5th Annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure

Tuesday, May 15, 8 p.m. The Fillmore Bay area music legends Sammy Hagar and Bob Weir will join forces for this benefit concert for the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF’s Benioff ... Read More

Music

Debussy Centennial Festival

Friday, May 18, 8 p.m. Old First Church (1751 Sacramento St.) Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death, enjoy a concert Debussy’s Pour le piano, Images B... Read More

Music

Chamber Music S.F.: Brandenburg Concertos

Sunday, May 13, 3 p.m. Herbst Theatre (401 Van Ness Ave.) Few musical works are as beloved as Bach’s six concertos, which became the benchmark of Baroque music and still have the... Read More

Music

Yula Wang

Sunday, May 6, 7:30 p.m. Davies Symphony Hall The international superstar pianist performs a program of Chopin, Scriabin, Legeti, and Prokofiev. $105–$145, 415-864-4000, sfsympho... Read More

Dance

Ruth Aswana S.F. School for the Arts Annual Dance Concert

Fri.–Sun., May 18–20 Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center The program, Turbulent, features original works by students and artists-in-residence. $15–$25, 415-695-5700, sfsota.org... Read More

Dance

Axis Dance Company: The Radical Impact Tour

Fri.–Sun., May 4–6 Z Space (450 Florida St.) This contemporary dance company, which develops choreography that integrates dancers with and without disabilities, performs a trip... Read More

Theater

New Strands Festival

Thu.–Sun., May 17–20 The Strand Theater (1127 Market St.) Curate your own creative journey: Hear staged readings of nearly finished plays; explore new plays; rock out to a new ... Read More

Theater

22nd PlayGround Festival of New Works

Daily, May 10–27 Thu.–Sun., May 31–June 17 Protero Stage (1695 18th St.) This yearly festival features performances of the group’s top Monday Night plays through the Best o... Read More

Theater

S.F. Playhouse: An Entomologist’s Love Story

Tue.–Sun., May 8–June 23 450 Post St. (in the Kensington Park Hotel) As entomologists Betty and Jeff research the mating rituals of bugs, they find their own complicated relati... Read More

Theater

42nd St. Moon: Me and My Girl

Wed.–Sun., May 2–20 Gateway Theatre (215 Jackson St.) This fish-out-of-water comedy is the story of a roustabout Cockney lad who learns he’s actually an earl and must try to ... Read More

Theater

The Color Purple

Tue.–Sun., May 1–27 SHN Golden Gate Theatre (1 Taylor St.) Don’t miss this stunning re-imagining of an epic story about a young woman’s journey to love and triumph in the A... Read More

Theater

We Players: Roman Women

Fri.–Sun. through May 27 & Monday, May 28 Palace of Fine Arts Through song, ritual movement, and text this newly devised site-specific work developed by an all-female ensembl... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation

Wed.–Mon., May 17–Jan. 9, 2019, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Walt Disney Family Museum This exhibition will feature a collection of artwork and family mementos from the nine animators that... Read More

Museums & Galleries

SFAI Master of Fine Arts Exhibition

Daily, May 10–17, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. SFAI Campus, Pier 2, Fort Mason Center Over 60 graduating artists will activate San Francisco Art Institute’s space with contemporary install... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Cult of the Machine

Tue.–Sun. through Aug. 12, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park This exhibition features over 100 masterworks of American Precisionism by such artists as Char... Read More

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