
<\/a>Oakland Symphony
<\/a>Oakland Opera Theater
<\/a>Oakland Symphony Chorus<\/a>
Opera San Jose
<\/a>Pacific Grove Art Center<\/a>
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
<\/a>Palo Alto Philharmonic
<\/a>Peninsula Girls Chorus
<\/a>Peninsula Musical Arts Association
<\/a>Peninsula Symphony<\/a>
Peninsula Youth Orchestra<\/a>
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra<\/a>
Ragazzi Boys Chorus<\/a>
Redwood Symphony<\/a>
Richmond Bloco Steel Band<\/a>
Richmond Chamber Ensemble<\/a>
Richmond Jazz Collective<\/a>
San Francisco Opera<\/a>
San Francisco Symphony
<\/a>San Jose Chamber Music Society<\/a>
San Jose Chamber Orchestra<\/a>
San Jose Jazz<\/a>
San Jose Symphonic Choir
<\/a>The San Jose Youth Symphony<\/a>
Santa Clara Chorale<\/a>
Santa Cruz Chamber Players<\/a>
Santa Cruz Symphony<\/a>
Santa Rosa Symphony
<\/a>Solano Symphony
<\/a>Solano Choral Society<\/a>
South Bay Guitar Society
<\/a>Vallejo Symphony
<\/a>West Bay Opera
<\/a>West Valley Light Opera<\/a><\/p>\n

Dance
<\/strong>Ariel Dance Productions
<\/a>Aztlan Academy<\/a>
The Ballet School<\/a>
Berkeley Ballet Theater
<\/a>Chaddick Dance Theater<\/a>
Contra Costa Ballet<\/a>
Dance Academy USA
<\/a>Dance Attack!<\/a>
Dancers’ Group<\/a>
Diablo Ballet<\/a>
Dimensions Dance Theater
<\/a>East Bay Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>
Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco<\/a>
Flamenco Society of San Jose<\/a>
13th Floor Dance Theater<\/a>
Halau \u2018o Keikiali\u2019i<\/a>
<\/a>Kaisahan of San Jose Dance Company Inc.<\/a>
Margaret Wingrove Dance Company<\/a>
Marin Ballet<\/a>
New Ballet<\/a>
Oakland Ballet<\/a>
ODC\/Dance<\/a>
Peninsula Ballet Theatre
<\/a>Peninsula Youth Ballet <\/a>
Robert Moses’ Kin Dance Company
<\/a>San Francisco Ballet
<\/a>San Jose Dance Theatre
<\/a>Santa Clara Ballet Company<\/a>
<\/a>Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre<\/a>
The Vacaville Ballet Company<\/a>
Valley Dance Theater
<\/a>World Arts West
<\/a>Western Ballet
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Regional Art Venues<\/h3><\/span>
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African American Art & Culture Complex<\/a>
Altarena Playhouse
<\/a>Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center<\/a>
<\/a>Bayside Performing Arts Center<\/a>
<\/a>The Belros Theater<\/a>
Berkeley Community Theater & Florence Schwimley Little Theatre<\/a>
Berkeley Repertory Theatre<\/a>
<\/a>Another Planet Entertainment<\/a>
Black Swan Arts & Media
<\/a>Cal Shakes<\/a>
California Theatre<\/a>
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
<\/a>Cinnabar Theater
<\/a>Club Fox
<\/a>Concord Pavilion<\/a>
Cow Palace
<\/a>Curran Theater<\/a>
The Dance Palace<\/a>
Dean Lesher Center for the Arts
<\/a>Downtown Theatre
<\/a>East Bay Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>
The Fillmore<\/a>
Golden Gate Theatre<\/a>
Herbst Theatre<\/a>
Heritage Theatre
<\/a>Osher Marin Jewish Community Center
<\/a>Julia Morgan Center for the Arts <\/a>
Kanbar Hall
<\/a>La Pe\u00f1a Cultural Center<\/a>
Lincoln Theater<\/a>
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall<\/a>
Lucie Stern Theatre
<\/a>Luther Burbank Center for the Arts<\/a>
Marin Center<\/a>
The Masonic<\/a>
Montalvo Arts Center<\/a>
Montgomery Theater
<\/a>Morgan Hill Community & Cultural Center
<\/a>Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
<\/a>Napa Valley Opera House<\/a>
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts<\/a>
<\/a>Orpheum Theatre
<\/a>Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
<\/a>Paramount Theatre<\/a>
Poetry Center San Jose<\/a>
Ruth Williams (Bayview) Opera House<\/a>
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium<\/a>
<\/a>San Jose Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>
San Jose Civic<\/a>
San Mateo Performing Arts Center<\/a>
Sanchez Art Center<\/a>
SAP Center San Jose<\/a>
Spreckels Performing Arts Center
