By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor

I love free shit, and I’m sure you do too! We have some incredible giveaways going on, so you have a few chances to win some cool stuff! We’ve also got trivia, dance parties, & music theory classes! Basically something for everyone! Here’s what I’m most excited about for the week of 4/4.. 

Our Partners’ Events

 

Episode 3 with SPI’s Sister Roma!
4/5 | Don’t Call It San Fran | podcast | 6 pm | free

Call in to my New Podcast Tomorrow!

We’re going live with Episode 3 of “Don’t Call It San Fran” at 6pm PST Wednesday 4/5 on Callin!  Stuart and Lysol will be joined by Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to talk about Easter In The Park, the legacy of the SPI and standing up for trans youth!  Call in with some spicy questions and let’s get the conversation going!

K. Trevor Wilson
4/7-4/8 | Cobb’s Comedy Club | 915 Columbus Ave, SF | 7:30 & 9:45 pm | $28-43

K Trevor Wilson, the Man Mountain of Comedy has spent over 20 years in entertainment. A star from Crave TV’s award-winning Letterkenny, he’s also appeared on What Would Sal Do, Showcases’s Billable Hours, NBC’s Darcy’s Wildlife and A&E’s Breakout Kings.

As a stand up comedian, he’s performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central’s Roast Battles and multiple times at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal as well as the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and JFL 42.

This Week’s Giveaways

We Wanna Send You to See Hiatus Kaiyote at The Fox Theater on 4/20!

We Wanna Give You a 2023 SF Wine Passport!

This Week’s Events

Tuesday, 4/4

Adeline Graffiti Palace

4/4 | Living Green Design | 1485 Custer St, SF | 11 am | free

In Adeline Graffiti Palace, they transform the environmental work of a dozen street artists at an urban ruin into a suite of images that amplify the beauty, balance, and abstraction that are hiding in plain sight. The street artists appropriated the abandoned industrial yard, but Ryder and Hale appropriate that landscape and reshape it into an expression of their own aesthetic.

Academy Day
4/4 | Academy of Sciences | 55 Music Concourse Dr, SF | 9:30 am | pay what you can

Happy 170th anniversary to the Academy of Sciences!

 

Join us for Academy Day—a festive day of philanthropy and fun featuring a special science fair, specimen popup booths, screen printing, prizes, and more. We may be the oldest scientific institution in the West, but we still know how to party. You can participate in this special day by visiting the museum, sharing an Academy memory, or making a donation to help us achieve our mission.

 

The Flux Aelterna Dance Party
4/4 | The Knockout | 2332 Mission St, SF | 9 pm | free

The Flux Aelterna Dance Party with DJs WhoTheFuckAteMyMoonPie + Datamosh3r + Digital KitKat + Freaky Emo + Oscat spinning banging electronica on vinyl

Head Games Trivia Night
4/4 | Barebottle Beer Garden | 425 Mission St, SF | 5:30 pm | free

Live multi-media trivia. Free to play. Win prizes!

Keep Flying + College Radio w/ One Armed Joey & Neverlyn
4/4 | 924 Gilman, Berkeley | 10 pm | $10

Keep Flying & College Radio Spring Tour!!

Music Theory for Beat Makers
4/4 | SF Jazz Center | 201 Franklin St, SF | 6 pm | $25-50

In this introductory course, students will learn how music works by examining and understanding the basics of rhythm, melody, and chords and the process of arrangement using MIDI and software instruments. This class will not address traditional music notation and instead will focus on how to apply core musical concepts to a MIDI grid.

This class is tailored for today’s computer-based producers, musicians, and DJs seeking freedom and efficiency in their creative process. Whether you use Ableton, Pro Tools, Logic, or other audio software, you’ll be able to apply these concepts to creating, and composing the sounds you want to bring to life. No experience necessary. Ideal for experienced music producers and musicians.

Apps used: Ableton Live. Software not required to attend.

2023 Fringe Festival
4/4 | SFSU Creative Arts | 1600 Holloway, SF | 7 pm | free

This Fringe Festival is bringing life back to live theater. It will feature six new plays by various student playwrights. SF State School of Theatre & Dance is proud to spotlight these student-developed productions. These productions shed a light on what it means to feel vulnerability in the real world, through grief, trauma, and heartbreak. Through it, all these productions show what truly overcoming one’s obstacles means in order to achieve happiness. Come see the shows, dare to see the world through their eyes, and learn what it is to feel alive again.

