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What's Happening Around the Bay Area |
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Fri, Feb 8. 9PM-12AM
Shake up your night with some of the Bay Areas best bartenders, and enjoy inventive libations, cocktail-related science programs, delectable bites, and much moreall to celebrate 50 years of curiosity with the Exploratorium.
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Fri-Sat, Feb 8-9. 8PM
MTT unleashes the forces of the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's barnstorming symphony. Also, experience the brilliant and incisive (Chicago Tribune) Gil Shaham in Sergei Prokofievs warmly romantic Violin Concerto No. 1. Famous for his formidable technique and generosity of spirit, Shaham ranks among the greatest violinists of our time.
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Fri-Sun, Feb 8-10. Times Vary
The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show enters its 33rd year in 2019. Works range from the finest textiles and rugs from North Africa, Asia, North America, and India to remarkable stone and wood carvings from Indonesia, Africa, and Oceania.
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Sat, Feb 9. 7PM-10PM
Hop back to the 1950s with live music from The Ely Brothers + The Doubletake Band, dancing, and retro libations. Reflect on the history of romance at the Presidio with a mini pop-up exhibit of Love Letters & Stories from the Presidios military days. Come shake, rattle, and roll!
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Sat-Sun, Feb 9-Apr 7. Times Vary
The first exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums dedicated to the work of Paul Gauguin (18481903), this exceptional display features more than fifty Gauguin paintings, wood carvings, and ceramics. Borrowed from the renowned collections of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, the show will be on view for the first time in San Francisco.
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Events Coming Soon: 11th Annual San Francisco Salsa Rueda Festival Fri-Sun, Feb 15-17. Times Vary Mostly British Film Festival 2019 Fri-Sun, Feb 15-21. Times Vary Friends Live Fri-Sun, Feb 15-Mar 2. Times Vary 2019 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting Sat, Feb 16. 1PM-4PM Violet Sat-Sun, Feb 16-Mar 17. Times Vary |
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North Bay |
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Fri-Sun, Feb 8-10. Times Vary
Celebrate the peak of migration season with guided bird walks, self-guided walks, a wildlife expo, and an art show at San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival in Vallejo.
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Fri-Sun, Feb 8-17. Times Vary
Count the murders in this comic thriller and youll be wrong. Deathtrap twists and turns with devilish cleverness, thrills and plenty of laughter along the way. Nominated for four Tony Awards, Deathtrap ran on Broadway for a record four years.
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Sat, Feb 9. 12PM-8PM
For the first time, Napa's breweries have come together to invite the public to spend the day exploring the future of Napa craft beer.
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Sat, Feb 9. 6PM-10PM
Join the Pueblo Vista Elementary School Parent Faculty Club for a kid-free evening of style, talented musicians, and dancing! Proceeds fund the school.
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Sun, Feb 10. 2PM-4PM
Gather the little ones for a sweet treat just in time for Valentines Day cookie decorating! The Village's talented pastry team will supply all the toppings; just bring your childs imagination. After, your little ones will take home their beautiful (and tasty!) creations.
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Hamlet Fri-Sun, Feb 15-17. 8PM Napa Valley Wine Train Fri-Sun, Feb 15-17. Times Vary
Farce of Habit Fri-Sun, Feb 15-23. Times Vary
35th Annual American Indian Art Show Sat-Sun, Feb 16-17. Times Vary |
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East Bay |
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Fri-Sun, Feb 8-10. Times Vary
Recognized as one of the largest and most prestigious antiquarian book fairs in the world, this three-day event features the collections and rare treasures of nearly 200 booksellers from over 20 countries.
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Sat, Feb 9. 5:30PM-8:30PM
Local biergarten Brotzeit Lokal's staff is required to attend beer school twice per year! Now you can, too. Taste traditional German beer styles while learning about history as well as brewing techniques used to make these unique and popular beers.
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Sat, Feb 9. 6PM-10PM
Join local cardiac charity Gable Heart Beats for a night of fundraising and lively music! Dinner, drinks, live auction and dueling pianos featuring Bay Area favorites: Dave and Travis. Your attendance and generosity help prevent sudden cardiac arrest and save lives.
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Sat, Feb 9. Times Vary
The UC Berkeley Botanical Garden's annual tradition returns with a lovely botanical tea in honor of Valentines Day. Enjoy a celebration of herbs and flowers at this educational walk and tea party. Finish the fun by making valentines from pressed botanicals to take home.
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Join OACC for a free Lunar New Year Celebration to welcome the Year of the Boar! Experience cultural performances, games, crafts and more.
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Events Coming Soon: West Side Story Fri-Sun, Feb 15-Mar 17. Times Vary Bollywood Berkeley 2019 Sat, Feb 16. 5PM-8:30PM 2019 San Leandro Rotary Endowment Annual Crab Feed Sat, Feb 16. 5:30PM-9:30PM Monster Jam Sat-Sun, Feb 16-17. Times Vary Carolee Carmello Concert Sun, Feb 17. 7PM |
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Peninsula |
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Fri-Sun, Feb 8-Mar 3. Times Vary
Tennessee Williams masterpiece sizzles in this hot tale of the ties that bind. On a steamy night on the Mississippi Delta the Pollitt Plantation swarms with angst as the family gathers to celebrate the 65th birthday of their hot-tempered patriarch, Big Daddy. The heat begins to rise as the Southern family is thrust into crisis when Big Daddy announces he must choose one of his sons to inherit his estate.
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Fri-Sun, Feb 8-Mar 22. 5:30PM-7:30PM
CSMA and the City of Mountain View present Explore Identity Through Art, a collaborative exhibition created by faculty and students in CSMA's Art4Schools program.
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Sat, Feb 9. 1PM-5PM
A celebration of the best local beer from Monterey to Livermore, and all points in between. Locally produced beer, live music, great mobile eats. This is the biggest and best festival in the South Bay and beyond during SF Beer Week. 30+ breweries attending are local, within 150 miles of San Jose.
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Sat, Feb 9. 8PM
Having amassed over 1 billion streams globally and 750 million YouTube video views in the years since, 2CELLOS have taken the cello to unimagined heights as their signature style breaks down the boundaries between genres of music, from classical and film music to pop and rock.
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Sun, Feb 10. 2:30PM
The Bay Area Steinway Society is proud to present highly-regarded Russian pianist, composer, and transcriptionist Vyacheslav Gryaznov. He has gathered acclaim at Berlin Philharmonie and Carnegie Hall, among others, and his piano transcriptions have skyrocketed to the top 10 piano music list of Schott Publishing, a world leader in sheet music sales.
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Events Coming Soon:
I due Foscari Fri-Sun, Feb 15-24. Times Vary
San Jose Jazz Winter Fest Fri-Sun, Feb 15-27. Times Vary Beau Jest Fri-Sun, Feb 15-Mar 10. Times Vary Painting Symbols with Judy Gittelsohn Sat-Sun, Feb 16-17. 10AM
King Lear Sun, Feb 17. Times Vary
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