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Calendar
from Marin May 2022
THEATER / COMEDY / MUSIC / MUSEUMS / EVENTS / FILM / TALKS EDITED BY CHRISTINA MUELLER
SFMOMA Nature x Humanity
ARTS & LECTURES
MAY 6–JUNE 5 The Government Inspector
Not unlike a Marx Brothers comedy, mistaken identity and local corruption drive this 19th-century classic comedy of errors by Nikolai Gogol. rossvalleyplayers.com
MAY 12–22 Talking
Circle An evening-length work with a multigenerational cast, including two members of The Elders Project, explores the relationship between individual and collective and asks: “What will we risk for freedom?” risajaroslowdance.org
MAY 26–JUNE 19 The
Sound Inside The West Coast premiere of Adam Rapp’s Tony-nominated thriller looks at the lives of a brilliant Ivy League writing professor with a dark secret, a talented yet mysterious student and an unthinkable favor. marintheatre.org
MUSIC
MAY 15 Young Artists’
Concert Up-andcoming classical music performers, a part of Marin Music Chest that provides financial support and performance opportunities to talented, young Marin County students of classical music, is the grand finale for The Mill Valley Chamber Music Society’s season. chambermusic millvalley.org
COMEDY
MAY 6–8 Russell Peters
Recently named one of Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Comics of All Time, the Canadian native is perhaps best known for his stand-up special, “Russell Peters Deported” on Amazon Prime. cobbscomedy.com
FILM
MAY 15 La Traviata
Richard Eyre’s production for The Royal Opera of Verdi’s scene of tragic love in 19thcentury Paris is rife with famous arias and plenty of drama. rafaelfilm.cafilm.org
MUSEUMS
THROUGH MAY 15 Nature x Humanity
Bringing together knowledge, principles and tools from art, architecture, design, engineering and science, this review of Oxman Architects from 2007 to the present focuses on the role of architects in the age of climate change. sfmoma.org
THROUGH JUNE 5
Ice Show New work by Marin-based artist Bill Russell uses the iceberg as a visual metaphor to communicate the brutal changes wrought by climate change in an educational series of multidisciplinary works. marinmoca.org
EVENTS
MAY 22, 29 Hello,
Dolly! The Mountain Play storms back into live theater with high-energy dancing and songs that tell the tale of the romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallaher-Levi, a turn-of-the-century matchmaker. mountainplay.org
MAY 5–11 DocLands
The California Film Institute returns to San Rafael with a slate of documentary films (in theater and virtual) in three broad categories: Wonderlands, the Great Outdoors and the Art of Impact. doclands.com
MAY 7 Bon Air 70th
Birthday Bash The community is invited to share in a landmark birthday of Greenbrae’s signature shopping center, with live music from Bread & Roses Presents and hands-on activities for community members of all ages. bonair.com
MAY 12 Dr. Rae
Wynn-Grant The Large Carnivore Ecologist
Ben Harper
MAY 7 Mill Valley Music Festival Hosted by the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce (with Noise Pop Industries), the inaugural one-day, all-ages art and culture festival is headlined by blues-folk-reggaerock singer and multiple Grammy Award winner Ben Harper with his band, The Innocent Criminals. The full day’s line-up also includes Liz Cooper, La Doña (aka San Francisco-born Cecilia Cassandra PeñaGovea), Lettuce and Los Amigos Invisibles. Food, drink, art and merch will be available at pop-up stands around the field. “We can’t wait to celebrate the resilience of Mill Valley, Marin County and the entire Bay Area,” says Mill Valley Chamber Director Jim Welte. millvalleymusicfest.com
and Conservation Scientist is the keynote speaker at An Evening Outside, the 50th anniversary celebration of NatureBridge that includes a cocktail hour, short hike, farmto-table dinner and cozy campfire. naturebirdge.org
MAY 20–22 Healdsburg Wine &
Food Experience The Matheson restaurant will act as a community hub for a welter of chefs (Nyesha Arrington, Viet Pham, Stephanie Izard, Tim Love) cooking up a storm at culinary experiences, parties and seminars — all to support Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation and Healdsburg. High School’s Future Farmers of America program. healdsburg wineandfood.com
MAY 22 Sunday in the
Park Spend an afternoon in Marin Art & Garden Center, sipping wine, nibbling hors d’oeuvres, and taking in a San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows Concert, with a live auction to benefit the artists and performances of Merola Opera Program. merola.org
MAY 27–30 Carnival
After a two-year hiatus, the Ferris wheel will rise above Mill Valley’s Friends Field and the family-friendly rides and games, sponsored by Kiddo!, the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation, are back for Memorial Day weekend. kiddo.org
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