Wednesday, 4/5

Is God Is?
4/5 | Flax Art & Design | 1501 MLK Jr Way, Oakland | 2 & 7:30 pm | $10-55

After receiving a letter from a mother they believed was dead, 21-year-old twins Racine and Anaia embark on an odyssey from the Northeast to the Dirty South to The Valley, on a mission to avenge their past. Harris weaves “the ancient, the modern, the tragic, the Spaghetti Western, hip-hop and Afropunk” in an unforgettable tale of two women seeking justice—and taking control of their own narratives.

This show runs now through April 23rd.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
4/5 | Westwind Drive-In | 1611 Solano Way, Concord | 8 pm | $2-9

The story of The Super Mario Bros. on their journey through the Mushroom Kingdom!

Burlesque on Broadway!
4/5 | The Hub RWC | 2650 Broadway, Redwood City | 8 pm | $10-30

The Bay Area is host to a bevy of scintillating stripteasers, larger-than-life drag artists, and gravity defying cirque performers … and we are bringing them to you in Redwood City!

PARKS4ALL: Pink Full Moon Hike and Party
4/5 | Presidio Tunnel Tops | 210 Lincoln Blvd, SF | 5-9 pm | $25-50

In the spirit of newness, we are throwing a one-of-a-kind pink-out party under April’s Pink Full Moon at Presidio Tunnel Tops! Bring all the pink clothing and accessories you own to celebrate change and growth with all of your friends. There will be food, drinks, and all your friends dressed in pink. There will even be your choice of a special guided hike of either the nearby Main Post Parade Grounds or the Presidio Tunnel Tops campus. Come spend this night of rejuvenation dancing with all your friends at the beautiful Presidio Tunnel Tops!

Sleepbomb: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari!
4/5 | Roxie Theater | 3117 16th St, SF | 7 pm | $10-21

Come be hypnotized by the amazing visuals, insane plot twists and Sleepbomb’s doomy drones with the film widely considered to be the defining work of the German Expressionist genre!

Celebrating their 20th year, Sleepbomb is an SF ensemble focused primarily on film-adjacent music. Stylistically ranging from drone and electronics to sludge and doom. Sleepbomb’s unique scores provide a transformative take on classic genre films, including scores for Nosferatu, Conan the Barbarian, Metropolis, and Night of the Living Dead, recontextualizing them for our modern age.

The Smoke Daddies
4/5 | Tupelo | 1337 Grant Ave, SF | 9 pm | free

The Smoke Daddies are one of SF’s best party bands. Always a great time – upbeat funk, soul and rock and roll.

Birding Walks
4/5 | Salesforce Park | 425 Mission St, SF | 8 am | free

Birders of all levels are welcome to join this educational walk series led by Golden Gate Audubon Society volunteers. This program is free and open to the public.

Thursday, 4/6

Creed Bratton: An Evening of Music & Comedy
4/6 | Cornerstone | 2367 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley | 7 pm | $22

An evening of music & comedy!

ROYALES – Bay Area All BI-POC King Show: Reggeaton vs Rock – Latine Takeover
4/6 | El Rio | 3158 Mission St, SF | 8 pm | $10

ROYALES is back with a vengeance… This time with an all-Latine cast you don’t want to miss!

Presenting REGGAETON V.S. ROCK. These kings are ready to give you a show, celebrating latine & BIPOC talent all year round.
This show is hosted by the magnificent Papi Churro and dashing Luke Modelo.

Same Old Mistakes: Tame Impala Inspired Night of Psychedelic Music
4/6 | Crybaby | 1928 Telegraph Ave, Oakland | 9 pm | $10

We’ll be playing tracks from artists like Neon Indian, the dreamy melodies of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the funky beats of Kaytranada, and the sample-heavy soundscapes of The Avalanches.

Get ready for a night of music and good people vibing together.

Sa-Roc
4/6 | The New Parish | 1743 San Pablo Ave, Oakland | 9 pm | $20

Sa-Roc was born Assata Perkins in Washington, D.C. at the end of 1981. She was involved in both music and activism from an early age, rapping as early as 2002. It was around then that she dropped out of college and left D.C. for Atlanta, where she became immersed in the city’s vibrant music scene. She combines technically acrobatic flows, socially conscious lyrics, and clean production for a series of releases that established her as a formidable force in independent hip-hop.

Young Franco
4/6 | Rickshaw Stop | 155 Fell St, SF | 8 pm | $15

If there’s anyone you can rely on bring the crowd and build a presence in a club, it’s Young Franco. His smiling stage persona, epic jam selections and fantastic original productions win him fans and friends wherever he goes.

