From nice concert events and operas to a parade honoring our four-legged associates (in costumes!), there’s a lot to see and do within the Bay Space this weekend.
Here’s a partial rundown.
3 cool concert events to catch
Listed below are three upcoming exhibits price catching within the Bay Space:
Rubbish, Starcrawler: We simply love this doubleheader, which, after all, is topped by iconic alt-rock vocalist Shirley Manson and her buddies in Rubbish. These headliners, recognized for such smash hits as “Stupid Girl” and “Only Happy When It Rains,” are out on the highway in assist of their just lately launched eighth album, “Let All That We Imagine Be the Light.” Becoming a member of Rubbish on Oct. 23 on the Mountain Vineyard is none apart from Starcrawler, an superior L.A. glam-rock outfit that places on such a enjoyable reside present.
Particulars: 7:30 p.m.; tickets begin at $45; mountainwinery.com.
Chris Tomlin: The good singer-songwriter — who Time journal as soon as dubbed the “most often sung artist in the world” in reference to what number of many tens of millions of church-goers increase up their voices by way of Tomlin songs on a weekly foundation — is ready to carry out on Oct. 28 at Cathedral of Religion in San Jose. Tomlin is thought for such fashionable anthems as “How Great Is Our God,” and “Holy Forever.”
Particulars: 7 p.m.; the present is presently listed as bought out, verify tprlive.co. for updates.
Joe Russo’s Virtually Useless: JRAD — as followers discuss with this high-energy Grateful Useless tribute act led by drummer Joe Russo — performs Oct. 23 at Channel 24 in Sacramento and Oct. 24 on the Fox Theater in Oakland.
Particulars: Showtime is 7:30 p.m. for each exhibits; tickets begin at $76 (Sacramento) and $82 (Oakland); apeconcerts.com.
— Jim Harrington, Employees
Costume up your canine, cat or no matter for the free “Howl-O-Ween Costumed Pet Parade” and a Beer Metropolis Competition on the Metropolis Heart Bishop Ranch in San Ramon on Oct. 26. (Metropolis Heart Bishop Ranch)
Parade goes to the canines (actually)
Canine will comply with you to the tip of the earth if it means proving their love. However you realize what’s a greater loyalty take a look at? Dressing them up as a goofy jack-o’-lantern or, god forbid, attractive four-legged nurse, and seeing in the event that they don’t provide you with a little bit side-eye.
On Oct. 26, house owners can take a look at the bounds of their pets’ persistence at San Ramon’s free Howl-O-Ween Costumed Pet Parade. Happening on the Metropolis Heart Bishop Ranch, the occasion invitations each pets and their house owners to don outfits and strut their stuff for the amusement of most people. Individuals are invited to protect the reminiscence at a Halloween-themed selfie station. And from 1-5 p.m., close by “dog gym” The Hub will arrange a miniature impediment course and a ball-pit sniff patch for hounds. For a $10 entry, the gymnasium can also be internet hosting particular “haunted obstacle adventures,” pro-pet images and trick-or-treat coaching (ends at 5 p.m.; restrict one canine per proprietor).
This isn’t the one motion occurring at Bishop Ranch that day. There’s additionally a Beer Metropolis Half Marathon, 10k and 5k beginning early within the morning adopted by a Beer Metropolis Competition centered round Fieldwork Brewing. Anticipate appearances from native brewers, reside music, video games and meals – plus a number of funnily dressed canines kicking again after their huge present.
Particulars: Parade begins at 2 p.m. in Alexander Sq., 6000 Bollinger Canyon Street, San Ramon; free; citycenterbishopranch.com/occasions/howl-o-ween. Particulars on the Beer Metropolis races and pageant at beercitybishopranch.com
— John Metcalfe, Employees
Movie fests galore in Bay Space
It’s one festival-packed week for Bay Space movie lovers with the groundbreaking San Quentin Movie Competition (Oct. 23-24; www.sanquentinfilmfestival.com), the 2025 Inexperienced Movie Competition of San Francisco (Oct. 24-30; filmfreeway.com/sfgreenfilmfest); and the seventeenth San Francisco Latino Movie Competition (Oct. 23-Nov. 6; www.cinemassf.org) all getting underway.
The Inexperienced Movie Competition whips up one other tempting buffet of Earth-focused narratives, docs and shorts, together with the intriguing opening-night narrative “Transamazonia,” a couple of “miracle” aircraft crash survivor/healer getting caught up within the Amazon’s unlawful logging quagmire. One other scorching choose is “Outdoor School,” a story function based mostly on the real-life story of Vin Shambry who, at a younger age, found inspiration and pleasure from the wilderness and an out of doors college in Oregon. Screenings happen on the 4-Star Theatre.
