S.F. Playhouse: Real Women Have Curves

Tue.–Sun., March 17–April 25 Kensington Park Hotel (450 Post St.) Set in a tiny factory in East L.A., five full-figured Latina employees work to deliver an impossible order ami... Read More

Theater

Broadway S.F.: Men are From Mars; Women are From Venus

Fri.–Sat., March 20–21 Marines’ Memorial Theatre This one-man fusion of theatrical comedy based on the best-selling book of the 1990s by John Gray moves swiftly through a ser... Read More

Music

The Fab Four: Ultimate Beatles Tribute

Saturday, March 7, 8p.m. Palace of Fine Arts Theatre The Emmy Award-winning Fab Four has amazed audiences around the world and is elevated above every other Beatles Tribute due to ... Read More

Music

An Evening with Bernadette Peters

Friday, March 27, 8 p.m. Davies Symphony Hall One of Broadway’s brightest stars presents an evening of music from her Broadway shows and Grammy award-winning albums with standard... Read More

Music

Beet250Ven Anniversary Festival

Sunday, March 15, 2 p.m. Old First Church (1751 Sacramento St.) Enjoy a special three-hour concert evocative of gatherings from Beethoven’s time with movements from piano sonatas... Read More

Music

Telegraph Quartet

Tuesday, March 17, noon St. Mary’s Cathedral (660 California St.) The quartet joins with soprano Abigail Fischer to present the world premiere of composer Robert Sirota’s�... Read More

Dance

Huma(N)ature

Friday, March 6, Thu.–Sat., March 12–14 Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th St.) This dance, theater, and circus production will investigate humanity’s relationship to nature �... Read More

Dance

Drupadi

Sat.–Sun., March 14–15 Presidio Theatre (99 Moraga Ave.) This woman-centered retelling of the Mahabharata’s central arc is presented in cinematic shadow as Drupadi tells her ... Read More

Dance

ODC: Dance Downtown

Thu.–Sun., March 26–29 YBCA Theater (700 Howard St.) The program features Grassland, by Brenda Way and KT Nelson, a nod to nature’s diversity, where beauty is found in both v... Read More

Child's Play

Mark Foehringer’s Alice in Wonderland

Sat.–Sun., March 21–22, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center This 50-minute dance theatre version based on the Lewis Carroll’s classic casts Alice as a hero... Read More

Major Events

169th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival

Saturday, March 14 Parade: Market St. (at 2nd) to Grove St., 11: 30 a.m. Festival: Civic Center, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Join the revelry with visitors from near and far all the way to Ci... Read More

Nightlife

Suffrage 100: A centennial celebration — Women’s Right to Vote: How the West Was Won

Thursday, March 12, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Mechanics’ Institute (57 Post St.) Journalist and award-winning author Elaine Elinson, who has written extensively about women’s suffrage, ... Read More

Nightlife

17th Annual International Ocean Film Festival

Daily, March 12–15 Cowell Theater, Fort Mason, Roxie Theater, and San Rafael Film Center View all things aquatic in the film fest and be inspired to become a better ocean steward... Read More

Potables & Edibles

St. Patrick’s Day

Tuesday, March 17, 11 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sur la Table (2224 Union St.) Forget green beer — celebrate with an Irish-inspired feast: Irish cheddar and spring onion soda bread and mu... Read More

Nightlife

Robert Reich

Monday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. Sidney Goldstein Theater (275 Hayes St.) The former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, Reich has written 15 books; in The System, he show... Read More

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