The Magic Theatre, in partnership with the Exploratorium Museums, presents Science on Stage 2007, the seventh annual presentation of script-in-hand performances of new plays about science and technology. San Francisco's well-known producer of premiere theatre works, the Magic, and San Francisco’s popular museum of science and art, will be offering engaging new plays at the Exploratorium's McBean Theater on Wednesday evenings, September 12, 19, and 26, at 7pm.

The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend is the first major retrospective in America in more than two decades to examine the work of one of the towering figures of postwar American art. Louise Nevelson (1899–1988) was known for her monumental sculptures and her practice of constructing them from found wood. Her autobiographical works symbolically address issues of marriage, motherhood, death, Jewish culture, memory and (although she resisted the label) feminism.

The de Young Museum presents an exhibition of the work of Peter Max in conjunction with the community celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The exhibition features fifty works by Max, including three color screenprints from the Fine Arts Museums’ Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.

Over the years, renowned Santa Fe collector Sandy Besser has assembled a number of collections that transcend the traditional barrier between art and craft. This fall, from October 27, 2007 to January 13, 2008, the de Young Museum showcases the best of three of his collections: teapots, African beadwork, and contemporary drawings.

Exploratorium is a cool place to visit in the season of Halloween.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park to take passengers on three-hour San Francisco Bay sailing adventures that feature hands-on learning!

Asian Art Museums, San Francisco presents an exhibition juxtaposes Sugimoto's exquisitely minimalist works – selected from the Hiroshi Sugimoto’s past and most recent series—with fossils, artworks and religious artifacts ranging from prehistoric to the 15th century from his own collection.

Japanese fashion: It's more than meets the eye. From October 12, 2007, through January 6, 2008, the Asian Art Museum will present Stylized Sculpture: Contemporary Japanese Fashion from the Kyoto Costume Institute, the first major exhibition to combine the collective talents of leading Japanese fashion designers with new work by Hiroshi Sugimoto, one of today’s most compelling artists.

Through September 2, the Asian Art Museum will present Yoshitoshi’s Strange Tales: Woodblock Prints from Edo to Meiji. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view one hundred superb color woodblock prints by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), the last great master of ukiyoe, whose career straddled two eras.

Working with custom-made film strips and an elaborate array of modified projectors, the Brooklyn-based Bruce McClure creates immersive sound/light experiences that go beyond the merely cinematic. McClure premieres his new work in the Exploratorium's McBean Theater on Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26 at 7:30pm.

Enrico Donati (b.1909) is the last living Surrealist artist closely associated with the movement’s acknowledged leader, André Breton. Donati was a key figure in the community of European expatriate artists in World War II-era New York.

The Exploratorium’s new Mind exhibition, four years in the making, runs November 9, 2007-December 31, 2008, and includes the cutting-edge work of both artists and scientists.