On the SF Latino Movie Competition, the progressive quasi-documentary/narrative “ASCO: Without Permission” (6 p.m. Oct. 23, the Roxie) units the fest’s eclectic tone with its artistic have a look at the revolutionary ’70s-’80s Chicano artwork group ASCO. Additionally on faucet: Bay Space filmmaker Ray Telles’ “American Agitators,” a documentary about father-son labor organizers Fred Ross and Fred Ross Jr. (5 p.m. Nov. 1, Yerba Buena Heart for the Arts); and Orlando Bedolla’s “Encuerados” (1 p.m. Nov. 1, YBCA), which follows 9 Latino males who turn into energetic within the Los Angeles LGBTQ+ leather-based group.
Go to the pageant SF Latino Movie Competition and Inexperienced Movie Fest websites for info on movies you’ll be able to stream at house.
— Randy Myers, Correspondent
Classical picks: 3 operas on faucet
There’s a number of nice music coming to levels across the Bay Space, and this week focuses on opera, with three new productions on faucet.
Brandon Jovanovich stars in San Francisco Opera’s “Parsifal.” (Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera)
“Parsifal”: When the 1882 world premiere of Richard Wagner’s closing opera opened at Bayreuth, it modified music endlessly. Now opera lovers from the Bay Space and past can see San Francisco Opera’s new staging of the composer’s masterwork: an existential drama of human existence, one which options a global forged that includes Brandon Jovanovich within the title function. Directed by Matthew Ozawa and carried out by Eun Solar Kim, this much-anticipated manufacturing runs for 5 performances. Come early for pre-performance talks.
Particulars: Oct. 25 by way of Nov. 15; Battle Memorial Opera Home, San Francisco; $35-$447; sfopera.com.
“La Traviata”: Competition Opera has joined forces with the Diablo Symphony Orchestra for 2 live performance performances of “La Traviata,” and Walnut Creek is the place to see it. Verdi’s always-heartfelt opera options soprano Jamie Chamberlin and tenor Nathan Granner, real-life companions who will sing the main roles of the impassioned Violetta and Alfredo. Richard Harrell directs, and Matilda Hofman is the conductor.
Particulars: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24, 2 p.m. Oct. 26; Lesher Heart for the Arts, Walnut Creek; $20-$90; lesherartscenter.org.
“Hello, Star”: That’s the title of a brand new opera by composer Carla Lucero and librettist Jarrod Lee, which begins when a younger lady named Celeste, captivated by a vibrant, dying star, is amazed when she receives a name from the place. Based mostly on the e-book by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, it’s a 50-minute efficiency beneficial for younger audiences.
Particulars: 2 and 4 p.m. Oct. 25; Youngsters’s Creativity Museum, San Francisco; $15-$60; operaparallele.org.
— Georgia Rowe, Correspondent
Who would be the chili champ?
The Santa Cruz Seaside Boardwalk’s annual Chili Prepare dinner-Off returns Oct. 25 with a file variety of groups — 55 — cooking meaty and/or vegetarian chili for money, plaques and bragging rights.
That’ll be so much for chiliheads to pattern, however a portion of the proceeds from every tasting package bought ($15 for eight pattern cups) at all times helps a neighborhood trigger. This 12 months it is going to be Haven of Hope, a nonprofit that has been providing assist companies to present and former foster youth since 1998.
Tasting kits will go on sale at 10 a.m., and every features a Folks’s Alternative poll. The general public tasting will start at 1 p.m. Awards shall be given for Finest Newbie Purple, Finest Newbie Vegetarian Purple, Finest Skilled Purple, Finest Skilled Vegetarian Purple, together with Folks’s Alternative, Most Tasted and Finest Sales space Theme. Awards shall be introduced at 4 p.m. on the Pirate Ship Stage.
Particulars: Boardwalk admission is free; 400 Seaside St., Santa Cruz; beachboardwalk.com.
— Linda Zavoral, Employees
Freebie of the week
It appears the Bay Space has at all times celebrated storytellers. From its wealthy literary and spoken phrase scene to such theater troupes as Phrase for Phrase, there is no such thing as a scarcity of alternatives to embrace these artists providing to move us to a distinct place and time. And if we could take a second to state the plain — it’s one thing that’s wanted now greater than ever. Which brings us to ZYZZYVA, the San Francisco-based literary journal that’s marking its fortieth anniversary this 12 months. Named for what’s mentioned to be the final phrase in a regular dictionary (it refers to a sort of insect and is pronounced ZEE-Zee-Va), the journal publishes three editions a 12 months providing all kinds of fiction and non-fiction entries that contact on themes and topics that impression the Bay Space and the nation. Lots of the editions are themed however we will all however assure that every publication will provide one thing to shock, have interaction or entrance you.
