Calendar EDITED BY CHRISTINA MUELLER
JAN 21–FEB 13 Freestyle Love Supreme Before Hamilton, LinManuel Miranda wrote an improvisational hiphop comedy that takes inspiration from audience suggestions and spins them into riffs and full-length musical numbers. act-sf.org FEB 1 Wajahat Ali The author of Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American sits down with Dave Eggers to share stories of his experiences as a Muslim PakistaniAmerican and inspire a new vision of America’s multicultural identity. cityarts.net
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ARTS & LECTURES THROUGH FEBRUARY 19 Dust Specks on the Sea Contemporary sculpture from the French Caribbean and Haiti made by 27
different artists represents colonial history and trauma, as well as the artists’ personal relationships to heritage and a desire to look beyond their cultural backgrounds for inspiration and ideas. sfai.edu
THROUGH FEBRUARY 27 Swept Away Featuring a book by Tony Award-winning stage and screen writer John Logan (Red, Broadway’s Moulin Rouge!, Skyfall, Gladiator), a story of a whaling ship struck by
a violent storm off he coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts finds four survivors each facing a reckoning: How far will I go to stay alive? And can I live with the consequences? berkeleyrep.org
FEB 25–26 Memphis Jookin’: The Show Lil Buck’s dance improvisation with Yo-Yo Ma turned him into a YouTube sensation, but he has become a star for his agile, fluid dance moves and impossiblelooking footwork, as demonstrated in a show dedicated to a style that emerged in a Southern city in the 1990s. calperformances.org
MUSIC FEB 5, 8 Björk The multidisciplinary artist known for outlandish costumes and jangly vocals returns to the Chase Center with “Cornucopia,” said to be
her most elaborate and theatrical stage concert to date. chasecenter.com FEB 24–27 Rosanne Cash The daughter of Johnny and singular performer takes the stage at SFJAZZ with her partner and musical collaborator, John Leventhal, to play music from across Cash’s career, including songs from her latest Blue Note release, “She Remembers Everything.” sfjazz.org
FILM FEB 3–13 San Francisco Film Festival Twentyfive feature films and 65 short films, including Josef Kubota’s “Catch the Fair One” and “Cat Daddies” by Mye Hoang, are shown at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater and in virtual formats. sfindie.com FEB 19 Hearts of Darkness Part of a months-long series that examines the work of Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope, a documentary from Eleanor Coppola’s home movies digs into her husband’s time in the Philippines filming “Apocalypse Now.” bampfa.org
MUSEUMS OPENS JAN 14 Wander Woods The California Academy of Sciences
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