From nice concert events and flicks to superior island watering holes, we now have all the things you want for an exquisite weekend. So let’s get to it, we could?
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1: SEE & HEAR: Nice reveals are throughout
From Diana Krall on the Mountain Vineyard to a tribute to Paul Robeson in Oakland, there’s a lot to see and do that weekend.
2 SIP: Championship beer
Bay Space breweries had a robust exhibiting at two current main beer competitions. If you wish to quaff a number of the profitable entries, listed here are a few of your choices.
3 PLAY & SIP: Take an island cocktail run
The Bay Space’s many island communities are extra than simply scenic. A few of them are terrific locations to seize a drink.
4 SEE & HEAR: ’80s hitmakers hit city
The Scottish band Easy Minds (go forward, get all of the “don’t you forget about …” jokes out of your system, we’ll wait …) is headed to the Bay Space with Tender Cell and Fashionable English. Right here’s what the band’s singer Jim Kerr has to say concerning the tour.
5 DINE: Michelin’s ‘New Discoveries’
The distinguished eating information simply launched it’s newest batch of “culinary gems” within the eating world. Listed below are a number of the Bay Space winners.

6 WATCH: A brand new comedian dream staff
Within the endearing and considerate new movie “Friendship,” Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson star as suburban neighbors who strike up an odd friendship. Let’s hope they make extra films collectively.
7 WATCH: Island flicks
Right here’s a cool new style: Films set on Bay Space islands! It’s not as esoteric as you’d suppose — we now have six of them proper right here.