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Ron Carter Quartet
2025-09-17 13:00, 2025-09-18 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Ron Carter is, quite simply, the face of the bass. A towering figure who has defined the instrument’s evolving role in jazz for more than six decades, he was already a creative force on the roiling early ‘60s scene when he joined Miles Davis in 1962, the first piece of what became the trumpeter’s second great quintet.
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Free Art Workshop: Accordion Book
2025-09-17 14:00 - 16:00 | YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street (at 3rd Street) , San Francisco, CA, 94103-3138, United States
Create art inspired by programs at YBCA in this series of drop-in art workshops for participants of all ages. Each workshop will explore different practices and art-making methods. Materials will be provided, and participants will be able to take their artwork home as a souvenir.
Play with meaningful words, statements, or affirmations and transform them into a creative accordion book. This workshop is inspired by artist Arnold Kemp’s work in the Bay Area Then exhibition, presented by YBCA.
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Virtual | Making the Healthcare System Work Better for You Series Part II
2025-09-17 14:30 | [ Virtual ], CA
Session 4: Where and How You Get Your Care
Navigating the healthcare system can be confusing. Many in our community face avoidable challenges—like knowing when to visit urgent care versus the ER, keeping up with preventive checkups, or feeling confident enough to speak up during a hospital stay.
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Rituals in Transfigured Time: Maya Deren, Sidney Peterson, and Kenneth Anger
2025-09-17 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Cinematic choreography and bodies in motion are central to the films in this program. Maya Deren’s iconic psychodramas are elevated by the specificity of gesture and movement in the films, while cinematography and editing allow her subjects to defy time, space, and gravity. Sidney Peterson and his students at the California School of Fine Arts (later the San Francisco Art Institute) transform San Francisco into a surreal dreamscape in The Lead Shoes, an oblique oedipal drama, shot with a distorting anamorphic lens and accompanied by a propulsive cacophony of traditional ballads.
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Ruthie Foster
2025-09-17 20:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Ruthie Foster’s musical journey is as eclectic and vibrant as her soulful voice. Born into a family steeped in gospel tradition, Ruthie’s earliest influences were the voices of her mother, grandmother, and the gospel singers she grew up listening to — artists like the Gospel Keynotes and the Blind Boys of Alabama. However, her path to becoming a solo artist wasn’t a straightforward one. Despite a deep love for music, Ruthie initially shied away from the spotlight, preferring to play guitar, piano, and write songs for others.
Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.
Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.
Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400
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Filoli Gardens Summer Nights
2025-09-18 00:00 | Filoli Historic House & Garden, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, 94062
You have to check out the stunning Filoli Historic House & Gardens! With the majestic Santa Cruz Mountains as its backdrop, this place is pure paradise! Treat your ears to some acoustic music and stay for the most amazing sunset you’ll ever see. And how about sipping a refreshing drink at the Bluebird Bar or grabbing a bite on the lush lawn? No need to worry about the kids, bring the whole family – children under 5 enter for free! Roses in full bloom complete the enchanting experience. Let’s go!
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Fall Season 2025: “Deep River”
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-21 | Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, 700 Howard St., San Francisco, 94103
Deep River, Alonzo King’s acclaimed masterwork, fuses dance with Black spirituals and Jewish liturgical music in a powerful reflection on love, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit. Named one of Pointe Magazine’s standout performances of 2024, Deep River has been praised for its beauty, emotional depth, and spiritual force. With soaring vocals by Lisa Fischer and an evocative score by Jason Moran, Deep River is a transformative journey of compassion, beauty, and transcendence.
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Newark Days
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-21 | MacGregor Playfields and Newark Community Center, 35501 Cedar Boulevard, Newark, 94560
Newark Days is a four-day festival held to commemorate the birthday of the City of Newark, California held every year in September. In 2025, we’ll be celebrating Newark’s 70th birthday from September 18-21 with the theme, Celebrating the 70s!
Newark Days is enjoyed by over 100,000 people every year. The festival is organized by Newark Days Celebration Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is made up entirely of volunteers. The volunteers of the Newark Days Committee work throughout the year to plan and host all the events.
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‘Iweš- ‘iweš kečkeyma: One Hundred Women Exhibit
2025-09-18 - 2025-10-13 | Faultline Gallery, 3908 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, 94619
This art is an ancestral reckoning.
Iweš-‘iweš kečkeyma: One Hundred Women; A legacy of Indigenous resistance and resilience shares the a story of the land we are on through an offering of 100 hand made ribbon skirts created in honor of the first 100 Indigenous women and girls that were taken into the Bay Area Missions in the first wave of colonization.