Friday, 4/7

First Friday – featuring Claudia Makeyev
4/7 | National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center | 35 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz | 4 pm | free

 

Claudia Makeyev is a Science Illustrator, Children’s Book Writer, Environmental Scientist, and more! Known as the Mermaid Scientist for her series of children’s books, Claudia has been able to beautifully merge her passion for art with her love for the ocean. Come hear more from Claudia and view her beautiful collection of scientific illustrations!

Sing-A-Long: Grease
4/7 | Roxie Theater | 3117 16th St, SF | 6:30 pm | $18

Come prepared to sing and dance the night away. Each ticket holder will get a bag of goodies to interact with the screening. Dress in your best Grease inspired attire, and you may win a prize!

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

Fleetwood Macramé
4/7 | Cornerstone | 2367 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley | 8 pm | $20

A San Francisco-based Fleetwood Mac cover band.

Gioli & Assia
4/7 | 1015 Folsom St, SF | 10 pm | $20-25

Fiercely independent self-made duo Giolì & Assia are blazing their own trail and blending their own sound. Their indie techno pop finds beauty in the contrasts of light and dark, hope and despair, classical and contemporary. It is a live mix of powerful melodies, spine-tingling vocals, and the sonorous tones of their signature handpan all married to driving electronic rhythms. By harnessing the power of the internet with their stunning live streams, Giolì & Assia have gone from their small Sicilian hometowns to headline shows across the world.

Meduza

4/7 | The Midway | 900 Marin St, SF | 9 pm | $30-85

PEYMAN SALIMI
4/7 | DNA Lounge | 375 11th St< SF | 8-11 pm | $27-41

Peyman Salimi is back in the Bay Area after three years. He’s performing a set of his new songs from his upcoming album, The Psychology of Letting Go. The set includes his latest single ‘Nabze Asphalt’ and other new protest songs which are dedicated to all the victims of the Iranian regime’s recent violent oppression. The artist is taking this opportunity to raise awareness and to show his support to all the women of Iran who are risking their lives every day in their legitimate protest against the brutality of the Iranian regime. Canadian bass player and singer-songwriter, Zoe Guigeno, will accompany Peyman for this performance.

Unkle Andy and The F*$% Around Gang
4/7 | Winters Tavern | 1522 Francisco Blvd, Pacifica | 8 pm | free

XanniversaryX: Day VIII – 10 Days for 10 Years: A Decade of Hits Celebration, featuring Unkle Andy and the Fuck Around Gang, Build Them to Break, Ninjas with Syringes, and Dead River Rebels!

Moondrops, Rainbow City Park, Nightjacket, Tell Me Tell Me
4/7 | Amado’s | 998 Valencia St, SF | 8 pm | $15-20

Iconique
4/7 | Oasis | 298 11th St, SF | 10 pm | $15 

Iconique is a party that encourages queer self-expression and community, to showcase and celebrate the creativity of LGBTQ+ folks. Inspired by Club Kid fashion of the 90’s. Whether you turn an iconic look or come to admire the creativity, iconique is the new party where YOU are the show and everybody gets to shine!

Come join the Girlies! Dress to express and get ready to celebrate chosen family and participate in a costume party! Iconique is a loving safe space to dance the night away featuring funky, bassy Disco-House music!

Saturday, 4/8

Drag Up! Fight Back! March & Rally
4/8 | City Hall, SF | 11 am | free

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Our community is under attack! Legislation has been proposed and passed in states nationwide, targeting gender-affirming care, drag performers, and queer culture. Our stories are being banned from public libraries, our trans kids and their parents are being criminalized, and any acknowledgment of our existence is being outlawed in classrooms. Right-wing GOP Christian Nationalists and extremists are calling for the “eradication of transgenderism,” while governments worldwide are passing some of the most diabolical and heinous bills calling for the imprisonment and even death of LGBTQ people. Now is the time for all LGBTQ people and our allies to unite and Drag Up! Fight Back!

This is a call to action for everyone who believes: DRAG IS NOT A CRIME! QUEER AND TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS! WE MUST PROTECT TRANS KIDS! WE MUST FIGHT FASCISM! Let’s do this San Francisco style! Feel free to express yourself in your most authentic way. Drag is encouraged, but not required. Make signs. Wear comfortable shoes. Make some noise and be joyous! Let’s show the world who we are.

