It’s a busy week in the city from Pride to plays, to a piano concert and Pilates with a twist. Here are a few events to consider if you’d like to get out and about.
Monday, June 24
I’m not sure everyone who passes by the former Guardhouse at the entry to Fort Mason knows that it houses art exhibitions presented by the For-Site organization, which is all about creating and presenting “art about place.” So Lexa Walsh has taken Fort Mason’s military history as inspiration and with mixed media created objects that recall service decorations. Also included is a sound collage of Walsh’s interviews with veterans and civilians. The installation seeks to foster dialogue, community, and healing as it addresses the complexities of war.
Tuesday, June 25
At Climate Heroes in Your Neighborhood with Matt Scott, the storyteller (you can just tell how engaging he is by that photo, right?) will discuss the documentary short series presented by Project Drawdown, Drawdown’s Neighborhood, which has highlighted the work of climate heroes across the country while lifting up underrepresented and diverse voices. Hear him at the Commonwealth Club or stream live. (Scott will also host a screening of short clips from the San Francisco Bay Area short at the Brower Center in Berkeley on Wednesday.) Tickets from $5.
Fresh on the tails of his Congressional subcommittee hearing last month, the man that the Republicans love to hate, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is in town to talk about his new book, his life’s work, and his future hopes. We trust he will find Manny’s much more hospitable. Livestream tickets: $5.
Wednesday, June 26
Purrlates (cat Pilates) at KitTea Cat Lounge and Cafe looks just as fun as goat yoga. You forget you’re exercising with animals wandering around, and most just wanna be where you are, too, like keyboard kitty or screen-blocker cat. The best part? All these fuzzy, fluffy felines are available for adoption, so if there’s one who just won’t get off your mat, it’s the cat distribution system at work. So do the right thing. Tickets: $38.
Thursday, June 27
Tickets are already selling fast for the Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber Tony award-winning musical Evita, which opens tonight at the San Francisco Playhouse. So here’s your heads-up. If you’d like go but don’t get on it, we won’t cry for you. Through Sept. 7. Tickets from $30.
Friday, June 28
Don’t miss the largest Pride flag in the world, spanning 4.1 miles down Market Street and consisting of 20 lasers to celebrate 20 years of marriage equality. Brought to us by those awesome folks who light the Bay Bridge and the Pink Triangle, Illuminate. Dusk to dawn through Sunday. Free viewing.
It’s time for outdoor summer Shakespeare, and the best place I know for that is the Marin Shakespeare‘s venue at Forest Meadows on the grounds of Dominican University in San Rafael. You just can’t beat that intimate redwood grove seating under the moon and stars. Their production of the quintessential summer play Much Ado About Nothing opens today, so get thee hence. Through July 28. Tickets from $15.
Saturday, June 29
It’s the last Saturday of the month, so it’s time for the Park Market at Crane Cove Park in Dogpatch where you’ll find food, refreshments, family-friendly games and activities (paddleboard lessons, anyone?) live music, and a new section this year, the Garage Sale Extravaganza, a flea market-style mercantile. Free admission.
If you like bluegrass, Salesforce Park is the place for a Bluegrass Brunch (but I think that means BYO because it’s free). Trouble Town, who “boil a hot pot of folk, bluegrass & swing into a big acoustic stew all their own,” is on the bill from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free admission.
Sunday, June 30
Join about 999,999 other spectators for the S.F. Pride Parade with about half that many participants, hundreds of contingents, and Celebrity Grand Marshal Billy Porter. Starts at 10:30 a.m. at Market and Beale streets and ends at the Civic Center for more celebration. Free admmission.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music alum and contemporary classical pianist Lee Alan Nolan performs From Rags to Mystics 2, a program of Olivier Messiaen Catalogue d’oiseaux, livre 1; Bruce Christian Bennett Small Art; and music by Ragtime composers Scott Joplin, May Aufderheide, and Irene Giblin. Hear him live at Old First Church or stream live with donation. Tickets: $30
Whatever you choose to do, have fun and be safe because it’s a jungle out there.
