Mamet, Dance, Snowboards, Nerds and everything in between…oh my!
Race - West Coast Premiere
Present─November 13th
American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary Street, San Francisco
Price: $27─$95
Fresh from a triumphant run on Broadway, David Mamet’s sly and searing legal comedy makes its West Coast debut at A.C.T. With his trademark verbal pyrotechnics, Mamet unleashes a thrilling power struggle as three attorneys scramble to represent a wealthy white man accused of assaulting a black woman. As alliances shift and battle lines are drawn, Race boldly confronts the most incendiary issues of our time, challenging our perceptions of justice: What is the truth, and who has the right to tell it? Source: ACT-SF.org
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company
Thursday─Saturday, November 3rd─5th from 8─11PM
Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for The Arts, San Francisco
Price: $25─$30
The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company has played an integral role in shaping the cultural fabric of San Francisco for over three decades YBCA is pleased to welcome them back with their latest piece, Light Moves, a unique synthesis of dance, animation, live music and poetry, which takes the audience on a journey through shifting landscapes inspired by the naturally occurring cycles of light. Light Moves marks the first collaboration between choreographer Margaret Jenkins and critically acclaimed multi-media artist Naomie Kremer, known for her innovative way of digitally deconstructing her paintings by animating hundreds of individual elements as they move through space. Source: YBCA.org
David Alan Grier
Thursday─Sunday, November 3rd─6th
Cobb’s Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
Price: $30.50
Theater, television and film dot David Alan Grier’s career to date, and his
ability to excel in all three mediums is a testament to the man’s inherent
sense of comic timing. Trained in Shakespeare at Yale where he received an
MFA from the Yale School of Drama, the multi talented Grier was
subsequently named one of Comedy Central’s “100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time”. Source: LiveNation.com
Solar Bot Symphony at The Lab
Friday, November 4th from 7─9:30 PM
The Lab, 2948 16th Street, San Francisco
Price: Free. Donations to the The Lab are welcome.
Join San Francisco-based Swiss sound artist Jorge Bachmann, aka ruidobello, as he leads a workshop based on German sound explorer Ralf Schreiber’s SolarSoundModule. Participants can build their own unique miniature solar animabots, which chirp like birds and insects depending on the degree to which light touches their photovoltaic cells. Ruidobello then directs participants in a collective, improvised solar bot symphony.
Source: SwissnexSanFrancisco.org
Bay Area Star Party
Saturday, November 5th from 8─10PM
San Francisco State University, Thornton Hall, 1600 Holloway Avenue
Price: Free
We are throwing a regional star party at over 20 different sites across the Bay Area. Colleges, schools, observatories and science centers around the Bay Area will be open, and both professional and amateur astronomers will be on hand to offer telescope viewing and observing tips. If the sky is cloudy, many sites will still offer indoor astronomy activities. Some institutions will also have astronomy talks and events that evening, regardless of the weather. Join us for a stellar evening. A “star party” is an occasion to view the night sky together, with our eyes, binoculars, or telescopes. Source: BayAreaScience.org
Día De Los Muertos Community Concert
Saturday, November 5th from 2─5PM
Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Price: $15─$68
The San Francisco Symphony celebrates Latino culture in its fourth annual Día de los Muertos community concert, conducted by SFS Resident Conductor Donato Cabrera with guest soloist Mexican tenor David Lomelí performing “Besáme Mucho”, “Granada” and other beloved Latin American favorites. Come at 1pm for pre-concert entertainment and art in the Davies Symphony Hall lobbies. Source: SFSymphony.org
Come Out and Play 2011
Saturday, November 5th from 11AM─11PM
The Go Game, 400 Treat Avenue, San Francisco
Price: Free
Come Out & Play is an annual festival of street games that turns New York City & San Francisco into a giant playground. The 2nd annual Come Out & Play Festival in San Francisco is being organized by over 15 local volunteer street game designers and players. Games include: Field Frogger, Ninja Corridor, and Wanted!
