As always, there are many ways to spend your free time in the city. This weekend and next there are a few museum events, concerts, outdoor events celebrating Latin and Filipino culture, and music, First Thursday downtown, and more, including a neighborhood garage sale. Read on for my picks.
Thursday, Aug. 7
Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art at the Legion of Honor is in its final weeks. The artist became famous for his colorful renderings of confections and buffets, and also for his reinterpretation of other artworks. Through Aug. 17. Tickets from $15.
It’s a first Thursday, so head to Downtown Hoedown at the Front Street Entertainment Zone. Don your cowboy boots and have fun with line dancing, live bluegrass and country music, a mechanical bull, and more. Free, RSVP here.
Friday, Aug. 8
Hot on the heels of last weekend’s three-day Dead celebration is the ever-popular Outside Lands Music Festival. Headliners are rappers Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, and Irish rock singer Hozier, plus over 100 additional performers.
Tickets from $235
Join Harry, Ron, and Hermione in a screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 with live music from the San Francisco Symphony. Through Saturday. Tickets from $105
For a different live stage performance, go see some uncurated, unedited, experimental theater presented by the Exit Theatre at the 34th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival at the Taylor Street Theater. Through Aug. 24. Tickets from $8.
Saturday, Aug. 9
It’s time for the Hillwide Garage Sale in Bernal Heights, the annual fundraiser to support community housing and other programs. Treasure hunters can search for specific items at the link above and a map of participating garages is here. Free.
This weekend at Yerba Buena Gardens is the 32nd Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival, the largest celebration of Filipino Americans in the country. You’ll find art, culinary, dance, health, heritage, innovation, sports, and tavern pavilions; entertainment; food vendors; and more. Free admission.
The Exploratorium will celebrate Bay Day, today when it hauls its NOAA-loaned data collection buoy out of the water for its yearly maintenance. Learn about ocean science and ecology and all the organisms that grow on the buoy and elsewhere in the bay. The buoy collects data on water temperature, salinity, and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and the bay. Tickets from $30.
The world-renowned a cappella group Naturally 7, which has performed as guests of Diana Ross, Coldplay, and Michael Bublé, will be on stage tonight at S.F. Jazz. Through Sunday. Tickets from $25
Sunday, Aug. 10
Pack a picnic and head to the Presidio Tunnel Tops for the Fiesta en el Parque, a family-friendly celebration of Latin culture, dance, music, community, and fantastic views. Food vendors will also be available nearby at the Presidio Popup. Free, RSVP here (not required, but appreciated).
If you’re crazy on Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, you surely won’t want to miss their show at Chase Center along with their band and special guest Todd “Hello Its Me” Rundgren as part of their Royal Flush tour. Tickets from $47.
Monday, Aug. 11
It’s Museum Monday, and the Cal Academy has you covered. Here’s what’s happening today, including two penguin feedings (10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.) Tickets from $39.
Tuesday, Aug. 12
I used to study at The Musical Offering record store/cafe (which sadly closed last fall), down the street from the campus in Berkeley. It always played classical music and felt so civilized. So, no surprise this Coffee Concert: Freshly Brewed Baroque caught my eye, and it sounds even more civilized. Performed by members of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale playing period instruments, the program features selections from Telemann, Handel, Bach, and Rebel. Includes coffee and pastries in a gorgeous venue, The Conservatory at One Sansome. 11 a.m. Free admission.
Wednesday, Aug. 13
I don’t have enough space to list all of Robert Reich’s achievements, but here are a few: Rhodes scholar, Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, former professor at Brandeis and U.C. Berkeley, and prolific writer, whose latest book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, was released last week. Hear him tonight at An Evening with Robert B. Reich: Unscripted. Tickets from $61.
There you have it, fine folks. Enjoy your week. Got events? Let me know: Lynette@thevoicesf.org