BLASPHEMIA: An Easter PRINCESS Production
4/8 | Oasis | 298 11th St, SF | 10 pm | $15

..And on the 666th day God created “Blasphemia”, a debaucherous celebration for all sodomites, sickos and sinners. Ex-christian? Insufferable whore? Afflicted by stigmata? Put a little glitter on those gaping holes honey, come dancing at Oasis. Gomorrah’s got nothing on this depraved Easter showcase! Presented by your favorite weekly Saturday night drag spectacular, PRINCESS.

Aaron Space & his Terrestrial Underlings
4/8 | Ivy Room | 860 San Pablo Ave, Albany | 8:30 pm | $12

Aaron Space & his Terrestrial Underlings is a five piece experimental soul act composed of keyboardist/vocalist Elihu Knowles, guitarist Dylan Ransley, bassist Quinn Girard, keyboardist/saxophonist Hayden Dekker, and drummer Ryan Higley. Based in Berkeley, CA, the group’s shared background as close childhood friends and jazz musicians deeply influences their soulful and experimental tunes. Their work has often been compared to a variety of artists including Jon Bap, Sun Ra, Pulgas, Os Mutantes, King Krule, and Standing on the Corner.

Ansel Adams in Our Time
4/8 | Fort Mason Center | 2 Marina Blvd, SF | 7 pm | $15-30

Laid out in seven sections tracing Adams’s artistic development, the exhibition features some of his most-loved photographs, including images of Yosemite, San Francisco, and the American Southwest. Adams’s works are shown alongside prints by 19th-century landscape photographers, such as Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge, as well contemporary artists like Trevor Paglen, Will Wilson, and Catherine Opie. Their work engages anew with the sites and subjects that occupied Adams throughout his life — from national parks to the use and misuse of natural resources. Adams’s legacy continues to inspire and provoke, influencing how we envision the landscape and serving as an urgent call to preserve our environment.

Dragonette
4/8 | Rickshaw Stop | 155 Fell St, SF | 8 pm | $25

Martina Sorbara, better known as the electro pop outfit Dragonette, has lived multiple musical lifetimes over the past 15 years. A Juno winning artist and sought after songwriter, Sorbara has scored numerous global hits, including “Pick Up the Phone,” “Let it Go,” and the chart topping “Hello” with Martin Solveig. Fresh off the heels of Sorbara’s acclaimed new album Twennies, Dragonette moves into the newest chapter of her illustrious career looking forward with more wisdom, experience and confidence than ever before, and creating her best work to date.

Black Smurf
4/8 | Brick & Mortar | 1710 Mission St, SF | 8 pm | $15-20

Black Smurf is a rapper and member of the hip hop collective, WaterBoyz. He’s enjoyed success as a solo artist with hits such as “Fully Hydrated,” “Brooklyn” and “$moke Break.” He’s frequently collaborated with the rap collective, $uicideboy$.

Surrija, Catch Prichard , Mikhail Fiksel
4/8 | Art Boutiki | 44 Race St, SJ | 8 pm | $15

Surrija is an Electro art pop project that plays with asymmetry, glitch, and electronic treatment of her roots in folk and classical training. Surrija has worked with Son Lux, Matt Chamberlain, Tom Brosseau, Felicia Day, Kate Earl, Kina Grannis, with contributions featured on the soundtrack of Everything Everywhere All At Once. From Oakland Catch Prtichard Oakland band’s darkly psychedelic country-folk suggests things on the verge of collapse…appealingly overwrought, its sweetness curdling into menace like Twin Peaks gone spaghetti western.

Fruition
4/8 | The Independent | 628 Divisadero St, SF | 8 pm | $16-18

The Portland, Oregon-based band is composed of Jay Cobb Anderson (electric guitar, vocals), Kellen Asebroek (piano, acoustic guitar vocals), Jeff Leonard (bass), Mimi Naja (mandolin, electric guitar, vocals) and Tyler Thompson (drums). As it’s been for more than a decade, their sound is hard to define, but the songwriting and the harmonies tie their diverse influences together.

Do You Remember? A Psychedelic San Francisco Indie Festival
4/8 | Golden Gate Park Bandshell | 320 Bowling Green Dr, SF | 12 pm | free

Austin Waz & Big Leap Collective have teamed up with Illuminate Live + SF Rec & Park to spark a memory of the past and an ambitious hope for the future. Featuring 5 unique genre-blending bands from San Francisco, this free daytime psychedelic indie festival that seeks to recognize and further inspire the revitalization of San Francisco – as not only a mecca of art & music, but a hub of cosmic consciousness and a birthplace of change. Late-stage capitalism & the climate crisis are incompatible with a peaceful future. San Francisco has the tools to change the world again, and the time is now. Bring flowers & friends.

