There are every kind of cool methods to get pleasure from this weekend, from mysterious day journeys to forcing reside and streaming reveals and the wackiest soap-box derby you’ll ever see.
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1 SEE: A traditional August Wilson play — and extra
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is staging Wilson’s beautiful, non secular “Gem of the Ocean” starting this week, and it’s simply one of many terrific reveals supplied on Bay Space phases this weekend. Oh, and in the event you’re a fan of the musical comedy “La Cage aux Folles,” you haven't one however two locations to catch the present.
2 PLAY: Mysterious day journeys await
The Bay Space is chock filled with unusual, odd and weird locations to go to. Listed below are 9 of our favorites. (By the way in which, have you ever heard about our Bay Space Bucket Record Challenge, the place readers ship us concepts for cool Bay Space locations to jot down about? Right here’s how to participate.)
3 WATCH: Michael Mann’s newest cool thriller
The artistic mastermind behind “Miami Vice” is again with an edgy Japan-based detective sequence titled … await it … “Tokyo Vice” (pictured). And it’s good! It tops our roundup of new reveals and flicks it is best to learn about.
4 PLAY: Go fowl watching, with out leaving house
Foolish us, we had no concept web bird-cams have been a factor. However they completely are. There are a number of within the Bay Space that provide you with an up-close-and-personal take a look at quite a lot of fowl life — and this can be a nice time of yr to verify them out.
5 SEE & HEAR: The superb Kronos Quartet
The Bay Space foursome has for years been creating groundbreaking new music and redefining what a classical quartet can do. The group’s annual competition at all times delivers treats and surprises, and this yr must be no totally different.
6: READ & COOK: An eggselllent new cookbook
We chatted up Lisa Steele, creator of the favored Contemporary Eggs Every day weblog, who has a brand new cookbook out with mouthwatering recipes relating every little thing from Easter (coming proper up, people) to baked egg cups and broccoli cheddar tarts. Learn all about it right here.
7 PLAY: SFMOMA’s bizarre and enjoyable automotive race
San Francisco’s Museum of Trendy Artwork is as soon as once more staging its wacky soap-box derby on Sunday. You must take a look at these loopy artwork vehicles.