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A ROUNDUP OF THE HOTTEST LOCAL EVENTS, SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND PLACES TO EAT

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THEATER / COMEDY / MUSIC / MUSEUMS / EVENTS / FILM / TALKS EDITED BY CALIN VAN PARIS

MUSEUMS

Asian Art Museum Divine Bodies Historical art from Hindu and Buddhist traditions converge with contemporary photo-based work, inviting viewers to ponder the possibility of transcendence, through July 29 (SF). 415.581.3711, asianart.org

THEATER

THRU MAY 6 Head

Over Heels Catch this fearlessly fresh new musical ahead of its Broadway opening this summer. With a soundtrack from the pop group the Go-Gos, this unexpected comedy centers on a royal family and their attempts to opt out of a prophecy of doom. Curran Theatre (SF). sfcurran.com

MAY 3–27 Marjorie

Prime The year is 2062, and 86-yearold Marjorie has an AI companion who is programmed to tell her her own life story. This play — a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize (and later made into a movie co-starring Jon Hamm) — provides commentary on memory, identity and technology. Marin Theatre Company (Mill Valley). 415.388.5200, marintheatre.org

MAY 4–20 Romeo and

Juliet Shakespeare’s timeless tale of starcrossed lovers and extremes in all senses comes to Marin. College of Marin (Kentfield). 415.457.8811, marin.edu

MAY 4–JUN 9 Two

Minds Playwright Lynne Kaufman tells the true-life story of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, the pair of brilliant Israeli psychologists and friends who garnered a MacArthur Genius Award and a Nobel Prize — but also had a troubled friendship. The Marsh (SF). 415.282.3055, themarsh.org

MAY 9–20 Transform

Fest YBCA’s new festival offers up performances designed to transform, with contemporary artists in dance, theater and music converging for a truly unique experience. YBCA (SF). 415.978.2700, ybca.org

MAY 17–20 New

Strands Festival See theatrical pieces, works in progress, readings, panel discussions and a master class series all for free. Strand Theater (SF). 415.834.3200, act-sf.org

MAY 19–20 Schoolhouse Rock

Live! JR. The students of Little Throck show off heir chops with a performance of Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR, based on the awardwinning 1970s cartoons. Throckmorton Theatre (Mill Valley). 415.383.9600, throck mortontheatre.org

MAY 25–JUL 8 Hamlet

Murder, madness and ghostly visitations plague the Prince of Denmark in the famed Shakespeare tragedy. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre (San Rafael). 415.499.4488, marinshakespeare.org

DANCE

THRU MAY 6 Bay

Area Dance Week One of the nation’s most inclusive celebrations of movement and dance returns with a series of free performances designed to express the richness and vibrancy of local dance culture. Various locations (Bay Area). bayareadance.org

MAY 1 Tamalpa Dances with Kaye Anderson

Join this intro to the Tamalpa process, beginning with Anna Halprin's Movement Ritual. Yoga Center (Berkeley). tamalpa.org

MAY 20 Just Dance

Academy Sleeping Beauty gets the classical ballet treatment at Just Dance Academy’s annual grand spring dance gala. Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium (San Rafael). 415.451.1734, justdance.biz

MUSIC

MAY 1 Masterworks

4: Fantasy Marin Symphony presents music from Strauss and Stravinsky as cellist Zuill Bailey joins the symphony. Marin Center (San Rafael). 415.479.8100, marin symphony.org

MAY 5 The Birth of the

[String] Symphony Join Derek Tam, leading San Francisco’s MUSA chamber ensemble, for an exciting program of string symphonies — one foot in baroque, and one stepping forward to the 19th century. First Presbyterian (San Anselmo). 415.497.6634, marinbaroque.org

MAY 11 Mayflower

Chorus The chorus serves up an array of creative arrangements of American music, from gospel to Broadway to modern choral pieces. Showcase Theater (San Rafael). mayfloerchorus.org

MAY 12 Marin Oratorio

Sings Mozart Marin Oratorio chorus and orchestra present an all-Mozart concert of sacred choral works. College of Marin (Kentfield). 415.485.9385, marinoratorio.org

MAY 12 The T Sisters

Out of Oakland, this sassy and entertaining bunch delivers performances rich in harmonies, innovative songwriting and acoustic instrumentation. Osher Marin JCC (San Rafael). 415.444.8081, marinjcc.org

MUSEUMS

MARIN

Bay Area Discovery

Museum From Here to There This transportthemed exhibit features 12 different hands-on activities that provide children an opportunity to engage with both familiar transportation modes, like trucks and airplanes, and less familiar options like magnetic levitation, through May 13 (Sausalito). 415.339.3900, baykidsmuseum.org Bolinas Museum Focus: Patsy Krebs Meditative abstract paintings by the Inverness artist, through June 10 (Bolinas). 415.868.0330, bolinasmuseum.org

