Published: June, 2009
Waterfront Flicks
This summer Oakland’s waterfront will serve as a screening room for a series of aquatic-themed films—all offered free to the public. Every other Thursday night from June to August, Jack London Square will present a different movie with a water theme, beginning with Jaws on June 11. Jack London Square restaurants will feature dinner specials and a pass from any one of them will welcome you to prime movie seating. Moviegoers will also be able to purchase an array of delicious treats from local vendors. To complement the water theme, Jack London Square is partnering with local swimming and boating organizations each week of the series. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and stadium seats to the East Lawn across from the new Jack London Market building. The films begin at sundown, but the fun starts at 7:30 p.m. when local magazine The Oakbook hosts Homegrown Trivia—a chance to answer questions about Oakland and win prizes. For more information visit www.jacklondonsquare.com or call (510) 645-9292.
Mirror, Mirror
What’s new this summer? You—at the Exploratorium. Reflections lets you look at your own image as you’ve never seen it before. Reflections, on view from June 19 through September 20, is an exhibition combining new art installations by visiting artist Daniel Rozin. Interactive works highlight Rozin’s provocative take on self-examination—as well as re-imagined exhibits and Exploratorium classics on reflections and mirrors, and special public programs. Multiply your visage into hundreds of kaleidoscopic views, use computers and curved mirrors to distort your appearance, experiment with your own face under different wavelengths of light—and play with perspective to capture aspects of yourself you’ve rarely witnessed. It’s all part of the Exploratorium’s summer investigation of those wonderfully confusing things called mirrors. Reflections is included in the price of admission to the Exploratorium. The Exploratorium is located inside the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco’s Marina District. For more information, visit www.exploratorium.edu/events.html or call (415) 563-7337.
Take Flight on the USS Hornet for Father’s Day
Bring Dad aboard the historic USS Hornet Museum in Alameda on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21, to experience “Living Ship Day.” Visitors will have the opportunity to participate in mission briefings, see airplanes lifted to the flight deck, and sit in a fighter jet cockpit. Family activities and ship tours will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The USS Hornet is a world-class sea, air and space museum with an emphasis on the legacy of naval aviation and the Apollo 11 mission recovery. Open for public tour are the restored flight deck, hangar bays, engine room, flight control, captain’s bridge, sick bay, pilot ready rooms and combat information center. The day before Father’s Day, treat Dad to a special Flashlight Tour beginning at 8:30 a.m. and explore the lower decks of the USS Hornet that have not been opened to the public. The tour is $35 per person and includes museum admission for the entire day and reservations are required. A registered State and National Historic Landmark, the ship is permanently berthed at 707 W. Hornet Avenue, Pier 3 in Alameda, CA. The ship is open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular admission is $6-$14 and there is ample free parking across from the pier. For more information, visit www.uss-hornet.org or for Flashlight Tour reservations, or for information about Living Ship Day call (510) 521-8448 ext. 282.
NASCAR Roars into Sonoma
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series will make its only Northern California stop during the 2009 racing season at Infineon Raceway for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 on Father’s Day weekend June 19 – 21. The weekend will also feature the top racing stars of tomorrow in the Bennett Lane Winery 200, presented by Supercuts (NASCAR West Series). Infineon Raceway boasts an extensive vendor midway, and there will also be an air show, live music, Q&A sessions with NASCAR drivers and more. For more information, visit www.infineonraceway.com.
King Tut Returns After 30 Years
A new generation of Northern Californians will have a chance to view the artifacts of Egypt’s best-known pharaoh when “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” opens at the de Young, Golden Gate Park on June 27. This marks the first time in three decades that the treasures of King Tutankhamun will be seen in Northern California since the first record-breaking exhibition at the de Young in 1979. The current exhibition includes an extensive array of more than 130 important artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian sites such as the gold diadem found on King Tut’s mummy’s head when the tomb was discovered. The exhibition will also include artifacts that are new to the traveling exhibition including an elaborate pectoral necklace that features a yellow-green carved stone thought to be millions of years old. For information about tickets and pricing, visit www.deyoungmuseum.org/tut or call (415) 750-3600.
Dessert First …Don’t Tell Your Mother
On Sunday, June 7 Project Open Hand invites you to attend Shhh…Don’t Tell Your Mother…Dessert First! at the W San Francisco. Some of the Bay Area’s most talented pastry chefs will assemble at the W San Francisco for Project Open Hand’s Ninth Annual Dessert First. In addition to elegant desserts, there will also be hors d’oeuvres, cheeses, cocktails, wine, port tasting and coffee. Guests can also bid on live and silent unique auction items including dessert creations from leading Bay Area pastry chefs and establishments. Entertainment for the evening will be live music by the Hale Baskin Jazz Ensemble, back by popular demand. The VIP reception, taking place before the main event, will feature a Top Mixologist competition and prepared hors d’oeuvres by the W San Francisco. One hundred percent of the proceeds go to Project Open Hand. General admission tickets are $75 or $65 online. VIP tickets are $125 or $100 if purchased online. W San Francisco is located at 181 3rd Street in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.openhand.org or call (415) 447-2316.
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