Party with Viv! and the de Young Poetry Series May 4, 2007

Faith and Finery–Music of the Subcontinent

Enjoy an exceptional cultural evening, filled with music, art, and poetry at the de Young Museum this Friday night from 5–8:45 pm. Riffat Sultana, the first female vocalist in a 500-year lineage of Pakistani musicians, will perform her unique combination of traditional and contemporary Sufi music and modern material in Wilsey Court from 6:30–8:30 pm. To complement the special exhibition, Vivienne Westwood: 36 Years in Fashion, “Puppet Meat Market” will stage a puppet fashion show, and students from the Academy of Art College will display their designs. The exhibition stays open until 8:45 pm with a reduced admission price of $10 for non-members (free for members). The de Young Poetry Series also continues this week with a reading and book signing by Canadian poet, Anne Carson.

Tickets for Vivienne Westwood: 36 Years in Fashion are $10 for visitors and free for members. Tickets for the Poetry Series are $8/members, $12/non-members, including museum admission following the reading.

For tickets, call 866-512-6326 or visit www.museumtix.com. For more information, call 415-750-7634, email rbaldocchi@famsf.org, or visit http://www.deyoungmuseum.org.

Official Website: http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/calendar/day.asp?calendarid=2822&day=5%2F3%2F2007