On Saturday, May 5, Rosenblum Cellars will celebrate Cinco de Vino with an open house at the winery right next to the Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal.
Published: May, 2012
Cinco De Vino!
On Saturday, May 5, Rosenblum Cellars will celebrate Cinco de Vino with an open house at the winery right next to the Alameda Main Street Ferry Terminal. Chat with the growers while enjoying select wines and Mexican fare. There will be a music-fueled dance floor complete with Mariachi band and folkloric dancers. The event takes place from 1 - 4 p.m. in the tasting room at Rosenblum Cellars at 2900 Main Street, Suite 1100. Tickets are $39 in advance and $49 at the door ($29/$39 for members who will be allowed in one hour early). For more information, visit www.rosenblumcellars.com or call (877) 478-9467.
Unique Sausalito Art
The Seahorse Music and Supper Club is presenting the Sausalito Artists Show on Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. The Artists Costume Ball and Dinner will kick off the event on Friday, May 18 from 7 p.m. – 2 a.m. Everyone is invited to join the fun at this free art show, which is as unique as many of the Sausalito artists who are showing their paintings, photographs, prints and sculpture have private studios that are not traditionally open to the public. Guests who attend this show will have a rare opportunity to view and purchase a wide variety of outstanding art at very reasonable prices. The Seahorse Restaurant at 305 Harbor Drive in Sausalito will be open all weekend featuring live music, food and beverages. A partial list of artists and photos of their work can be viewed at sausalito-artists-show.sausalito-california.info. For more information about the show or Costume Ball and Dinner, contact Felicity Kirsch at (415) 497-0194 or felicity_kirsch@comcast.net.
Performing DRUNKS
BodiGram is up to their crazy antics again. Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 at 8 p.m. in the Garage’s new location, 715 Bryant Street in San Francisco, the dynamic duo of Julia Graham and Blair Bodie presents D.R.U.N.K.S, Dangerous Rebels Uncovering Nonsensical Knowledge Satirically. It will be a lively evening of boot scooting, gun slinging and cocktail making mixed in with some modern dance and various other theatrical happenings. We will tip our hats to you, pour you a few drinks, cut a little rug and without a doubt make you laugh. So leave your keys at home and join them for an absolutely intoxicating performance. Tickets are sliding scale, $10-$15, and available at brownpapertickets.com. For more information, visit 975howard.org or BodiGram.org.
Rocking the South Bay
The public is invited to join the Port of Redwood City and the yacht clubs of the South Bay on May 18-19 for the 2012 South Bay Opening Day. This year’s theme is "Rockin’ & Rollin’ on the South Bay." The festival will begin Friday evening with dinner at the Coyote Point Yacht Club. The highlight of the weekend will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday with the Decorated Boat Parade and Blessing of the Fleet at the observation deck of the Port of Redwood City (off Seaport Court). Spectators will vote for their favorite decorated boat to determine the winner of the Spectators Choice Award. A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter will be open for tours and exhibit booths will be in the parking lot. Breakfast and lunch will be available at the Sequoia Yacht Club. Cocktails and dinner will be available at the Peninsula Yacht Club on Saturday evening. A Gin Fizz Brunch will be served at the South Bay Yacht Club on Sunday morning. All those with sailboats, powerboats, jet skies, canoes and kayaks are all invited to participate in the parade in support of this community event. For information, visit southbayopeningday.org.
Golden Gate’s Jurassic Park
Step way back in time to a real life land of the lost when Plantosaurus Rex opens at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park on May 10. This is a living exhibition of prehistoric plants like giant ferns, spiky horsetails, and primitive cycads with lots of life-sized model dinosaurs that depended on these plants for survival ... so it’s great for the kids too. Visitors will see our baby Stegosaurus foraging for yummy leaves, come eye-to-eye with giant predatory dragonflies, gaze into the impressive jaws of an Allosaurus and more. There will even be a life-sized T. Rex popping its head out of the top of the building to search for snacks in the park. Plantosaurus Rex will be open Tuesdays – Sundays from 10 - 4 p.m. and is included with admission to the conservatory. The exhibition will run through October 21 and docents will also regularly be on hand to share fossil specimens and answer questions. Visitors to the conservatory can also opt to take a free tour on most days at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. depending on docent availability. For more information, call (415) 831-2090 or visit www.conservatoryofflowers.org.
Surf’s Up, Dude!
Join Aquarium of the Bay on Thursday, May 24 for a night of wipeouts, waves and wetsuits when they host "An Evening of Surfing Films." The event is designed to engage the public, raise awareness and celebrate the beauty of our Bay, our ocean and our planet by focusing on key issues affecting each of these fragile ecosystems. Four talented filmmakers will share their visions on the big screen. Hosting this surfing event is Grant Washburn, whose name is synonymous with big-wave surfing as a Maverick’s test pilot, ocean enthusiast, documentarian and surfer extraordinaire. Before the films, guests may mingle and enjoy a wine reception. A Q&A session with filmmakers and local Maverick’s surfers will follow the screening. The event starts at 6 p.m. in the Bay Theater at Aquarium of the Bay on PIER39 at Beach and Embarcadero. For more information,visit www.aquariumofthebay.org, where tickets can be purchased online.
Shark Soirée
Spend a fascinating evening on Thursday, May 3 with two shark researchers, Dr. Sal Jorgensen of the Tagging of Pacific Predators program, and Dr. Brandon Brown of the University of San Francisco. Learn about their studies of sharks—formerly the "fish you loved to hate" but now viewed as a critical component of our marine ecosystems, and in great need of our help. Through electronic tagging, Sal and other shark scientists have discovered that great white sharks along the California coastline belong to a small and isolated population moving back and forth between international waters and American and Mexican territorial waters. Because of scientists like Sal, there is information lawmakers can use to safeguard sharks through creating marine protected areas. The reception, hosted by Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Farallones Sanctuary, Crissy Field Beach at the Presidio. The lectures are from 7:45 to 9:30 p.m. across Crissy Field at USF Hall. The reception and lecture is $15 per person and pre-registration is required. The lectures only are free but pre-registration is still required. For more information, contact Justin Hall at (415) 561-6622 ext. 308 or justin.holl@noaa.gov.
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