From Fleet Week fun to an opera based on Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men,’ a new Steinway Society concert and the return Litquake, there is a lot to see and do this weekend.
U.S Navy Blue Angels jets fly over the San Francisco Bay during Fleet Week festivities in San Francisco in 2022. The event, which had been threatened by possible government shutdown, returns to San Francisco this weekend.From Fleet Week and Litquake to an opera based on a classic Steinbeck novel and the return of the Steinway Society, there is a lot to see and do this weekend in the Bay Area. Here is a partial roundup.
Robert Mellon stars in Livermore Valley Opera’s new production of “Of Mice and Men.” For many of us, the first time reading “Of Mice and Men” was an unforgettable experience. John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella told the powerful story of George and Lennie, two migrant workers struggling to survive in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression.
Highlights are plentiful. On Oct. 10, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the City Lights bookstore, Justin Torres, author of the phenomenal first novel “We the Animals” will be featured in conversation with author Jonathan Escoffery about his new, highly experimental novel “Blackouts,” which comes out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux on that date and has already landed on the long list for the National Book Award.
“Nollywood Dreams,” by Ghanian-American writer/performer Jocelyn Bioh focuses on Nigeria’s so-called Nollywood film industry, which flourished even as the African nation was enveloped in economic and political turmoil.
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