Things to do
Sister Spit: San Franciscobased Sister Spit — a radical night of queer storytelling — is in the middle of its 21st year on the road, and this marks the one performance they’ll be doing in the Bay Area. This year, the tour features seven performers and storytellers, all of whom are queer or trans people of color. 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 15. Sliding scale $15$20. The Stud, S.F. www. facebook.com/events/ 539434546418927/
PunkkiCo: Raisa Punkki delves deeper into the avantgarde with “Controle,” which melds movement, sound, light and spontaneous visual art. 8 p.m. Thursday, March 15. Through Saturday, March 17. ODC Theater, S.F. www.punkkico.com
ODC/Dance: Artistic Director Brenda Way grapples with current events in the premiere of “News of the World” and the reprise of “What We Carry, What We Keep.” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15. Through Sunday, March 18. YBCA Theater, S.F. www.odc.dance
David Lindley: The multiinstrumentalist rock/folk/ country player is also a wonderful storyteller, delivering funny and emotionally powerful live performances along with virtuoso guitar work. 8 p.m. Thursday, March 15. Yoshi’s, Oakland. www.yoshis.com
“Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies”: Custom Made Theatre Company and Playwrights Foundation team up for the West Coast premiere of Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm’s play about two teen boys wrestling with different notions of American blackness. 7 p.m. Sunday, March 11; 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, March 15-17. Through March 31. $25-$42. Custom Made Theatre, 533 Sutter St., S.F. (415) 798-2682. www.custommade.org
“If These Stones Could Sing”: A quiet but intensely powerful exhibition at the nonprofit gallery Kadist refutes the idea that we can shed the pain of monuments to oppression by obliterating them. Free. Through April 21. Kadist, 3295 20th St., S.F. (415) 738-8668. www.kadist.org