1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance

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This Week Only Apr 16 - Apr 22

Multi-day Events

1906 Great Earthquake & Fire Expo

Apr 15, 2006 - Apr 17, 2006

Movie: San Francisco

Apr 16, 2006 - Apr 18, 2006

Movie: After the Thin Man

Apr 16, 2006 - Apr 18, 2006

They Survived the '06 Quake

Apr 13, 2006 - Apr 16, 2006

Quakes and Shakes Public and School Programs

Apr 17, 2006 - Apr 18, 2006

100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference: Managing Risk in Earthquake Country

Apr 17, 2006 - Apr 21, 2006

Eyewitness, April 18, 1906: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Apr 17, 2006 - Apr 24, 2006

1906 Dismantled: A Projection Re-Enacting The Great Fire onto Coit Tower

Apr 17, 2006 - Apr 18, 2006

Seeking 1906

Apr 18, 2006 - Apr 23, 2006

Maritime Heroics in the 1906 Earthquake and Fire

Apr 18, 2006 - Apr 22, 2006

Movie: Ladies They Talk About

Apr 19, 2006 - Apr 20, 2006

Movie: Fog Over Frisco

Apr 19, 2006 - Apr 20, 2006

Movie: The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock's)

Apr 21, 2006 - Apr 22, 2006

Movie: Birdman of Alcatraz

Apr 21, 2006 - Apr 22, 2006

Sunday, April 16th

Walk: 1906 Earthquake Centennial Walk

ABC7 Presents: 1906 - A City Remembers

"A Most Dreadful Earthquake" Author Is Guest of KGO's John Rothmann

The City Will Rise (radio documentary)

The City Will Rise (radio documentary)

The City Will Rise (radio documentary)

Monday, April 17th

1906 Concert & Sing-Along: A Caruso Memory

Ask a Scientist - Celebrating Our Faults: 1906 - 2006

"An Awful Calamity!" The South Bay and the 1906 Earthquake

Earthquake Days: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire in 3-D (book talk/signing)

Tuesday, April 18th

1906 Earthquake Centennial : Be a Survivor

1906 Earthquake & Fire Commemoration at Lotta's Fountain

Symphony No. 1, "The Earthquake"

Walk - Suvivors of the Earthquake and Fire on Russian Hill

NPR's "Talk of the Nation," Live at the Exploratorium

1906

San Francisco is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires

Public appearance: James Dalessandro, author of "1906 -- A Novel"

Movies and 3-D Slideshow Commemorating the 1906 Earthquake 100th Anniversary

Walk: Earthquake Refugee Tent Camps of Tennessee Hollow

"Earthquake Exodus, 1906" (author lecture)

Presentation of Certificate of Honor from Mayor Gavin Newsom to Mayor Tom Bates by Historian Richard Schwartz

1906 Earthquake & Fire Commemoration at the Gold Hydrant "100 Years After"

'06: The Big One 3-D Stereoscopic Movie

ABC7 Presents: 1906 - A City Remembers

WritersCorps Presents SOLID GROUND Book (poetry readings)

1906 Earthquake and Fire Online Resources (public lecture)

1906 Earthquake Centennial (slide show & discussion)

The City Will Rise (radio documentary)

The City Will Rise (radio documentary)

The City Will Rise (radio documentary)

Interfaith Prayer Service

1906 Centennial Author Series

1906 Dismantled: A Projection Re-Enacting The Great Fire onto Coit Tower

The City Will Rise (radio documentary)

The City Will Rise (radio documentary)

ABC7 Presents: 1906 - A City Remembers

Bodies In the Rubble

Shake-N-Bake: Comedian-Led Walking Tour

Wreath Laying Ceremony

Echoes from the Past: the 1906 Earthquake (TV / iPod broadcast)

Great Quake of 1906 Centennial Exhibit (opening reception)

1906 Earthquake Centennial Commemoration Mass

Wednesday, April 19th

We Were There: Voices of the Earthquake and Fire of 1906 Survivors

Earthquake Speakers Series: "Family Stories of 1906: Photographs and Letters"

Walk: From Rubble to Renaissance

WritersCorps Presents SOLID GROUND Book (poetry readings)

Lecture/Book Signing by "San Francisco Is Burning" Author Dennis Smith

Getting Ready for the Big One--the 1906 Earthquake Today

2006 Authors Luncheon Series: Simon Winchester

They Survived the '06 Quake

Thursday, April 20th

Managing Risk Through Public Policy in Earthquake Country

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: Hygienic Catastrophe Averted

Disaster Preparedness Training (Free)

Symposium: Labor's Role in Rebuilding After the 1906 Earthquake

Friday, April 21st

NPR's "Science Friday," with Ira Flatow, Live at the Exploratorium

Cartography of Ashes

Auction 19: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Saturday, April 22nd

San Francisco: My City. My Home.