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Kim's Convenience
2025-09-18 - 2025-10-19 | Tony Rembe Theater (formerly the Geary Theater), 415 Geary St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
This hilarious and heartwarming award-winning comedy drama about a Korean family-run corner store that inspired the popular Netflix hit is a feel-good ode to generations of immigrants who have made Canada the country that it is today. Mr. Kim works hard to support his wife and children with his Toronto convenience store. As he evaluates his future, he faces both a changing neighborhood landscape and the gap between his values and those of his Canada-born children. Playwright Ins Choi, who will also star in the production as the title character, calls Kim’s Convenience his “love letter to his parents and to all first-generation immigrants who call Canada their home.”
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Virtual | P.R.I.A. - Practicing the Pause: Grounding in Community
2025-09-18 10:00 | [ Virtual ], CA
Leading in the nonprofit and social sector is deeply rewarding—but it also comes with immense demands, uncertainty, and challenges that weigh on us and the communities we serve. In these moments, taking intentional time to pause and reconnect is not only restorative, but essential.
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Big Truck Day
2025-09-18 16:00 - 20:00 | Antioch Community Center, 4703 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, 94531
With great success and back by popular demand, the brightest and loudest day of the year is here. Thursday, September 18th, the City of Antioch Recreation Department will host its sixth annual Big Truck Day– a day that gives families and kids of all ages an opportunity to learn more about local companies and the large vehicles they use to keep our community safe and green. Enjoy food truck options brought to you by Foodie Crew, while you explore fire engines, school buses, tractors, and many more vehicles that help our city function.
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Culture Makers
2025-09-18 18:30 - 20:00 | The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oakland, 94612, United States
Join us for The Oaklandside’s Culture Makers on Thursday, Sept. 18 at the New Parkway Theater, for an evening of community, conversation, and performance.
The Oaklandside’s Arts and Community Reporter Azucena Rasilla will be in conversation with Abby Sullivan Engen, Immigrants’ Rights Co-Directing Attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza, Gabriela Galicia, Executive Director of Street Level Health Project and Leva Zand, Founder and Executive Director of ARTogether. Together, they’ll share stories from Oakland’s immigrant communities and highlight critical resources-from navigating legal challenges and accessing health care to uplifting immigrant voices through the arts.
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BOTMC Thursday Concert: Bruce Molsky, Ozark Highballers, and Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellows
2025-09-18 19:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention presents a triple bill show featuring Bruce Molsky, Ozark Highballers, and Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellows. Hosted jamming in front of The Freight from 5-6PM; doors open at 6PM; showtime at 7PM. The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention (BOTMC) runs Sept. 17-22 with concerts, dances, string band contest, instructional workshops, activities for families and lots of jamming! Many free events too.
Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.
Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.
Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400
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Caelan Cardello Trio ft. Jonathon Muir-Cotton & Domo Branch
2025-09-18 19:00, 2025-09-18 21:15 | Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
Pianist Caelan Cardello is shaping the sound of modern jazz with a fearless blend of technical mastery, harmonic depth, and unshakable groove. A finalist in the 2023 American Pianists Association Jazz Competition, Cardello has quickly become a sought-after voice on today’s scene, performing with luminaries including Christian McBride, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Bill Charlap, and Rufus Reid. His performances balance elegance and fire, channeling the tradition while pushing the music forward.
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Dominique Fils-Aimé
2025-09-18 19:00, 2025-09-18 20:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
A rising vocal star and two-time JUNO Award winner, Montreal-based singer and songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé performs two nights in the Joe Henderson Lab with music from her latest album, Our Roots Run Deep, which took the 2024 JUNO for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. “What she does with her voice is absolutely incredible” (NPR).
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The Watermelon Woman
2025-09-18 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
With her first feature, The Watermelon Woman, writer/director/punk archivist/actor Cheryl Dunye creates an entirely new form of blended fictional narrative, mockumentary, and archeological dig—what became known as the “Dunyementary.” As Cheryl, a twenty-something video store employee with big dreams to open her own production company with her friend and coworker Tamara, Dunye ends up literally creating her own lineage. After becoming obsessed with a Black actress who keeps popping up in 1930s American films, only credited as “Watermelon Woman,” Cheryl sets out to create a documentary that will lead her to the identity of Fae Richards/Faith Richardson, with whom she feels an unexplained kinship.
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Aneesa Strings
2025-09-18 19:30, 2025-09-18 21:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Aneesa Strings is a creative, thought leader, singer-songwriter, performer, influencer, music director, professor and composer. After studying jazz, music theory, and acquiring degrees from USC & Michigan State University, Aneesa has scored and lead countless musical moments within the Jazz, Pop and R&B space.