On Oct. 23, ZYZZYVA is celebrating its birthday with a free bash and you’re all invited. A number of the literary visitor stars will embrace musician and writer Daniel Handler (sure, the Lemony Snicket man), award-winning novelist and essayist Lauren Markham and Ingrid Rojas Contreras, whose “The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir” was a finalist for the Nationwide E-book Award.
Particulars: The occasion runs 7:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 23 at 7Social, 65 Put up St., San Francisco (subsequent door to the Mechanics Institute). The occasion is free, RSVPs are beneficial; go to www.milibrary.org/occasions/24900. Extra details about ZYZZYVA , go to www.zyzzyva.org.
Appalachian tales on stage
Talking of Phrase for Phrase, the fantastic stage troupe that presents dramatizations of traditional works of literature (and true to its moniker, the productions are supplied precisely as written), is performing its newest work by way of subsequent weekend on the Z House efficiency heart in San Francisco. This manufacturing focuses on the works of Ron Rash, an writer deeply related to the folks, communities and problems with Appalachia; he’s recognized to the touch on such themes as displacement and alter and the lack of cultural id. The acclaimed writer is thought for such novels as “Serena” and “The Cove” (each of which have been tailored for the massive display) in addition to his wealthy assortment of poems and quick tales which have captured all method of literary awards. Phrase for Phrase is specializing in three quick tales — “The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth,” a comedic have a look at marriage and faith; “Sad Man in the Sky,” a couple of man looking for to get helicopter flyover of a selected neighborhood; and “Hard Times,” a have a look at Appalachian lives in the course of the Despair.
Particulars: “Hard Times, Appalachian Stories by Ron Rash” shall be offered at Z House, 450 Florida St., San Francisco, by way of Nov. 2. Tickets are $45-$70; go to www.zspace.org.
Early style of muertos: Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican vacation wherein folks keep in mind and pay respects to relations who’ve handed on, is formally acknowledged as going down Nov. 1-2, and a lot of the Bay Space celebrations and performances shall be occurring then. However if you wish to get a bounce on the revered vacation, you would hardly achieve this with a extra proficient artist than the one taking the stage at Zellerbach Corridor in UC Berkeley on Saturday night. Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-musician Lila Downs is taken into account one of many most interesting Mexican conventional singers on the planet. And for good motive. Her voice is a marvel – a robust and evocative reflection on the tradition and historical past of the nation. She performs in a wide range of Mexican dialects, with some English-sung works blended in, and her setlists are a mixture of conventional requirements and her personal compositions. Downs, at all times a well-liked draw within the Bay Space, shall be backed by an all-star band on Oct. 25 when she performs as a part of the Cal Performances live performance/efficiency collection.
Particulars: The music begins at 8 p.m.; tickets are $35-$125; go to calperformances.org.
Music on the Hill live performance
Music on the Hill, a nonprofit San Francisco chamber music collection devoted to presenting high-quality concert events at inexpensive costs, is internet hosting the Berkelium String Quartet in a live performance known as “The Bow and the Brush,” together with new items impressed by work, with the photographs projected. First violinist Dan Flanagan, the brainchild behind the ensemble, wrote two compositions on this system: “Water Lilies,” after the portray by Claude Monet; and “Tamayo,” after a portray by Rufino Tamay. Hadyn’s String Quartet, Opus 33, “The Joke,” and Beethoven’s String Quartet Opus 127, the primary of his “late quartets” (and known as “incomprehensible” at its premiere in 1825) spherical out the lineup. Becoming a member of Flanagan are Karen Shinozaki Sor on violin, Jacob Hansen-Joseph on viola and Michael Graham on cello, musicians whose resumes embrace performances with New Century Chamber Orchestra, Santa Rosa Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Oakland Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet, and lots of extra. Established in 2024, the group is called after the artificial chemical factor Bk, found in and named after the town of Berkeley in 1949. Its motto is “Virtuosity in the interest of music.”
Particulars: The Music on the Hill efficiency is at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 101 Gold Mine Drive in San Francisco. Tickets are $25 on eventbrite. Go to MusicOnTheHill.org for extra info.
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