With a red-hot summer weekend ahead, we have no shortage of ideas for how to have fun and stay cool. So let’s get to it, shall we?
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1 SEE & HEAR: Great shows are all over the place
From an international dance festival to free music in Richmond to the brilliant Savion Glover, there are a lot of great live shows to see this weekend and beyond.
2 PLAY & SLURP: An ice cream adventure
There are some Bay Area ice cream parlors that refuse to color within the lines, offering eye-popping flavors like basil, beet balsamic and chocolate tarragon. Here’s where to find them.
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3 PLAY: Fun in the Headlands
There’s nothing like a day trek to the Marin Headlands on a broiling hot weekend. Here’s a fun and ocean-breezy itinerary.
4: READ, COOK & EAT: Home-grown recipes
Gardening, wine and delicious recipes come together in popular Napa author Janet Fletcher’s latest latest cookbook, “Gather: Casual Cooking from Wine Country Gardens.” Read all about it (and the tasty recipes) here.
5: EAT: Steak + greens = magic
Summer is salad season, no? And this mouthwatering grilled steak concoction is like the perfect salad for summer salad season.
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6: SEE & HEAR: A Shakespeare musical?
The Berkeley Shakespeare Company is pretty new on the Bay Area stage scene, so it’s only right that they are presenting a new take on the Bard’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” (Spoiler alert — it’s a musical).
7 SEE: Meet the ‘real’ Tudors
The Tudor era in Britain has inspired no shortage of movies and TV shows (many with beheadings included!). Now a new museum show explores the real deal.
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