\u2018Conundrum Chronicles\u2019 (Tuesday)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Author Fred Brill hosts a series for The Marsh, a Mission District performing-arts theater,\u00a0on the second Tuesday of every month. Participants share five-minute stories on different themes. This week\u2019s edition focuses on times when storytellers have been physically or felt mentally stuck in situations. Writer and editor Max Houghton is the featured performer.<\/p>\n
Tickets are available online<\/a>, 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018The Notebook: The Musical\u2019 opening night (Tuesday)<\/p>\n A musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks\u2019 1996 book \u2014 which spawned a 2004 romantic-drama film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams \u2014 comes to Orpheum Theatre for a three-week engagement. Playwright Bekah Brunsetter wrote the book, while composer Ingrid Michaelson penned the lyrics and music.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Notebook: The Musical\u201d is an adaption of Nicholas Sparks\u2019 1996 book, which spawned a 2004 hit film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams.<\/p>\n Courtesy Roger Mastroianni<\/p>\n Tickets are available online<\/a>, 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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Balanchine\u2019 opening night (Tuesday)<\/p>\n San Francisco Ballet honors famed 20th century choreographer George Balanchine\u2019s career by presenting excerpts from his repertoire. Dancers will perform \u201cDiamonds,\u201d the final act of Balanchine\u2019s three-part ballet \u201cJewels,\u201d as well as \u201cSerenade,\u201d his first ballet created for American dancers, and \u201cStars and Stripes,\u201d a tribute to the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tickets are available online<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n Free art workshop (Wednesday)\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n Those interested in attending the workshop, which runs from 2 to 4 p.m. can RSVP online<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Perfect Pairing (Wednesday)<\/p>\n The Walt Disney Family Museum\u2019s newest event series pairs the company\u2019s 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 \u201cThe Princess and the Frog.\u201d Drinks are being supplied by Brewing with Brothas, a Black-owned craft brewery based on the Peninsula.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Walt Disney Family Museum\u2019s newest event series pairs the company’s contemporary films with in-state makers of beers, spirits and wines.\u00a0<\/p>\n Courtesy Ric Miller<\/p>\n An evening with Sally Mann (Wednesday)<\/p>\n Photographer Sally Mann talks with visual artist Ted Orland about \u201cArt Work: On the Creative Life,\u201d Mann\u2019s 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n Love Bites (Thursday)\u00a0<\/p>\n The Ferry Building\u2019s annual food and wine event brings the waterfront property\u2019s 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cLove Bites,\u201d the Ferry Building\u2019s annual food-and-wine event, includes live music, crafts and other activities.<\/p>\n Courtesy Alex Akamine<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Danny Sauter wants The City to catalog potentially underused public properties with an eye toward possible housing developments, sales<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
For the past five years, Sprouts has taught culinary skills and life lessons to at-risk young adults through hands-on internships<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Local designers created limited-edition merchandise to celebrate the Bay Area hosting the big game<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Tattoos as Personal Archives\u2019 (Thursday)<\/p>\n Archivist Terry Baxter and photographer Tenari Tuatagaloa discuss the cultural and artistic significance of tattooing as part of the San Francisco Public Library exhibition \u201cLiving Tattoo Traditions: American Irezumi and Beyond,\u201d on view at the Main Library through March 1. City Archivist Adrienne Storey is moderating the conversation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The admission-free panel runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Main Library\u2019s Koret Auditorium.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Relics of Beauty\u2019 opening reception (Thursday)\u00a0<\/p>\n 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\u2019s 100-person capacity Modernism West private-dining gallery, \u201cRelics of Beauty\u201d showcases several collages made by Lake that combine images of 20th-century women with art history and archaeology photography.<\/p>\n Eva Lake’s collages combine pictures of 20th century women with art history and archaeology photography.\u00a0<\/p>\n Courtesy Modernism, Inc. <\/p>\n Lake\u2019s exhibition is on view through April 25, with the reception running from 6 to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n Poet Julian Poirier and friends (Thursday)\u00a0<\/p>\n Author Julian Poirier celebrates the release of his book \u201cMansions My Mouth Made\u201d with a reading at Glen Park\u2019s 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\u2019s 32-page book are being made available.\u00a0<\/p>\n The admission-free event starts at 7:30 p.m. Bird and Beckett is located at 653 Chenery St.<\/p>\n \u2018Cheaper Than Therapy\u2019 (Friday)\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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