Jun 2, 2023 - Things to Do

Things to do around the Bay Area: June 2-4

Shawna Chen

Illustration of a cassette tape with the tape unspooling to spell weekend. — Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios

Here's what to expect this weekend.

SF Pride 2023 Kick-Off

The Castro Theatre is hosting a slate of activities to celebrate Pride Month from 7-10pm on Friday. Programming includes drag performances, highlights from the play "The Compton's Cafeteria Riot," music, dancing and more.

Yerma

"Yerma," adapted and translated from the play by Federico García Lorca, follows a woman whose desire to have a child spirals into a dark collision with her husband and community.

Directed by Katja Rivera, the show will run 8pm Friday and Saturday and 5pm on Sunday at Ashby Stage in Berkeley. Sunday's stage will also include a haptic tour and audio-described performance. Tickets range from $26-$44.

Festa Coloniale Italiana

The annual street celebration in North Beach will offer food, music and local crafts Saturday and Sunday. The festival will include the 102nd Statuto Race, a new all-day accordion festival and a pizza-tossing demonstration.

Berkeley Symphony

Berkeley Symphony's concert on Sunday — 4-6 pm at Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley — will feature Carlos Simon's "Portrait of a Queen" with actor Leontyne Mbele-Mbong.

The program also includes the world premiere of "Lotus Prayer" by Xi Wang.

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Things to do around the Bay Area: June 2-4

SF Pride 2023 Kick-Off

Yerma

Festa Coloniale Italiana

Berkeley Symphony

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