All games are free to play. First come, first play (arrive on time or early!). Because we require players to sign waivers, players under 18 years of age (100% welcome!) need a guardian to co-sign. Source: ComeOutAndPlaySF.org
SFJazz – Savion Glover & Bare Soundz
Saturday, November 5th at 7PM and 9PM
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco
Price: $30─$75
In recent years, Savion Glover has performed for SFJAZZ with piano titan McCoy Tyner’s trio, as well as with The Otherz, a Coltrane- inspired project that moved tap out of the rhythm section and onto the front line. But with Bare Soundz, Glover strips the art of tap down to rhythmic essentials. They dispense with other instruments entirely, showcasing an ensemble of tap masters who generate melodies, bass lines and of course percussion, entirely with their feet and hands. It’s a tall order, but Glover has been boldly breaking new ground for 25 years. Only 12 when he appeared on Broadway in The Tap Dance Kid, Glover made his film debut alongside mentor Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr. in 1989’s Tap. A regular on Sesame Street from 1990-95, he became a cultural phenomenon in 1996 when George C. Wolfe showcased his dazzling rhythmic dexterity in Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (which earned a Tony Award for Best Choreography). There are precious few artists who embody, redefine, and radically expand their art form, but Glover stands tall as an elemental creative force who has returned tap to its roots while opening up vast expanses for fresh exploration. As such, we include him among this fall’s “jazz giants” — not a category we take lightly! Source: SFJazz.org
2011 San Francisco Ski & Snowboard Festival
Saturday, November 5th from 11AM─8PM
Sunday, November 6th from 11AM─6PM
Fort Mason Center, Marina Boulevard & Buchanan Street, San Francisco
Price: $20─$40
Spend the day sipping your favorite wines or brews and trying new labels while gearing up for the 2011/12 winter season and exploring the latest from winter sports leaders and top ski resorts. SnowBomb’s winter sports events features beer and wine tastings with dozens of California wineries and breweries, a BMX exhibition (5:00 p.m. Sat. Nov. 5 and 3:00 p.m. Sun Nov. 6), the $1 mllion winter gear sale, and much more. Get the inside scoop from your favorite Tahoe resorts on park upgrades, winter events, and lift ticket packages. Source: FortMason.org
Discovery Days at AT&T Park
Sunday, November 6th from 11AM-4 PM
AT&T Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza
Price: Free
AT&T Park will become a science wonderland when the Bay Area Science concludes with this FREE science extravaganza on Sunday November 6th. The event showcases the intrigue and pure fun of science with a non-stop program of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows, all meant to entertain and inspire. Over 170 exhibits will overwhelm AT&T Park – are you ready to unleash your inner scientist?
Source: BayAreaScience.org
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Sunday, November 6th from 2─5PM
Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Price: $12─$45
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra is one of the finest ensembles of its kind, anywhere. For three decades, the Youth Orchestra has delighted audiences at home and abroad. Don’t miss this inspiring concert, performed by more than one hundred of the Bay Area’s most talented young instrumentalists. Thrill to the artistry of these gifted young musicians as they explore great music! Source: SFSymphony.org
Carmen
November 6th─December 4th
War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Avenue., San Francisco
Price: $21─$221
Thrilling but dangerous, the captivating, capricious Carmen is one of the most vivid characters in all of opera, and Kate Aldrich embodies her as well as any performer today. The sultry mezzo-soprano is “an impressive Carmen…who brought her alluring physique and rich, healthy voice to this touchstone role” (The New York Times). The classic Jean-Pierre Ponnelle production features tenor Thiago Arancam, fresh from his success in San Francisco Opera’s Cyrano de Bergerac (2010), as Don José, the man who unwisely falls under Carmen’s spell. Paulo Szot, a Tony Award winner for South Pacific adored for his “sultry bedroom eyes and…rich, commanding baritone” (The New York Times) promises to be a breathtaking bullfighter, with Adler Fellow soprano Sara Gartland as Micaëla. Sung in French with English supertitles. Source: www.SFOpera.com