<\/a>Sunnyvale Community Players<\/a>
Sunset Center<\/a>
<\/a>Underworld Opera Company<\/a>
Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre<\/a>
War Memorial Opera House<\/a>
The Warfield Theatre<\/a>
Westlake Performing Arts Center<\/a>
Woodminster Amphitheater
<\/a>Works San Jose<\/a>
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Bay Area Collegiate Venues<\/h3><\/span>
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Angelico Concert Hall & Forest Meadows Amphitheatre<\/a>
Burbank Auditorium
<\/a>Cal Performances<\/a>
CCSF Theatre Arts<\/a>
Center for the Performing Arts
Chabot College Performing Arts Complex<\/a>
College of San Mateo Theatre
<\/a>CSU East Bay Music Department <\/a>
CSU East Bay Theatre & Dance<\/a>
Dinkelspiel Auditorium<\/a>
DVC Performing Arts<\/a>
Frost Amphitheater<\/a>
Gary Soren Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts<\/a>
Gavilan College Theatre Arts Program<\/a>
The Greek Theatre<\/a>
The Lefevre Theater<\/a>
Memorial Auditorium<\/a>
Mills Concert Hall<\/a>
<\/a>NDNU Performing Arts<\/a>
San Jose City College Theatre<\/a>
SCU Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a>
SFSU McKenna Theatre<\/a>
SJSU Event Center Arena<\/a>
Smithwick & Playhouse Theaters<\/a>
Stanford Live<\/a>
University Theatre<\/a>
World Theater<\/a>
Zellerbach Playhouse<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Visual Arts<\/h3><\/span>
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Aegis Gallery of Fine Art
<\/a>African American Museum and Library at Oakland<\/a>
Allied Arts Guild
<\/a>Arts Benicia
<\/a>Arts Guild of Sonoma Gallery<\/a>
<\/a>Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
<\/a>Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive<\/a>
Cantor Arts Center<\/a>
<\/a>Carmel Art Association<\/a>
Cartoon Art Museum
<\/a>CSU East Bay Art Gallery
<\/a>de Saisset Museum<\/a>
deYoung Museum
<\/a>El Museo Mexicano
<\/a>Euphrat Museum of Art<\/a>
<\/a>Falkirk Cultural Center<\/a>
Gallery House<\/a>
Gallery 21
<\/a>Gatehouse Gallery
<\/a>Headlands Center for the Arts
<\/a>Healdsburg Museum<\/a>
<\/a>Hearst Art Gallery<\/a>
Jessel Gallery<\/a>
<\/a>Judah L. Magnes Museum<\/a>
<\/a>Kala Art Institute & Gallery<\/a>
Legion of Honor<\/a>
Lesher Center for the Arts
<\/a>Los Gatos Art Association Exhibitions
<\/a>Louie Art Gallery
<\/a>The Luther Burbank Home & Gardens<\/a>
Made in Santa Cruz
<\/a>The Main Gallery
<\/a>Marin Museum of the American Indian<\/a>
<\/a>Mills College Art Museum<\/a>
Montalvo Art Center<\/a>
<\/a>Monterey Museum of Art<\/a>
<\/a>Museum of Children\u2019s Art
<\/a>Napa Valley Museum<\/a>
<\/a>Natalie & James Thompson Gallery
<\/a>New Museum of Los Gatos
<\/a>Oakland Museum of California<\/a>
O’Hanlon Gallery
<\/a>Pacific Art League Exhibits
<\/a>Pacific Grove Art Center
<\/a>Palo Alto Art Center
<\/a>Pro Arts<\/a>
Richmond Art Center<\/a>
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
<\/a>San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
<\/a>San Jose Museum of Art
<\/a>San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
<\/a>Sanchez Art Center
<\/a>Santa Cruz Art League Galleries
<\/a>Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
<\/a>Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History<\/a>
Santa Rosa Junior College Museum<\/a>
<\/a>Silicon Valley Open Studios
<\/a>SJSU Art Galleries<\/a>
Sun Gallery
<\/a>Sunnyvale Community Center Art Gallery
<\/a>Traywick Contemporary<\/a>
Triton Museum of Art
<\/a>Valley Art Gallery<\/a>
<\/a>Wiegand Art Gallery
<\/a>Works Gallery<\/a>
Zantman Art Galleries<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2356,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[29],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2862,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/634\/revisions\/2862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunraycityguide.com\/BayAreaCA-Windermere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}