SAN FRANCISCO — Vote today. Then clear your week. The Fugees’ old frontline is in Berkeley, the champions are on the water, and there’s a free block party downtown with Big Freedia on the mic.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
The Valkyries’ championship parade. The first WNBA champs in Bay Area history come across the bay by boat and ride the Embarcadero from the Ferry Building to Second and King. Noon to 2 p.m. Free. Line up on the bay side starting at 9 a.m. Here’s everything you need to know.
Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean. Thirty years ago, The Score came out and never really left. Lauryn and Wyclef celebrate it Wednesday night at the Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley. Doors at 5:30 p.m., show at 7. Tickets through the Greek’s website. If you were there the first time, bring somebody who wasn’t.
Union Square ice rink opens. Skating starts Wednesday evening, with on-ice performances. The first 100 skaters at the 5:30 and 7 p.m. sessions skate free.
Thursday, Nov. 5
Downtown First Thursdays with Big Freedia. Second Street between Market and Howard turns into a block party from 5 to 10 p.m. DJs, drag, food trucks, and the Queen of Bounce herself from 8 to 9. Free, all ages, RSVP online.
Gnarls Barkley at the Masonic. CeeLo and Danger Mouse, still crazy, on Nob Hill.
The Arab Film Festival turns 30. Opening night is at 6 p.m. at the AMC Kabuki in Japantown, a few blocks from our office. The festival runs through Nov. 14. Tickets start at $20.
Friday, Nov. 6
Oakland First Fridays. Five blocks of Telegraph Avenue in Temescal: art, food, music and the best people-watching in the East Bay. Pair it with the Art Murmur gallery walk. Free.
Dirtybird Night Market. DJs, local vendors and cocktails at Thrive City, outside Chase Center, home of the champs. Free.
Saturday, Nov. 7
PJ Morton at the Castro Theatre. The Grammy winner from New Orleans brings his Saturday Night, Sunday Morning Tour to the Castro at 8 p.m. Soul on Saturday, gospel by Sunday. The man means it.
San Francisco Coffee Festival. The 10th one, at Fort Mason, Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Unlimited tastings run about $30.
Día de los Muertos and Diwali at Crissy Field. Two holidays, one afternoon, at the Crissy Field Center. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free, registration required.
Sunday, Nov. 8
SF Diwali Festival. South Asian music and dance on the Great Lawn at Yerba Buena Gardens, 1 to 5 p.m. Free, RSVP encouraged.
All week
Dewey Crumpler at MoAD. Sonic Lineages is up at the Museum of the African Diaspora as part of a fall season that also includes Dorian Reid, Tahirah Rasheed and three artists from the Jamaican diaspora. Open Tuesday through Sunday, with Thursday hours until 8 p.m. Admission is free on the second Saturday of the month. This month that’s Nov. 14.
Indian Restaurant Week. Through Nov. 14, six chefs, including those at ROOH, Tiya, Bombay Brasserie, Amber India, New Delhi and Copra, are serving menus built on childhood memories.
Times and prices change. Check with the venue before you go. Know something we missed? Send it to sunreporter@sbcglobal.net.
Photo: The Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Edward Betts / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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