Quakes and Shakes Public and School Programs

Santa Rosa Earthquake Safety Fair

Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) City-Wide Earthquake Training Exercise

Presidio's 1906 Earthquake Commemoration Day

Filoli Earthquake Hikes - "It's All Our Fault"

Magnitude X: Quake Science and Survival: First at the Front: Emergency Responders

Magnitude X: Quake Science and Survival: Dog Heroes

Magnitude X: Quake Science and Survival: Built to Last: Structural Engineering Revealed

Walk: A Million Years in 2 Miles

Walk: 1906 Refugee Camps

San Francisco Earthquake Centennial Open House

Bernal Heights Earthquake Shacks Walking Tour followed by Ice-Cream Social at BH Library

"SHOCK WAVES: 100 Years After the 1906 Earthquake"

They Survived the '06 Quake

Plaque Commemoration for Heber C. Tilden, killed April 22, 1906 by Citizens' Patrol

Ongoing Events Apr 16 - Apr 22

The 1906 Earthquake in the Santa Clara Valley: Recall and Prepare

Feb 10, 2006 - Jun 01, 2006

Earthquake: The Chinatown Story

Apr 03, 2006 - Sep 18, 2006

After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006: Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Dec 17, 2005 - May 28, 2006

1906 Earthquake and the Army Exhibit

Apr 01, 2006 - Apr 30, 2006

It's Our Fault, Too: The 1906 Earthquake in San Jose and Santa Clara Valley

Apr 11, 2006 - Dec 31, 2006

April 18, 1906, San Francisco: A Look Back & The 1906 Earthquake Survivors Portfolio

Jan 23, 2006 - May 12, 2006

Aftershock! Personal Stories from the 1906 Earthquake and Fire

Apr 01, 2006 - Aug 13, 2006

Mayor Mott's Oakland

Jan 13, 2006 - Apr 30, 2006

1906 Earthquake: A Disaster in Pictures

Jan 21, 2006 - May 30, 2006

Snapshot Chronicles: Inventing the American Photo Album -- Featuring Personal Albums Documenting the 1906 Earthquake and Fire

Apr 08, 2006 - Aug 20, 2006

The San Francisco Water System: Destruction and Renewal

Apr 08, 2006 - May 30, 2006

Shake, Bake, & Spin! San Francisco and the Media in the Aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire

Apr 12, 2006 - Sep 29, 2006

San Francisco Is In Ashes: The Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906

Feb 27, 2006 - Jun 30, 2006

Survivors: Life in an '06 Quake Camp

Apr 01, 2006 - Apr 30, 2006

The Vampire Tour of San Francisco

Jan 01, 2006 - Dec 31, 2006

1906 Earthquake Centennial Exhibition from the Stanford Archives

Apr 01, 2006 - Jul 01, 2006

Collateral Damage: The S.F. Earthquake in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties

Mar 01, 2006 - May 31, 2006

San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project Exhibit

Apr 04, 2006 - Apr 28, 2006

1906 Earthquake & Fire Walks: 1906 - It Can't Happen Here

Jan 09, 2006 - Dec 31, 2006

1906 Earthquake & Fire Walks: 1906 - Phoenix Rising

Jan 04, 2006 - Dec 30, 2006

1906 Earthquake & Fire Walks: 1906 - Are We There Yet?

Jan 21, 2006 - Dec 30, 2006

Earthquake Refugee Shacks

Apr 01, 2006 - Apr 30, 2006

Magnitude X: Quake Science and Survival: Turing Tables, by German Artist Franz John

Apr 01, 2006 - Jun 18, 2006

Eyewitness, April 18, 1906: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Mar 16, 2006 - Apr 16, 2006

Albany Area Exhibit on Effects of 1906 Earthquake

Feb 15, 2006 - Jun 30, 2006

Jack London and the Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906

Feb 09, 2006 - Sep 30, 2006

After the Gold Rush: A 150-Year History of San Francisco's Mechanics' Institute

Jan 01, 2006 - Dec 31, 2006

Images & Art of the Great Quake

Apr 07, 2006 - May 07, 2006

Auction 19: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (Preview)

Apr 01, 2006 - Apr 20, 2006

Remembering the Big One, Preparing for the Next One

Mar 04, 2006 - Jun 01, 2006

How to Survive an Earthquake: A Humorous Look at San Francisco, 1906

Apr 01, 2006 - May 31, 2006

Marking the 1906 Earthquake: San Francisco Off Balance: Ballet Mori and More

Mar 18, 2006 - Apr 27, 2006

Photography Exhibitions (1906 earthquake sites)

Mar 21, 2006 - Apr 29, 2006

1906-2006 Earthquake (photo exhibit)

Mar 01, 2006 - May 31, 2006

The Earthquake Through the Eyes of Artists

Mar 01, 2006 - Apr 30, 2006

School Days - After the Quake

Apr 15, 2006 - Oct 21, 2006

Earthquake Walks on the Barbary Coast Trail

Apr 01, 2006 - Apr 29, 2006

The Refugees and the Relief in Berkeley 1906 (exhibit)

Apr 04, 2006 - May 01, 2006

Great Quake of 1906 Centennial Exhibit

Apr 03, 2006 - Apr 28, 2006

Vision, Disaster and Gift: The Centenary of the Founding of Grace Cathedral (exhibit)

Apr 03, 2006 - Apr 03, 2008

William A. Coulter, A Master's Brush with the Sea

Apr 18, 2006 - Oct 31, 2006

April 18, 1906, A Fateful Day in Benicia

Apr 18, 2006 - Jul 31, 2006

'06: The Big One 3-D Stereoscopic Movie

Apr 19, 2006 - Apr 18, 2007

The Great Quake: The Legacy of the Disaster

Apr 21, 2006 - Aug 30, 2006

Force of Nature

Apr 22, 2006 - Jul 09, 2006

Force of Nature, Signature

Apr 22, 2006 - Jul 09, 2006

Rumors Of Great Disaster Exhibition

Apr 22, 2006 - Apr 22, 2007

Andy Goldsworthy's "Faultline"

beginning Oct 15, 2005