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

Sound Summit SEPT 1 Sound Summit

Lukas Nelson and Father John Misty headline a full day of performances, including Mill Valley’s own Teal Collins, in an epic event at the Mountain Theater on Mount Tamalpais. The show is a homecoming for Collins, who grew up in Mount Tam’s shadow and will debut her new band, playing all original material at her “beloved magic spot.” Garage rock from L.A.’s Allah-Lahs, Mardi Gras Indian funk from New Orleans-based Cha Wa and San Francisco DJ Andy Cabic (of Vetiver) round out the day. Hometown favorite Brian Murphy with KNBR partner Paul McCaffrey bring their Murph & Mac act to the master of ceremonies role. “Mill Valley has changed over the years,” says Mill Valley resident Murphy, “but everything about Sound Summit — the appreciation of music, the appreciation of the mountain, the love and good vibes in the air — is the best of what a lot of us “Millbillies” like to think of as true Mill Valley. Thank goodness it’s back!” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. soundsummit.net

ARTS & LECTURES

THROUGH SEPT 6

Twelfth Night Mill Valley’s Old Mill Park Amphitheatre hosts the return of theCurtain Theater to live performance with William Shakespeare’s holiday season romantic comedy. curtaintheatre.org

SEPT 9–OCT 3 The Sound Inside

The West Coast premiere of Obie Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp’s new American play centers on a brilliant Ivy League writing professor, a talented yet mysterious student and an unthinkable favor. marintheatre.org

SEPT 10 The Homecoming

The San Francisco Opera returns to the War Memorial Opera House, reuniting soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton with new music director Eun Sun Kim. sfopera.com

SEPT 16 Michael Levitin

The author of Disposable Man and the cofounder of The Occupied Wall Street Journal discusses his latest book, Generation Occupy, in an online event. copperfieldsbooks.com

SEPT 19 Joel Selvin

Music journalist and author of Hollywood Eden drops by Corte Madera to discuss a group of young artists who came together at the dawn of the 1960s and launched the myth of the California dream. bookpassage.com

COMEDY

SEPT 5 Crazy Funny

Asians The weekly show featuring local Asian comics riffing on what they find humorous about their community, culture and heritage is back in San Francisco. neckofthewoodssf.com

SEPT 14 Comedy Night

Grab a seat and a bite to eat at socially distanced outdoor tables at San Francisco’s Local Brewing Co. while enjoying the work of comedians from “Sketchfest,” “Late Night” and more. localbrewingco.com

FILM

SEPT 17 Cars Bring a blanket and a picnic to enjoy an evening with Lightning McQueen, Mater and the four-wheeled crew on the wide lawn behind Mill Valley’s Community Center once the sun goes down. millvalleyrecreation.org

SEPT 24 The Most Beautiful Boy in the

World Fifty years after his premiere in the 1971 screen adaptation of Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice, actor Björn Andrésen reveals his journey from unwitting film star to international artist. rafaelfilm.cafilm.org

SEPT 24–25 Apollo

13 The movie’s gripping score comes to life in the hands of conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos and a live orchestra accompanying the on-screen action. sfsymphony.org

MUSIC

SEPT 3 Celine Dion

The five-time Grammy winner and pop sensation spends an evening at San Francisco’s Chase Center. chasecenter.com

SEPT 9 Circles Around

the Sun Special guest Frank LoCrasto joins L.A.’s instrumental supergroup for the release of a self-titled album that some say is a little bit more danceable and groovy than their previous music. terrapincrossroads.net

SEPT 10 Ziggy Marley

The son of Bob Marley emerges from Covid-19 at Saratoga’s Mountain Winery with a musical tribute to his father. mountainwinery.com

SEPT 26 Charlie

Musselwhite The harmonicist reported to be the inspiration for Elwood Blues, Dan Aykroyd’s character in 1980s The Blues Brothers, stops in at

Rancho Nicasio with his band. ranchonicasio.com

MUSEUMS

THROUGH SEPT 5 Continuous Clay

Passion for the primordial and unforgiving nature of clay is at the heart of an exhibit that showcases nine Bay Area artists who focus on the medium. marinmoca.org

THROUGH NOV 28 The Enduring Mark

Highlighting a major new gift, “Six Centuries of Drawing from the Gray Collection” showcases 80 drawings spanning multiple centuries of Western art of the human figure, including works by Paul Klee, Juan Gris and Joan Miro, now on view at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. bampfa.org

THROUGH JAN 2, 2022 Candice Breitz

Commissioned as part of the large-scale touring exhibition “Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything,” Breitz’s “I’m Your Man” and “Marshall Trammell in Residence” pays tribute to Cohen’s five-decade career in an immersive video work that can be considered a musical eulogy. thecjm.org

THROUGH SUMMER 2023 Pan American

Unity A call for cultural solidarity and exchange during a time of global conflict, these 10 steel-framed panels originally painted in 1940 in front of a live audience at the Golden Gate International Exposition make up one of Diego Rivera’s best-known works and is presented free to the public. sfmoma.org

AUG 21–SEPT 12

Art Auction Featuring a range of artwork from coastal Marin and Bay Area artists, the Bolinas Museum benefit returns with events at the gallery and online. bolinasmuseum.org

SEPT 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

After Dark Thursday evenings at the Exploratorium are set aside for adult members only with enhanced programming, such as Holographic Panoptics for the Mind and Art for Action, aimed at grown-up brains. exploratorium.edu

EVENTS

SEPT 10–12, 17–19 The

Gala Transcendence Theatre honors the Sonoma community for supporting it and its 10th year with tribute performances running over two weekends. bestnightever.org

SEPT 12 Fog City Flea

Market Well-edited vintage clothing, plus jewelry, apparel and accessories, will be available all day on Sundays on the first floor of the marketplace, weekly through December 19. ferrybuild ingmarketplace.com

SEPT 18–19 Fall Arts

Festival Set amidst the redwoods of Old Mill Park, the 64th year of this noncommercial event goes a step further than years’ past with puppeteers, storytellers and a reimagining of art forms and visions. mvfaf.org

SEPT 18–19

TreasureFest After nine years on Treasure Island, the hundreds of local artists, musicians and vendors decamp to the Marin Center with the same sensesstimulating vibe and eyebrow-raising spirit. treasurefest.com

SEPT 18–19, 24–25 Sonoma Art Trails

Wind your way through Sonoma’s scenic byways on a self-guided tour that gives participants the opportunity to meet the artists first hand, get inspired by their works and share in the quiet joys of art and craft. sonomacountyart trails.org

SEPT 22–DEC 30 Dear San Francisco

The essence and the myth of San Francisco are played out with acrobatics, spoken word, shadow play and other circus arts. clubfugazisf.com

SEPT 26 Fall for Art

ODC dancers descend on McEvoy Ranch for a site-specific performance while you enjoy lunch or a stroll in the gardens, raising funds for young dancers and celebrating ODC’s 50th year. odc.dance

Club Fugazi

SEPT 28 Gold Over

America Simone Biles

“The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and of the South on This Continent,” 1940; on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

headlines a crew of powerful gymnasts and Olympians, including Jordan Chiles, Laurie Hernandez and Katelyn Ohashi, who share stories of their personal journeys and moves on the mat to inspire us all. chasecenter.com