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THEATER / COMEDY / MUSIC / MUSEUMS / EVENTS / FILM / TALKS EDITED BY CHRISTINA MUELLER

ARTS & LECTURES

THROUGH APR 24

Hotter Than Egypt Set in the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution, this play written by Yussef El Guindi looks at a couple’s journey to Cairo to celebrate their 24th wedding anniversary, where troubles brew, drawing in their newly engaged Egyptian tour guides. marintheatre.org

MAR 24–MAY 1 Fefu and Her Friends

Utilizing the multistoried, multi-roomed Strand Theater as nontraditional theater space, this story is told as the audience, broken up into groups, tour Fefu’s home. Here, a comedy-drama of eight women gathering at a New England country home in 1935 unfolds in gossip, flirtations and provocations. act-sf.org

APR 3 Chamber Music

The San Francisco Symphony has returned to the Legion of Honor’s Gunn Theater for a small ensemble performance that will include Bach’s Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in A Major and Beethoven’s Piano Trip in B-flat Major, “Archduke.” sfsymphony.org

Hotter Than Egypt playwright Yussef El Guindi APR 7, 9 The Book of

Dust A live recording from the National Theatre in London captures La Belle Sauvage, a piece of Philip Pullman’s trilogy. It’s set in a fantastical world where two young people and a tiny child find themselves at the center of a terrifying manhunt while they fight off owerful adversaries. larktheater.net

APR 9 English Baroque

Soloists An all-Mozart program from the U.K.based group lead by Sir John Eliot Gardiner includes the Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, Symphony #32 in G major, and Symphony #39 in

Guo Pei

E-flat major. live.stanford.edu

APR 22 F. Murray

Abraham The renowned actor (Amadeus, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Showtime’s “Homeland”) joins the Oakland Symphony as a narrator for this program that includes Mendelssohn’s “A Midnight Summer’s Dream Suite,” Mozart’s Violin Concerto #5 “Turkish,” and Libby Larson’s “Evening in the Palace of Reason.” oaklandsymphony.org

MUSIC

APR 8 Stone Foxes

After a two-year hiatus, the San Francisco band is back on the road with a stop in Sebastopol to debut new music, as well as play some old favorites. hopmonk.com

APR 10 New Esterhazy

Quartet The quartets of Franz Josef Haydn played on period instruments is the idea behind this group dedicated to reproducing the unique sound Haydn intended. chambermusicmill valley.org

APR 23–24 Carmina

Burana The Marin Symphony closes out the Masterworks season with Orff’s magnum opus, as conducted by Alasdair Neale. marincounty.org

COMEDY

APR 19–20 Nigel Ng

This Malaysian standup went viral in July 2020 for his portrayal of “Uncle Roger,” a middle-aged Asian man reviewing an egg fried rice video. He brings his schtick, a.k.a. the

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Haiyaa World Tour, to San Francisco. cobbscomedy.com

APR 9 Sister’s Easter

Catechism America’s beloved ruler-wielding nun is back in the habit for an audienceparticipation-slashspontaneous stand-up routine inspired by the 1960s-era Catholic school experience. montalvoarts.org

FILM

APR 21–MAY 1 San Francisco Film Festival

A film showcase from SFFILM includes virtual and in-person events, including at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. sffilm.org

APR 21 Sharknado

This film sparked a global sensation and, in case you were wondering, digs into a real phenomenon called “animal rain,” in which “tornadic waterspouts” pick up small animals and carry them through the air for several miles. The screening will be followed by an enlightening discussion with a special guest. rafaelfilm.cafilm.org

MUSEUMS

THROUGH MAY 2 Weaving Stories

Bringing together nearly 45 examples of 19th- and 20thcentury textiles from Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, this exhibit explores how fabrics are woven into the daily lives of the peoples of Southeast Asia, including archival photographs and multimedia displays. asianart.org

THROUGH SEPT 5

Couture Fantasy China’s first couturier, Guo Pei, designed fabric fantasies influenced by China’s imperial past; the clothing is as surreal as it is architectural and announced China’s arrival on the fashion scene in the early 21st century. deyoung. famsf.org

MAR 30–AUG 21 Terra

Incognita Three decades of Oakland-based artist David Huffman’s Traumanauts (characters who traverse the galaxy) series explores science fiction, formalist abstraction and social justice movements of the late-20th century in a range of media including large-scale

canvas, works on paper, ceramics, video and printmaking. moadsf.org

THROUGH MAY 15 Nature x Humanity

Incorporating knowledge, principles and tools from art, architecture, design, engineering and science, this review of Oxman Architects from 2007 to the present asks: What is the role of an architect in the age of climate change? sfmoma.org

Take an Earth Day Sail with Call of the Sea.

MAR 31–AUG 14 Imagination Unlimited

With more than 25 beloved puppets and more than 150 artifacts, this show attempts to capture the groundbreaking work of Jim Henson and his creative teams as they built stories and worlds that represented the breadth and diversity of the very messy real world. thecjm.org

EVENTS

THROUGH APR 27 Bauhaus Typography

at 100 The inaugural exhibition from the Letterform Archive features the work of Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy and other typographic contributors and explores the school’s unique legacy in graphic design. letterformarchive.org

ONGOING The Art of

the Brick Walk beside a 20-foot-long T-Rex dinosaur skeleton, come face-to-face with a giant skull or marvel at a sculpture of a man ripping his chest open with thousands of yellow — you guessed it — LEGO bricks cascading out in an all-things LEGO exhibition from contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya. artofthebrick exhibit. com

APR 16 Easter Parade A parade down Sausalito’s Caledonia Street kicks off a orning of events, including an egg hunt at Dunphy Park, live entertainment and an Easter bonnet contest judged by the Sausalito Woman’s Club. sausalito.gov

APR 22 Earth Day Sail

All aboard the 132foot Matthew Turner, a wooden brigantine built in Sausalito that supports on-the-water environmental educational programs to youth in seamanship,

MAR 31–APR 10 ODC’s Dance

Downtown Packing five decades of choreographic adventure and exuberant dance into two weekends of programming hardly seems enough for San Francisco’s seminal dance troupe. Founded by artistic director Brenda Way at Oberlin College in Ohio, the company moved to San Francisco in 1976. “Celebrating our 50th-plus anniversary gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the journey we’ve traveled over these many decades and how much art contributes to a dynamic civic culture,” Way says. The events at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, organized around the themes of renewal and reflection, include world premieres by guest choreographers Dexandro Montalvo and Amy Seiwert alongside works by Way. The world premiere of Montalvo’s Vámonos and Way’s Speaking Volumes jumpstart the Renewal series on March 31, followed by the 50+ Anniversary Gala with seated dinner and performance. The world premiere of Seiwert’s No Alibi and Way’s Investigating Grace, part of the On Reflection series, runs April 7–10. odc.dance/downtown

marine science, and nautical history. callofthesea.org

APR 22–24 Falconry

in the Garden Join Rebecca Rosen of Authentic Abatement for a falconry experience where Rosen provides insight into how falcons, hawks and owls hunt, fly and see. She also explains how raptors help Napa’s Bouchaine Vineyards during harvest, which is followed by pictures and a wine tasting. Bouchaine.com

APR 24 Earth 2050

Including art exhibits, talks, games and music, this Earth Day community event at the Mill Valley Community Center invites guests to learn about the actions we can all take to build a more just and sustainable world. millvalleyrecreation.org