{"id":242003,"date":"2026-03-29T11:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242003\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:28:09","slug":"sf-things-to-do-exploratorium-big-wheel-race-and-sfjazz-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242003\/","title":{"rendered":"SF things to do: Exploratorium, big wheel race and SFJAZZ | Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Francisco isn\u2019t letting the rain that\u2019s in the forecast damper residents\u2019 moods.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are some of the top events to check out this week in The City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Daniel Grace at Book Passage (Monday)<\/p>\n

The London-born author will stop by Book Passage\u2019s Ferry Building outpost for a reading and signing for his dark literary thriller \u201cIn the Wake of Golgotha.\u201d The book reimagines Judas Iscariot and Pontius Pilate in modern-day New York\u2019s crime scene. Grace is also a vintner, and guests will be able to taste one of his red wines, which was made at his vineyard in Italy.<\/p>\n

Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra\u00a0(Monday)<\/p>\n

The Bosnian musician is coming to Davies Symphony Hall, where he will be joined by his backing ensemble. The group performs Balkan music with brass players, string instruments and vocals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Out of This World Showcase (Monday)<\/p>\n

Comedian Tony Sparks will take over the Orbit Room with help from a rotating cast of fellow Bay Area talents. Located at 1900 Market Street, the watering hole serves pizzas with draft beers, cocktails, wines and other spirits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

San Francisco\u2019s Next Congress Member? The Candidates Debate (Tuesday)<\/p>\n

Supervisor Connie Chan, state Sen. Scott Wiener and progressive activist Saikat\u00a0Chakrabarti \u2014 three candidates vying for San Francisco\u2019s congressional seat \u2014 are coming to Sydney Goldstein Theater for a debate hosted by City Arts and Lectures, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, Manny\u2019s and KQED. The debate will be moderated by KQED\u2019S Scott Shafer and Sydney Johnson. The candidates will discuss topics including climate policy, immigration and housing and affordability, according to organizers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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State Sen. Scott Wiener, center, progressive-activist Saikat Chakrabarti and Supervisor Connie Chan are among the candidates vying for the congressional seat representing San Francisco.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ali Wunderman\/Special to The Examiner<\/p>\n

Tickets for the event, which is being co-presented by City Arts and Lecture, ar<\/a>e available online<\/a>. They range in price from $18 to $36. The debate starts at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An evening with Nathan Bickert and Levi Gillis (Tuesday)<\/p>\n

Specs\u2019 Twelve Adler Museum Cafe will host Nathan Bickert, a pianist who plays jazz and soul music, and Levi Gillis, a saxophonist who performs contemporary, classical and folk music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The show runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will take place at 12 William Saroyan Place.<\/p>\n

Portrait painting (Wednesday)<\/p>\n

Ikea will bring participants down to Market Street for an all-ages workshop, where attendees will learn how to paint by creating their own portraits. Materials will be provided, and children must be accompanied by guardians.<\/p>\n

Felt collage art workshop (Wednesday)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is staging a drop-in workshop at which participants will use felt to explore color, shapes and imagery and make a collage. Materials will be provided, and attendees can take their creations home. Organizers said this edition is inspired by \u201cgather tender night,\u201d Diedrick Brackens\u2019 solo exhibition on view through Aug. 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts provides participants with materials for its drop-in workshops.<\/p>\n

Courtesy Yerba Buena Center for the Arts<\/p>\n

Live Music: France, Pateka, Agnes Martian (Wednesday)<\/p>\n

Employees at the 4 Star Theater are bringing an evening of musical performances to the neighborhood. The lineup features the band France, the four-piece experimental-rock group Pateka, and Agnes Martian, an experimental duo.<\/p>\n

Artist reception (Thursday)<\/p>\n

Caldwell Snyder Gallery will present a solo exhibition for Napa Valley artist Matt Rogers, who specializes in landscapes and floral paintings. An Oakland native, Rogers trained at the San Francisco Art Institute.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Thirteen competitors will perform for a chance to headline the Mission parade and festival<\/p>\n

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\u2018It\u2019s hard not to automatically smile at 50 wagging tails\u2019 during Pack Walk events, says one organizer<\/p>\n

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Labor advocates says big companies need to pay \u2018fair share,\u2019 while others say higher business taxes will hurt The City’s economy<\/p>\n

