Best Bay Area Events 1/23-1/29
Bonnie Ora Sherk at Fort Mason Center
Now – Sunday, March 10th | Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames Since 1970
Bonnie Ora Sherk is a bit of an eco-art legend in the Bay Area, and was decades ahead of her time. Sherk’s pioneering projects in 1970s San Francisco, including Portable Parks I-III and Crossroads Community (the farm), conceptualized new uses for overlooked urban landscapes, and laid the foundation for a global movement to reclaim urban spaces. The exhibit features large-form video projections of her incredible performance art (eating with tigers at the SF Zoo) and gorgeous stills of 1970s San Francisco.
Levity Acquired
by Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor
Got a much needed laugh this past week “Celebrity Autobiography” at Sketchfest. Got to see Thomas Lennon, Kerry Kinney-Silver, Tony Hale, Jennifer Tilly, and more perform excerpts from, you guessed it, celebrity autobiographies. I achieved that levity I was seeking and there’s opportunities for more this week! Here’s what I’m most excited about for the week of 1/23…
Our Partners’ Events
Laugh Your Face Off with Stage Dive Into Life!
1/27 | Flux Vertical Theatre | 811 University Ave, Berkeley | 7:30 p.m. Doors | $25, 21+
Stage Dive Into 2024! Stage Dive Into Life! Join us for this one-of-a-kind variety show featuring comedy, music, circus, & mayhem hosted by Krush, the Rock N’ Roll Self-Help Guru. Let’s ELECTRIFY the New Year together!
This Week’s Events
Tuesday, 1/23
SF Sketchfest Presents: Kids In The Hall: Unplugged
1/23 | Palace of Fine Arts | 3301 Lyon St, SF | 7:30 p.m. | $49-$149, All Ages
Come see your five favorite Kids in the Hall in a night of singing, storytelling and simple scenes. Joined by the amazing Allyson Baker, the troupe will celebrate four decades of their trademark comedy.
Comedy Allstars with special guest Scott Capurro
1/23 | Punch Line SF | 444 Battery St, SF | 7:30 p.m. | $20.25-$28.25, 18+
Stand-up comic Scott Capurro, a San Francisco native, is known for his confrontational and controversial yet thought-provoking comedy.
Wednesday, 1/24
Beginner’s Watercolor: Galaxy & Night Sky
1/24 | Workshop | 1310 Haigh St, SF | 7 p.m. | $64
In Beginner’s Watercolor: Galaxy and Night Sky, fine artist Becca Schillinger will teach you how to paint beautiful galaxies, night skies, planets, and deep space using some of her favorite watercolor techniques!
Lydia Loveless, Jason Hawk Harris
1/24 | Cafe du Nord | 2174 Market St, SF | 8 p.m. | $25, 21+
Lydia Loveless’ music combines pop music, classic country, honky tonk, and punk rock. The stages that Lydia Loveless has sung her heart out on, has collapsed on, and laughed on, all mirror the stages of her life thus far for the world to see.
Fantastic Fungi with Deep Look
1/24 | KQED Live | 2601 Mariposa St, SF | 7 p.m. | $20
Discover the fascinating world of fungi in this special event in collaboration with KQED’s Deep Look wildlife series. You’ll meet naturalists and scientists, a psychedelics innovator and renowned Bay Area mushroom chefs.
Thursday, 1/25
My Home on the Moon
1/25-2/24 | San Francisco Playhouse | 533 Sutter St, SF | 7 p.m. | $30-$125
From the windows of the old pho restaurant, Mai watches her neighborhood get gentrified. Just as the restaurant seems doomed to close, a mysterious and enthusiastic consultant named Vera arrives, helping Mai achieve the impossible and put the noodle shop on a path back to the glory days. But as Mai discovers that things aren’t what they seem, she must navigate the metaverse and enlist the help of ancient Vietnamese ancestors to help her find the truth.
Young Gun Silver Fox
1/25 | The Independent | 628 Divisadero St, SF | 9 p.m. | $30/advance, $35/door, 21+
Musical chemistry is a rare, intangible thing. But for Andy Platts and Shawn Lee, the creative force behind Young Gun Silver Fox the unmalleable, unspoken connection that gives their work such a unique and distinctive sound was apparent from their first experiences in a studio together.
SF Sketchfest Presents: Clare O’Kane Album Recording w/ Eugene Mirman
1/25 | Punch Line San Francisco | 444 Battery St, SF | 7:30 p.m. | $30.75-$43.25
Clare O’Kane is a New York based writer and comedian; most recently staffed as a writer on “Saturday Night Live”, and previously a Story Editor on Hulu’s “Shrill”. She has also written for “Spongebob Squarepants” and as a columnist for Vice.
Two Ts In A Pod w/ Teddi Mellencamp & Tamra Judge
1/25 | Palace of Fine Arts | 3301 Lyon St, SF | 8 p.m. | $49.50-$129.50
Two ex-housewives Watching, Recapping, Armchair Quarterbacking, Breaking Down all the Breaking News. Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge team up to Tell All.
Friday, 1/26
SF Sketchfest Presents: Killer Lineup
1/26 | Cobb’s Comedy Club | 915 Columbus Ave, SF | 9:45 p.m. | $30.75-$43.25, 18+
Killer Lineup is a who’s who of our favorite stand-ups of the moment. Catch a rotating cast of SF Sketchfest-approved personalities in this scary good showcase. With Cristela Alonzo, Aaron Chen, Chris Gethard, Josh Johnson, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson. Hosted by Paco Romane.
