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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens , YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, national, and international artists and the Bay Area 's diverse communities.
Yerba Buena was a Latin fusion band. The group, active between 2003 and 2009, was founded by Venezuelan musician and producer Andres Levin.. Yerba Buena's music (as described by Razor & Tie, the band's record label) is a blend of Latin music (Cuban rumba, Colombian cumbia, Pan-Caribbean Soca, and Cuban Boogaloo) with hip-hop, Motown, soul, Afrobeat, and a dash of Middle Eastern themes.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco; Flint Center, Cupertino; McEnery Convention Center, San Jose; Steve Jobs Theater , Cupertino; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City; Online-only (2020–March 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic) Both online and in-person (June 2022–present)
Disney's Yacht Club Convention Center (Lake Buena Vista) Clemente Center ; Donald L. Tucker Center (Tallahassee) Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center ; Emerald Coast Convention Center (Okaloosa Island/Destin) Miami-Dade County Fairgrounds & Expo Center (Miami, Florida) FTL War Memorial (Fort Lauderdale) Knight International Center
Guajira [ɡwaˈxi.ɾa] is a music genre derived from the punto cubano.According to some specialists, [1] the punto cubano was known in Spain since the 18th century, where it was called "punto de La Habana", and by the second half of the 19th century it was adopted by the incipient Spanish Flamenco style, which included it within its "palos" with the name of guajira. [2]
Yerba Buena was the name of the town in the Mexican territory of Alta California that became the city of San Francisco, California, after it was claimed by the United States in 1846. It was itself named after the yerba buena (Clinopodium douglasii) plant which used to be abundant in the area. [2] The plant's common name, yerba buena, is an ...
Levin said that the same year the band was founded, he had been in Nigeria, Cuba, and Bahia... [and] those influences combined to form the Yerba Buena sound." [6] Levin has also said that even though Yerba Buena "experiments with many influences, the basis of the group is inspired by the African and Cuban diaspora, where both worlds meet. The ...
Yerba Buena/Moscone station is an underground Muni Metro light rail station located at 4th Street and Folsom Street in the South of Market (SoMa) district of San Francisco, California. It is named for the adjacent Yerba Buena Gardens and Moscone Convention Center. It opened on November 19, 2022, as part of the Central Subway project.