Leap of Legend at Stags’ Leap Winery
Frank Gutierrez
Day TripFlower Piano
Through 9/20 Catch the final weekend of Flower Piano, as pianos are scattered throughout San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park for an 11-day festival of live music, hidden performances, and thrilling discovery. Closing weekend features the Glide Ensemble and San Francisco Opera (9/19) and the Kev Choice Chamber Ensemble (9/20). Included with garden admission. gggp.org/flowerpiano
HolidayLeap of Legend at Stags’ Leap Winery
Through 10/31 Stags’ Leap Winery’s 19th-century Manor House in Napa Valley is the setting for this immersive, 90-minute journey through the estate’s storied past—complete with mummies, ghosts, and historical details woven into reimagined environments of light, sound, and texture. A tasting of five wines accompanies the experience. Appointment only, Mon–Sat. stagsleap.com
TheaterAh, Wilderness!
9/17–20, 9/26 The Eugene O’Neill Foundation presents O’Neill’s warm-hearted 1933 comedy at the Old Barn Theater at Tao House, his historic Danville estate. Director Titian Lish stages the production as a 1930s radio play—a show within a show—following the Miller family’s Fourth of July celebration and a teenage son’s adventures in young love. eugeneoneill.org
Colin Kaepernick: The Perilous Fight
Courtesy of Legacy Lit
MusicForever Motown
9/19 The Bankhead Theater in Livermore hosts this high-energy celebration of the greatest hits from Motown’s legendary roster—The Temptations, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and more—performed with full band, stunning costumes, and infectious choreography. 8 p.m. Tickets from $95. livermorearts.org
Author TalkColin Kaepernick: The Perilous Fight
9/23 Colin Kaepernick, a Turlock native and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who became a cultural voice in 2016 when he knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice, discusses his new memoir, The Perilous Fight. The event includes a conversation with W. Kamau Bell at the Black Repertory Group Theater in Berkeley, and appearances by former Black Panthers Ericka Huggins and Emory Douglas. Get your seat here.