Enjoyable, free, low cost — What to do in San Francisco this week
From Johnny Funcheap
Special for the examiner
Masterpiece Gallery “Last Week Tonight”
If you love weird art and are a fan of John Oliver then you should definitely check out the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco this month. The museum is one of five small independent galleries in the United States selected to host a traveling exhibit of three strange paintings (Wendy Williams eating a pork chop, a drawing of two sexy rats who are DTF, and a still life with ties ) featured, worshiped, and / or ridiculed on Oliver’s HBO show “Last Week Tonight”.
Until January 25th. Open every day except Wednesday. 11 am-5pm, Cartoon Art Museum, 781 Beach St., SF, $ 10, $ 7 for SF residents. cartoonart.org
(courtesy of Benkyodo)
Goodbye mochi
It’s sad to see historic shops close, but at least in the case of Benkyodo Co., we have a chance to say goodbye with one final tidbit. This legendary Japantown bakery, which opened in 1906 and makes handmade rice cakes, manju, and mochi, has announced that it will be closed forever unless someone buys the business. After a break during the holidays, the owners are planning to temporarily open one last time on Tuesday, then to close on an open date and finally to retire.
Tuesday, 9 am-3pm (or until sold out), 1747 Buchanan St., SF Cash only. funcheap.com
(Courtesy Wonderland SF)
SKATE: 140+ artists present
The Mirus Gallery in SoMa adorns its halls with hundreds of skateboard decks, and is standing up for the recently burned 111 Minna Gallery to host a dynamic group art exhibition curated by Wonderland SF Decks as its canvas.
Opening Friday, 6-10 p.m. until 25.02. Mon-Fri 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Mirus Gallery, 540 Howard St., 3rd Floor, SF, Free. eventbrite.com
(Courtesy War Memorial Fall Theater)
Freedom songs for MLK
As part of an annual one-week series of events in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrates this new program in the War Memorial Fall Theater Freedom, Civil Rights and Social Justice. The free concert features spoken word, speaking and live gospel, classical music and hip hop. It is streamed live on Facebook by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
Thursday, 7-9pm, Fall Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave., SF RSVP required. eventbrite.com
(Courtesy Sazon Latin Food Festival)
Latin Food Festival
Taste your way through Latin America at the first ever Sazon Latin Food Festival, which takes the outside area of Speakeasy Ales & Lagers at Bayview for an afternoon of empanadas, pupusas, ceviche, Caribbean spices, and more. Enjoy bites from a curated collection of 10+ pop-up food stalls serving dishes from Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Peru, Haiti, El Salvador, Mexico, and more – plus DJ Celo G who turns Latin rhythms around your waist in Bringing momentum and helping with washing down.
January 16, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, 1195 Evans Ave., SF eventbrite.com
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