The dust from Super Bowl LX is still settling, but San Francisco entertainment shows no signs of slowing down.
Here are some of the top events to check out this week in The City.
‘No Ordinary Light’ (Monday)
Pianist Sarah Cahill performs a recital highlighting compositions by classical and contemporary artists. The San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty member will perform works by talents such as Jean-Henri d’Anglebert, Maurice Ravel, Lou Harrison and Maggi Payne.
‘A Giant Leap’ (Monday)
UCSF professor and department chair Robert Wachter chats with former U.S. Chief Data Scientist D.J. Patil about “A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future,” the former’s book regarding how artificial-intelligence developments are shaping the health-care industry.
The event takes place at the Commonwealth Club, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and the conversation starting 30 minutes later. General-admission tickets cost $25, and students get in free with a valid ID. A $57 option includes a copy of Wachter’s book.
‘Conundrum Chronicles’ (Tuesday)
Author Fred Brill hosts a series for The Marsh, a Mission District performing-arts theater, on the second Tuesday of every month. Participants share five-minute stories on different themes. This week’s edition focuses on times when storytellers have been physically or felt mentally stuck in situations. Writer and editor Max Houghton is the featured performer.
Tickets are available online, ranging from $10 to $25. There are also $50 and $100 reserved seating options. The show starts at 7 p.m. and is at 1062 Valencia St.
‘The Notebook: The Musical’ opening night (Tuesday)
A musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 book — which spawned a 2004 romantic-drama film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams — comes to Orpheum Theatre for a three-week engagement. Playwright Bekah Brunsetter wrote the book, while composer Ingrid Michaelson penned the lyrics and music.
“The Notebook: The Musical” is an adaption of Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 book, which spawned a 2004 hit film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams.
Courtesy Roger Mastroianni
Tickets are available online, ranging in price from $62.01 to $244.53. The musical, which starts at 7:30 p.m., is 140 minutes long and includes one intermission.
‘Balanchine’ opening night (Tuesday)
San Francisco Ballet honors famed 20th century choreographer George Balanchine’s career by presenting excerpts from his repertoire. Dancers will perform “Diamonds,” the final act of Balanchine’s three-part ballet “Jewels,” as well as “Serenade,” his first ballet created for American dancers, and “Stars and Stripes,” a tribute to the United States.
Tickets are available online, ranging from $39 to $612. The 7:30 p.m. performance at War Memorial Opera House will be preceded by a panel featuring SF Ballet artist director Tamara Rojo and author Elizabeth Kendall.
Free art workshop (Wednesday)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts instructors are using this drop-in session to teach participants about scratch art, a technique that involves scraping a coated surface to reveal a hidden image or design. Materials will be provided to create cards, which guests can take home as gifts or souvenirs.
Those interested in attending the workshop, which runs from 2 to 4 p.m. can RSVP online.
Perfect Pairing (Wednesday)
The Walt Disney Family Museum’s newest event series pairs the company’s contemporary films with in-state makers of beers, spirits and wines. Perfect Pairing debuts with a 6 p.m. showing of the 2009 animated film “The Princess and the Frog.” Drinks are being supplied by Brewing with Brothas, a Black-owned craft brewery based on the Peninsula.
The Walt Disney Family Museum’s newest event series pairs the company’s contemporary films with in-state makers of beers, spirits and wines.
Courtesy Ric Miller
An evening with Sally Mann (Wednesday)
Photographer Sally Mann talks with visual artist Ted Orland about “Art Work: On the Creative Life,” Mann’s 2025 memoir covering four decades of her career. The nonprofit City Arts and Lectures presents the conversation, which takes place at the Sydney Goldstein Theater.
Love Bites (Thursday)
The Ferry Building’s annual food and wine event brings the waterfront property’s shops and restaurants together with over 15 wineries for an evening of small bites and drink tastings. Proceeds from the event benefit Foodwise, the nonprofit that operates the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.
“Love Bites,” the Ferry Building’s annual food-and-wine event, includes live music, crafts and other activities.