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The Big Money Tour - Jon Batiste Plays America
2025-09-18 19:30 | The Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Jon Batiste is one of history’s most brilliant, prolific, and accomplished musicians. Batiste studied and received both a B.A. and M.F.A. at the world-renowned Juilliard School in New York City. From 2015 until 2022, Batiste served as the bandleader and musical director of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS. Most recently, Jon was awarded an Emmy in the category of “Outstanding Open/Tease” for his 2022 NCAA March Madness piece. In 2018, he received a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots, and in 2020, he received two Grammy nods for the albums: CHRONOLOGY OF A DREAM: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD and MEDITATIONS (with Cory Wong). In 2020, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the Disney/Pixar film SOUL, an honor he shared with fellow composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Jon’s work on SOUL also earned him a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a NAACP Image Award and a Critic’s Choice Award.
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Empowerment Weekend
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | OMCA | Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Empowerment Weekend is the Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area’s signature annual celebration—an inspiring gathering that brings together community leaders, changemakers, and supporters to honor progress, equity, and collective action.
This weekend of impact highlights the individuals and organizations working tirelessly to create lasting change in the areas of education, economic opportunity, health equity, and social justice. Through powerful storytelling, recognition of outstanding leadership, and opportunities for community connection, Empowerment Weekend serves as a rallying point for continued progress.
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Sausalito Boat Show
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Clipper Yacht Harbor, 310 Harbor Dr, Sausalito, CA, 94965, United States
The 3rd Annual Sausalito Boat Show returns to Clipper Yacht Harbor with a spectacular lineup of new powerboats, sailboats, luxury yachts, electric vessels, and more — both in the water and on land.
This celebration of waterfront living has something for everyone, from first-time boaters to seasoned pros. Explore the latest boats, enjoy local food and live music, bring the whole family for fun activities, and take in free educational seminars on all things marine.
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Smuin Contemporary Ballet: Extremely Close
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-20 | Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596, United States
Smuin’s Season 32 kicks off with a trio of Smuin premieres. Making its first appearance outside of New York City Ballet is Partita, choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner and NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck. Set to Caroline Shaw’s haunting, Pulitzer Prize-winning score for eight voices, Partita is an exploration of movement and an expression of hope. Artistic Director Amy Seiwert’s A Long Night, set to a medley of songs by Patsy Cline, Pink Martini, and Tom Waits, brings to life the mischievous Puck and hapless lovers of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Extremely Close, Alejandro Cerrudo’s contemporary classic, is a work of exceptional beauty and theatricality—including a feather-strewn stage—that will be a superb showcase for Smuin’s Artists. Don’t miss this spectacular program!
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Alamo Free Film Fest
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Roxie Theater, Vogue Theater and the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission Theater, San Francisco
Alamo Drafthouse’s brand-new South Bay cinemas host a long weekend of free movies with Free Film Fest, offering more than 30 iconic titles across both the Mountain View and Valley Fair locations. The lineup spans family favorites (Shrek, The Lego Movie, The Iron Giant), Bay Area standouts (Sinners, Sorry to Bother You, Vertigo), comedies and cult gems (Miss Congeniality, Best in Show, Oldboy), and epic big-screen spectacles (Interstellar, RRR, The Matrix).
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Laver Cup 2025
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Chase Center, 1 Warriors Way, San Francisco, 94158
The Laver Cup pits six of the best men’s tennis players from Europe against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world over three days of intense team competition. The teams are led by legendary captains, Yannick Noah for Team Europe and Andre Agassi for Team World.
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San Francisco Greek Festival
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 245 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 94103
San Francisco’s long-running and beloved Greek Food Festival, “A Journey of Greek Culture,” returns to the Mission District this fall. The three-day food festival will offer for purchase a wide variety of freshly homemade Greek food, including Spanakopita, Moussaka, Gemista, Gyros, and other meat and vegetarian options. Greek desserts and wine will also be available for purchase, and vendors will be on hand selling a selection of items. Traditional dance performances by award-winning folk dance groups will grace the festival, and new and classic Greek music for all to enjoy!
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Armenian Food Festival & Bazaar
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church, 51 Commonwealth Avenue, San Francisco, 94118
The Annual Bazaar and Food Festival, the largest Armenian festival in the Bay Area, has been serving food, friends and the community for the past 67 years! Time and again, the most satisfying part of the Festival is being able to share our food and our culture with YOU, our friends! As we’ve strived to do for nearly six decades in true Armenian fashion, we hope once again that our hospitality is wholeheartedly felt as you soak up the culture and savor the fare.
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