We’ve got you covered for the next several days with fall festivals, sing-alongs, an art exhibition, a high-end art show, and a special night sky show. Read on for my picks.
Thursday, Oct. 16
Judith Schaechter Super/Natural explores natural elements, patterns, and ornament as vehicles for meditating on beauty. The heart of the exhibition is an 8-foot, 5-foot-5 diameter stained glass dome designed to accommodate a single viewer and features 65 stained-glass panels of insects, flora, birds, and beasts. The exhibition invites contemplation of inner space, how we experience environments, and outer space, how we extend ourselves into our surroundings. Through Feb. 8 at the Museum of Craft and Design. Tickets from $8.
Lovers of beautiful things won’t want to miss the San Francisco Fall Show, the renowned international art, antiques, and design fair on the West Coast (although some say it’s the best in the country). Over 40 top international dealers will offer a wide range of decorative arts representing all styles and periods, including paintings, furniture, ceramics, photography, and much more, including the new vendor featured above, specializing in antique textile pillows and other fine art. Other features include lectures, special programming, and food for purchase by Che Fico. Through Sunday at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion. Tickets: $55
Friday, Oct. 17
Tonight is Fort Mason’s Night Market. Enjoy more than 25 food and beverage options from Off the Grid, live music, workshops, over 50 retail vendors, live music, public art installations, and more, like a costume contest. 5–10 p.m. Free
Saturday, Oct. 18
The annual Potrero Hill R&B Festival is celebrating its 50th year. Join the revelry on over four blocks of food, live music, and fun. Proceeds benefit Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, which provides essential services to those in need, so yay on that. 20th Street between Wisconsin and Missouri streets. Free admission.
The Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival is a Bay Area tradition. Now in its 53rd year, the festival features a gigantic pumpkin weigh-off championship, live music, arts and crafts from local artists, food and drink (yes, pumpkin-infused ales), Farmer Mike, a costume contest, and more. Through Sunday. Free.
The Life and Music of George Michael is a concert-style show that tells the story of the award-winning performer from his early hits with Wham! to his solo career. Expect dancing in the aisles, sing-alongs, and lotsa fun at the Curran Theatre. Tickets from $53.
Sunday, Oct. 19
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with Facing the Moon: Songs of the Diaspora, featuring San Francisco’s poet laureate, Ginny Lim, and the Del Sol Quartet. The world premiere multimedia performance will feature new poetry by Lim interwoven with new music and interviews by Chinese diaspora composers, and the quartet’s theatrical visual experience with dancer Lynn Huang. 2 p.m. at the Presidio Theatre. Tickets from $39.
Enjoy an elegant reception followed by a four-course feast prepared by 30 of the Bay Area’s most acclaimed restaurants at the Foodwise Sunday Supper: A Farm to City Feast, which supports Foodwise’s farmers’ markets, food access initiatives, and education programs. 4:30–9:30 p.m. at the Ferry Building. Tickets here.
Notable next week
Tuesday, Oct. 21
Back when I worked for another publication, we would transport edited copy on printed pages. As soon as I started the car to deliver pages one deadline, “Another One Bites the Dust” blared from the radio, which made the drive across town so much more fun singing along. So you can do the same at Choir! Choir! Choir! billed as “an epic Queen Sing-Along” at the Curran Theatre. Tickets from $48.
Wednesday, Oct. 22
Get up a few hours early this morning (or stay up late on Tuesday) for your chance to view the Orionid meteor shower, which is produced by dust from Halley’s Comet, last seen in 1986. Viewing tips are to face southeast in a dark area and allow your eyes to acclimate for 30 minutes. NASA reports it will live stream the shower on Ustream if that’s easier for those who would rather sleep. Free viewing.
Enjoy your time enjoying whatever you choose to do — just be safe and be nice. We’re all in this together.
Updated Oct. 16, 2:34 p.m. to add image.