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Organizers said walk-up tickets will be available for purchase at the Ferry Building on the day of the sold-out event. The event runs from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and also features live music, crafts and other activities. Prices start at $30 before taxes and fees.
‘Tattoos as Personal Archives’ (Thursday)
Archivist Terry Baxter and photographer Tenari Tuatagaloa discuss the cultural and artistic significance of tattooing as part of the San Francisco Public Library exhibition “Living Tattoo Traditions: American Irezumi and Beyond,” on view at the Main Library through March 1. City Archivist Adrienne Storey is moderating the conversation.
The admission-free panel runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Main Library’s Koret Auditorium.
‘Relics of Beauty’ opening reception (Thursday)
Foreign Cinema restaurant and art dealer Martin Muller present an exhibition on Eva Lake, a multidisciplinary artist based in Portland, Ore. Held at the restaurant’s 100-person capacity Modernism West private-dining gallery, “Relics of Beauty” showcases several collages made by Lake that combine images of 20th-century women with art history and archaeology photography.
Eva Lake’s collages combine pictures of 20th century women with art history and archaeology photography.
Courtesy Modernism, Inc.
Lake’s exhibition is on view through April 25, with the reception running from 6 to 8 p.m.
Poet Julian Poirier and friends (Thursday)
Author Julian Poirier celebrates the release of his book “Mansions My Mouth Made” with a reading at Glen Park’s Bird and Beckett Books and Records store. He will be joined by Tongo Eisen-Martin, a former San Francisco poet laureate. Only 100 copies of Poirier’s 32-page book are being made available.
The admission-free event starts at 7:30 p.m. Bird and Beckett is located at 653 Chenery St.
‘Cheaper Than Therapy’ (Friday)
Up to six Bay Area comics are joined each week by guests visiting the region, with the crew making audiences laugh every week at Shelton Theater, a nonprofit performing-arts venue in Union Square.
The early show takes place at 8 p.m., followed by a late edition at 10 p.m. General-admission tickets are available online and cost $25. Guests must be ages 18 and up to attend the shows, which have no drink-minimum requirements.
Valentine’s Day print sale (Friday-Saturday)
Graphic Arts Workshop hosts an open studio during which visitors can purchase cards, candles, prints and other offerings from the Dogpatch organization’s roster of over 50 artists.
The open studio runs both days from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The workshop is located at 2565 3rd St., suite 305.
Chinatown Commercial Break Marketplace (Friday-Saturday)
Community Youth Center and Self-Help for the Elderly bring a two-day Valentine’s Day block party to Commercial Street between Kearny and Montgomery streets. Festivities include a guest matchmaker, live entertainment, music, food and pop-up vendors.
Valentine’s Day pillow fight (Saturday)
On a holiday dedicated to love, some San Francisco residents are putting down their bouquets and picking up pillows as part of a local tradition. The pillow fight takes place at Embarcadero Plaza, with guests being asked to come dressed in costumes. Pillows with feathers are not allowed.
Participants are encouraged to wear costumes while taking part in San Francisco’s Valentine’s Day pillow fight, which takes place on Embarcadero Plaza.
Courtesy Downtown San Francisco Partnership
‘My Life in Cartoons’ (Sunday)
Cartoonist and historian Brian Walker, son of “Bettle Bailey” creator Mort Walker, comes to the Cartoon Art Museum. He will be celebrating the release of his 2025 coffee-table retrospective book “Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey: 75 years of Smiles.” The illustrated history covers his dad’s popular comic strip.
Walker will also chat about “The Lexicon of Comicana,” a book his father wrote in 1980 that he’s updated and edited, along with an introduction by cartoonist Chris Ware. Guests can register online to attend the event, which runs from 4 to 6 p.m.
‘Whose Live Anyway?’ (Sunday)
The cast of the Emmy-nominated television series “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” bring their improv tour to Davies Symphony Hall. The 90-minute production features Joel Murray, Jeff B. Davis, Greg Proops and Ryan Stiles. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own scene suggestions.