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It is 7 a.m, 62° and headed to 72°. Details for today and the next ten days are here.

Visiting Diego Rivera’s mural at the Pacific Stock Exchange is something I have always wanted to do and this review of a tour at SF Weekly reminded me that I must.

Completed in 1931, this fresco is painted above a stairwell spanning two floors in the former Pacific Stock Exchange building, now home of The City Club of San Francisco. The mural depicts classic themes and motifs found in Rivera compositions — harmony between nature and machine,  glorifying the past and looking toward the future, and a panorama of historical figures. READ MORE 

Other shows on my list: Modernism from the National Gallery at the  de Young Museum and Carving Through Borders at the Galería de La Raza. 

Bernalwood reports that Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack is moving two blocks on Mission Street and for those on Muni this weekend, Muni Diaries gives you the latest transit warnings. 

Enjoy the weekend!

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