Bay Area events

Just because you may be stuck at home during the pandemic doesn't mean you can't explore the greater world. Here's a sampling of familyfriendly in-person and virtual Bay Area shows, concerts, activities and other events over the next several weeks. As with all things in the pandemic era, everything here is subject to change. Double-check locations, dates, times and COVID precautions before you go. “amémonos // let us love each other”: 8 p.m. April 1-2, 8-9,

Town Hall Theatre, 3535 School St, Lafayette. New graduate

Karina Inés makes an inconvenient pilgrimage back home where she finds Abuela Eulalia exactly as she was six years before, trapped between lost languages, time and house keys. $25. April 9 is a pay-what-you'd-like performance. townhalltheatre.com

ART on the Square Summer 2022: 5to 8:30p.m. June 17, July 8, 22, Aug. 26, Hamilton Avenue at Courthouse Square, Redwood City. Summer art shows accompany the city's Music on the Square series with artists who create jewelry, photography, glass, fiber art, ceramics and woodwork. Free. artonthesquarerwc.com

B — the Underwater Bubble Show: 4 to 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall (Bldg F), 3921Fabian

Way, Palo Alto. The show follows Mr. B, a creature of modern habits who discovers a little aquarium that appears like magic inside his briefcase and gradually becomes enchanted by the wondrous underwater world of Bubblelandia. $45 to $55. Eventbrite: bit.ly/3gz2pdl BLOOM SF: Sunday to April 2, 425Mission St. in San Francisco. A series of special events welcomes workers and visitors back downtown with festivities at the Ferry Building, Embarcadero Center, Salesforce Plaza, Salesforce Transit Center and Park, Union Square, Westfield San Francisco Centre and The Crossing at East Cut, the City's newest outdoor community hub, offering food, drinks and entertainment at this spring celebration. Free admission. bloomsf.org

Brentwood Literary Stroll: 1 to 4 p.m. April 3, 140 Oak St. in Brentwood and businesses throughout downtown Brentwood. Meet an array of fiction and nonfiction authors, hear about their books and enjoy refreshments at local restaurants. $5. brentwoodlibraryfoundation.org

Cantate!: 2 p.m. Sunday, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. This concert celebrates the joy of singing with Ragazzi's Young Men's Ensemble, Concert Group and Choral Scholars. $20 to $40. Ragazzi.org Comedy at the Factory: 8:45 to 9:45p.m. the first Tuesday of each month, The Polka Dot Room at The Factory Bar, 12517San Pablo Ave., Richmond. A monthly standupcomedy showcase that brings a half-dozen of the best Bay Area comedians to perform short sets. $20. Eventbrite: bit.ly/3totstm Fast Forward: 7:30 p.m. April 2, Hammer Theatre Center, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose. Enjoy a fast-paced evening of world-premiere contemporary ballet. Choreographers will discuss the dances during the program, giving context and insight to their inspiration. $10 to $250. newballet.com/fast-forward

Golden Gate Jazz Festival:

8 pm. Saturday, Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. in Vallejo. Hear the Lao Tizer Band with Grammywinning saxophonist Eric Marienthal, guitarist Chieli Minucci and violinist Karen Briggs and the Tony Saunders Band. $27.50 to $44. Goldengatejazzfestival.com Historical Walking Tours of History Park: A museum guide will lead small groups of visitors through San Jose's History Park discussing the historical and architectural background of each building. 1 p.m. (by appointment only) Tuesdays and Thursdays. $0 to $12. historysanjose.org Introducing Team Italy Manager Mike Piazza Documentary: 7:30 p.m. April 24, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, 1630Stockton St. in San Francisco. Complimentary Italian appetizers will be served starting at 6p.m., followed by a special meet-and-greet at 7 p.m. featuring Pato Banton, past and present MLB and Team Italy players, visiting Italian college baseball prospects as well as former Team Italy manager Gibo Gerali and more. Pato Banton and the Now Generation Band will perform live from 8:30 to 10 p.m. $15 to $35. sfiac.org/event-tickets Japanese-american Internment at Tanforan — Photographs by Dorothea Lange: Now through April 10, San Mateo County History

Museum, 2200Broadway in Redwood City. During World War

II, Japanese Americans were sent to the Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno, where they spent months until permanent internment camps were built in remote locations. Lange was hired by the federal

War Relocation Authority to document this forced evacuation. Admission $4 to $6. historysmc.org Mission Chamber Orchestra of San José concert: 7:30 p.m. April 9, Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose. Saxophone soloist Ricardo Martinez joins the orchestra for Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra. Free. missionchamber. org/events-tickets

Musical Flair: Now through April at the Hammer Theatre Center,

101 Paseo De San Antonio in San Jose. Enjoy today's hottest jazz artists with four-top seating at these intimate concerts featuring Miguel Zénon Duo on April 28. $25 to $30. hammertheatre.com

Roy Orbison Returns: 8p.m. today, Bankhead Theater, 2400First St., Livermore. Featuring Wiley Ray & The Big O Band, this concert will delve into the hit songs (“Crying,” “Pretty Woman,” “Only the Lonely”), and career highlights of the legendary country singer. $67 to $77. livermorearts.org

St. Paul's Concert Series — Pianist Temirzhan Yerzhanov: 7 p.m. March 26, online and in-person at 1924Trinity Ave., Walnut Creek. Yerzhanov performs works by Schubert and Liszt and joins a post-performance Q&A session with the audience. $10 to $20. stpaulswc.org/concert-series

Sense and Sensibility: Now through April 3, Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Follow sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood through their abrupt change in fortune after their father's untimely death and ensuing romantic trials and events that test and affirm the bonds of sisterhood. Starting at $30. theatreworks.org

Shadelands Ranch Free Events:

Classic Car Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 5. Enjoy live music, vendors, food trucks, raffles, prizes and a display of cars from the past century. Summer Market, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 31. This outdoor market features more than 40 vendors, food trucks, music, and entertainment. Oktoberfest, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 1. Get in the Oktoberfest spirit with live music, dancing and German beer and cuisine. 2660 Ygnacio Valley Road in Walnut Creek. wchistory.org Shirley Bunger — Artist in Residence: T hrough March 25 oday, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View.

See Shirley Bunger's mixed-media artwork shown alongside student responses using vintage paper and ephemera to transform ordinary blocks of wood into multidimensional collages. Free. arts4all.org/ mohr-gallery/current-show

Singer-songwriter Sundays:

2 to 4 p.m. April 3, May 1, June 5, Todos Santos Plaza, 2175 Willow Pass Road, Concord. Enjoy an afternoon of local original music and arts and crafts, curated and managed by the Concord Couch Concerts team. Free. Concordcouchconcerts.com