BAGS
A visual and sound installation that transforms a variety of
handbags and luggage into cacophonous kinetic sculptures
revealing the stories of everyday people.
Location: New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom St., San Francisco
Time: Noon-6p.m Tuesdays-Saturdays, Sept. 18 through Oct.18
Cost: Free
Contact: 415.626-5416, www.newlangtonarts.org
Henry IV: The Impact Remix
Impact Theatre’s take-no-prisoners production of Shakespeare.
Location: Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, Berkeley
Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 13 through Sept. 21
Cost: $15 general admission, $10 students
Contact: 510.464.4468, www.impacttheatre.com
Solo Flights: The Aerial Photographs of Robert Hartman
Twenty Five photographs taken with infrared film to capture landscapes from 1000 feet above the ground.
Location: Oakland Museum of California, 10th&Oak Streets, Oakland
Time: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesdays -Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, through Jan. 12
Cost: $6 adults, $4 seniors and students
Contact: 510.238.2200, www.museumca.org
When the Stars Begin to Fall: Music of Hope
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band performs music of hope in honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Location: Bethany Methodist Church, 1268 Sanchez St., San Francisco
Time: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22
Cost: Free
Contact: Heidi Beeler, 415.693.9056
Noh & Kyogen
A Noh adaptation in English of William Butler Yeats’ At the Hawk’s Well, with instrumental ensemble.
Location: University of San Francisco Presentation Theater, 2350 Turk Boulevard, San Francisco
Time: 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 through Sept. 14.
Cost: $25 orchestra, $22.50 balcony, students, seniors, TBA, group and rush discounts.
Contact: 415.345.7575, www.theatreofyugen.org
Black Box Confessions
Three women, three monologues, three sartling confessions. Brought to you by Rebel Pinup Productions Presents, in association with the San Francisco Fringe Festival.
Location: Exit Theater, 277 Taylor St. at Ellis, San Francisco
Time: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14
Tickets go on sale 30 minutes before each show and are available only at the Exit Theatre.
Cost: $8 cash only
Alloy Orchestra
America’s prolific live accompanists for classic silent flicks employ synthesizer, clarinet, accordion, banjo, musical saw and “junk percussion” to aurally interpret, emphasize Albert Parker’s masterpiece “The Black Pirate.”
Location: Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., San Francisco
Time: 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.19
Contact: 415.621.6120
12th Annual Autumn Moon Festival
This year, the Moon Festival will recognize the one year anniversary of Sept. 11 with a parade down Grant Avenue led by Mayor Willie Brown with San Francisco’s police and fire departments.
Location: San Francisco Chinatown.
Time: 11a.m.- 6 p.m., Sept. 14 through Sept. 15
Cost: Free
Virtually Real Oakland: The Magic, the Diversity, and the Potholes
Photographer Ken Burson tweaks reality in his digitally enhanced, wildly colorful shots of Oakland.
Location: Photolab Gallery, 2235 5th St., Berkeley.
Time: Through Sept. 21
Cost: Free
Contact: 510.594.1643
Passion, Grace & Virtuosity
An evening of gypsy music and dance with guest artists Arshad Syed on tabla and violinist Patty Weiss, formerly with the Gipsy Kings
Location: International House, Chevron Auditorium, Berkeley
Time: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22
Cost: $15
Contact: 510.432.3212