Plain White T’s
1/26 | Bimbo’s 365 Club | 1025 Columbus Ave, SF | 9 p.m. | $29.50-$128.50
Songs typically tell stories, but every once in a while, they also harbor characters as lively as anyone on the big screen or as nuanced and complex as the protagonist of your favorite novel. A fair share of unforgettable people populate the catalog of Plain White T’s.
Slick Rick: An Evening of Storytelling
1/26 | The New Parish | 1743 San Pablo Ave, Oakland | 9 p.m. | $30
The only thing more iconic, interesting, and intriguing than the stories Slick Rick tells on wax might be his own. With Z-Man and Kai the MC.
SF Sketchfest Presents: Freestyle+ with Special Guest Bill Irwin
1/26-1/28 | Club Fugazi | 678 Green St #3, SF | 7 p.m. | $65-$95
From the Tony Award winning creators behind Freestyle Love Supreme and the Bay Area phenomenon Speechless comes another fully improvised freestyle show featuring the inimitable Tony Award winning brilliance of Bill Irwin.
SF Sketchfest Presents: Robby Hoffman
1/26 | Gateway Theatre | 215 Jackson St, SF | 9:30 p.m. | $25
Robby Hoffman is a small ex-Hasidic queer Jewish stand-up comedian, writer, and true original. She was named one of Vulture’s Top Comedians to Watch in 2020, one of Comedy Central’s UP NEXT comedians.
Saturday, 1/27
SF Sketchfest Presents: Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG w/ Stephen Asma
1/27 | Marines’ Memorial Theatre | 609 Sutter St, SF | 1 p.m. | $50-$95, All ages
Paul and Stephen will sit down for a freewheeling conversation that may — or may not — dive really really really deep into the edge of the known… topics like aliens, science fiction, imagination…
SF Sketchfest Presents: A Close Shave with Heaven: A Super Serious Night of Poetry & Comedy, w/ Derrick Brown & Friends
1/27 | Gateway Theatre | 215 Jackson St, SF | 9:30 p.m. | $28-$38
An evening of comedy and poetry from Derrick Brown, Amber Tamblyn, Kurt Braunohler, and Eugene Mirman to celebrate Derrick’s debut comedy album A Close Shave with Heaven from PGF Records. Come see a show that mixes new work, tasty alt-comedy and the occasional soft-core poem.
SF Sketchfest Presents: I Love My Kids, But…
1/27 | Cobb’s Comedy Club | 915 Columbus Ave, SF | 3 p.m. | $30.50-$54.80, 18+
Comedians (and parents) Megan Gailey, Kurt Braunohler, Chris Garcia and guest Amber Tamblyn unload about the joys and challenges of being a parent, all the hell their kids put them through, and how they might reclaim some of the glory of their pre-parenting life.
Derek & Simon (& Bob): An SF Sketchfest Tribute Celebration
1/27 | Cobb’s Comedy Club | 915 Columbus Ave, SF | 9:45 p.m. | $37-$43.25, 18+
“Derek & Simon: The Show” is an 11-episode web-based series of comedic shorts from a mash-up of the unique comedy brains in Derek Waters, Simon Helberg and Bob Odenkirk.
Marty O’Reilly
1/27 | The Independent | 628 Divisadero St, SF | 8 p.m. | $22/advance, $25/door, 21+
On stage, whether accompanied by a band, or alone, Marty O’Reilly enters a trance and the music is born again as something new every night. It’s what his followers call “magic”.
Sunday, 1/28
Pink Flamingo (Drag & Burlesque) Bingo
1/28 | 540 Rogues | 540 Clement St, SF | 5 p.m. Doors | Free, 21+
John Waters inspired Drag & Burlesque Bingo. Early show! Drink Specials! Filth! Glamour! Prizes! Every last Sunday of the month.
SF Sketchfest Presents: Epic Rap Battles of History
1/28 | Great American Music Hall | 859 O’Farrell St, SF | 8 p.m. | $45-$50, All Ages
Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) is a much-loved YouTube web series created by Peter Shukoff (a.k.a. Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (a.k.a. EpicLLOYD) which pits notable historical and pop culture figures against one another in a rap battle format.
SF Sketchfest: Outtake-O-Rama
1/28 | Cobb’s Comedy Club | 915 Columbus Ave, SF | 3 p.m. | $30.75-$43.25, 18+
Featuring the stars of FUTURAMA… don’t miss this chance to experience the most horrifically entertaining treasures ever mistakenly put down on tape by William Shatner, Richard Nixon, and many more.
Jessica Kirson
1/28 | Palace of Fine Arts | 3301 Lyon ST, SF | 7 p.m. | $29.50-$39.50
Jessica Kirson is a powerhouse on stage. She’s a hilariously relatable performer of sheer silliness, vulnerability, and ridiculous characters.
Monday, 1/29
Odd Eye Circle
1/29 | Palace of Fine Arts | 3301 Lyon St, SF | 7:30 p.m. | $40-$195
Odd Eye Circle is a three-member K-Pop girl group unit under Modhaus, consisting of members KIM LIP, JINSOUL, and CHOERRY. In 2017, they captured the attention of international fans with their debut album, ‘Mix & Match.’
Queen Pin
1/29 | Mission Bowling Club | 3176 17th St, SF | 6 p.m. | $10, 21+
Queen Pin is a night of bowling, drag, and throwback 90s hits featuring DJ Dani Boi and hosted by Camille Tow.
Rad Upcoming Events
2/1 | The Masonic | Ilana Glazer
2/2 | Great American Music Hall | Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy play R.E.M.’s “Reckoning”
Don’t forget to check out our Big Bad List of Rad Ongoing Events right here!
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