This weekend is all about wine & culture with a little bit of eating & partying to round it all out. Hope to see you around The In-Crowd!
1. TONIGHT @ MoAD!!! — DANCEfirst! – Living the Present
685 Mission Street
6-8pm on the 2nd floor Salon
see. think. dance. + MoAD revive the artist salon to turn up the lights on DANCE.
Local choreographers Jacinta Vlach, Raissa Simpson, and Sheena Johnson present solo work with LIVE accompaniment from their favorite musicians.
The evening wraps up with a discussion + reception to facilitate DIRECT artist/audience exchange.
Each salon in this series highlights a different facet of movement within the AFRICAN aesthetic. Dancers embody the GENERATIONS through Congolese + Coupé Décalé, Gospel + Jazz, Hip-Hop + Kwaito. Inspired by the MUSIC, each dancer exemplifies the body as instrument, inviting the audience on a journey.
2. Fall Harvest Event @ Rodrigue Molyneaux Winery
Saturday, October 17th
12:00-1:30pm
3053 Marina Ave, Livermore, CA
Come celebrate Harvest with Rodrigue Molyneaux Winery! Enjoy a gourmet lunch prepared by Executive Chef Tracy Flores. Learn all about harvest and take a tour of the wineries. Finish up your afternoon with a chair massage under the Eucalyptus trees and visiting an art exhibit by Louis Gray. Advance purchase is required for this event. Lunch is $15 per person; Class and Tour are $5.00. for more information email: events@rmwinery.com
**This is one of my favorite hidden gem wineries in the Bay Area!**
3. Dinner @ Lake Chalet’s The Dock **repost**
1520 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA
Open daily. Hours vary. Moderate Pricing.
Just completing a multi-million dollar rennovation; Lake Chalet is back and better than ever! Enjoy the beautiful views of Lake Merritt while sipping on locally brewed ales from The Beach Chalet. On Friday’s sit out on the dock and enjoy their Crabfest! Crab & brews . . . . now what could be better than that?
**I will be writing a formal review on The Dock this Friday**
4. Fillmore’s Cool Black Ball
Saturday, October 17th
7:00pm – 1:30pm
various venues on Fillmore Street (between Post & Eddy)
The Cool Black Ball is a pre-halloween costume event showcasing the live entertainment section of Fillmore Street. Participants include all restaurants and music venues on Fillmore from Post down to Eddy Street. Dress cool, classy, sexy and hip all black fashions of the 1920s thru 1950′s and experience the entire area!
There will be live swing dance and chicago steppin in the Fillmore Plaza and several dj, big band, and jazz performances at Bruno’s, Rasellas, Sheba Piano Lounge, and Yoshi’s.
Tickets provides access to live entertainment shows and DJ dance music at both Yoshis and Rasselas starting at 8:30 pm. All other venues and restaurants are open to the public and will be serving special Cool Black Ball menus.
The Cool Black Ball is a community business effort towards the resurgence of the live entertainment section of Fillmore Street. A portion of the proceeds from Cool Black Ball will go to Ella Hill Hutch Community Center in the Fillmore.
5. See the Art of Richard Mayhew — FREE — On MoAD Target Family Day!!
Target Family Day is downtown San Francisco’s biggest day-long family block party with FREE admission to four leading museums, special art activities for kids and free performances on three stages.
Participating organizations include the Museum of the African Diaspora, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum, and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.
Museum of the African Diaspora activities include:
~Tours of our exhibition: The Art of Richard Mayhew
~Screenprinting landscape art projects
~Dance Performances by Jetta Martin and Company
~Jazz improv workshops by the Terrence Brewer Trio
~Performance and jam session with Oaktown Jazz Ensemble
For more information about the event, visit www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com or call 415-614-3216.
The Target Family Day was pretty cool! Lots of stuff to do. I wanted to go check out the MoAD, too but I spent so much time watching kids have a ball while chalk drawing at Yerba Buena. I should check out MoAD one of these days.