ACT: A Night with Janis Joplin

Wed.–Sun. through July 9 405 Geary St. With its remarkable cast and breakout performances, this rock ’n’ roll show commemorates both Janis and icons like Aretha Franklin, Ett... Read More

Performances

We Players: Midsummer of Love

Thu.–Sun., July 6–9 & 27–30 Strawberry Hill, Golden Gate Park Journey into a forest of fairies and lovers with this six-person adaptation of Shakespeare’s all-time ... Read More

Performances

S.F. Playhouse: La Cage Aux Folles

Tue.–Sun., July 12–Sept. 16 Kensington Park Hotel (450 Post St.) Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, this show glimmers with French flair and celebrates love, rom... Read More

Dance

ODC: Summer Sampler 2017

Thu.–Sun., July 27–29, 8 p.m. ODC Theater (3153 17th St.) Delight in the exuberance of summer with three spirited ODC/Dance repertory works including a world premier and a new ... Read More

Music

80th Annual Stern Grove Festival

Sundays through Aug. 21, 2 p.m. Stern Grove (19th Ave. & Sloat Blvd.) July performances include the S.F. Symphony, S.F. Ballet, Eric Burdon and the Animals/The Stone Foxes, and... Read More

Music

Catherine Russell

Saturday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. SFJazz Center (201 Franklin St.) Called “one of the outstanding singers of our time” by the Wall Street Journal, Grammy-winning vocalist Catherin... Read More

Music

S.F. Symphony Free Concert on the Waterfront

Sunday, July 23, noon Pier 27 Enjoy a program of Bernstein, Copland, Debussy, Dvořák, and Holst. Free, 415-864-6000, sfsymphony.org ... Read More

Music

Alfredo Imparato: Neapolitan Songs

Sunday, July 23, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 27, 7 p.m. Museo Italo Americano Building C, Fort Mason Center One of the last minstrels, or posteggiatori, of Naples will return to the... Read More

Nightlife

Paula West

Thu.–Sun. through July, 8 p.m. Feinstein’s at the Nikko (222 Mason St.) Enjoy Bay Area favorite and her rich, powerful contralto voice for an evening featuring of interpretatio... Read More

Nightlife

TechnoClam 01

Saturday, July 15, 9:30 p.m. Public Works (161 Erie St.) Catch Lily Ackerman, DpeshMo, and Eugenia in a techno night. $5–$10, ticketfly.com ... Read More

Nightlife

Motor City Drum Ensemble

Friday, July 21, 10 p.m. 1015 Folsom (1015 Folsom St.) Motor City is a one-man ensemble, made up by German House music pioneer Danilo Plessow. Dam Funk will also perform. $20, even... Read More

Film & Lectures

Is Sloppy Science Killing Us?

Thursday, July 13, 6:30 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (555 Post St.) NPR correspondent Richard Harris and popular science writer Mary Roach explore the mixed-up ways in which scientif... Read More

Film & Lectures

10th Annual S.F. Frozen Film Festival

Fri.–Mon., July 21–23 Roxie Theatre (3117 16th St.) This festival focuses on independent filmmakers, youth, filmmakers of conscience, and artists from underserved communities. ... Read More

Film & Lectures

S. F. Jewish Film Festival 36

Daily, July 21–Aug. 7 Castro Theatre & various Bay Area venues This festival features over 100 screenings and other events that celebrate Jewish cinema and explores its fron... Read More

Science & Environment

Wildcard: Where the Unpredictable Worlds of Cardboard & Imagination Collide

Daily through Sept. 4 Exploratorium (Pier 15) Artists from the Cardboard Institute of Technology bring a cardboard cosmos to life. Visit a village in a vortex, a crashed steamboat,... Read More

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