i thought it would be an extraordinary exposition to take her and understand her at all for complexitythat is what we have on view during the summer of 2011. >> it is full of wonderful drawings, paintings, and sculpture. >> there is incredible art on view. we have photographs. we have sculpture. we have a lot of different things. we have a little something made for her by picasso. there are five different ways of looking at her life. it is not in chronological installation. it is looking at how she is portrayed in help artists, painters, and photographers presented her and how she thought about her own style and presentation. many people think she always had short hair. it was not until she was 52 that she cut off all of her hair. the second element is called "domestic stein." alice b. toklas was her lifelong partner. they had several different homes. we know about their home in paris, the famous salon. you get a taste of what their domestic life was like. >> one thing recreated is the fabulous wallpaper. the black-and-white photos do not convey the color. >> in doing a lot of research

it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the director of the museum. >> i am so happy you are here today. >> we're getting close to a milestone for the museum. it is your third anniversary coming up. >> it is. you were here to help cut the ribbon. it has been an extraordinary journey ever since. we welcome hundreds of thousands of people into the building. we welcome school groups, interests -- tourists. >> the addition of the museum to the cultural pantheons of san francisco has been phenomenon. you have fabulous exhibits. there is one i want to talk about, "seeing gertrude stein." >> gertrude stein is a local woman. she was raised in oakland. she was an extraordinary individual who helped create -- many people call for the mother of modernism. years ago, i was introduced to someone doing research on her. i thought it would

it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find

it was added exposition in buffalo, new york. -- at a exposition in buffalo, new york. he was completing an exposition. he was planning to go to one of buffalo. he also went up to niagara falls. several days before he arrived, he said he would kill them. he went out. he bought a pistol. the newspapers reported in great detail with the president would be. he started tracking him. >> where did he come from? where did he live when this happened in buffalo? >> this is part of the mystery of leon czolgosz. he was living with his family on a farm in ohio, a leading about. where he had gone was a bit of a mystery. it was a bit of a surface. it offers some explanations about where he was going. he had these sorts of ideas. he had been in buffalo for several days. he decided he would kill the president. >> had the present it to buffalo? where did he come from? >> -- how did the president get to buffalo? >> where did he come from? the wife had been a bit of an invalid. she was making good progress. they came to the fare at the end of their summer vacation. stay?ere did he sa >> i

he was intending to go up to this exposition in buffalo, pan american exposition, it was called. it was kind of a working vacation. he was going to deliver a lig speech. he also went up to niagara falls. it was a bit of a victory lap. his presidency had been quite a success to that point. when will, czolgosz decided only several days before mckinley arrived that he was going to kill him. he had gone out and bought a pivotal. he followed mckinley's before abouts in the newspapers which were reported in great defail where the president was going to be. and he began tracking him. >> let me stop you a second. where did he come from to? where did he live when this happened in buffalo? >> this is part of the mystery. he had left -- he was living with his family on a farm in ohio. just laysing about. not doing very much. he had fithely -- finally left around summer anytime 1901. where he had gone was a bit of of a mystery. he told his family various stories. he could kind of surface and offer explanations. but it was a bit ung clear. we do know that for some reason he decided to go to b

and exposition game between the dolphins and coldspring gave us a moment fans would never forget. >> i want to thank you for burnie rybak to this -- bringing me back to the stadium one more time. [cheers and applause] one more time to be with my family and friends, with the greatest ballplayer is in the national football league, holtz.ore coac the >> a special reaction from around the league today. roger goodell said he was a courageous advocates for the nfl association. he served as the first president of the nfl youth football fund. he never stopped fighting for the good fight. our thoughts with our with the iraqi family -- with the john in the loss of a good friend. john mackey has inspired me and will continue to inspire our players. he will be missed, but never forgotten. a much-needed all-star break comes at fenway. boston entered the series really banged up. they will not have jon lester. and john mackey has been a punching bag of late. -- john lackey has been a punching bag of late. andrew miller, first pitch at the 7:10 p.m. on wbal radio. >> following reports of new informa

and he was intending to go up to this exposition in buffalo -- the pan-american exposition, it was called. and it was kind of a working vacation. he was going to deliver a big speech, but he also went up to niagara falls. and it was a bit of a victory lap. his presidency had been quite a success to that point. well, czolgosz had decided several days -- really, only several days before mckinley arrived, that he was going to kill him. he had gone out, and he bought a pistol. and he followed mckinley's whereabouts in the newspapers, which reported in great detail where the president was going to be, and he began tracking him throughout the fair. >> let me stop you a second and ask you, where did he come from to? where did he live when this happened in buffalo? >> he was -- this was part of the mystery of leon czolgosz. he had left his -- he was living with his family on a farm in ohio and just lazing about, not doing very much. he'd finally left around summertime in 1901. and where he had gone was a bit of a mystery. he told his family various stories. and he would kind of surface and offer

whole marine area, which is also perfectly flat because it was artificial filled from the 1915 exposition. >> that is correct. it was hydraulics and pumped in from the bay. same principle, they built a dike on the outside it, and then pumped in the sand. and as we all know, in 1989, a lot of damage. lawrence can speak to the concept of soft story problems with the buildings, and the look of viable soil. in perfect concert with each other, you get major damage, sometimes collapsed. that is the subject of -- i guess we did a video of that about a year ago? >> would try to pick up all the hazards. >> this is recreation of the natural landscape? >> yes, but the four points set on a rock. there is a natural rock outcrop their. the natural material was reclaimed land, because it was the original airport for san francisco. it was about 4,000 feet long. in those days, they had small propeller planes and it was adequate. the bridge itself is supported on case sounds that go to rock. -- is supported on casings that go to rock. it is predominantly sandstone and shale. it was the shape of a dome. it

the exposition is wonderful. you really get the inside story on the life of richard stein. it's filled with photographs and materials and some of the clothing. you really discover who that was as a writer, as a collector, as a muse, as someone who was really part of the birth of modernism in the western world. >> for people who vaguely understand some of the vocabulary of art and pay attention to it, what is modernism? >> is this moment of breaking away from the past area stein was a person who love to claim that she discovered picasso. that was a whole new level of art making. she was a writer who would like to think about writing very differently than anybody else before her. in this exhibition, get it to discover all these different aspects of her in the way in which she still has this extraordinary legacy that continues today but inspires artists and writers and poets and musicians and dancers. she really has the ability to really tap into people's creativity. >> what do you think it is about her that keeps her soberly fresh and vibrant? >> you know, it's a really good