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art

Altered Book Exhibit and Fundraiser This annual exhibition features more than 150 book art objects, created and donated by Bay Area artists, and auctioned off to benefit MarinMOA, through June 2 (Novato). 415.506.0137, marinmoca.org BAY AREA

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film

Archive UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition Catch a glimpse of the work of new graduates from the MFA program at Cal, May 11–June 17 (Berkeley). 510.642.0808, bampfa.org

California Academy of

Sciences Twilight Zone: Deep Reefs Revealed Explore expanses of coral reefs alongside scientists who show off new and rare species found there; many have never been displayed in a public aquarium (SF). 415.379.8000, calacademy.org

Contemporary Jewish

Museum The Art of Rube Goldberg The only California exhibition of this collection, which includes original drawings of his beloved machines, photographs, toys, film, newspaper clippings and other artifacts, through July 8 (SF). 415.655.7800, thecjm.org

Mirang Wonne, Gold Trees , 2017; photo: Don Felton, Almac Camera

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Top Five Picks

What’s Hot in May 1 2 3 4For a unique and definitively Marin theater experience, don’t miss Mountain Play — this year the upbeat, Marin Shakespeare’s summer season opens with Hamlet, the Bard’s time-honored tale of murder and madness. May 18–July 8, Forest Meadows Amphitheatre (San Rafael). marinshakespeare.org Celebrate Memorial Day and our local heroes at the Muir Check out the California Film Institute’s DocLands, a non-juried documentary festival celebrating the art of danceable Mamma Mia! Beach Volunteer Firemen’s nonfiction filmmak- — staged at Mount Tam’s Barbecue, a family-friendly ing, with screenings, storied outdoor venue. day of food, dance, drink conversations and May 20–June 17, Cushing and live music. May 27, other events. May 3–6, Memorial Amphitheatre (Mill Santos Meadows (Muir Various locations (Marin Valley). mountainplay.org Beach). muirbeachfire.com County). doclands.com

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Music, art and wine converge at BottleRock Napa Valley. Now back for its fifth year, the festival this year includes performances by Muse, The Killers, Bruno Mars, Snoop Dogg, Thievery Corporation and more. County Fairgrounds (Napa), May 25–27. bottlerocknapavalley.com

de Young Weapons of Mass Seduction: The Art of Propaganda Today’s version of propaganda may resemble a single tweet or online headline, but past information spreading was a bit more complicated, a concept explored in this exhibit through a selection of World War I and II–era posters shown alongside film, ephemera and other artifacts from the 1910s and 1940s, May 5–October 7 (SF). 415.750.3600, deyoung.famsf.org

Legion of Honor

Casanova: The Seduction of Europe A look at 18th-century Europe as seen through the eyes of Giacomo Casanova, featuring around 90 works centering on the perspective of the international man of letters, through May 28 (SF). 415.750.3600, legionof honor.famsf.org

Museum of Craft and

Design Tom Loeser: Please Please Please Unconventional invitation furniture from the Madison-based designer, through May 20 (SF). 415.773.0303, sfmcd.org

Oakland Museum of

California Respect: HipHop Style and Wisdom Discover how hip-hop changed the world with rap, break dancing, street art and more, along with firt-person accounts from artists and experts about how the medium provides a platform for activism and creative expression, through August 12 (Oakland). 510.318.8400, museumca.org SFMOMA The Train: RFK’s Last Journey This unique exhibit follows the journey of Robert F. Kennedy’s body — carried by funeral train from New York City to Washington, D.C., on June 8, 1968 — for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, via imagery of mourners and more, through June 10 (SF). 415.357.4000, sfmoma.org

Sonoma Valley Museum

of Art Ship of Dreams: Artists, Poets and Visionaries of the SS Vallejo An exhibition that explores the full spectrum of creative life aboard the SS Vallejo — a decommissioned ferryboat that became an important cultural crossroads in the history of California and America — with works by Onslow Ford, J.B. Blunk and others, through June 10 (Sonoma). svma.org

The Walt Disney Family

Museum Make Believe: The World of Glen Keane An exhibition of works by renowned Disney animator Glen Keane, responsible for the creation of Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Rapunzel in Tangled and Pocahontas in Pocahontas, through September 3 (SF). 415.345.6800, waltdisney.org

Yerba Buena Center

for the Arts The Open Workshop: New Investigations in Collective Form A group of design experiments by Bay Area designresearch studio the Open Workshop that test how architecture can empower the diverse voices of the communities in which it exists, through July 29 (SF). 415.978.2787, ybca.org

