On Tap this Week: Action, Activism, and Awesome Shows!

27 Apr 2022

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This week, we’re making a difference while we have some fun! With climate actions, rallies, and benefits on the calendar, you’re guaranteed to find something dope to do that’ll make you feel like a hometown hero to boot! Here’s what we’re most excited about for the week of 4/26/22….

Our Sponsors’ Events

Helen Hong

Wednesday, 4/27 – Saturday, 4/30 | Punch Line, 444 Battery Street | $22-32

Helen Hong is a comedian, actor, host, and chronically single. Helen has performed standup comedy on Last Call with Carson Daly, The Arsenio Hall Show, Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious, Standup in Stilettos, and the Showtime documentary Why We Laugh: Funny Women. Helen plays Janet Fung in the Coen Brothers’ film Inside Llewyn Davis and her voice can be heard as Thistle Lady in 20th Century Fox Animation’s Epic. Her TV appearances include roles on Parks and Recreation, Bones, Pretty Little Liars, New Girl, The Crazy Ones and Inside Amy Schumer. Helen channels her own Asian mother as recurring character Mrs. Wong on Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans.

Youth Taking Climate Action Service Day

Saturday, 4/30 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | Louis Sutter Playground, 1150 Wayland Street | Free

Join the SF Department of Environment SF Recreation and Parks Department for a children and family STEM service day! This free event brings together Bay Area youth and connects them to nature. This event is for youth ages 12+ accompanied by adults or family members.

This Week’s Giveaways

We Wanna Send You to See Swan Lake!

We Wanna Send You to See Earthgang!

We Wanna Send You to See HAIM!

This Week’s Events

Wednesday, 4/27

Kandi Sesh Wednesdays

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Garage Cafe, 320 11th Street | Free

Get a little rave on this Wednesday evening! This weekly sesh is a great way to make new friends, chill, and spread some good vibes with your fellow ravers. Show off your massive collection of kandi jewelry, make a few new pieces to share, hang out with some new pals, and enjoy some bumpin beats.

Helen Hong

8:00 pm | Punch Line, 444 Battery Street | $22-32

Thursday, 4/28

CCSF ESL Department Rally

12:30pm – 1:30 pm | CCSF Mission Campus, 1125 Valencia Street | Free

CCSF English as a Second Language students and faculty are holding an action at the Mission campus to let students, faculty, and CCSF allies share outrage caused by layoffs in the department. The ESL department is among those with the largest cuts, with a projected 7 full-time and 48 part-time faculty facing loss of work. This will close at least 40 full classes and deny educational opportunities to at least 1,600 students in the ESL department alone. Join them today at CCSF’s Mission Campus and make your voice heard!

Friday, 4/29

Kandur Family Benefit Show

8:00 pm | Bottom of the Hill, | Pay-what-you-wish (NOTAFLOF, space permitting!)

Ilkercan Kandur and his band Kandur played the stage at Bottom of the Hill many times before Ilker moved to Ukraine – now he, his wife, and their 4-month-old baby have been forced to flee their home and abandon their already-struggling business. They’re safe in Poland right now, but they need our help – come check out four amazing bands (First Church of the Sacred Silversexual, Agouti, Alvie and the Breakfast Pigs, and Varona) and share some financial love with a family who could really use it!

Saturday, 4/30

Noodlefest

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm | 606 Broadway |GA sold out; $35 limited tickets available day-of!

Back after 10 years, Noodlefest 2022 is a celebration of North Beach and Chinatown’s culinary heritage, showcasing 30 different vendors from these distinct and culturally rich neighborhoods. Come together in unity to share good food and support local and legacy businesses in both neighborhoods, as a panel of celebrity guest judges (Chef Martin Yan, Restaurant Critic Soleil Ho, and our very own Broke-Ass Stuart Shuffman!) stare down the hottest noodz you’ve ever seen. Our pals at Hoodline also wrote a great article about it – read more about Noodlefest right here!

Youth Taking Climate Action Service Day

10:00 am – 1:00 pm | Louis Sutter Playground, 1150 Wayland Street | Free

Join the SF Department of Environment SF Recreation and Parks Department for a children and family STEM service day! This free event brings together Bay Area youth and connects them to nature. This event is for youth ages 12+ accompanied by adults or family members.

Seas the Day Party

8:00 pm | 7th West, 1255 7th Street, Oakland | $30

Help bring Airpusher Collective and Flaming Lotus Girls back to the Playa at this nautical-steampunk fundraiser! Alongside the Airship, FLG will feature their flaming sculptures Angel of the Apocalypse and Merope. FLG has a storied history of bringing the most beautiful and badass fire art to the playa since 2000, and their core mission is to empower women in the traditionally male-dominated industrial and flame arts space. Support that mission and party your face off – it’s a win-win!

Saturation Pop-Up Art Exhibit

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Blackbird, 2124 Market Street | Free

Deena Smith has produced a titillating show using deep hues and a vibrant color palette to embolden her abstract works. Come meet the artist, enjoy a beverage, and of course enjoy a fantastic show – and maybe a drink or two as well at this art-focused cocktail bar.

Sunday, 5/1

Erie Bazaar Community Flea Market

1:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Public Works, 161 Erie Street | Free

Erie Bazaar is a free monthly public pop-up marketplace event that showcases Bay Area creators, creatives, artists, and musicians. Spotlighting those creators who help make this city so special, this event will features 22 local vendors outside on the patio and inside the main room – not to mention drinks and dancing!

Pom Pom Squad

8:00 pm | Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market Street | $15-18

Mia Berrin first played under the moniker Pom Pom Squad in 2015 after moving to New York to study acting at NYU—though she soon transferred to the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music—and it was at those early gigs that she linked up with Shelby Keller (drums), Mari Alé Figeman (bass), and Alex Mercuri (guitar). The group cut their teeth playing packed Brooklyn apartments, but they quickly graduated to packed Brooklyn venues alongside artists like Soccer Mommy, Adult Mom, and Pronoun. Don’t miss your chance to see them tonight at Cafe Du Nord!

Monday, 5/2

Welcome to Night Vale presents: The Haunting of Night Vale

8:00 pm | The Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street | $35

Welcome to Night Vale, friends… If you aren’t already familiar with the twice-monthly podcast about the perfectly-normal-and-totally-not-weird small town and its radio station, this exclusive live performance (which will never be broadcast on the podcast) is the perfect way to get acquainted with it! Radio host Cecil and his boyfriend Carlos are building a new house for themselves, but strange occurrences and ghostly encounters are plaguing the construction process. It’s probably nothing. After all, how could a house be haunted before it’s even done being built?