MARCH 26, 1871: The San Francisco Art Association, today known as the San Francisco Art Institute, was established. 

MARCH 26, 1871: The San Francisco Art Association, today known as the San Francisco Art Institute, was established. 

The San Francisco Art Association (SFAA) was established in 1871 by American painter Virgil Macey Williams. Consisting of a small group of artists and writers,…

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MARCH 24, 1919: The poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born. He would become co-founder of City Lights Booksellers – the epicenter of San Francisco’s Beat Movement. 

MARCH 24, 1919: The poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born. He would become co-founder of City Lights Booksellers – the epicenter of San Francisco’s Beat Movement. 

Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in 1919 in Yonkers, New York. He was always very evasive about his past, but it is believed that his father…

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