EVENTS

THRU MAY 28 San Francisco Decorator

Showcase This year’s annual on-site curation of interior design, benefiting San Francisco University High School, finds its home in a 1930s SpanishMediterranean. Marina Green (SF). decorator showcase.org

MAY 4–6 Inspire Napa

Valley Wine enthusiasts and industry leaders brush shoulders with vintners and winemakers at a series of receptions, tastings and events, all in support of the Alzheimer’s Association. Various locations (Napa). 707.415.5040, inspire napavalley.org

MAY 4–6 Sonoma Valley Authors

Festival Don’t miss this inaugural literary festival, where local authors will gather for presentations, wine and food. Sonoma Renaissance Resort and Spa (Sonoma). 707.282.9028, svaf.info

MAY 5–6, 12–13 Marin

Open Studios Artists across the county are given the opportunity to show and sell their work to local collectors, curators and colleagues. (Various locations.) 415.343.5667, marin openstudios.org

MAY 6 Tomales Farm

and Flea Market Check out the more than 60 booths of new and unique items and enjoy local food, drink and live music. First and John streets (Tomales). facebook.com/tomales farmandfleamarket

MAY 6 Wine, Women

and Shoes Shop and sip for a good cause. Enjoy tastings from some of Wine Country’s top wineries, an auction, a runway show and more while learning about Tenderloin Health Improvement Partnership and the Saint Francis Foundation. Four Seasons Hotel (SF). saintfrancis foundation.org

MAY 9 Petchitecture

PAWS welcomes its 31st anniversary with an evening event featuring custom-made pet habitats and a silent auction curated for pets and pet owners alike — all with cocktails. Fairmont (SF). 415.772.5000, fairmont.com

MAY 11 In Celebration

of Mothers Join educator, author, filmmaker and cultural theorist Jackson Katz, Ph.D. — co-founder of the multiracial, mixed-gender Mentors in Violence Prevention program — who's the keynote speaker at this luncheon in support of the Center for Domestic Peace. Peacock Gap Clubhouse (San Rafael). 415.924.6616, center fordomesticpeace.org

MAY 12 May Madness Classic Car Show and

Parade Check out a selection of several hundred cars and hot rods — from the classics of the early 1920s to the muscle cars of the early 1970s. Downtown (San Rafael). maymadness sanrafael.com

MAY 13 The French

Market Peruse this outdoor antique market in search of treasures. Marin Civic Center (San Rafael). 415.383.2252, golden gateshows.com

MAY 17 An Evening

with NatureBridge Join NatureBridge — the national nonprofit that provides environmental education in six national parks across the country — to celebrate environmental education in our national parks and a sustainable future. Bently Reserve (SF). 415.992.4767, naturebridge.org

MAY 19 Marin General Hospital Foundation Roaring Twenties

Gala Head to this black tie gala to benefit Marin General’s Structural Heart Program. Spinnaker parking lot (Sausalito). 415.925.7770, maringeneral.org

MAY 19 Marin Home

and Garden Expo Get tips, inspiration, aid and special discounts for your next home improvement project at this annual expo. Fairgrounds (San Rafael). worldclass shows.com

SPOTLIGHT

Kay Carlson

The executive director of Marin Open Studios ushers in a quarter century of community art.

In 1968, artist Tim Rose held a holiday party in his studio space within Sausalito’s Industrial Center Building, inviting the public to explore his private workspace. What began as a simple gathering soon became Winter Open Studios. And 25 years after that event, with the help of fellow artist Kay Carlson, Marin Open Studios was born. Each May, MOS invites area artists to open their spaces to visitors. In celebration of its 25th year, we talked to executive director Carlson. Check it out during the first two weekends in May. marinopenstudios.org

MM: What makes Marin Open Studios such a special event?

KC: It is a banquet where everyone gets a seat at the table to feast on color, shape and form. I love seeing the creativity bursting out everywhere in the county and the excitement of families, friends and art lovers experiencing the gallery together. I met my husband, Don McCartney, in my studio during an Open Studios weekend.

MM: What are you most looking forward to this year?

KC: Celebrating our 25th anniversary with 275 artists is very exciting. Many are friends whose work I have seen develop during those 25 years. I am so proud to be a part of this creative community — the best part for me is watching the artworks arrive in the gallery for installation.

MM: Since plein air is your medium, where is your favorite place in Marin to set up and paint?

KC: From my longtime Sausalito studio in the ICB. I walk the waterfront at times of the day when waves, clouds and atmosphere create visual drama. The variety of Marinship life inspires really seeing.

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