From “The Planets” — with cool visuals! — to a cool Mill Valley music pageant and a Bodega Bay day journey, we now have all of the makings of a terrific weekend. So let’s get to it, lets?
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1 SEE & HEAR: Nice reveals are throughout
From a multimedia efficiency of “The Planets” in San Jose to a boffo music pageant in Mill Valley, there are quite a lot of nice concert events and reveals to catch within the Bay Space.
2 SIP & EAT: Pickles + beer + = enjoyable!
C’mon, you didn’t know beers & brines had been a factor? Listed below are a pair Bay Space joints to go to in case you’re within the temper.
3 PLAY: Bodega Bay beckons
The tiny Sonoma County neighborhood is finest generally known as the setting for Hitchcock’s winged horror movie, “The Birds,” but it surely’s a beautiful place for a foodie-fueled day journey. And convey the pets.
4 WATCH: Josh Hartnett’s bruising new film
The “Pearl Harbor” and “Black Hawk Down” actor makes a return to the large display with B-movie thriller, “Fight or Flight,” a couple of fallen U.S. agent seeking to convey a terrorist to justice. When you like an old school thriller, this one’s for you.

5: SEE & HEAR: A dance firm and its cool instruments
Axis Dance Firm presents a world premiere that stars some gifted performers and newly created tools geared toward serving to bodily disabled folks transfer and train.
6 DINE: A protracted-awaited seafood mecca
Of us within the Tri-Valley have been ready some seven years for the beloved Cook dinner’s Seafood to open a restaurant in Pleasanton. Nicely, it’s right here.
7 PLAY: A brand new ‘Fatal Fury’ sport
It’s been 25 years because the iconic franchise dropped a brand new chapter. Now ‘City of the Wolves’ is right here.