The reception runs from 5 to 7 p.m., with Rogers\u2019 exhibition on view through April 30. The gallery is located at 341 Sutter St.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Downtown First Thursday (Thursday)<\/p>\n

Second Street from Market to Howard streets will once again come alive with a free all-ages block party. This month\u2019s edition celebrates Earth Month. Guests will be able to make reusable art at pop-up stations and shop local businesses, and booths set up by the California Academy of Sciences and the Museum of the African Diaspora will also be present. The former will have games and free giveaways, and the latter will host performances by dancer Natalya Janay Schoaf and DJ Kream. DJ Reggie Watts is this month\u2019s headliner, with his set taking place from 7:45 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Wood Engravers\u2019 Network 5th Triennial Exhibition opening reception (Thursday)<\/p>\n

San Francisco Public Library\u2019s main branch will host a traveling exhibition that highlights wood engravings made by artists from six different countries. Sixty items are on display and over 140 works were submitted, according to organizers.<\/p>\n

The opening reception runs from 6 to 7:45 p.m. and will take place at 100 Larkin St.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Dark: Immersed in Verse (Thursday)<\/p>\n

At this Exploratorium after-hours event, guests ages 18 and up will be able to listen to readings by local poets and learn how to craft their own verses as part of a freestyle workshop. Other activities invite participants to explore the connection between language and physical movement, as well as a lounge where patrons can write and converse with each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Exploratorium patrons will be able to participate in activities such as an exercise in which people explore the connections between language and phyiscal movement.<\/p>\n

Courtesy Ida Tietgen Hoeyrup<\/p>\n

An evening with Anthony McGill and Gloria Chien (Friday)<\/p>\n

Clarinetist McGill will be joined by pianist Chien for a performance at Herbst Theatre. The duo will perform pieces by composers Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saens, Andre Messager, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.<\/p>\n

Dirty Pop! First Fridays (Friday)<\/p>\n

Bamboo Hut, a North Beach tiki bar, will host an evening where patrons can dance to pop music hits from the 1990s, 2000s and 2020s. DJs will spin tracks by musical acts such as Rihanna, Paramore, Nsync and Britney Spears.<\/p>\n

\u201816 x 20\u2019 opening reception (Saturday)<\/p>\n

Harman Projects, a contemporary art gallery located at 1275 Minnesota St., will host over 30 artists for an exhibition where all entries have been made on 16-inch-by-20-inch surfaces. The exhibition will be on view through April 25, and the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The opening reception runs from 5 to 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Launderland Circus (Saturday-Sunday)<\/p>\n

The Children\u2019s Creativity Museum will host the touring Launderland Circus, which will present an all-ages show in which a magical laundromat stands up to a greedy boss. Guests will bear witness to aerialists, giant puppets, jugglers and other talents.<\/p>\n

Easter Mountain Lake Park 5K (Sunday)<\/p>\n

Dolphin South End Runners, The City\u2019s oldest running club, will host 5K and kids races at the west end of the park, near the intersection of 11th Avenue and Lake Street. Adult runners will participate in the first race at 9 a.m., followed by a race for children ages 12 and under that will be a half-mile in length.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bring Your Own Big Wheel (Sunday)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Residents will flock to Vermont Street in Potrero Hill to watch participants ride down the crooked road on their big-wheel bikes of choice. Children will ride from 2 to 3 p.m., followed by adults riding the course from 3 to 5 p.m. Participants are asked to wear helmets, gloves and pads for their knees and elbows.<\/p>\n

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The annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel event takes place on Vermont Street in Potrero Hill.<\/p>\n

Courtesy Bring Your Own Big Wheel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco isn\u2019t letting the rain that\u2019s in the forecast damper residents\u2019 moods.\u00a0 Here are some of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[108634,31160,25375,85617,97222,6512,976,101,103,102,104,106,105,108633,1911],"class_list":{"0":"post-242003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-4-star-theater","9":"tag-davies-symphony-hall","10":"tag-downtown-first-thursdays","11":"tag-easter","12":"tag-herbst-theatre","13":"tag-north-beach","14":"tag-richmond","15":"tag-san-francisco","16":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","17":"tag-san-francisco-news","18":"tag-sf","19":"tag-sf-headlines","20":"tag-sf-news","21":"tag-sfjazz","22":"tag-soma"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}