Sunday, 4/9

Hunky Jesus Contest 2023
4/9 | Dolores Park | 2575 Mission St, SF | 10 am | free

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., San Francisco’s beloved and storied drag nuns are delighted to announce that they will be back to celebrate Easter in Dolores Park on Sunday, April 9, 2023. Easter also marks the 44th anniversary of the Sisters, who started when a couple gay men donned nuns’ habits and went to the Castro on a lark, and realized there was a need for nondenominational and nonjudgmental ministry. This year’s theme “Peep Show” will explore all the permutations from sugary sweets to North Beach diversions.

 

BRING YOUR OWN BIGWHEEL
4/9 | Potrero Hill | Vermont & 20th St, SF | 12 pm | free

 

BYOBW has happened on Vermont street since 2008 and is still going strong! Thanks to the kindness, patience, and understanding of Vermont Street and Potrero Hill residents and the various departments of the City of San Francisco (SFMTA – ISCOTT, Park and Rec, SFPD) we have been able to keep this race going for so long.

And all because Jon Brumit decided he wanted to ride a big wheel down a hill.

 

Clue
4/9 | SF Playhouse | 533 Sutter St, SF | 7 pm | $15-100

San Francisco Playhouse brings the beloved board game “Clue” to the stage in a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. Murder and blackmail are on the menu as six mysterious guests arrive at Boddy Manor for an unusual dinner party. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects and race to find the killer as the body count rises. Based on the cult-hit 1985 film which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, this uproarious comedy whodunit should leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to solve the mystery. San Francisco Playhouse Co-Founder and Producing Director Susi Damilano helms a starry cast of theatre veterans who personify the game’s iconic characters.

April Open House: Easter Edition!
4/9 | The Box Shop | 951 Hudson Ave, SF | 11 am | free, donations accepted

The Box Shop is a collaborative maker space and studios focused on metal and industrial arts. During our Open House, we open up for the public to get to know the space, the art, and the artists that make up The Box Shop community! Our April Open House features both live music and a number of Easter activities fun for kids and adults!

Scarypoolparty
4/9 | The Independent | 628 Divisadero St, SF | 8 pm | $21

Scarypoolparty spent much of his time busking around Los Angeles and performing at backyard parties. Things changed quickly when he received a spot on American Idol. That’s where his distinct style of playing and original music caught the attention of the media and fans alike, growing his socials exponentially, selling out his first-ever run of dates in 15 minutes and shooting his original song “Out Loud” onto the Spotify viral chart. Alejandro is currently in-studio working on new music.

1nonly
4/9 | Brick & Mortar | 1710 Mission St, SF | 8 pm | $28

Nathan Fuller, widely known as 1nonly, is an American-born singer, rapper and songwriter born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is best acknowledged for his hit single ”Stay With Me” accumulating over 100 million streams on Spotify. His primary genre of music is considered ”Aesthetic Rap”, however his initial start of his musical career started with the production of “Bedroom Pop.”

Samiam + New Circle + Bitter Loa
4/9 | The Golden Bull | 412 14th St, Oakland | 8 pm | $25

Samiam’s record release party!

Bumpin Uglies w/ Kyle Smith
4/9 | Cornerstone | 2367 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley | 7 pm | $17

Bumpin’ Uglies offer up a melody-driven and free-spirited blend of ska, reggae, and punk with a strong focus on lyrics and crowd-pleasing grooves.

Monday, 4/10

Cyberpunk Cinema By Thrillhouse
4/10 | The Knockout | 3223 Mission St, SF | 6:30 pm | free

Alien invation, cyborg crime sprees, extraterrestrial destruction! Plus, free popcorn!

Microwave
4/10 | Great American Music Hall | 859 O’Farrell St, SF | 7 pm | $23+

Alison Riley w/ Meshell Ndegeocello
4/10 | Omnivore Books | 3885a Cesar Chavez St, SF | 6:30 pm | free

Recipe for Disaster is a collection of stories and recipes—from a veritable who’s who from the worlds of food, music, art, literature, activism, fashion, and pop culture—about finding comfort in food, surviving the unthinkable, and living to tell about both. Discover how getting dumped led to author Samantha Irby’s Rejection Chicken. Here are forty recipes—some traditional, some unconventional—that commemorate the low points with the same culinary conviction with which we celebrate the highs. Part cookbook, part candid confessions, this book of good food for bad times reminds us that even the worst of days yield something worth sharing.

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