Herbst Theatre
Encyclopedia
The Herbst Theatre is an auditorium in the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
in Civic Center
in San Francisco, United States
. The 928-seat hall hosts programs as diverse as City Arts & Lectures
, SF Jazz, and San Francisco Performances.
for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, adorn the walls while overhead five chandeliers hang from the blue and gold-leaf ceiling.
was signed on the stage of the Herbst Theatre by the group of 50 founding nations, following the two-month-long United Nations
conference in the Opera House.
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center is located in San Francisco, California, and is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. It covers three hectares in San Francisco's Civic Center Historic District with 7,500 seats in its several venues...
in Civic Center
Civic Center, San Francisco, California
The Civic Center in San Francisco, California, is an area of a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that contains many of the city's largest government and cultural institutions. It has two large plazas and a number of buildings in classical architectural style...
in San Francisco, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The 928-seat hall hosts programs as diverse as City Arts & Lectures
City Arts & Lectures
City Arts & Lectures produces onstage conversation at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. Founded by Sydney Goldstein in 1980, City Arts & Lectures produces more than fifty live events a year and records most events for edited and delayed broadcast on public radio...
, SF Jazz, and San Francisco Performances.
Architecture and decoration
Originally designed as the Veterans Auditorium, the theatre was refurbished and renamed Herbst Theatre in 1977 in honor of brothers Herman and Maurice Herbst, whose foundation underwrote the renovations. It is entered through a foyer off of the building's main lobby. Eight large beaux-arts murals, created by Frank BrangwynFrank Brangwyn
Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA RWS RBA was an Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator, and progressive designer.- Biography :...
for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, adorn the walls while overhead five chandeliers hang from the blue and gold-leaf ceiling.
United Nations Charter
On June 26, 1945, the United Nations CharterUnited Nations Charter
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the international organization called the United Nations. It was signed at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in San Francisco, United States, on 26 June 1945, by 50 of the 51 original member countries...
was signed on the stage of the Herbst Theatre by the group of 50 founding nations, following the two-month-long United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
conference in the Opera House.