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 family-friendly 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.
“Absolute Jest”: 8 p.m. April 9, Cañada College, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City. The Redwood Symphony will offer John Adams' concerto, “Absolute Jest,” on a program that also features Aaron Copland's “An Outdoor Overture” and “Beethoven's Symphony No. 2.” $10 to $30. redwoodsymphony.org “amémonos // let us love each other”: 8 p.m. todaysaturday and April 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 paywhat-you'd-like performance. townhalltheatre. com
ART on the Square Summer 2022: 5 to 8:30 p.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
BLOOM SF: Through Saturday, 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. Sunday, 140Oak 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 Carolyn Wonderland performance : 8 p.m. April 13, Sweetwater Music Hall, 19Corte Madera Ave. in
Mill Valley. Award-winning Texas singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Wonderland will celebrate the release of her Alligator Records debut album, “Tempting Fate,” which features Wonderland's signature, blistering six-string and lap steel playing and her original songs melding blues, rock and Americana. $28 to
$34. sweetwatermusichall. com/event/carolyn-wonderland
Comedy at the Factory:
8:45to 9:45p.m. the first Tuesday of each month, The Polka Dot Room at
The Factory Bar, 12517San Pablo Ave., Richmond. A monthly standup-comedy showcase that brings a half-dozen of the best Bay Area comedians to perform short sets. $20. Eventbrite: bit.ly/3totstm
Dance Theatre of Harlem:
7:30 p.m. April 29-30, Hofmann Theatre, Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. This program of treasured classics and innovative contemporary works includes resident choreographer Robert Garland's Higher Ground set to the music of Stevie Wonder. $52to $92. lesherartscenter.org
Duende Dinner and Flamenco Show:
6:30 p.m. April 7, 468 19th St. in Oakland. Duende and San Francisco's Theatre Flamenco are bringing back their flamenco dinner shows, which include a three-course dinner in the restaurant's mezzanine, followed by a flamenco performance with live guitar and vocals. $150 for two. duendeoakland. com/flamenco