If you’re up for film, music, dance, art, and more, we’ve got you covered, with Mother’s Day events, and more.
Thursday, May 7
The 44th annual Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Fest opens tonight with a screening of The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas, featuring Sandra Oh, Tammy Duckworth, Connie Chung, Kumail Nanjiani, and others, who reflect on navigating their identities and finding community. Following the screening is the Opening Night Gala. 6:45 p.m. at the Kabuki AMC. Festival through May 10. Tickets tonight from $30.
Friday, May 8
Dancing Moons Festival: Angel Island is composed by Huang Ruo, who was inspired by the poetry carved into the walls by detainees at the former immigration station between 1910 and 1940. It features Oakland Ballet Company members, choreography by seven Asian American Pacific Islanders, and live music by the Del Sol Quartet and Volti. 7:30 p.m. at the Herbst Theatre. Through Saturday. Tickets from $30.
Support our local music scene at Lakehouse Jazz, an intimate concert series at the hidden, historic Blue Heron Boathouse in Golden Gate Park. Enjoy all things jazz from Swing to Latin, Funk, Fusion, and original compositions. BYO food, and get your wine and beer onsite. Well-behaved and quiet doggos are welcome, just ask your seat neighbors if they’re O.K. with your furry friend. Through Saturday; ongoing. 7 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $28 and change.
There’s an opening reception tonight for two exhibitions: Once the Ocean Floor, featuring photography by John Chiara, Linda Connor, David Maisel, and Meghann Riepenhoff, focusing on the natural world as an active force, and For Olle by Andy Goldsworthy, celebrating his longtime friend and collaborator, who recently passed. 5 to 7 p.m. at the Haines Gallery. Through July 3. Free admission.
Saturday, May 9
Today is the day to leave a bag of nonperishable food by your mailbox for the Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. I’m sure everyone will help the almost 50 million Americans who are food insecure, including 14 million children.
Sweet Honey in the Rock, a worldwide all-ages performance ensemble of all-inclusive backgrounds and cultures rooted in African American history that educates, entertains, and empowers audiences through a cappella singing and American Sign Language performs tonight. 7:30 p.m. at the Presidio Theatre through Sunday. Tickets from $50.
The 26th season of Yerba Buena Gardens Festival opens today featuring programming from Salsa Nights to Poetic Tuesdays, lunchtime concerts, kids’ shows, and more spanning multiple genres. Today’s season opener features Hermán Olivera y Orquesta Taíno. 2 to 4 p.m. on the Great Lawn. Free admission; RSVP here.
Sunday, May 10
What mom wouldn’t enjoy the 85th Annual Rose Show? The show will feature a variety of roses grown in San Francisco, as well as arrangements designed around the theme “Stars, Stripes and Rose Petals.” Cut roses are often offered for sale mid-afternoon. 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., appropriately at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Free.
And as long as you’re in the park, Mom may enjoy a stroll through the next-door Botanical Garden, the nearby Japanese Tea Garden, the park’s award-winning rose garden, or the Conservatory of Flowers. (Or if Mom is more into science, head to the Embarcadero to the Exploratorium.) All are free today to celebrate moms.
Maybe Mom would enjoy A Mother’s Day Concert in her honor. The Golden Gate Park Band will feature a new solo work for clarinet by Francisco Javier de Alba with Sarah E. Sarah E. Korneisel Jaegers, works of Leroy Anderson, Gilbert & Sullivan, and much more. 1 p.m. at the Bandshell. Free admission.
Notable next week
Monday, May 11
With their French café music of swing jazz, waltzes, and musette, Bistro Moustache will transport you to a Parisian café, where I’m guessing we would all rather be right now. 5 to 8 p.m. at Scopo Divino. Free admission.
Tuesday, May 12
Have your lunch al fresco at Fulton Plaza and enjoy a free concert, Civic Center Soundtrack. Today’s scheduled performers are Kevin Coffey, Middle Dog, and Rebecca Chapa. Noon to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through October. Free.
Wednesday, May 13
Head for a hump day happy hour to the 7th Annual Wine Walk, which will support Sonoma County Fire Relief and local small businesses (be sure to check out the recently opened woman-owned, Charmed in SF), and enjoy tastings from Sonoma, Napa, and Livermore wineries along with savory bites and a live D.J. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the Urban Patio at Three Embarcadero Center. Tickets: $29
Hope you find something to get you out and about, because that’s always a good thing to do. Just be safe and kind to each other while you’re enjoying.
