What’s Up: Bay Area events to bring you to life after school ends
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After a long year of 20-page history handouts, 50-page English readings, unsolvable problem sets, and getting cozy with the teachers in math cafe, you’re finally free. But how will you spend your 11 weeks of summer? In front of the TV with your legs up, back hunched, eating Cool Ranch Doritos? Or out in the real world—attending concerts and art openings, practicing hot yoga and eating free waffles? How can I have such a fulfilling summer, you ask? We’ve got you covered.
Pre-Summer:
Friday, June 6
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
1575 Sullivan Avenue, Daly City
FREE
Bottom line: You’re almost done but you need one final push. Let a free doughnut roll you through finals.
Music:
Saturday, June 14
9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:00 p.m.)
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd. San Francisco
$25.00 (plus applicable charges)
Bottom line: Kick off your summer at one of San Francisco’s most iconic music venues, featuring electronic-pop group “Metronomy,” supported by up-and-coming alternative rock group “Cloud Control.”
6th Annual Palo Alto World Music Day
Sunday, June 15
3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
University Ave., Palo Alto
FREE
Bottom line: Enjoy a Father’s Day full of music! This event will feature both professional and amateur musicians representing a wide variety of genres including jazz, classical, rock, Greek, Balkan, World Music, and choral.
2014 Berkeley Juneteenth Music Festival
Sunday, June 15.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Adeline Street at Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley
FREE
Bottom line: If Palo Alto isn’t your scene, celebrate the first days of summer with this Berkeley festival featuring African drumming, jazz, blues, neo-soul, gospel, rhythm and blues, and reggae.
Patriotic American 4th of July Concert (ft. Golden Gate Park Band)
Friday, July 4
1:00 p.m.
Spreckles Temples of Music
Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco
Bottom line: Spend the Fourth of July relaxing in Golden Gate Park while watching one of San Francisco’s oldest and most revered symphony orchestras.
Cloud Nothings with Metz, The Wytches
Monday, July 7
8:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.)
Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell St, San Francisco
$20.00 (general admission), $44.95 (dinner & admission)
Bottom line: Enjoy up-and-coming indie-rock, featuring the Chicago-based headlining band, “Cloud Nothings,” along with supporting acts “Metz,” and self-described psychedelic surf band “The Wytches.”
Saturday, July 26
Fox Theater
8:00 p.m.
1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612
$27.50 (General Admission)
Experience popular American rock group “The Neighborhood,” whose hits include “Sweater Weather” and “Afraid,” as they headline at the Fox Theater.
Art and Museums:
Every Friday
De Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco
FREE
Bottom line: Though most visit the de Young during the day, fun people visit the de Young on Friday nights. With weekly themes, music, dance performances, art activities, talks, film screenings, and an observation tower open until 8:15 p.m., the de Young will bring you to life on a dark night.
Every first Thursday
6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Tenderloin District
FREE
Bottom line: Let go of your fear of the Tenderloin with monthly art openings at galleries and retail spaces including Larkin Street Youth, LOOK Gallery, and SpokeArt.
North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl
Every first Friday
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
North Beach neighborhood, San Francisco
FREE
Bottom line: After a Thursday night of art in the Tenderloin, head north for a Friday night of art in North Beach. Venues include The Beat Museum, The Emerald Tablet, and Live Worms. Classic Italian restaurants stay open late to satisfy your pasta cravings.
Legion of Honor Free Admission Day
Every first Tuesday
9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, San Francisco
FREE (except for special exhibitions)
Bottom line: Explore 4,000 years of ancient and European Art at the Legion of Honor (self-proclaimed “most beautiful museum” in San Francisco).
Movement:
Monday through Thursday: 7:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:p.m.
Friday: 7:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:p.m., 2:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m., 12 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Yoga to the People
2973 16th St., 5th Floor, San Francisco
Suggested Donation: $10, but no one’s counting. Mat rental: $2.
Bottom line: Missing the weight room? Work even more muscles with Warrior and Cobra poses at the Mission District’s “Yoga to the People.” For best results: Get there 15 minutes early. Purchase a burrito on your way home.
Miscellaneous:
Saturday, June 14
11:00 a.m.
Rhoda Goldman Concert Meadow, Sigmund Stern Grove
19th Avenue and 7 Sloat Blvd., San Francisco
FREE
Bottom line: Send off your favorite seniors at Stern Grove. Music, speeches, cake — it doesn’t get any better.
Annual Golden Gate Rose Show & Free Roses
Sunday, June 15
12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hall of Flowers
9th Ave. and Lincoln Way, San Francisco
FREE
Bottom line: Bring someone you love or someone you like a little bit to the Hall of Flowers at 12:30 p.m. to bask at the sight and scent of San Francisco’s finest roses. Or arrive at 4:30 to pick up one fine rose.
City-Wide Menlo Park Block Party
Wednesday, June 18
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Downtown Menlo Park
FREE
Bottom line: Enjoy a night of food, shopping, and live music only a calming Caltrain ride away!
Sunday Streets in San Francisco
Great Highway: Sunday, June 8
Richmond District: Sunday, July 13
Mission District: Sunday, Aug. 24
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
FREE
Bottom line: Bike, walk, roller blade, or scooter among Yogi’s, free popchips, and children selling lemonade at one of San Francisco’s monthly Sunday Street Block parties.
National Park Free Entrance Day
Monday, Aug. 25
All day
All national parks
FREE
Bottom line: Sum up the summer with a day at the lush Muir Woods, or the desolate Death Valley. Both are beautiful, both are free.
Food:
Wednesday, July 2 and Wednesday, Aug. 6
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Capital One 360 Café
101 Post St, San Francisco
FREE (while batter lasts)
Bottom line: IHOP’s Bananas & Crème Belgian waffles not rich enough to satisfy your spoiled San Francisco taste buds? Try b. street waffles’ flavor of the month (July: Farm-Stand Cherry and Dark Chocolate, August: Apple-Cinnamon) for free, if you can wake up in time.
“Off The Grid” Twilight Campfire Party
Thursday, June 19 and Thursday, June 26
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Presidio
103 Montgomery Street, Main Post, Presidio, San Francisco
Bottom line: Do you like food? Do you like fire? Do you like stars? Scarf up tasty treats from San Francisco’s most popular food trucks while listening to acoustic music in the middle of San Francisco’s fattest forest.
Movies:
Interview with the Vampire: Friday, June 13 ,7:20 p.m.
Rosemary’s Baby: Wednesday, June 18, 7:00 p.m.
American Graffiti: Wednesday, July 2, 7:00 p.m.
Back to the Future Trilogy: Friday, July 4, Part 1: 5:00 p.m., Part 2: 7:30 p.m., Part 3: 9:30 p.m.
Castro Theatre
429 Castro St.
$11