Whether or not you’re hankering for some vacation dance performances or would fairly chortle on the finish of the world or hit a pop-up vacation bar, this weekend has simply what you want. So let’s get to it, lets?
(As all the time, you’ll want to double test occasion and venue web sites for any last-minute modifications in well being tips or different particulars.)
1 SEE & HEAR: Vacation dances are right here
From the traditional “Nutcracker” to such Bay Space favorites as “The Velveteen Rabbit,” vacation dance productions are again on Bay Space levels. Right here’s a rundown.
2 SIP & SNACK: Have a correct tea
It’d sound like an historic customized relegated to the stuffiest of Anglophiles, however afternoon teas are very a lot a up to date factor, thanks partially to well-known practitioners just like the TikTok star, Queen of Afternoon Tea. You possibly can learn all about her and discover out the place to get pleasure from a cup within the Bay Space, proper right here.
Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey star in “Queer,” a romantic drama based mostly on a William S. Burroughs novella. (A24 Movies) 3 WATCH: Daniel Craig such as you’ve by no means seen him.
For those who’re used to the gifted British actor as a brooding James Bond or quirky Benoit Blanc from “Knives Out” movies, Craig will depart you shocked and impressed in his newest movie, “Queer,” directed by Luca Guadagnino (“Challengers”) and opening this weekend. Right here’s our assessment.
4 SIP & PLAY: Pop-up vacation bars
Due to widespread pop-up manufacturers like Miracle and Sippin’ Santa, holiday-themed ingesting institutions are, um, popping up throughout. Right here’s the place to seek out them. In the meantime, Northern California wineries are entering into the act as effectively, with quite a lot of holiday-themed specials and occasions.
4 SEE & HEAR: A most Dandy rock band
The Dandy Warhols have been placing out top quality, if a bit of quirky, rock music for 30 years. For those who haven’t seen them — and in case you are a fan of well-played rock music, you must — you may rectify that this weekend. In the meantime, right here’s our chat with the Warhols’ wonderful guitarist Peter Holmstrom.
A black cat has to depend on its instincts and the friendship of different critters within the aftermath of a flood within the animated marvel, “Flow.” (Janus Movies) 5 WATCH: A intelligent kitty and a hate-group thriller
“Flow,” an animated movie a few cat navigating a flood, and “The Order,” with Jude Regulation taking up a white supremacist group, couldn’t be extra totally different. However each are wonderful, and high our roundup of what to observe this weekend.
6 SEE & HEAR: Sherlock Holmes meets Charles Dickens
San Jose Stage’s comedic vacation present merges an iconic detective and a traditional Christmas story. To which we are saying: why the heck not?
7 WATCH: Reimagining the daybreak of the twenty first century
Keep in mind when the yr 2000 approached, and it appeared everybody was prepared for all heck to interrupt free? After all, nothing occurred. However the loopy new movie comedy “Y2K” offers us the catastrophe we have been all pining for.
