The Week in Weed: Your BAS Guide to Staying High this 4/20!
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*puff*… *puff*… *COUGHHACKHACKCOUGH*… *Cheesy grin and thumbs up*… So yeah, *cough* here’s what we’re most excited about for the week of 4/20/22….
Our Sponsors’ Events
Bloom Room
Wednesday, 4/20 | Bloom Room, 471 Jessie Street (Also at the Pacifica location) | Deals Available!
Get 50% off amazing flower and much more on 4/20! Locally owned Bloom Room proudly offers the very best selection of cannabis flower, extracts, vape cartridges, edibles, joints, topicals, and tinctures available in California. This 4/20 they are hooking up locals at both their San Francisco and Pacifica locations. Check out all their deals coming this month right here.
Vir Das
Thursday, 4/21 through Saturday, 4/23 | Cobb’s Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue | $45
As India’s biggest stand-up comedian and a Bollywood star, Vir Das has now crossed over to become a global comedy sensation, filling an international vacancy for an authentic Indian perspective. Vir has traversed the globe on his various stand-up tours, performing on six continents, including sold-out runs in Australia and at London’s prestigious Soho Theatre. He has also been featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival and has made multiple television appearances on Conan.
Bike Ride for Climate Action
Saturday, 4/23 | 10:00 am | Golden Gate Park | Free, registration required
Join the SF Department of the Environment and the SF Bicycle Coalition for a free guided ride. This ride will stop at multiple sites in Golden Gate Park, showcasing what San Francisco and its residents are doing to create a sustainable, low-carbon city.
This Week’s Giveaways
We Wanna Send You to See Snail Mail!
We Wanna Send You to See Beach Bunny!
We Wanna Send You to See Swan Lake!
San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson’s Swan Lake // Photo by Erik Tomasson
This Week’s Events
Wednesday, 4/20
Bloom Room
All Day | Bloom Room, 471 Jessie Street (Also at the Pacifica location) | Deals Available!
Get 50% off amazing flower and much more on 4/20! Locally owned Bloom Room proudly offers the very best selection of cannabis flower, extracts, vape cartridges, edibles, joints, topicals, and tinctures available in California. This 4/20 they are hooking up locals at both their San Francisco and Pacifica locations. Check out all their deals coming this month right here.
420 @ Hippie Hill
9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park | Free
San Francisco’s favorite way to observe the sacred rites of 4/20 is back in action! This free all-day event will feature performances and tributes, food trucks, and plenty of that good, grassy ganja in the sunshine!
Continental Club’s 420 Party
8:00 pm | Continental Club, 1658 12th Street, Oakland | $0-20
Join the historic Continental Club for a 420 celebration like no other in Oakland! Reggae, food, dancing, and drinks will be on hand. Also the official Release Party for IRIE Mag’s 420 issue, good vibes are guaranteed at this stoner’s holiday party!
The State of Cannabis in San Francisco
6:00 pm | Manny’s, 3092 16th Street | $12
Cannabis has been normalized and legalized in CA and is now a part of life for everyone. Wondering how things have changed since cannabis became legal? What’s it like for dispensaries in the City these days? How has California’s progressive actions in weed legalization changed the game for the rest of the nation? All these questions and more for this special 4/20 Manny’s conversation, led by two leaders of the local cannabis industry!
Thursday, 4/21
Ukrainian Film Series
7:00 pm | Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 4th Street, San Rafael | $9-12.50
The Smith Rafael Film Center is presenting a collection of new, critically-acclaimed Ukrainian films, all of which depict the experience of Ukrainians in the Donbass – the contested Eastern region occupied by Russian-backed separatist militants that served as a pretext to the current crisis. A portion of ticket sales will be donated to the Ukraine Crisis Fund administered by Americares. Tonight’s the final night, so don’t miss out!
Vir Das
Tonight through Saturday, 4/23 | Cobb’s Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue | $45
As India’s biggest stand-up comedian and a Bollywood star, Vir Das has now crossed over to become a global comedy sensation, filling an international vacancy for an authentic Indian perspective. Vir has traversed the globe on his various stand-up tours, performing on on six continents, including sold-out runs in Australia and at London’s prestigious Soho Theatre. He has also been featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival and has made multiple television appearances on Conan.
Friday, 4/22
Bawdy Storytelling presents: Fingers Crossed
8:00 pm | Virtually AND In-Person at Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street; | $20-65
Bawdy Storytelling is an award-winning live show, livestream, and podcast featuring relatable personal tales, life-changing sagas, and sexy-as-all-get-out stories. Don’t miss out on this rip-roaring storytelling event – and if you can’t make it in person, buy a ticket for the Livestream!
Moonlight Collective presents: Queer Rap Showcase & Mini Market
6:00 pm – Midnight | El Rio, 3158 Mission Street | $15-20
Shop small businesses owned by QTBIPOC creators, and take in a show at the same time! Check out the selection of art, jewelry, and handmade goods while soaking in the musical stylings of queer local rappers making their names.
Saturday, 4/23
Bike Ride for Climate Action
10:00 am | Golden Gate Park | Free, registration required
Join the SF Department of the Environment and the SF Bicycle Coalition for a free guided ride. This ride will stop at multiple sites in Golden Gate Park, showcasing what San Francisco and its residents are doing to create a sustainable, low-carbon city.
We Are Bruce Lee Opening Night
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Chinese Historical Society of America, 965 Clay Street | $75
Celebrate the opening of the CHSA’s new exhibit, We Are Bruce Lee: Under the Sky, One Family with this opening night VIP event! Enjoy nibbles and drinkypoos, special performances, and an exclusive first look at the new exhibit – as well as access to the rest of the museum!
Sunday, 4/24
A Conversation with Janelle Monae
7:30 pm | Sydney Goldstein Theatre, 275 Hayes Street | $65
Join Yohanca Delgado and George M. Johnson as they sit down with singer and fashion icon Janelle Monae for a discussion of her new collaborative collection of afrofuturist science fiction, The Memory Librarian! The book lives in the same dystopian world as her album, Dirty Computer, and promises to be equally exciting and just as critically acclaimed as the album, too!
TWRP
8:00 pm | Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street | $25-85
Synth-rock meets electro-funk in this 80s inspired music machine. Catch them tonight at Rickshaw Stop with support from philosophical pop prince Rich Aucoin!
Monday, 4/25
KXSF Town Hall
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Fig & Thistle Wine Bar, 429 Gough Street | Free
KXSF wants you to swing by and say hi! Chat with the folks behind your community radio station at tonight’s KXSF town hall happy hour and let them know what’s on your mind these days – and have a glass of wine while you’re at it!
Mark Your Calendar
Wednesday, 4/27 through Saturday, 4/30 – Helen Hong
Friday, 4/29 – Protest: Save People’s Park!
Rad Ongoing Events
Thrice Monthly – Figure Drawing with Sketchboard Co.
And don’t forget to check out our Big Bad List of Rad ongoing events right here!
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